CHICAGO CORROSION GROUP - Key Persons


Dan Wiese

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant
  • Senior Project Manager
Before leaving CTLS in 2010 to join in the creation of Chicago Corrosion Group, Dan managed sales, project management, and quality assurance for hundreds of successful coatings application projects. He also acts as a liaison between operations and clientele, and collaborating on marketing endeavors and day-to-day business operations. During his tenure with Chicago Corrosion Group, Dan has consulted on coating system design, advised clientele on emerging and alternative materials, and authored and delivered highly comprehensive technical reports and specifications to clients across a broad range of industries. In addition to consultation, Dan has managed the contractor arm of CCG, and coordinated sensitive coatings application and repair projects using a network of qualified subcontractors and technicians. Clients, who have been acquired through a grassroots marketing initiative, include engineers and managers in the petrochemical, manufacturing, food production and chemical industries. Dan is a member of and participates in industry organizations such as CICI, NWIBRT, NACE and SSPC, and has collaborated in the formation and execution ECS, a technical conference on corrosion that is hosted by CCG. Dan Wiese entered the protective industrial coatings industry in 1999, when hired as an outside sales representative for Chicago Tank Lining Sales, a coatings contractor since 1959.

Dr. Molly Gentleman

Dr. Gentleman received her BS in Metallurgical Engineering from Illinois Institute of technology and PhD in Materials from the University of California, Santa Barbara with expertise in coatings for harsh environments.

Warren Brand

Job Titles:
  • Owner
Warren has been involved in the industrial coating industry since the age of 10, when he would go out with workers from his family business, lining the bottom of 275 gallon heating oil tanks in the basement of Chicago-area homeowners.