Advisory Board 2011

The Advisory Board for the Blue Tech Forum is carefully selected to give a cross section of expertise. The Board help ensure that BlueTech Forum 2011 will be the water technology event of the year…

BlueTech Forum Founder and CEO, O2 Environmental Inc

Richard Stover

 

Dr. Stover joined Desalitech in 2011 to lead the company’s business development, product launch and commercialization efforts. Prior to Desalitech, Dr. Stover was Chief Technical Officer and SVP of Marketing for Energy Recovery, Inc. There he was responsible for engineering, research and development and subsequent global product launch of the PX Pressure Exchanger energy recovery device and...

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Helge Daebel

 

Helge Daebel is a Technology Specialist responsible for water technologies and marine renewables within Emerald Technology Ventures. He is responsible for Emerald’s strategy within these sectors and is involved from the initial phases of the investment process up to assisting management during the investment period. Prior to joining Emerald, Helge conducted research at the Swiss Federal...

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John Coburn

 

Prior to joining XPV in January 2006, John was a private investor focused on the water industry.  He was one of the earliest employees of ZENON Environmental, and as President and Chief Operating Officer, he helped grow the company from start up to over $146M in revenue with a market capitalization of $700M.  Upon leaving ZENON in 2002, he was awarded the “Architect of ZENON Award” to...

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Steven Kloos

 

Steven Kloos recently joined True North Venture Partners as a Partner. He is formerly the Advanced Technologies Leader for GE Power & Water, Water & Process Technologies where he looked for early-stage innovation outside of GE and shepherded disruptive technologies within GE Water & Process Technologies. He is a native of Minnesota. Kloos received a Bachelor of Science degree in...

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Rafael Simon

 

Rafael joined VantagePoint from Zenon Environmental (acquired by GE), a leading water treatment company, where he was COO, responsible for all aspects of sales, operations, R&D, and manufacturing of membrane-based water treatment technology. Prior to Zenon, he was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, focusing on the environment and energy sectors. Earlier in his career, Rafael was a...

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Paul O’Callaghan

 

Paul is CEO of O2 Environmental Inc and an industry expert reviewer for both Sustainable Development Canada and the Innovative Clean Energy Fund. Paul recently completed a cutting edge analysis of BlueTech investment opportunities in the water sector for Global Water Intelligence, “Water Technology Markets – key opportunities and emerging trends’. The report, published in July 2009,...

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