Ted Princiotto has 40 years experience in the petroleum refining business, 30 years with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company and 12 years with Becht Engineering where he is Vice President of Engineering. While with ExxonMobil, he held various technical, supervisory, staff and management positions. He supervised the mechanical engineering, applied mechanics and rotating equipment sections, participated in six refinery startups worldwide including the demonstration unit and first commercial application of ExxonMobil's FLEXICOKING process. He held positions in the Corporation's Corporate Planning Energy Outlook Division, ran the Vice President of Engineering's Staff responsible for budgets and workload/workforce planning.