Founders
Smiley Brion
President
Smiley attended Lewis and Clark College in Portland Oregon and worked as Manager of European Development and Sales for Devin Associates for five years. In 1989 he supervised the construction of three bakeries for McDonald's Corporation, including the first ever McDonald's in Moscow, Russia.
After that Smiley worked for Anthony-Ross Company for fourteen years, as Quality Assurance Manager, Production Manager, and Director of Customer Service and NW Regional Sales Manager. Smiley is currently Founder, Partner, and Operations and Customer Service manager at SHB.
Dan Higgins, BSME PE
Chief Engineer
Dan has degrees from Oregon State University and a BSME from Portland State University. Dan has worked in the Pulp and Paper industry for almost 25 years, most of it at Anthony Ross Company, where was Chief Engineer.
Dan has developed many innovative products and technologies for biomass boilers with many patents and patents pending in his name. Dan has conducted engineering studies and CFD models on over 75 boilers and designed over 30 boiler modification projects in the pulp and paper industry. Dan is currently Founder, Partner, and Chief Engineer at SHB, responsible for Engineering and Product Development.