Jansen Leadership

John F. La Fond, P.E. – President

Offering over 30 years of project management talent and technical experience, Mr. La Fond specializes in combustion, air pollution control, and energy utilization. He is JANSEN’s lead authority on Boiler MACT and CISWI regulations. His expertise includes comprehensive boiler design, combustion system modifications that enhance boiler performance and pollution control, and air/fuel delivery system analysis that maximizes performance and firing capacity. Mr. La Fond has been President of JANSEN since September 2011.

Edward “Ned” C. Dye, P.E. – Chairman of the Board

Mr. Dye has over 40 years in mechanical project engineering, thermal energy system design and design-procure-construct project management. With the firm since 1988, Mr. Dye’s technical expertise includes conceptual and detail design engineering and extensive Project Management in the forest products and utility industries.
Under his direction, JANSEN has conducted combustion air and flue gas system upgrades, kraft black liquor recovery boiler low odor conversions, boiler equipment and ancillary system retrofits,and industrial co-generation projects.

Arie Verloop, P.E. – Vice President, Technology and Client Relations

With a focus on providing boiler and combustion technology client services, Mr. Verloop has been with JANSEN since 1980, specializing in chemical recovery and biomass boiler processes. He is a recognized process expert and valuable resource in chemical recovery and biomass/waste fuel-fired boiler performance evaluations, capacity upgrade feasibility studies, operational reviews, and troubleshooting. He has co-authored numerous technical papers and has conducted dozens of Recovery Boiler Operations Training Seminars and Biomass Boiler Workshops.

John L. Van Aelstyn, C.P.A. – Vice President, Finance and Administration

Mr. Van Aelstyn has extensive accounting experience in the areas of taxation, construction and real estate. With over 35 years in public accounting and private industry, Mr. Van Aelstyn served as a financial and management consultant to the firm for three years prior to becoming Vice President in 1992.
A graduate of the University of Washington, he has a B.A. in Business Administration with an Accounting emphasis. Mr. Van Aelstyn is a member of the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants (WSCPA) and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

Michael L. Britt, P.E. – Manager, Design and Construction

With an interdisciplinary Engineering Management background and over 35 years of experience, Mr. Britt has solid broad-based credentials to competently manage design and design/install projects. His experience in mechanical systems and project engineering for pulp mills and power generating facilities is a valued asset. Mr. Britt has served as the senior Project Engineer and Project Manager for numerous recovery, biomass, RDF, and fossil fuel power boiler retrofits and co-generation projects.

Allan R. Walsh, Ph.D. – Technology Development Leader

Dr. Walsh has been a key member of the Jansen team for over 20 years.  His focus has been the development of technologies that improve the performance of biomass, waste-to-energy, and chemical recovery boilers.  Dr. Walsh has been responsible for the advancement of analytical capabilities including customized Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) modeling of combustion processes for “difficult” fuels, as well as boiler water/steam side circulation analysis and measurement.  His recommendations have formed the basis for enhanced combustion air and fuel delivery systems.

Marcel D. Berz, P.E. - Manager, Process Technologies

Mr. Berz has more than 15 years of experience in evaluating boiler systems and improving boiler combustion air systems, particularly when burning biomass, refuse, and other solid wastes. He is an authority on boiler natural circulation, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide emissions, ASME power test code analytical procedures, and the thermal design of superheaters, economizers, and other boiler components. Mr. Berz has (co-)authored several technical papers on these subjects.

David C. Tracey – Lead Designer

Employed by JANSEN since 1988, Mr. Tracey has over 30 years of experience in the field of mechanical design of power systems. He has proven credentials in ASME boiler pressure part and power piping design, combustion air duct and flue gas breeching design, combustion controls, piping and instrumentation, and field engineering. Utilizing his expertise as a senior designer, Mr. Tracey helped develop the Jansen High Energy Combustion Air System™.

Chris R. Dayton, P.E. – Senior Design Engineer

Mr. Dayton has over 15 years experience at JANSEN as a mechanical design engineer and project manager. His project experience includes extensive work on biomass fired boilers, refuse derived fuel boilers, and recovery boilers. Mr. Dayton has been the project manager on more than 20 power boiler combustion air system upgrades, including system design, equipment specification and purchase, and on-site installation supervision.   Chris has been the lead engineering for the design of power boiler superheaters, economizers, and furnace waterwall panel retrofits. In addition, he serves as the Quality Control Engineer for all ASME and NBIC code design activities.

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