About Us

Mike joined Blue Tide in July of 2021, as Vice President Base Oil Sales, he graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and has over 40 years experience in the petroleum, coal and lubricants industries. His experience includes accounts payable, property, and financial accounting for Ashland Oil and Ashland Coal. Prior to his employment with Blue Tide Environmental, Mike provided sales management for base oils, waxes, aromatic extracts and private label lubricants for Valvoline, American Refining and Safety-Kleen.

Mark joined Blue Tide in 2022 as Vice President of Finance & Business Development. Prior to Blue Tide, Mark spent over 4 years at Tailwater Capital, a growth infrastructure private equity fund with $3.8 billion AUM, where he was responsible for the evaluation, execution & monitoring of a variety of investments representing over $1 billion in transaction value. Before Tailwater, Mark was an investment banking analyst at Simmons & Company International, where he focused on M&A advisory work in the midstream/downstream space. Mark graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas A&M University with BBAs in Finance and Business Honors.”

John joined Blue Tide in June of 2022 and brings a combined 30 years of sales experience in the asphalt and specialty products industries. He most recently worked as the VP of Sales & Marketing at U.S. Polyco, Inc. selling a portfolio of products that included adhesives and shingle coatings to the shingle manufacturing industry. He also led a successful new product launch featuring Sigmabond, a ground tire rubber-enhanced asphalt concentrate. Before Polyco, he served as the VP of Specialty Products at Safety-Kleen responsible for VTAE and fuel sales at six re-refineries. Other stops along his career included being the U.S. Business Manager for Shell Bitumen. John earned his Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Auburn University and serves on the Asphalt Institute Foundation Board as Vice Chair.

John joined Blue Tide in May 2021 and provides technical development and support services to both operations and sales teams. He has 35 years of experience in the oil industry and has held key managerial roles in sales, services, operations, product development, technical support, and quality assurance during his career. His primary focus will be on securing key industry performance approvals in support of base oils sales. He will also lead the implementation of BTE’s quality management system in pursuit of ISO 9001: 2015 Certification and Sustainability projects. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry from the University of Toronto and an MBA from McGill University and the HEC Business School in Montréal.

Sherry joined Blue Tide in March of 2022 and brings over 20 years of experience in the refining, crude oil evaluation, asphalt paving, roofing, and base oil industries. Before joining Blue Tide, she was the Technical Director at Vance Brothers Inc., responsible for quality control of emulsions, binders, and Hot Mix. Before Vance, she worked for Shell as the Technical Manager and Sr. Application Specialist responsible for refining asphalt, roofing flux, and paving grade applications. Early in her career, she worked for Martín Asphalt and SINOPEC. Sherry earned her Ph.D. degree in Applied Chemistry from the University of Petroleum in China, and she is currently an STLE and AI member.

Robert  joined Blue Tide in May 2022 as Vice President of Transportation, Logistics and Planning. As the supply chain lead for the re-refinery business, Robert is responsible for implementing an effective and efficient supply chain strategy ensuring continuous refinery operations that meet or exceed customer demand. Robert is also a key partner to sales, working closely with the commercial team to ensure effective commercial relationships with suppliers and customers are in place to sustain uninterrupted refinery operations. Before joining Blue Tide, Robert spent over two decades in the supply chain space leading procurement functions, logistics analysis, and S&OP processes at multiple fortune 500 companies, including Safety-Kleen, Dean Foods, Dr. Pepper Snapple, and Saputo Dairy Foods.