Mike started EBS in 1997 after a thirteen-year career with a major supplier of wastewater treatment chemicals and bioaugmentation cultures. EBS provides training and consulting services to industrial wastewater treatment systems, primarily in the pulp and paper industry. His clients include International Paper Company, Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Weyerhaeuser and Hercules Incorporated Pulp and Paper Division.

He has conducted several wastewater seminars for organizations, such as MS Water Environment Association (MWEA), the Arkansas DEQ, the Arkansas Environmental Federation (AEF) and the Technical Association for the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI.) Mike has authored numerous articles and papers on a variety of topics including nutrient optimization, activated sludge process control, bioaugmentation and micronutrient technology. He is the co-author of the manual entitled "Aerated Stabilization Basins in the Pulp and Paper Industry."

Mike received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1980. He is a Certified Environmental Trainer (CET) in wastewater and holds a Class IV Wastewater Operator Licenses in MS, LA and AR. In 2004, he completed a Masters . degree in Instructional Technology at the University of Southern Mississippi.

He is a member of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), the Water Environment Federation (WEF), the Louisiana and Mississippi Water Environment Associations (LWEA and MWEA) and the National Environmental Trainers Association (NETA). In 2005, Mike received the Roy F. Weston Prize for Outstanding Technical Contributions to the TAPPI Environmental Division.

Christine has served as Marketing Director and Operations Manger for EBS since 1999. She previously was President of Marketing Elements, a marketing consulting company in Mandeville, LA. Prior to that, she was employed by Nalco Chemical Company for eleven years in various marketing and applications engineering positions, including serving as Product Manger for the microbiological control product line.

Christine handles all business aspects of EBS including the logistics of the MacroGro nutrient product line. She also provides field and laboratory support to key clients in the Louisiana area.

Christine received a B.S. in Biology from Purdue University in 1985 and completed an MBA at the University of New Orleans in 2003.

Christine is a Past President of the New Orleans Chapter of the American Marketing Association and currently serves on their Board of Directors.