Mike O’Brien has joined Growth Energy as vice president of marketing development. He will help develop the ethanol market by assisting fuel retailers with delivering higher blends of ethanol to consumers through increased flex fuel pumps.

Growth Energy continues to advocate for opening the fuels market to ethanol through infrastructure investment. Their market development team will educate consumers about the benefits of ethanol and help retailers install flex fuel pumps capable of dispensing mid- to high-level blends of ethanol.

Before joining Growth Energy, O’Brien was global director of marketing and communications for Draka Oil & Gas. O’Brien also served in global communications for Cargill Dow/NatureWorks focusing on food retail adoption of the first commercial scale bio-polymer made entirely from corn.