Bio: Bennett L. Helms

Education:

• University of South Carolina: B.S. Degree, Chemical Engineering, 1959
• Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA: Executive Program, Graduate School of Business, 1979
• Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Strategic Planning, Summer 1986

Career Experience:

• Honeywell, Inc., Systems Engineer, Columbia, SC
• Lockwood Greene Engineers, Senior Vice President, Spartanburg, SC
• EnviroMix LLC, Co-Founder/Former CEO/Board Chairman, Charleston, SC
• Atlantic Farms, President/CEO/Chairman, Charleston, SC
• BLH Consultants, President/CEO/Chairman, Spartanburg/Charleston, SC

Professional Societies: (past and current):

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  
• National Society of Prof. Engineers
  
• American Water Works Assoc.
  
• Tech Assoc. of Pulp & Paper Industry
  
• Water Environmental Federation
  
• Instrument Society of America
  
• American Society of Civil Engineers
  
• Rotary Club of Charleston

  Professional Engineering Registration - Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  License No. 23618 - Serial No. 132949

Career Highlights:

Honeywell, Inc.
Industrial Process Systems Engineer - Columbia, SC - 6 Years
Responsible for broad range of industrial process measurement and process control systems including design, marketing, sales, and installation for the Paper, Chemical, Synthetic Fiber, Water Treatment and Textile Industries.

Lockwood Greene Engineers
Sr. VP - 2,500 man Engineering/Construction Mgt. Firm - 18 years - Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Electronics Manufacturing

Project Manager | Managing Partner | Design Department Manager | Corporate Planner

BLH Consultants - President/CEO

1. Provides strategic/long range planning and marketing overview for regional/national/international companies
2. Provides feasibility studies, business plans, and capital formation for new and existing businesses.
3. Provides targeted marketing/sales planning
4. General management/project consulting services

State of South Carolina (past and current)

• S.C. State Private Industry Council - Committee Chairman
  
• World Expo Authority - Committee Chairman
  
• S.C. State Board of Technical Education - Chairman, Economic Development
  
• Rural Economic Development Initiative - Committee Chairman
  
• Southeast U.S./Japan Association - Foreign Trade Missions
  
• S.C. State Development Board - TEC Board Representative

Other Activities past and current)

• Ellen Smith Girls' Home - Board Member
  
• Bank of America - Spartanburg C&S Bank Board
  
• Spartanburg Day School - Chairman of the Board of Trustees
  
• Business Formation Network - Chairman of the Board
  
• Mary Black Hospital Foundation - Chairman of the Board
  
• Spartanburg Public Service Authority - Elected Commissioner
  
• South Carolina Aquarium - Committee Chairman - Executive Committee

Military Service

United States Air Force - Regular - Jan 1951 - Nov 1953 - Korean Conflict

Security Clearance:

Department of Energy - Q Clearance - Status - Inactive (Equivalent to DOD Top Secret)