About

Luke Staengl – President & CEO

Luke has been the driving force behind several high technology environmental companies since 1979. He founded and served as chief executive officer of three companies involved in converting biomass to bio-fuels, fiber, feed and other high value products. He has lead and directed the design, construction and operation of several plants which produced fuel ethanol from corn and industrial wastes. Luke was founding member and served as President of the Virginia Ethanol Association for 8 years.

In 1991, Luke founded Pragmatic Environmental Solutions Company [PESCO] as an answer to the increasing demand for on-site, reasonably priced, skid mounted solvent and oil recovery systems. As president of PESCO he has led it from modest beginnings to a company with international recognition in the field of skid mounted solvent recovery systems over a period of 14 years.

John J. Winnicki,
Chem E - Head Engineer

John graduated from Virginia Tech in 1984, and has been working with Luke in his various companies since then. He helped design, build and operate three Ethanol plants in Virginia and since then has designed, supervised the construction of, and helped commission many different PESCO solvent and oil recovery, and alternative fuel plants in the U.S. and Internationally.

Pat Therrien,
Plant Manager/Project Manager

Pat has been working with distillation and alternative fuels systems since the mid 1980’s, operating, troubleshooting, managing and improving distillation systems and support components.

Pat brings the operations perspective to all PESCO fabrication projects to enhance overall project success.

John Bain, Electronic Controls Engineer

John is responsible for the design, development, and supervision all aspects of electronic control systems, equipment, and machinery, as well as, the installation and technical support of the PLC based hardware and software, and HMI systems for all PESCO designed projects.

A. Subramaniam,
Mech E,
President & CEO of BEAM Engineering Ltd. Pvt,

Mr. Subramaniam, owner and Managing Director of Beam Engineering in Chennai, India since 1990, has built several solvent and oil recovery systems to PESCOs design specifications. Before forming Beam Engineering, he was a staff engineer at Larsen & Toubro, India.