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<body background="_themes/passport/pasbkgnd.gif" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#999999" vlink="#993333" alink="#CC9966"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"> <h1 align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times"><font face="Brush Script MT" color="#333399">Ben Ball</font></font></h1> </font><table border="1" width="541" height="219" bordercolordark="#000000" bordercolorlight="#CC9966"> <tr> <td width="103"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"><font face="Arial">In Person</font> <p><font face="Arial"><a href="biographical_sketch.htm">Biographical Sketch</a></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><a href="fields_of_consulting.htm">Fields of Consulting</a></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><a href="publications.htm">Publications</a></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><a href="downloads.htm">Downloads</a></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><a href="ball_savage.htm">Ball & Savage Associates</a></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><a href="Contact_Info.htm">Contact Information</a></font></font></td> <td width="159" height="213"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"><img border="0" src="images/Ben%20Head.jpg" width="189" height="256"></font></td> <td width="257" height="213"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="line-height: 100%; text-indent: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font size="2">     President, Ball & Associates</font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font size="2">     B.S. & M.S., Chemical Engineering. MIT</font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font size="2">     51 years in the petroleum industry</font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font size="2">     23 years at MIT, including Adjunct Professor of Management & </font><font size="2">Engineering</font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font size="2">     Retired V.P. of Gulf Oil Corporation</font></font></td> </tr> </table><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"> <h2 align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times"><font face="Brush Script MT" color="#333399">Our 21st year consulting to management</font></font></h2> </font></body>