Rich VanLieshout
President
Rich has worked in the chemical industry for more than 40 years. Functional areas of involvement include: business management, process engineering, project engineering, maintenance, product development, operations, EH&S, and plant management. Specific industries have included plastics, pigments, defoamers, specialty chemicals, specialty metals, minerals and environmental remediation. Rich’s very broad background is his greatest strength in bringing new ideas to the table and questioning the status quo. To go along with the lessons of real-world manufacturing, Rich has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA. (Yes, it is amazing, an ME who can do process design.) In his limited spare time, Rich enjoys pursuing skiing, biking, sailing, and tennis.
Kevin Berry, PE
Founder and Technical Expert – Sodium, Potassium, NaK
Kevin has proven himself an expert in the handling and use of sodium, potassium, lithium, and NaK. Kevin has over 50 years of engineering experience and over 45 years of experience handling sodium, potassium and NaK. Kevin may just be the most experienced person available to assist in this very specialized area of chemical processing. Having worked with many unit ops, Kevin also has a great deal of experience in the area of specialty-chemical batch processing. Strong powers of observation have enabled Kevin to quickly spot areas of improvement for many clients. Kevin is a registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. In Kevin’s spare time, you’ll find him with his pride and joys—five grandsons!
Alex VanLieshout
Vice President
Alex is the second generation to start working in the family business. Alex has been with Creative for 5 years now, learning all he can about process engineering, piping and instrumentation diagrams, and 3D modeling of piping systems and custom apparatuses. To go along with Alex's engineering abilities he is taking over business management for the company as well. Alex has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University and is in the process of obtaining his Professional Engineer certification. In his spare time, Alex enjoys racing dirt bikes, and being outdoors.
Diana Aksenova
Sr. Chemical Engineer
Don Finnerty
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
Jared Gordon, PE
Chemical Engineer
Josh Marteny, PE
Sr. Chemical Engineer
Ben Papu
Mechanical Fabricator
Tim Phagan
Controls Designer
Debee Sommer
Executive Assistant
Noah Sutherland
Mechanical Fabricator / Operations
Jason Wenschhof
Lead Mechanical Fabricator / Operations Manager
Grant Wooten
Sr. Chemical Engineer
CEI’s consultants, engineers, and technicians are committed to the three objectives with which Kevin Berry and Rich VanLieshout formed Creative Engineers in 1996:
- Bring creativity and a fresh approach to process and project engineering specializing in, but not limited to, the chemical industry.
- Get back to doing the type of work they enjoy most—solving real-world processing problems.
- Hire only engineers with considerable experience in daily plant operations.
Interested in joining our team? Click here for a list of positions we are seeking.
Contact us or call us at 717-235-5469 for more information about our chemical and process engineering services. Our staff will be happy to assist you further.