Steven M. Bagby, 
Captain US Navy (Ret.,)
Owner and CEO

Captain Steven M. Bagby is the son of a career Naval officer. He graduated from East Tennessee State University in June of 1977 with a BS Degree, entered the Navy as an Aviation Officer Candidate and was commissioned Ensign in November 1977. Upon completion of flight Training, he was designated a Naval Aviator in March 1979.

Captain Bagby's initial assignment was with HSL-36. He served in HSL-36 until September 1982, and completed deployments to the Mediterranean and North Atlantic aboard USS ELMER MONTGOMERY (FF 1082) and USS TIPPE (FF 1085) as Detachment Maintenance Officer.

In October 1982, Captain Bagby reported to HSL-31 as an Instructor Pilot. He served in the maintenance department as Quality Assurance Officer and Maintenance Control Officer. In April 1985, Captain Bagby reported to HSL-33 and was assigned as Officer in Charge of Detachment NINE aboard USS FIFE (DD 991), making an Indian Ocean deployment, and then served as Squadron Safety Officer.

Following this tour, Captain Bagby reported to Naval Military Personnel Command, Director of Distribution (N-4) as a Rating Assignment Officer, responsible for the detailing of all enlisted aviation technical ratings. During the last seven months of Washington duty, Commander Bagby was assigned to the Armed Forces Inauguration Committee's Protocol/Military Assistant Directorate, where he provided military liaison for the immediate members of the First and Second Families during the Inauguration of the President of the United States.

In April 1989, Captain Bagby reported back to HSL-33. He served as Officer-in-Charge of Detachment 6B aboard USS STERETT (CG 31), forward deployed to Subic Bay, Philippines, and Squadron Operations Officer. During this tour, Captain Bagby was selected as HSL-33 Officer of the Year for 1990. From February 1991 to July 1992, Captain Bagby served as the last Executive Officer of HSL-31, the West Coast Fleet Replacement Squadron for LAMPS MkI. During this tour he became the second pilot in LAMPS MkI history to accumulate 4,000 hours in the SH-2F.

After his tour in HSL-31, Captain Bagby attended Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. He reported to HSL-46 as Executive Officer in November 1993, and in March 1995, Captain Bagby assumed command of HSL-46's "Grandmasters." Following this initial command tour, he was assigned to the USS BATAAN (LHD 5), where he served as Air Boss from July 1996 through February 1998. In December 1998, he reported as Commanding Officer of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light FOUR ZERO (HSL-40), the East Coast LAMPS MK III Fleet Replacement Squadron.

Captain Bagby assumed the duties of the Executive Officer Naval Air Station Jacksonville in April 2000. During this tour he was responsible for the day to day operations of the base. This included providing total support for over 118 tenant commands numbering approximately 25,000 personnel. During his tour at NAS Jacksonville, the base became the staging area for FEMA disaster assistance operations in the Gulf Coast AOR.  Since retiring from the Navy he has run his own company that provides a broad range of services to the government.

Kevin F. Delaney, 
Rear Admiral USN (Ret.,)

Rear Admiral Kevin F. Delaney USN (ret), President and CEO of Delaney & Associates Consulting, has over 19 years of experience in a wide range of military installation management disciplines. First serving as Commanding Officer of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL from May 1989-August 1991.

In May of 1989, RADM Delaney, (then a Navy Captain) was faced with a myriad of challenges including having the base placed on the EPA Super Fund Registry just three days after his assumption of command. The base subsequently served as a role model in effective and expeditious environmental clean up and received national recognition for its visionary environmental initiatives.

While at the base, RADM Delaney started the first full range installation recycling program in the Department of Defense and a year later, the base was recognized by Keep America Beautiful with its First Place Award for all local, state and federal government organizations in the nation. The base’s recycling program also received awards from the National Paper Institute and the American Steel Can Association. Profits generated from the effort produced an estimated $550,000.00 per year, which was used to enhance on-base Quality of Life Programs for its Sailors and their families and to support environmental educational programs. Cost avoidance, generated by the program, saved taxpayers roughly $680,000.00 per year.

Naval Air Station Jacksonville constructed Manatee observation sites, nature trails and was instrumental in the inauguration of an award winning environmental education program recognized as the Navy’s best. During the same timeframe, volunteer efforts of Sailors, base workers, family members and retired personnel initiated an annual St John’s River cleanup along the six plus miles of river frontage on the base and the proper disposal of roughly eight tons of trash per year.

In 1991,NAS Jacksonville was recognized as the Navy’s premier base, from 147 naval installations worldwide, and was awarded the Commander in Chief’s Installation Excellence Award by President George H.W. Bush. He was selected for promotion to Rear Admiral in December 1991.

In April of 1992, RADM Delaney assumed command of Naval Shore Installations, U.S. Atlantic Fleet where he was responsible for the twenty-five military installations supporting the U.S. Atlantic Fleet’s operating forces from Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland south to Naval Station Rodman, Panama and from Naval Air Facility Lajes in the Portugese Azores and west to Naval Station Ingleside Texas. His staff ‘s responsibilities included all aspects of environmental services, civil engineering, hospitality management, recreational facilities/programs, infrastructure, physical security, budgets, and base operations. During this tour, he was deeply involved in, and had oversight of, numerous Environmental Impact Studies as the Navy was in the process of closing naval installations in Argentia, Newfoundland, Brooklyn, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Staten Island, NY, Charleston, SC, Antigua, and Mobile, AL.

In June 1994, RADM was assigned to the Pentagon as the Navy’s first Director of Shore Installation Management (N-46) in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. In this capacity, he had budget and policy formulation responsibilities for all naval installations worldwide. His office’s oversight included environmental, operational, recreational, quality of life, safety, infrastructure, physical security and logistic support for these installations.

In June 1995, RADM Delaney assumed command of Navy Region Southeast, headquartered in Jacksonville, FL. He had direct command responsibilities for all 14 naval installations (5 Air Stations, 1 Submarine Base, 7 Naval Stations, 1 Weapon Station as well as 4 Naval Hospitals) in the southeastern 8 states (Federal Region 4) and the Caribbean. With direct oversight of all environmental matters in the Region, he was the Navy’s sole point of contact with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region Four Headquarters in Atlanta. RADM Delaney also served as sole liaison with FEMA and GSA for Region Four.

During this tour of duty, he continued oversight of base closures at Mobile and assumed oversight of additional bases ordered closed as a result of BRAC ’95; NAS Cecil Field (a Super Fund Site), Naval Station Ingleside TX, and Naval Weapons Facility, Frankfort, KY.

In addition to responsibilities for environmental, civil engineering, logistic, hospitality, retail, food service, lodging, infrastructure, utilities, physical security, and recreational programs aboard his bases, RADM Delaney was the Navy’s Convening Authority for all Courts Martial cases within the Region and had oversight of a total budgetary authority in excess of $500,000,000.00. Construction efforts aboard his naval installations also peaked as a result of BRAC related construction at “receiver” bases and Navy quality of life enhancements throughout the Region.

RADM Delaney retired from active duty on 1 July 1991 after 34 years of honorable service. For the past eight years he has been President and CEO of Delaney & Associates Consulting. His firm specializes in a wide range of environmental and general construction services.

Benedict T. Maresca
Technical Director
Research and Development

Mr. Maresca received a chemistry degree from The Citadel in 1984.  From there, in 1986 he completed post graduate work under the Research Fellow program at the Medical University of South Carolina in molecular and cellular biology; and, in 1996-1998, Mr. Maresca completed post graduate work un the Research Fellow program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in organometalic chemistry.  During this time, Mr. Maresca was a research associates for FMC Corporation, and conducted research on heavy metal contaminants.

1986-1991:  Technical director for scale up studies for Kings Laboratory, Inc., and oversaw the synthesis of intermediates in organic reactors for production of waste water products with a focus on chlorinations and brominations.

1988-1989:  President and technical director of research and development for Modern Technologies, conducting research on and overseeing the production of enzyme produced amino acids and peptides.

1991-1995:  Technical director for Crown Metro, Inc., manufacturing organic chemicals and managing the pretreatment facility and supervising quality control labs.  Research focused on natural digestion of dye intermediates, along with sulfur trioxide sulfonates, iron reductions and chlorinations.

1998-2001:  Technical director for Arrochem, Inc., and was responsible for development of waste water products for metal finishing, textile and related businesses.

2001 to present:  Technical director of Organic Products International, conducting research and development of new products for the natural digestion of waste streams. 

2004 to present:  Technical director and partner in Biological Solutions, specializing in the microbial metabolism and digestion for remediation in a variety of industries.  As well, Mr. Maresca has focused research and development of all natural products for remediation, sanitization, and the food industry.

Bobby G. Therrell
Vice President
Business Development and Marketing

Mr. Therrell has over 40 years of professional management and marketing experience in the industrial chemical and bio remediation industries.

In 1964, Mr. Therrell founded Thero-Chem in Sumter, South Carolina.  As the sole proprietor, he oversaw the sales and distribution of industrial and waste water chemicals.  Thero-Chem was sold in 1995 as a profitable business.

In 1966, Mr. Therrell started Organix, also based in Sumter, South Carolina.  Organix specialized in the sales and distribution of scent control products for the hunting industry.  After two years of profitable sales in this market, Mr. Therrell sold the formulation for the scent control to Mossy Oak, one of the leading companies in the hunting and shooting sports industry.

From the sale of Organix, Mr. Therrell, along with a group of investors, formed Therrell Environmental.  It is with this business that Mr. Therrell began developing and marketing products for bio remediation and de-watering of waste water, hazardous spills and caustic tank treatment.  This business was sold in 2001 with substantial profit to all investors.

In 2003, Mr. Therrell, again with a group of investors, began Organic Products International.  As CEO, Mr. Therrell expanded this business internationally within the first year.  As a biotech research and production company, OPI provides technical support for its line of all natural, non-toxic products ranging from waste water treatment to agricultural and food industry applications.