Silver Fox Advisors - Keith Thayer

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Keith Thayer
2121 Sage Suite 100
Houston, TX 77056
713.977.3193
713.301.0144 cell
713.789.5143 fax
kthayer@silverfox.org

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Summary	Over 50 years in Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction Industries include Refining, Petro-chemical, Plastics, Steel, Manufacturing, Chemical. 10 years In Mediation, Business Mentoring and Consulting. Job duties :Designer, Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Manager, Chief Engineer, Vice President, President and Chairman of the Board.
Family	Wife Ruth, 8 grown children and 9 grand children
Education	B.S.Mechanical Engineering,1950 Kansas State University, South Texas College of Law, one semester, 1998
Experience	2003 to Present – Mediation, Consulting, Mentoring, and Investing with business’s and not-for-profit’s 2000-2003 – Project Manager at Valero Refinery, Ardmore, Oklahoma 1997-1998 - President ASME International 1997-2000 – Partner in Chinese Joint Venture Co. (Hai Ying Food Products Co., Ltd. China Peanut Butter Plant) 1953-1997 – Retired in 1997 from CDI-Stubbs Overbeck as President and Chairman of the Board of DirectorsS CDI-SO had approximately 1,500 employees. Clients were in the Petro-chemical, Refining, Chemical and Steel Industries. Projects involved all disciplines of Engineering. Activities and responsibilities included Administration, Sales, Engineering, Design, Procurement, and Construction. Human and Public relations CDI-SO received ISO 9001 Certification in 1995. 1952-1953 – Raymond L. Jenkins, Project Engineer 1951-1952 – Foster Wheeler Corporation – Piping Engineer 1950-1951 – Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, OK, Engineer 1948-1950 – Kansas State University – Student 1947-1948 – M K & T RR Co., Machinist's Helper 1946-1947 – Douglas Aircraft Co., Assembler 1945-1946 – USNR, Pharmacist Mate 3/c 1944 -1945 – MK&TRR Helper machinist 1961-1974 – Stubbs-Overbeck-Thayer Machinery Co., President, The company did construction and manufactured custom equipment for Steel and Petrochemical industries. (This activity was concurrent with Stubbs-Overbeck responsibilities.)
Accreditations	Licensed Professional Engineer in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Mississippi Malcomb Baldridge National Quality Award Program, Examiner 1999-2001 Quality Texas Examiner, 2004 Qualified Mediator for Houston Police Department HPD Citizen Mediator Qualified Mediator for Harris County DRC Qualified Mediator for Galveston Country DRC TMCA Certified Advanced Mediator BBB Certified Arbitrator Certified Engineering Manager, ASME Honorary Member ASME 2010
Affiliations (professional)	ASME International (President 1997/1998) ASME Board of Diversity and Outreach Asia Society AAES (American Association of Engineering Societies) AISE (Association of Iron and Steel Engineers) Silver Fox Advisors, Greater Houston Partnership Mediation Association of Galveston Texas Association of Mediators Harris County Dispute Resolution Center Society of Piping Engineers and Designers (SPED) Work Life Institute - Board Member Houston Humane Society - Board Member- Chairman Long Range Planning Committee
Memberships Social & Civic	Sharpstown Civic Association, past President and Board Member; Knights of Columbus; Riverbend Country Club; St. Frances de Sales Catholic Church; Safari International; Silver Fox Advisors; First Robotics- Judge; Houston.
Books	“Energy Choices - A guide to Facts and Perspectives “ published by ASME 2009
Papers and Presentations	"Measurement of Bulk Material Characteristics"; "PM 26+12, Project Management"; "Inclusivity"; "The Quality Process"; "Oil, Gas and Engineering"; "HART" (Humor, Action, Respect & Teamwork) and many presentations at ASME functions., ASME Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark for the Glomar Explorer(Nominator and presenter).
Business Interests	Project Management, Business mentoring, Mediation, Negotion, Problem Solving, Engineering Design, Tech-nical writing.
Personal Interests	Golf, hunting, knife making, painting, travel, woodworking.

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