ABOUT | Management

Salman Adil | Vice President Operations

Salman leads all operational activities for Blue Sun combining leadership in supply chain management, marketing, and sales operations. Salman is an accomplished executive with expertise in establishing and leading business operations and driving strategic change initiatives.

Most recently Salman was Vice President of Marketing for Aubice, where he launched new products and established service and support processes. Prior to Aubice, Salman served as Director, Global Business Processes for Eastman Kodak where he drove efficiencies and operational excellence through standardization of business processes, technology implementations, and integration of business acquisitions.

Before joining Kodak, Salman served in positions of increasing responsibility in corporate strategy, product management, supply chain management, and operations at Dow Chemical, 3M Company, Imation and Kodak Polychrome Graphics.

Salman is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Marketing Association, and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society.  Salman holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University.

Sean Lafferty | Vice President Technology & Strategic Projects

Mr. Lafferty, one of the founders of Blue Sun, had previously served as Vice President, Operations of Blue Sun and SunFuels since its founding in November, 2001. He had also served as Secretary, Treasurer and Director during his time with SunFuels, and has been a Vice President and Director of ARES Blue Sun Development, LLC since its inception. Prior to founding SunFuels Mr. Lafferty gained experience in the electric power and renewable energy fields while serving as an Electrical Engineer for Exponential Engineering Co. He has 15 years of applied electrical engineering experience with a focus on power systems. Mr. Lafferty earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Colorado State University.

Jerry Washburn | Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Washburn has over 35 years of financial and technology experience in a variety of senior level roles (CFO, COO, CEO, Advisory and Fiduciary Board) and has spent much of his career leading early-stage and emerging market companies through rapid scale to their next levels. Mr. Washburn’s experience spans all the crucial facets of rapid growth companies including, successfully concluding multiple capital, debt/equity transactions, business development and strategic planning, technology and business process implementation, mergers and acquisitions and private-to-public transactions. 

Mr. Washburn is unusually well grounded in both corporate finance and technology systems and infrastructures and is particularly adept and a highly sought after business process and technology specialist for rapid growth companies. Prior to joining Blue Sun, Mr. Washburn led the successful GRC (corporate governance, risk management and compliance) implementation at Pacific Ethanol, Inc., (Nasdaq “PEIX”) in support of that company’s scale from a $70 million private company to its present $500 million public company status, including installation of new ERP systems for information collection, processing and reporting and successfully leading the company through its initial Sarbanes-Oxley assessment and evaluation.

Mr. Washburn commenced his career with Arthur Andersen & Company where he served as engagement head of Boise Cascade and Georgia Pacific Corporations and was a specialist in SEC matters and Internal Control systems and processes. Following Andersen, Mr. Washburn served in senior leadership roles at Total Information Systems, Inc., an ERP software developer, IPRO, Inc., an imaging technology developer and litigation support company and OneSource Technologies, Inc., (OTB “ORCS”) a large-scale equipment technology service provider.

Mr. Washburn, a CPA holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Brigham Young University.