Professional of the Year for 2013 in Nonprofit Services: Michael D. DeShazo
![]() | Michael D. DeShazo |
Industry | Nonprofit |
Title | CEO/Chairman |
Expertise | Experienced technical professional in product development and analysis for the polymer and petrochemical industries, known for ability to integrate electronics, mechanical and chemical skills to gather data on specialized processes and controlled experiments; experience in custom-built equipment and improving processes |
Current Organization | Rexene Employee Association |
Type of Organization | Association |
Major Product | Develop a management team that will be focused on building a team that will be instrumental in building a new organization that is customer oriented; Assist in the providing assistance in the staffing process; Keep the lines communication flowing between all interested parties//// Providing an association of employees from the Chairman to the lowest paid employee, to facilitate employee ownership, to provide customer assurance, to provide a purchasing organization, to own stock, to act as trustee of the ESOP, to do community relations and charitable work in surrounding community, recreation opportunities, property ownership, grant seeking and child care for workers |
Area of Distribution | National |
Honors & Awards | Internal awards; Military service-Reservist USMCR (Active and Reserve, honorable discharged as EG Staff Sgt.), Heavy Junk Mechanic, Communications and Com Chief |
Published Works | Proprietary internal |
Affiliations | West Texas Astronomers; Elder, Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Hobbies & Sports | Fishing, hunting |
Career Accomplishments | Technical experience includes product development, technical support and research, pilot plant distillations, dimethyl succinyl succinate process operator, esterification process operator; Mechanical experience includes cross trained in the research division-the maintenance, pilot plant, analytical, polymer processing and R&D shift work; Analytical experience includes extensive knowledge in using lab equipment for measuring MFI, color, torque and physical properties of polymers |
Work History | Mechanics Helper, Odessa Aero, TX; Parts Man, Ector Aircraft and Vroman Aviation, TX; Avionics Installer, Mooney Southwest/Aquila, TX; Senior Research Specialist, Flint Hills Resources, TX |
Children | Matthew D., Lara Jean, Karri Lynn |
Spouse | Leona Jean (Jeanie) Rybolt |
Married | September 25, 1975 |
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