Dan Parrent
Juneau Economic Development Council
Wood Utilization Specialist
907-747-5688
dparrent@ptialaska.net

Particular Expertise

• Generalist in all fields related to forest products
• Work experience with a Hardwood Manufacturing Company
• Sawmill efficiency
• Lumber grading
• Kiln drying
• Database creation

General Focus Areas

• Growing the Alaska forest products industry

Geographic Region

• All of Alaska, but the focus is on SE Alaska

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Funding assistance for kiln drying facilities in AK
• (Current) Demo dry kiln
• (Current) Feasibility of longitudinal sliced veneer and CNC shop
• (Current) Lumber grading development in AK
• (Current) Annual kiln drying workshops
• (Future) Directory of AK forest products companies
• (Future) Wood markets bulletin for AK timber producers
• (Future) Small diameter utilization

Potential Shared Interests

Public domain statistical process control

Scott Leavengood
Oregon State University Extension Service
Wood Products Extension Agent
503-725-2123
Scott.Leavengood@orst.edu

Particular Expertise

• Wood technology
• Wood as a raw material
• Statistical process control - spreadsheets
• Experimental Design
• Direct Technical Assistance

General Focus Areas

• Provides technical assistance to forest products firms

Geographic Region

• 3-county Portland metro area

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Wood shrink and swell spreadsheet
• (Current) Statistical Process Control spreadsheet
• (Current) Markets for Western Juniper
• (Future) Markets for large logs in the Willamette Valley

Potential Shared Interests

• Marketing
• Small Business Management
• Directory of Oregon Forest Products Manufacturers

Mark Knaebe
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
Roundwood Structures Coordinator
608-231-9422
mknaebe@fs.fed.us

Particular Expertise

• Uses for small diameter timber
• Finishes & preservatives

General Focus Areas

• Forest Products

Geographic Region

• USDA - Forest Products Lab Madison, WI which serves national and international customers and partners

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Buildings made from small diameter timber
• (Current) Book - Finishes for Exterior

Potential Shared Interests

• Methods for efficient Technology Transfer

Ken Kilborn
USDA Forest Service, Sitka Wood Utilization Center
Team Leader
907-747-4308
kakilborn@fs.fed.us

Particular Expertise

• Primary & Secondary processing
• Wood Drying
• Economics & Marketing
• Wood Residue Utilization
• Hardwood sawmill work experience

General Focus Areas

• Development of small forest products businesses in AK

Geographic Region

• All of Alaska, but focus is on SE AK

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Publication - How forest products companies can survive in AK; tips on how to deal with high transportation, labor, and energy costs
• (Current) Optimization of species utilized by size of mill and geographic region
• (Current) Double Dip Diffusion methods for wood preservation in AK

Potential Shared Interests

Jim Quinn
JQuinn Company
808-331-8785
jquinn1618@aol.com

Particular Expertise

• Strategic planning
• Market strategy
• Third-party forest certification

General Focus Areas

• Matching scale of natural resources to scale of production

Geographic Region

• Oregon, Hawaii, & Georgia

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Board Member - Sustainable Northwest
• (Current) Consultant - Red Hills Lumber Company
• (Current) Active in Hawaii Forest Industry Association

Potential Shared Interests

• Double Dip Diffusion Wood Preservation
• Eucalyptus Processing

Jim Reeb
Oregon State University Extension Service
Wood Products Extension Specialist
541-737-4233
Jim.Reeb@orst.edu

Particular Expertise

• Wood technologist
• Wood as a raw material
• Wood drying
• Wood machining
• Modeling to improve production processes
• Work experience in eastern hardwood, southern pine, & pacific northwest regions

General Focus Areas

• Wood technology

Geographic Region

• Oregon statewide & collaborator on some workshops in Alaska

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Discrete event simulation
• (Current) Lean manufacturing
• (Current) Dimensional Stability of various wood species

Potential Shared Interests

• Technology transfer via continuing education and short courses

Terry Brown
Oregon State University Extension Service
Wood Products Extension Specialist
541-737-4225
Terry.Brown@orst.edu

Particular Expertise

• Wood Machining
• Process control
• Quality control

General Focus Areas

• Wood technology

Geographic Region

• OR, MT, ID, WA, CA, SE US, South America, New Zealand, Canada

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) 1 week short course for managers in the FP industry.   Offers help in becoming a multi-facility manager. Includes speakers from the FP industry.

Potential Shared Interests

Eric Hansen
Oregon State University Extension Service
Wood Products Extension Specialist
541-737-4240
EricHansen@orst.edu

Particular Expertise

• New Product Development
• Forest Certification

General Focus Areas

• Forest Products Marketing

Geographic Region

• OR & Western United States, Finland

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Study to identify markets for big logs in the Willamette Valley. Study will provide a database of buyers, current & future supply projections from private landowners, and a listing of sawmills.
• (Current) annual short course in selling forest products
• (Current) short course in new product development

Potential Shared Interests

Catherine Mater
Mater Engineering
541-753-7335
catherine@mater.com

Particular Expertise

• Utilization of small and large diameter logs
• New species utilization
• Forest certification
• New business financing tools

General Focus Areas

• Current issues in the Forest Products Industry

Geographic Region

• Office in Corvallis, OR. Serve clients globally.

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Grand Canyon forest Partnership - new technology to utilize high elevation ponderosa pine.
• (Current) Coordinating Federal timber sales
• (Current) Transition of Hybrid Poplar to the solid wood market
• (Current) assessment of state owned forest land under SFI and FSC certification schemes

Potential Shared Interests

• Financing for new business

Bob Wheeler
University of Alaska - Fairbanks
Resource Development Specialist
907-474-6356
ffraw@aurora.alaska.edu

Particular Expertise

• Wood technology
• Forest Products
• Forest Health

General Focus Areas

• Alaska Forest Products Industry development

Geographic Region

• Alaska, office in Fairbanks

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Identification of Non=timber forest products.
• (Current) Development of an Associate Degree program in forest products at University of Alaska - Fairbanks
• (Current) Newsletter titled 'Under the Canopy'

Potential Shared Interests

• Utilization of white birch resource in Alaska

Tad Mason
TSS Consultants
Vice President, Forestry Services
916-638-8811 x.112
tmason@tssconsultants.com

Particular Expertise

• Biomass utilization as a source of energy
• Hazardous fuels reduction planning and implementation
• Community outreach and collaboration

General Focus Areas

• Support services for solar, wind, and alternative energy production
• Applied applications of biomass utilization for transportation fuels - ethanol and electrical power production
• Design and implementation of strategic fuel breaks to facilitate defensible communities and watersheds

Geographic Region

• Clients served globally

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Past) Survey & assessment of biomass combustor technologies
• (Current) Various feasibility studies for installation of biomass utilization facilities
• (Current) Feasibility studies of various forest thinning equipment combinations
• (Current) Biomass fuels availability assessments
• (Current) Removal and utilization of Sudden Oak Death infected material in the San Francisco Bay area

Potential Shared Interests

• Efforts to increase community awareness of the opportunity to thin overstocked forests to improve forest ecosystem health and create "defensible, fire safe communities."

Ray Isaacson
State of Washington Office of Trade & Economic Development
Account Manager
360-725-5071
rayi@cted.wa.gov

Particular Expertise

• Facilities & Operation Management

General Focus Areas

• Facilitating new business development

Geographic Region

• State of Washington

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Sight location for a Boise Cascade composite siding plant
• (Current) Mill on the Colville Indian Reservation

Potential Shared Interests

• Creation of a regional database as opposed to state by state

Randy Baileys
J. H. Baxter Company
Technical Services Manager
541-689-3801
rbaileys@jhbaxter.com

Particular Expertise

• Treated wood products

General Focus Areas

• General Wood technology

Geographic Region

• United States

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) General chairman - American Wood Preservers Association
• (Current) Member railroad tie association
• (Current) Continually offering technical assistance to J.J. Baxter customers

Potential Shared Interests

• Methods for disposal of used, treated wood products

Tim Reader
Colorado State Forest Service
Utilization & Marketing Forester
970-247-5250
treader@lamar.colostate.edu

Particular Expertise

• Forestry
• Wood Quality
• Silviculture

General Focus Areas

• Providing information & technical assistance to stakeholders

Geographic Region

• Colorado, AZ, NM, & UT (4 corners area)

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Regulatory EPA constraints
• (Current) Forest Product Marketing 101
• (Current) Sawmill Evaluations
• (Current) Lean Manufacturing

Potential Shared Interests

• Scalable dry kiln technologies
• Rebuilding the FP industry infrastructure in the 4 corners area

Joey Pavia
Oregon State University, Department of Wood Science & Engineering
Graduate Research Assistant
541-750-7275
paviak@onid.orst.edu

Particular Expertise

• Wood Drying
• Double diffusion preservative treatment

General Focus Areas

• Research

Geographic Region

• AK

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Double diffusion and drying methods for AK forest

Potential Shared Interests

John Shelly
University California, Forest Products Laboratory
Forest Products/ Biomass Advisor
510-215-4210
john.shelly@ucop.edu

Particular Expertise

• Physical properties of wood
• Wood Drying
• Woody Biomass Utilization

General Focus Areas

• Educational outreach
• Research
• Providing technical assistance to stakeholders

Geographic Region

• California

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Tanoak utilization in California
• (Current) Development of training materials for hardwood processing.
• (Current) Utilization options for trees removed in urban areas
• (Current) Characterization of the properties of woody biomass and analysis of utilization opportunities
• (Current) Utilization of wood infected with Sudden Oak Death disease

Potential Shared Interests

• Marketing
• Small diameter timber
• Hardwood processing

Mark Biederbeck
Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Manufacturing Consultant
503-725-2665
mbiederb@pcc.edu

Particular Expertise

• Implementing lean manufacturing

General Focus Areas

• Increasing company profits and product quality while lowering cost

Geographic Region

• Oregon

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Lean manufacturing

Potential Shared Interests

• Closer work with technical assistance providers in FP

Bill Von Segen
USDA Forest Service, State & Private
Wood Products/ Rural Development
503-808-2348
wvonsegen@fs.fed.us

Particular Expertise

• Rural community assistance grants management
• National Fire Plan community assistance grants
• Wood products processing, utilization and recycling
• Non-timber forest products markets
• Timber bridge technology
• Forest Service policies and practices

General Focus Areas

• Small diameter markets and utilization
• Delivery of rural development technical and financial assistance
• Wood products recycling
• Stewardship Contracting Pilots

Geographic Region

• Oregon and Washington

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Providing resources for development of new markets and processes for small diameter wood
• (Current) Tracking small diameter use and biomass energy development in the West
• (Current) Managing National Fire Plan community assistance program in the Pacific Northwest
• (Current) Building technology transfer networks for forest products utilization and marketing
• (Current) Monitoring active research in forest products harvesting and processing
• (Current) Monitoring federal agency contracting regulations and practices
• (Future) Building value-added markets for non-industrial private forest land owners

Potential Shared Interests

• Linking communities, organizations and businesses with state and federal assistance resources
• Developing directory of forest products buyers and processors in the Pacific Northwest
• Developing and locating resources for projects seeking to create markets for low value, under-utilized and recycled woody materials
• Reporting on results of projects across the West seeking to create markets for low value, under-utilized and recycled woody materials

Larry Swan
USDA Forest Service, Winema National Forest
Resource Specialist
541-883-6708
lswan01@fs.fed.us

Particular Expertise

• Project ID and development
• Organizing and facilitating ad hoc groups
• Commercializing lesser-used species
• Federal and land management agency policies and practices

General Focus Areas

• Needs and opportunities ID

Geographic Region

• Majority of work in Oregon, also work in Washington, northern California, and southern Idaho

Current, Immediate Past and Future Project List

• (Current) Post-and-pole market research and treatment/ preservatives standards awareness campaign
• (Current) Dry forest mechanized fuels treatments trials
• (Current) Biomass and energy production
• (Current) Developing National Fire Plan projects with private businesses and local community organizations
• (Current) Western juniper harvest
• (Current) Market opportunities and constraints for lesser-used tree species in tropical Central America and Mexico

Potential Shared Interests

• Affirmative procurement
• Additional mechanical fuels treatment trials
• Juniperus spp. treatment and utilization
• Lower capital investment/ fiber utilization projects
• Federal land management agency regulations and practices
• Non-wood products made from aromatic species