Jeric - Algae Fuel Research Specialist

Just a few months after Jeric graduated from
Colorado State University in May 2011
he was blessed when a door opened for him to take the position as a
 Sr. Research Specialist/Lab Manager
at C.Trade-Bard, Inc in Philidelphia, PA.

Jeric and his family now live in Levittown just outside of Philadelphia.

C. TRADE-BARD, INC. (CTBI) is engaged in managing, developing and commercializing of patent pending, award-winning algae technology of Biofuel Advance Research and Development (BARD). This technology has been tested to grow algae in indoor environments using artificial light in vertical photo-bioreactors (PBR) and has optimized the parameters to increase the yield of algae production. CTBI is also the subsidiary of Green Mountain Development Corp a public company with trading symbol (GMND).

CTBI provides access into both biofuels and the nutraceutical/pharmaceutical markets. The diesel fuel consumption in the US alone is approximately 65 billion gallons a year. The Omega-3 market is a multi-billion dollar market and growing rapidly. The opportunity for the Next Generation algae growers is broad and BARD is focused on bringing significant production to market.

Our plants in Pennsylvania and Georgia has successfully developed and tested the technology to grow algae in indoor environments which is a significant improvement over the technology being developed by its peers using open ponds. The indoor algae growth technology has significant advantages over open pond and other technologies as it does not depend on sunlight. It is modular and highly scalable. It operates 24/7 as artificial light is utilized. Our system is a fully integrated, end-to-end system starting with inoculation all the way through the processing into end products, whether biofuels or nutraceutical/pharmaceutical.