{"id":3,"date":"2025-09-06T22:34:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T22:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b.fuelcellnation.com\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2025-09-06T23:08:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:08:42","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/b.fuelcellnation.com\/index.php\/privacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who we are<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>My website address is: https:\/\/blog.fuelcellnation.com.<\/p>\r\n<p>This is the personal Web site of Keith D. Patch. The views and opinions expressed here are my own and do not represent the thoughts, intentions, plans or strategies of my clients\/employer(s) or any of the organizations I belong\/have belonged to\/consult for. The information is provided &#8220;AS IS&#8221; with no warranties, and confers no rights.<\/p>\r\n<p>I directed the\u00a0<a title=\"Keith quoted in C&amp;I News\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/https:\/\/www.keithdpatch.com\/IMG\/20150810-C%26I_News-Pg15-Joule_Sabic-HIGHLIT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Process Engineering and Controls Departments<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a title=\"Joule Home Page\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160101003524\/https:\/\/www.jouleunlimited.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joule Unlimited Technologies,\u00a0 Inc.<\/a>\u00a0from 2014 through 2015.<\/p>\r\n<p>I was the\u00a0<a title=\"Press release announcing new 300 kWe ORC product\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2013\/10\/prweb11193399.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ORC Product Manager<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a title=\"Concepts NREC Home Page\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/https:\/\/www.conceptsnrec.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Concepts NREC<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a02013 through 2014.<\/p>\r\n<p>I was a Program Manager at\u00a0<a title=\"GES Listing at MA Secretary of State\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/https:\/\/corp.sec.state.ma.us\/CorpWeb\/CorpSearch\/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=Sof9ZqGJdxjrDR8ctD32Jpb9NEJggjYLakbJ0Ljty6Q-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a title=\"Giner Home Page\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/http:\/\/www.ginerinc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giner Inc.<\/a>\u00a0from 2001 through 2012.<\/p>\r\n<p>I was previously employed for 18 years at the Thermo Electron R&amp;D Center, (now\u00a0<a title=\"Thermo Fisher Scientific Home Page\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/http:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.<\/a>), including the Thermo businesses Thermo Technologies,\u00a0<a title=\"Tecogen Home Page\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/http:\/\/www.tecogen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tecogen<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"THP merger with TMO announcement\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/813895\/000091205799003345\/0000912057-99-003345.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thermo Power Corporation<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>After graduating in 1980 from the\u00a0<a title=\"MIT Home Page\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/http:\/\/www.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/a>\u00a0(MIT) with an S.B. in\u00a0<a title=\"MIT Bachelor of Science Degree in Course 10\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/https:\/\/cheme.mit.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-students\/undergraduate-programs\/course10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chemical Engineering<\/a>\u00a0and an S.M. degree in\u00a0<a title=\"MIT Master of Science Degree in CEP\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/https:\/\/cheme.mit.edu\/academics\/graduate-students\/graduate-programs\/mscep-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chemical Engineering Practice<\/a>, I worked for three years at the now-defunct startup\u00a0<a title=\"ERCO Listing at MA Secretary of State\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/https:\/\/corp.sec.state.ma.us\/CorpWeb\/CorpSearch\/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=Qo9DjHyw1zw7HEfjugNg3ncP1RoMDA0K7xDuUCpemeE-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Energy Resources Company<\/a>\u00a0(ERCO).<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a9 2008 &#8211; 2025 by Keith D. Patch. Some Rights Reserved. Copyright holder is licensing this under the\u00a0<a title=\"CC BY 4.0 International\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904195428\/https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creative Commons License, Attribution 4.0 International<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Please note that the Creative Commons License does not apply to third-party images used within posts on this web site. Please see attribution associated with each image for licensing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comments<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor\u2019s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https:\/\/automattic.com\/privacy\/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Media<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cookies<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select &#8220;Remember Me&#8221;, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Embedded content from other websites<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who we share your data with<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How long we retain your data<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What rights you have over your data<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where your data is sent<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who we are My website address is: https:\/\/blog.fuelcellnation.com. This is the personal Web site of Keith D. Patch. The views and opinions expressed here are my own and do not represent the thoughts, intentions, plans or strategies of my clients\/employer(s) or any of the organizations I belong\/have belonged to\/consult for. 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