Charles Bell is the founder of CrispyCrete and the inventor of CrispyCrete's patented technology that is revolutionizing the way the concrete industry handles returned concrete. Charles has worked in the ready-mixed concrete industry for over 50 years. During Charles' career, he managed and oversaw various concrete plants and accumulated vast knowledge of the day-to-day challenges of the ready-mixed concrete industry. It is estimated that plants under Charles' direction produced more than 2,500,000 cubic yards of concrete! Charles was the first to bring front discharge trucks to Alabama and was a leader in seeking ways to reduce the environmental impact of the ready-mixed concrete industry. He was on the forefront to embrace the recycling of water and the use of modern concrete settling ponds. In 1995, he was featured on the cover of "Concrete Products" publication for his varied innovations and specifically for his concrete plant design. He was honored by receiving the 2015 Alabama Concrete Industries Association Chairman's Award, which recognizes those individuals that have made significant contributions to the Alabama concrete industry. Throughout Charles' career, he continued to develop and evaluate various methods to address the burden that returned concrete places on concrete plants. He tried all available methods and some of his own inventions, none of which was cost effective, sustainable, and placed the producer in control. Recently after many years of experimenting, he made a breakthrough that led him to invent CrispyCrete's process to treat returned concrete. CrispyCrete's process is developed by a producer for producers and is revolutionizing the way the concrete industry handles returned concrete. CrispyCrete's method saves the producer money, is easy to install and use, makes plant site easy to keep clean, gives the producer full control, uses minimal water, and the process more than pays for itself.