John is a veteran of over 300 low NOx tangential coal, oil and gas firing combustion systems and over 150 low NOx wall-fired systems for power boiler applications. He has helped numerous OEM's and many utilities from around the world solve their emission and combustion equipment or operational problems. Prior to joining R-V Industries, he managed and led both Combustion Engineering's and Foster Wheeler's combustion engineering departments responsible for developing new combustion systems, as well as applying them on new utility as well as retrofit power boiler applications. He holds several combustion patents and has authored numerous technical papers on combustion systems.