Tom Ellerbrock

Senior Director,
Process Engineering

Prior to Next Wave, Mr. Ellerbrock spent 21 years in various engineering and operations management positions in the basic and specialty petrochemical and midstream sectors. Most recently, Mr. Ellerbrock served for eight years as the Director of Engineering for Plains Gas Solutions in the areas of engineering, project management and controls, and optimization. Prior to joining Plains, Mr. Ellerbrock spent four years with TPC Group as Energy Optimization Engineer and Material Balance Manager and before that eight years working for Celanese as a process engineer and production engineer responsible for project development, unit optimization, and operation of the Methanol Synthesis and Utilities Units. Mr. Ellerbrock earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.