Home About Us » Contact Employment Newsroom Search form Search About Us Overview History Our Team Koda Energy Facts Become a Supplier Interested in becoming a supplier? click here >> Koda Energy Facts Koda (pronounced koh-da) means ‘friend’ in the Dakota language. Click here to view the Koda Energy Fact Sheet Related Links www.rahr.com www.bioenergyday.com www.usabiomass.org www.auri.org www.heatingthemidwest.org Koda Energy Clean, Renewable, Friendly Our Team Rahr Corporation Rahr Corporation is a family owned company that has been in business since 1847. Rahr Corporation produces and distributes malt and industry related brewing supplies. Rahr’s modern malt production plants are strategically located in Shakopee, MN and Alix, Alberta. Malting operations are supported by Rahr’s barley procurement and distribution facility located in Taft, North Dakota. Brewers Supply Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rahr Corporation, offers a full array of products and support for the craft brewing industry. Koda Management Stacy Cook President Stacy is the President of Koda Energy. He has been part of the Koda team since the construction of the facility was still ongoing. He developed the roles and responsibilities for all the hourly staff at the facility, trained all operations staff in the performance of their duties, and wrote all the initial operating procedures and parameters for the equipment when he was the Chief Engineer. In the autumn of 2010 he was promoted to Vice President of Plant Operations, then to Vice President of Operations and General Manager in 2012, before ultimately being named President of Koda Energy in December 2017. Prior to being hired in 2008 as the Chief Engineer, Stacy operated a large utility power plant for Xcel Energy. He has been involved with operations and management in various types and sizes of plants since 1989 while using many different sources of energy including coal, biomass, natural gas, refuse derived fuel, oil, chemical recovery, and hydro. In his current role he is responsible for oversight of all company activities and staff. He has continued to focus on process and capital improvements, increased production, dependability, and strengthening the bottom line. Stacy currently holds a State of Minnesota Chief A Engineers License. Eric Hansen Director of Operations and Compliance Eric is the Director of Operations and Compliance for Koda Energy, LLC. Before being hired in 2008 as one of the original plant operators at Koda, Eric worked as an operator at a combined cycle methane plant. Prior to that Eric spent 6 years in the Navy as part of the nuclear propulsion program onboard the USS Jacksonville (submarine). Eric was promoted to Chief Engineer in February of 2012, and again to Director of Operations and Compliance in December of 2016. As Director of Operations and Compliance, Eric is responsible for day to day management of plant employees while taking direction from the President of Koda, to ensure safe, efficient, reliable, and compliant plant operations. Eric currently holds a State of Minnesota Chief A Engineer’s license. Privacy Policy