COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE - Key Persons


Arthur Eberle - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President and CEO Consultant, Field Monitor, and Operator
Arthur Eberle holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Christian Brothers University and MBA from University of Memphis. He has more than 30 years of experience as a Chemical Engineer and has had over 10 years experience in the Fortune 500. Arthur was previously the marketing director for RAMCON Environmental, a source emission testing company. Arthur has worked in the environmental arena since 1983 and has performed a number of 40 CFR 60 Appendix A Methods and conducted numerous visible emissions reading projects over the course of his career. Arthur has consulted on several legal cases, beginning in 1982 at RAMCON providing research for litigation defense for Dr. George S. Buck, RANCOM's president. Mr. Eberle developed the unique approach which Compliance Assurance Associates, Inc. applies to the process of training your employees to conduct compliance monitoring at your facility in an effective and efficient manner.

David Crockett

Job Titles:
  • Shop Coordinator

Derek Mason

Job Titles:
  • Supervisor of Operations
Derek joined CAA in 2019. He came to CAA with technical and managerial experience. Derek has gained a wide breadth of knowledge about Method 9 and air quality processes. He has worked at hundreds of smoke schools and leads the shop team's effort to maintain and improve CAA's fleet of smoke generators.

Joseph Spivey

Job Titles:
  • Director, Training and Business Development
Joe Spivey studied Biology and Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and holds a B.A. in Chemistry and a B.S. in Biology. He has worked in the environmental field most of his adult life. Since 1989, Joe has provided Method 9 training for thousands of students. He is skilled at navigating facilities with compliance issues into compliance and assisting the facility personnel in resolving issues with the regulatory agency in a non-adversarial way. Joe provides support for Notice of Violations; he is the most knowledgeable technical expert in Method 9 currently practicing in the U.S. and is qualified to do all aspects of Method 9 training, including defense of readings and challenging reading observations in court. Joe has spearheaded the development of the www.VEO-APP.com and has made significant contributions in its development. The VEO-APP improves the administrative processes of visible emissions requirements and of keeping multiple facilities in compliance.

Larry Whicher

Job Titles:
  • Consulting Associate / Marketing, Sales
Larry joined Complianced Assurance in August 2023 as a full-time employee. Larry has worked in the environmental field since 1988. He has been part of or managed over 1,000 air emissions testing projects. The projects were performed nationally and internationally for Fortune 500 companies and small companies. International locations include Germany and Mexico. Air emissions testing also included performing visible emission observations on over 1,000 sources. Part of Larry's career includes owning and operating an air emissions testing company for over ten years. For the last 14 years Larry has worked as a contractor for various air emission testing companies and for Compliance Assurance.

Michael Martin

Job Titles:
  • Field Monitor and Operator

Nathanel (Nate) Bridges

Job Titles:
  • Electronics Lead

Rebecca Walker

Job Titles:
  • Logistics Coordinator

Smoke Schools

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William (Bill) Bridges

Job Titles:
  • Field Monitor and Operator