IRM Team

Rusty Lloyd serves as the Vice President & General Counsel for IRM. His almost 10 years in the industry has given him the honor of building strategic partnerships both domestically and internationally. Some of those partnerships have turned into true friendships and through those relationships, Rusty has been able to help various industries fully develop a beneficial reuse platform for their residual products. He hopes his efforts to build a relationship based approach will help to transform the way business is transacted on personal and global level in the marketplace. Prior to his time with IRM, Rusty spent a brief stint in the legal field working for the Judicial Department. Rusty graduated from The University of South Carolina with a BS centered on Management and Marketing along with a minor in Political Science. Rusty then obtained his Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, degree from the Charleston School of Law. He is now fully licensed to practice law in the State of South Carolina. His wife, Manning, is a local dentist and his son, Mills (2), have played an integral role in his success to date. In his spare time, he enjoys golfing, traveling and attending Gamecock sporting events.

Jamie R. Bartolome III serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Innovative Resource Management (IRM). He comes to IRM with over twenty-three years of experience with a Standard and Poor’s 500 global financial services company having held management positions across different business divisions. He brings a fiduciary mindset with expertise across accounting, financial analysis, relationship management, investment management, alternative investments, performance, regulatory reporting, audit, risk excellence and cash management. Jamie graduated from Northeastern University with a BS in finance. He is currently pursuing his MBA at Charleston Southern University. Jamie is a family man and enjoys spending time with his wife and three children.

Mike Norton is a Supply Chain Manager who works with Innovative’s Product Placement Department providing solutions and selling difficult to place products. He gets great satisfaction in solving problems and believes that old Zig Ziglar adage that “you can get everything in life you want, if you just help enough other people get what they want.” For his twelve years with Innovative, he has been helping manufacturing companies find reuse options for residuals, secondary streams, and surplus chemicals. He has 25 years of industry experience with a strong background in engineering, starting in the military as a nuclear operator and in the shipyards. He is a dedicated family man and is actively involved in serving his church and community.

Steve Bland works as Director of Business Development drawing on his 33+ years in the Pine Chemicals Industry where he dealt with customers across a wide cross section of industries with a heavy concentration on the oil and gas sector. He has extensive experience in building businesses in both domestic and international markets. Through his experiences in the chemical industry, Steve has learned that asking questions aimed at understanding the needs and concerns of the potential customers is the best way to help the customer. He strongly believes that “a commitment made is a commitment honored.” The core values that drive Innovative Resource Management’s business philosophy are the same values that were ingrained in Steve in his early days in the chemical industry and ones that continue to be guiding principles in his daily life. Steve graduated from The College of Charleston with a BS in Business Administration with emphasis in Chemistry. Steve resides in Houston, Texas and enjoys traveling, reading, hiking, and scuba diving in his spare time.

Jimmy King is a Product Acquisition Manager who has built a career in helping people. He enjoys working with businesses to help them capture value from their residual products. Jimmy recognizes the need for these services in the petroleum and chemical markets and has successfully accomplished this by utilizing the 250+ years of industry experience within IRM’s tenure.

DJ is a Product Acquisition Manager at IRM. He graduated from Newberry College with a BS in Sports Management and Physical Education, where he was also the starting shortstop on the baseball team. Prior to IRM, DJ played professional baseball for 3 seasons in the Untied Shore Professional Baseball League (Michigan) and the Frontier League(Illinois) where he was a 2 time all-star and two time Defensive Player of the Year. Born and raised in Montpelier, Virginia, DJ is still brand new to the Charleston area and is loving every minute of it. DJ brings a great attitude and a willingness to work hard everyday. He also enjoys working out, playing lots of golf, and spending time with his daughter, Charlee.

Sean Flanagan is an applications chemist who works with manufacturers to develop new markets for both products and byproducts in order to increase their value. Sean believes in the importance of taking this value added approach to utilizing byproducts due to the positive effect it has on both the environment and the manufacturer’s bottom line. Sean holds a BS in Chemistry and Physics from the College of Charleston.

Wendy Young works in the accounting department for IRM. She comes to The IRM Team with a smile in her work. Mainly a bean counter from way back, she also loves people. In addition to her bean counting, in many facets of business, she also catered for over 25 years in the Low Country where she was raised in a big family of five siblings. Being the oldest girl, she learned the gift of diplomacy growing up in a house where Dad worked and Mom stayed home with the children. This has fueled her ability to multitask, communicate and relate to each responsibility center of IRM. She works in tandem with Sales, Finance and Transportation Centers while answering our incoming lines and greeting our guests for IRM and our tenants at the corporate office. Her main goal is to bring fluidity to Responsibility Centers in the office. Her dedicated leadership to our Owner, VP and Legal Counsel is demonstrated by her devotion to the many businesses adventures and affairs that she keeps up with and accounts for. She reaches across and uses forward thinking to facilitate work and her life.

Carrie Faris has been with IRM since 2011 and brought with her 6 years’ experience in the environmental & transportation industry and over 15 years in Office Management. Carrie comes to work ready to handle & complete any challenge. She is able to multitask and organize many steps of our day to day operations. She is a people person not only working hand to hand with our Sales Dept. she also handles all responsibilities of our logistic dept. Carrie works closely with our customers to assure that they receive the highest level of customer service and she enjoys the relationships & friendships built through IRM.

Although new to the IRM family, I bring over 30 years of experience working in the shipping industry. Currently I work for the Innovative Logistics, LLC group as a Logistics coordinator working closely with Sales and the Logistics team. I am a highly energetic person who enjoys working in a challenging environment. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my daughters and grandchildren.

Joani Colón is the Director, Global Business Development. She came to IRM after working for the Department of State at the U.S. Embassy in Kosovo. She has been a military spouse for 29 years and has traveled all over the world. She uses her knowledge, experiences, and networking to further the IRM mission to partner with companies both in the U.S. and abroad. Her commitment to excellent customer service builds good relations with buyers and sellers of different revenue streams. Joani and her husband have a daughter who is an Acquisitions Officer in the military and a future son-in-law who is a Contracting Officer. Her son, works in the Environmental Engineering Industry, and he and his wife welcomed their first child this year. Joani enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, and entertaining friends and family.