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About Us
Core Team
Tommy Knight
President and Founder
Tommy has 38 years experience as a technologist for a large international
chemical company. During that time his focus was mainly in power,
utilities, and support services. He is considered an expert in steam
systems, condensate systems, refrigeration and chilled water systems,
cooling tower systems, compressed air systems, and cooling water systems.
He has provided technical support to many of the company’s international locations.
Due to his extensive knowledge, he has been heavily involved in preparation of
company engineering standards and major equipment specifications. In addition, Tommy
has been a presenter in numerous technical conferences and has received
awards both from within his company as well as from the American Chemistry
Council for energy savings projects.
Tommy's passion for energy conservation began in 1968 when he was given the
responsibility for developing a plant-wide utilities distribution monitoring
and costing system. The end result of this assignment was the creation of the site’s
Efficiency and Reliability Test Group. Over the course of his career, Tommy has served as company
representative on numerous multi-million dollar projects, many of which
were focused on energy conservation.
Decades of energy work in industry convinced Tommy
that numerous opportunities for efficiency improvement exist in most businesses.
He saw the need for an impartial, experience-based company,
which would be comprised of persons of integrity. This company would assist governmental,
heavy commercial, and industrial energy users achieve real savings with minimal capital investment.
Tommy earned an ASME from Midlands Technical College in 1967 and recently
retired from industry as an Associate Technologist.
David Goodwin
Associate Engineer
David has 13 years experience providing reliable, efficient, and cost effective utilities in the chemical manufacturing industry. During that time he has been heavily involved in utilities cost savings driven infrastructure projects and system level operational improvements, including the management of large capital projects, development of streamlined operating procedures, and providing technical support services to Operations and Maintenance personnel. His primary areas of concentration have been eliminating bottom line costs associated with steam, condensate, and refrigeration (including HVAC). He has extensive experience in combined cycle cogeneration system design and integration with a steam host.
David has served as the site Energy Team Leader at a large industrial facility. Under his directions, the team has developed numerous energy related savings initiatives and projects. He has been intimately involved in evaluating the true cost of utilities, and finding innovative, no-cost and low-cost ways to increase energy efficiency. These improvements reduce energy consumption with the ultimate success of reduction of bottom line energy costs. David has participated in American Chemistry Council Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs and accepted several awards on behalf of various site energy project team efforts.
David earned a BSME from California State University with Cum Laude Honors.
Skip Johnson
Associate Technologist
G.W. “Skip” Johnson recently retired from a large chemical company with 34+ years experience. He has 14 years experience tracking and benchmarking the energy usages for entire facility. He also was responsible for the verification of all the usage bills by comparing them to actual facility monitored usages. He served on a corporate worldwide energy team that included representatives from all areas of the world. He worked with environmental systems through out the company including the air monitoring program, industrial wastewater treatment system, and ambient air monitoring system. He was also responsible for the distribution of services for the utilities division to at the various process systems throughout the facility for 15 years.
Skip also served as division representative for several major capital projects mainly in the environmental area. He has worked with and served in many areas of responsibility including serving as a state and local officer of the Water Environment Association of South Carolina, an association with 3200 members working in the water and wastewater field throughout the state.
Dave Lambert, P.E.
Senior Technical Associate
Dave recently retired after working 39 years as an engineer and manager for a large international chemical company.
In the early part of his career, Dave gained experience in staff and management roles in Maintenance, Environmental
System Operation, Project Management, and Engineering. Dave also established and led one of the Company’s Site Community Advisory Panels
Dave’s most recent role was manager of Utility Operations. In that position he was responsible for operation of Fired Equipment (coal and gas fired boilers and hot oil heaters), Unfired Equipment (refrigeration, air and water systems), and Environmental Equipment (incineration and wastewater systems) on a 24 hour/day, 7 day/week basis; submission of accurate reports to regulatory agencies and compliance with regulatory guidelines for operation of equipment and systems; ensuring that skill level of approximately 80 employees was at or above required level for proper operation and regulatory compliance and that training was in place ahead of future needs; and, planning for, securing funds for, installing and integration of new utility facilities to compliment and enhance existing facilities in an environment of severely limited funding.
Additionally, Dave served as the lead steam host representative and coordinated the conceptualization, contract negotiations, design and startup of a third party cogeneration facility on the chemical plant site.
Dave has a BSME from Virginia Tech and an MSIM from the University of Tennessee. In addition he has completed numerous professional courses including the University of South Carolina College of Business Administration Management Development Program. He is a registered professional engineer in South Carolina.
Ben Wagner, P.E.
Senior Associate
Ben has approximately ten years experience in the petrochemical and synthetic fibers industries. Work over this period included managing capital projects, providing technical assistance to Operations and Maintenance personnel, troubleshooting rotating machinery, and developing operating procedures. As an ITA Senior Associate, Ben is heavily involved in most aspects of each project. He assists with initial surveys, inspects equipment, interacts with client personnel, performs calculations, and writes portions of each report.
Ben earned a BSME from Clemson University and an MSME from N.C. State University. Ben is a registered professional engineer in South Carolina, and is currently completing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.
David Walters, P.E.
Electrical Engineer
David brings nearly 20 years of experience in electrical power distribution and controls to ITA. David began his career as a Power Systems Analyst, creating and programming control software for electrical utilities. Moving to the Chemical Industry in 1991, he worked in a corporate engineering group performing power studies, electrical protection coordination, equipment specification, and coordinating electrical project work for various North American sites. David became a site Power Distribution Engineer, in 1995, responsible for the maintenance and operation of a large chemical manufacturing site electrical distribution system (50 MW user). His responsibilities included several large electrical power system upgrades and expansions, as well as developing and establishing a power distribution maintenance program for the site. In 2001, He moved to a broader maintenance role directing both mechanical and electrical maintenance teams responsible for work planning, budgets, safety, reliability, and improvement efforts. For ITA, David serves as a technical expert in the design and use of electrical power systems for industrial and commercial sites.
David received BEE and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of South Carolina.
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