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NewPo•nt Group' Management Consultants Mr. Steven Bocian Page 11 February 23, 2012 JAMES A.(ARSON,PH.D. PAGE 2 of 2 Relevant Experience(continued) • Project Director to perform the California Department of Conservation 2003,2005,2007.2009,and 2011 processing fee cost survey,a major primary-data economic cost survey of California certified recycling centers. Over the past eight years that he has managed this project,he has been responsible for over 1,000 on-site cost surveys of certified recycling centers throughout the State. • Project Director to develop for the California Department of Conservation the 2003/2004 Market Development and Expansion Grant Program Application(with supporting schedules),the Grant Agreement Terms and Conditions,and the Grant Program Evaluation Process. • Project Director to prepare a white paper that included a comprehensive assessment of,and recommendations for,plastics recycling and resource conservation in California for the California Integrated Waste Management Board and the California Department of Conservation. This white paper included market analyses of plastics recycling(including AB 2020 plastic beverage containers,by resin types)in California. • Project Director on an engagement to revise a California Department of Conservation software program used to calculate the cost of recycling for the processing fee. The scope of work included updating a 1994 Excel spreadsheet used to calculate the cost per ton to recycle aluminum,glass,and PET plastics. • Project Consultant to assist the California Department of Conservation to conduct three statewide focus groups to obtain comments,findings,and suggestions from industry participants regarding revisions or reforms to the State's beverage container recycling program and,specifically,the processing fee program. A report was prepared which summarized recommendations for changes to the cost and scrap value measurement methodology. • Project Director to assist the California Department of Conservation with the application of two different statistical methodologies used to estimate beverage container recycling rates and establish processing fees. Education • Carnegie Mellon University,Advanced Training in Economics,Graduate School of Industrial Administration • Iowa State University,Ph.D. in Resource Economics • Iowa State University,Full Research and Teaching Scholarship(one of the top Resource Economics Programs in the country) • University of California,Davis,B.S. in Applied Economics, with High Honors • University of California,Davis,Nominated for a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship