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Our Management Team

The Gulf Coast Environmental Systems Management Team

For the last two decades, the Gulf Coast Environmental Systems (GCES) management team led by Chad Clark, Corina Sheridan, Jay Swoboda, Cary Allen, and Erik Halvorsen have prided themselves in offering the Best Available Control Technology (BACT) to GCES customers, often leading the industry. Having designed, engineered, manufactured, and installed pollution control systems across the globe, our team is uniquely experienced and qualified to support our customers. We know and understand the geographic, environmental, political, and financial challenges that can occur during every stage of implementation, and are here to provide solutions and options to ensure that our clients projects are successful.

Chad Clark Management

As Founder and CEO of Gulf Coast Environmental Systems, Mr. Chad Clark, started GCES as an environmental abatement solutions provider; through the years, he has grown our offerings to include innovative industrial solutions and technological advancements, focused on improving the environment, energy, and efficiencies. He has personally developed many internationally recognized BACT (Best Available Control Technology) air pollution control systems. Mr. Clark is a graduate of Vanderbilt University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, who has devoted nearly two-decades to making improvements in pollution control and environmental protection. He is an educational speaker and expert in abatement technologies, who is regularly sought out for his extensive knowledge in air pollution control solutions, and remediation best practices. In recent years, Mr. Clark has turned his focus to developing options that convert waste products to revenue producing assets, once again leading the field in technological development and advancements. When Mr. Clark started GCES at such a young age, he never imagined that one day, his passion for environmental protection would be amplified by the desire he now has to create a better world for his three children.

Corina Sheridan Management PageMrs. Corina Sheridan is the Director of Business Development at Gulf Coast Environmental Solutions. After a year of consulting for the company, her passion for pollution control inspired her to join the team as a permanent fixture. Now, 4-years later, she is considered GCES’ swiss army knife. With over 15-years in sales, marketing, and international business development, Corina works constantly to refine and enhance the overall customer experience GCES offers each client. This mother of two continues to grow within the organization, gaining substantial knowledge in all parts of the business, and overseeing all sales and marketing operations. When Corina is not traveling the world to ensure clients get exactly what they need from their pollution control equipment, she is home with her family, and great dane, Optimus Prime. She enjoys cooking, geocaching, camping, and fundraising for causes near and dear to her heart… like child welfare. Her passion for the environment was evident at a young age, appearing on PBS at just 8-years-old, to discuss preserving ecosystems for Common Loons. Though a lot has changed since then, that outspoken environmental advocate is still fighting for the planet she loves, by ensuring Gulf Coast Environmental Systems provides our clients the most efficient, cost-effective pollution control equipment on the market.

gces managementMr. Jay Swoboda, a proud Aggie, husband, and father, is the General Manager here at GCES. With over 30 years in the industry, his approach is hands-on, and needless to say, it works. He can regularly be found on the manufacturing floor, checking in on production and his team. Mr. Swoboda expanded the GCES Excellence Inspection System in the production shop for quality control; this system has since expanded to other areas of the company, and has improved communication, quality control, teamwork… and the result has not gone unnoticed by customers, who often rave about the GCES process, which includes regular checkpoints and communication. Mr. Swoboda has degrees from Texas A&M and attended Harvard Business School, has over three decades of engineering, operations, manufacturing, and service experience building heavy industrial equipment, and holds United States Patent Number 4,384,901 for an automated pipe cutting/beveling system. Mr. Swoboda’s efforts extend beyond the walls of GCES and into the community, where he volunteers for many organizations, including the Lions Club, as a career development mentor, and as an advocate for education alongside his wife, who works in the local schools.

Management team cary allen

Mr. Cary Allen recently joined GCES as Technical Director, filling the role previously held by CEO, Mr. Chad Clark. Graduating from Ohio University as a chemical engineer in 1991, he has spent the last 3-decades specializing in the air pollution control field. Mr. Allen has experience in many roles within the industry, including roles in Engineering Lead, Business Development, Project Management, and Applications Engineering. As Technical Director at GCES, Mr. Allen is tasked with product development, providing our application engineering team with technical support, and project oversight from conception to completion. With his wife of 25-years, and 4 sons, Mr. Allen and family join our Conroe team from Southfield, MI. A forever-student, he has Customer Excellence training by Mercuri International, Effective Negotiating training by Karass, and has completed the Project Management Course offered by the National Society of Professional Engineers. His love of learning and how things work has been passed on to his sons, two of which are in school to become engineers, themselves, and plan on joining their dad in the pollution control industry. His two younger sons, twins, will be juniors in high school this fall. He is an avid reader, sci-fi movie enthusiast, and Texas Hold’em fan. He also enjoys cooking and golf, though he is admittedly not great at either. Mr. Allen and his family look forward to immersing themselves in the Greater Houston community.

gces management team

Before becoming the Operations Manager at GCES, Mr. Erik Halvorsen was an up-and-coming pitcher in the MLB minor league. His work ethic, and commitment to teamwork, have helped him become a valued member of the GCES team. After baseball, Mr. Halvorsen entered the industrial world, where he gained extensive experience in the oil and gas industry. Starting off as a Project Manager, his previous large project knowledge quickly elevated him to a higher position within the organization. He is involved in every step of the manufacturing process, and is a trusted partner to our customers. When he is not running operations in the office, he enjoys spending time with his daughter.

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Gulf Coast Environmental Systems (GCES) is your custom solutions provider for pollution control systems, industrial ovens, systems engineering and field support worldwide. Our unique approach is to analyze your process stream and business objectives and propose an ideal solution or range of options to help you optimize these objectives. GCES is a one-stop shop: we provide engineering services, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and ongoing support. With our broad base of expertise and large installed global base, we are well-positioned to solve your pollution control issues.

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