Speakers

Richard Stover

Executive Vice President, Desalitech, Ltd.

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...

D. A. “Dennis” Merens

Managing Director Dow Venture Capital The Dow Chemical Company

Dennis Merens was appointed Managing Director, Corporate Venture Capital in June 1994. The purpose of the position is to pursue both financial and strategic objectives through investments in venture funds and start-up enterprises. He provides venture capital expertise and the key leadership required to structure and operate a global corporate venture capital program. Merens coordinates a...

Edward Getty

Edward Getty, Group Director, Global Research & Technology and Head of External Technology Acquisition at The Coca-Cola Company. Ed received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the State University of New York at Oneonta in 1984 and his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Florida at Gainesville, Florida in 1988. Prior to joining The Coca-Cola Company in April 2008, Ed...

Carrie Freeman

Carrie Freeman is the Intel Corporate Sustainability Manager. She is responsible for developing policy and setting direction for corporate wide strategic sustainability efforts in reducing environmental footprint of products, operations and the supply chain. Carrie owns the strategic external alliances for Intel in the sustainability area and developing aligning internal sustainability policies....

Don Ezzell

Don Ezzell manages the activities of the Heckmann Corporation’s [NYSE: HEK] domestic subsidiaries and investments which include the joint venture with Energy Transfer [NYSE: ETP/ETE] in the Marcellus Shale, the Heckmann Water Resources subsidiary in Texas and Louisiana (Haynesville Shale), and the investment in pipeline supplier Underground Solutions, Inc. [OTC:UGSI]. In North America, the...

Shellie Davis

Shellie Davis is Senior Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions at The Coca-Cola Company. Shellie has been with the Coca-Cola system for almost 17 years, in Canada and the US, working in both the Finance and Information Technology organizations. Currently her role is to provide M&A support to three global organizations within the Company: Research & Innovation, Supply Chain and Marketing.

Richard A. Bendure

Richard A. Bendure has been our Group Vice President, Global Water Marketing and Development since January 2009. Prior to that he was Group Vice President and President, Pacific Division Business Operations since May 2007. Mr. Bendure served as General Manager of North Asia and President of Katayama Nalco beginning in 2004, taking on the additional responsibility for managing the regional supply...

Raj Valame

Raj Valame is Senior Director within SAP Sustainability Solution Management Team leading efforts on SAP’s solutions on resource productivity. Raj has over 15 years of experience in enterprise software with a focus on asset intensive industries where she has led product strategy, product management, and development of software solutions in manufacturing, costing, and profitability areas. Raj...

Claudio Ternieden

Assistant Director of Research, Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF)

Claudio helps lead WERF’s research program. He supports WERF’s research program by bringing his water quality experience to the planning, design and implementation of research efforts and dissemination. Claudio leads the collaborative efforts of WERF and helps build relationships with other sectors with interest in water quality. He works with federal, state and local agencies, academia and...

Glenn R. Rink

Founder, President, CEO AbTech Industries, Inc.

For over a decade, Glenn R. Rink has led AbTech Industries, Inc. in its commitment to Green Tech innovation, pioneering cutting-edge clean water solutions to meet community and industry needs. AbTech won first place in the 2009 Artemis Project Top-50 Water Companies competition, and Time Magazine named Glenn an “Entrepreneurial Hero” in its 2009 “Time 100” issue. In 2007, 2008, and 2009...

Vikram Rao

Vikram Rao is Executive Director, Research Triangle Energy Consortium, a non-profit in energy founded by Duke University, North Carolina State University, RTI International and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He recently retired as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Halliburton Company where he was responsible for the Company’s technology effort, as well as the...

Dr Peter Williams

Chief Technology Officer for IBM's Big Green Innovations unit

Dr Peter Williams is the Chief Technology Officer for IBM’s Big Green Innovations unit, whose role is to identify environmentally focused businesses for IBM to either develop or participate in – he is personally responsible for assembling, maintaining and developing the portfolio of businesses included. His particular focus areas have been photovoltaic energy; developing green house...

Matthew M. Nordan

Vice President, Venrock

Matthew joined Venrock in 2009, focusing on energy, environmental, and materials technologies. Prior to Venrock, Matthew was president of Lux Research, an advisory services firm for science-driven innovation that he co-founded in 2004. Under Matthew’s leadership, Lux Research became a widely-recognized authority on emerging technologies stemming from the physical sciences, counseling...

Russ Landon

Managing Director, Canaccord Adams

Russ Landon is a Managing Director at Canaccord Adams, a global investment banking firm focused on growth companies, and heads the firm’s Sustainability practice. Having been actively involved in this space for ten years, the firm currently provides equity research on over 40 of the leading companies and has completed over 80 investment banking transactions in the Sustainability universe. Russ...

F. Henry Habicht II

Hank joined SAIL in January 2006 as a pioneering figure in the areas of environmental business and policy and a leading contributor to environmental innovation. He has been influential in spearheading many of SAIL’s portfolio company investments. Hank and Managing Partner Walter Schindler are responsible for co-managing all aspects of SAIL’s operations and investments. His career as a...

Zane O. Gresham

Mr. Gresham, a partner resident in the firm’s San Francisco office, directs the firm’s worldwide Water Industries Practice. Educated at Johns Hopkins University (BA, cum laude, 1970) and Northwestern University (JD, magna cum laude, 1973), he became a partner of the firm in 1979. Mr. Gresham is a recognized authority on development of large-scale public works and major private facilities in...

Jeff Green

Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Green is an experienced early-stage, venture-backed technology entrepreneur. Previously, as a software entrepreneur, Mr. Green founded two software startups, Archive, Inc. (sold to Cyclone Commerce) and Stamps.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: “STMP”). In both companies, Mr. Green co-wrote the original business plan and played a key role in raising over $300...

Margaret Theroux Fieldsteel

Maggie is an innovative technology specialist on EPA’s National Risk Management Research Laboratory’s Environmental Technology Assessment, Verification and Outcomes Staff. Prior to working for ORD, she was the Director of EPA Region 1′s Center for Environmental Industry and Technology for 8 years. She was also a co-chair of EPA’s Environmental Technology Council (ETC) from August,...

Carrie Freeman

Intel Corporate Sustainability Manager, Intel Corporation Carrie Freeman is the Intel Corporate Sustainability Manager. She is responsible for developing policy and setting direction for corporate wide strategic sustainability efforts in reducing environmental footprint of products, operations and the supply chain. Carrie owns the strategic external alliances for Intel in the sustainability area...

Shellie Davis

Senior Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions at The Coca-Cola Company Shellie Davis is Senior Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions at The Coca-Cola Company. Shellie has been with the Coca-Cola system for almost 17 years, in Canada and the US, working in both the Finance and Information Technology organizations. Currently her role is to provide M&A support to three global organizations within...

Dr. Nicholas Ashbolt

Dr. Nicholas Ashbolt was born, raised and educated in Australia. He received his undergraduate ( B.Ag.Sc. Hons) and graduate (Ph.D.) degrees in microbial ecology from the University of Tasmania. Before Nick moved to the United States to work for the EPA, he held a number of positions with various research institutions. He was the principal wastewater scientist for Australian Water Technologies...

Mark Lambert

Director of Corporate Development, HTI

In his position of Director of Corporate Development, Mark analyzes and evaluates growth opportunities including acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic alliances that create value for the company. He also performs company and industry specific research and analysis to identify market trends, track competitive landscapes and screen opportunities. Mark is also President and Managing...

David Soane

Founder & CEO, Soane Energy

David Soane received his PhD (1978) in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.  From 1979 to 1994, he was a full-time faculty at UC Berkeley, where he published approximately 200 papers and two books. From 1994 until the present, Soane has been an entrepreneur and founder of several high-technology start-ups.  These ventures share a common theme: applying cutting-edge...

David Delasanta

President, ThermoEnergy Corp

Currently President of a waste water and process chemistry recovery equipment manufacturer. Company’s product line recovers valuable chemistry and waste water for reuse back into the process reducing costs and eliminating environmental discharges. Over 30 years of experience with environmental and energy issues including: Project Manager for National Energy Policy Coal to Liquids and Rebate...

Michiel Lensink

CEO, Voltea

Michiel Lensink is the CEO of Voltea. He has led water technology start-ups for more than a decade. He founded Filtrix, was the Managing Director of Norit Filtrix, and developed a new range of decentralized water filtration systems based on membrane technology. He has a Masters Degree in Physics from Delft University of Technology and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Main areas...

Jason Bethke

Vice President, Unregulated Business Unit (FATHOM)

Jason Bethke, PE. Mr. Bethke currently serves as the Vice President of the Unregulated Business Unit (FATHOM) and prior to such appointment served as the Director of Engineering and Construction.  Mr. Bethke officially joined Global Water in 2007 after providing consulting services to Global Water through Bethke Engineering, where he served as its founder and president.   Mr. Bethke brings...

Duncan Collins

MD, Zeropex UK Ltd.

Duncan Collins is Managing Director of Zeropex UK ltd and has spent the last 12 years working at Director Level in the water industry, developing the route-to-market and subsequent sales structures for capital equipment to the municipal sector.  He was a founder of Quay Technologies/MicroDynamics, a microwave-powered UV disinfection company that was sold to Severn Trent in 2007; this was one of...

Trevor Hill

Founder, Global Water Resources

Raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mr. Hill graduated in 1987 from Royal Military College with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering.  Mr. Hill attended the Royal Naval Engineering College in Plymouth, England where he completed his postgraduate studies in 1988.  He served with the Canadian Navy as an Engineering Officer retiring in 1994 after serving as Deputy Engineering...

Rick Stover

Executive VP, Desalitech

Executive VP Desalitech Richard Stover studied chemical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin from 1983 through 1986. He graduated with bachelor’s degree and worked for 3M Company in Minnesota from 1986 through 1990 as a process and chemical engineer. He was responsible for product delivery, reliability, and cost at a videotape manufacturing facility. Dr. Stover joined Energy...

Michael Motherway

CEO, DXV Water Technologies

Michael Motherway comes from the energy sector where he developed power plants of various technologies and scales.  He also advised industrials on directly procuring power and natural gas.  While electric utilities in several states contended with restructuring, he developed a business plan to commercialize an early microturbine distributed generator for an energy services company.  Prior to...

William Wescott

VP Innovation (Americas), Veolia

Bill is VP, Innovation, Americas for Veolia Environnement. Prior to assuming his role at Veolia, Bill was the Managing Director of Cleantech Group’s Advisory Services, which assist clients in public and private sectors accelerate their implementation of cleantech solutions. Bill an internationally recognized sustainability expert, helping organizations assess and adopt technologies and...

Paul Gagliardo, M.P.H., P.E.

Manager – Innovation Development, American Water

Mr. Gagliardo is well known throughout the United States, in Europe and Asia for his defining work on indirect potable reuse as a scheme to supplement the potable water supply in San Diego, California .  He has pioneered the efficacy testing and use of new technologies in businesses that vary from energy conservation, hazardous waste remediation, solid waste resource recovery, water treatment,...

Tony Keating

Program Manager, Cloevis

Tony Keating is the Program Manager for Cloevis, a University of Queensland spin-off project that delivers low cost and effective prevention of sewer corrosion and odours. Tony is an Associate at UniQuest Pty Ltd, one of Australia’s leading research technology transfer companies. UniQuest is best known for its role in the development of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil.  At...

John Coburn

Managing Director, XPV Capital

Managing Director XPV Capital 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...

Gerhard Forstner

CEO, M2 Renewables

CEO M2 Renewables Gerhard Forstner has more than 20 years of experience in top-level engineering and executive management positions for European and American manufacturing and sales companies. Most recently, Mr. Forstner was President of Huber Technology, Inc., based in Huntersville, NC. Huber Technology is a subsidiary of Huber SE, a leading German-based solutions provider to the wastewater...

Andrew Salveson

Associate Vice President and Water Reuse Chief Technologist for Carollo Engineers

Andrew Salveson is an Associate Vice President and Water Reuse Chief Technologist for Carollo Engineers. Andy has led >$5 million in advanced technology research and development and oversees Carollo’s advanced wastewater treatment designs. Andy was named the 2007 WateReuse Association Person of the Year. Agenda Items: Water Utilities Embracing...

Vivian Drake

COO and co-Founder of Drake Water Technologies, Inc

Vivian Drake is one of the original founding members of Drake Water Technologies, Inc. (2006) and currently holds the position of COO.  In addition to management of day to day operations for Drake Water, she has extensive project management, litigation support, and regulatory permitting experience.  She holds a B.S. in civil engineering from San Diego State University, a M.S. in...

Dennis Bushnell

Chief Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center

Dennis M. Bushnell Chief Scientist NASA Langley Research Center Responsible for Technical Oversight and Advanced Program formulation for a major NASA Research Center with technical emphasis in the areas of Atmospheric Sciences and Structures, Materials, Acoustics, Flight Electronics/Control/Software, Instruments, Aerodynamics, Aerothermodynamics, Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion, Computational...

Barry Grossman

Foley & Lardner

Barry L. Grossman is of counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP. Mr. Grossman is a member of and past leader of the Mechanical & Electromechanical Technologies and Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Practices. He is also a member of the IP Litigation Practice. He is experienced in all areas of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. His...

James Thompson

CFO, Halosource

James Thompson joined HaloSource in 2004.  Prior to joining the company, James was a Principal in Alexander Hutton Venture Partners(AHVP), a major investor in HaloSource.  While at AHVP, James led the investment in and provided board-level support to early-stage technology companies.  Prior to joining AHVP, James was a securities analyst with Security Capital Group.  James has a BA from...

Harry Seah

PUB Singapore

Mr Harry Seah is Director of the Technology and WaterQuality Office for the Public Utilities Board in Singapore. TheTechnology Office coordinates the research and developmentinitiatives in PUB, and support PUB’s mission through technology,innovation, industry partnership, expertise development andintroduction of best practices. Mr Harry Seah has extensive operational experience and...

John Coburn

Managing Director, XPV Capital

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...

Hank Vander Laan

Trojan

Mr. Vander Laan founded Trojan Technologies Inc. in 1976, acquiring the patent for a small ultraviolet device for private water supply applications. Building upon that concept he developed a company that is now a global leader in its field with revenues well in excess of $100 million per year. In 2004 Trojan Technologies Inc. (at the time a TSX listed company) was acquired by Danaher Corporation....

Robert Ackerman

Robert Ackerman is the Founder of Allegis Capital and currently sits on the Boards of Apprion, Purewave and Driverside. His prior investments include LGC Wireless, IronPort Systems (CSCO), iBeam Broadcasting (NASDAQ), Comparnet (MSFT), StepUp Commerce (INTU) and Classroom Connect (ENL). Mr. Ackerman uses his more than fifteen years of general management, venture capital and strategic mergers and...

Ned Godshall

Chief Executive Officer of Altela, Inc.

Ned A. Godshall is Chief Executive Officer of Altela, Inc., a water desalination company whose initial market is the generation of clean water from the oil and gas industry’s primary waste product: ‘produced water’.  Prior to co-founding Altela, Ned’s most recent for-profit efforts have been in the ‘clean-tech’ space:  the hydrogen economy (CEO of MesoFuel, Inc.) and photovoltaic...

Rafael Simon

Partner, Vantage Point Venture Partners

Rafael joined VantagePoint from Zenon Environmental (acquired by GE), a leading water treatment company. At Zenon Environment, Rafael served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this position, Rafael held responsibility for all aspects of sales, operations, R&D, and manufacturing of membrane-based water treatment technology. Prior to his position at Zenon Environmental, Rafael was a...

Ramesh Rengarajan

Managing Director - Wasserstein & Co

Ramesh started a Strategy and Innovation consulting firm named “Angstroms” in July 2009. As its Chief Architect he is currently advising startups, utilities and Private Equity firms on operational and investment strategies. Ramesh specializes in performing technical and business due diligence and targets companies in the clean energy, water, and waste management fields. Ramesh also plays an...

Robert Wright

Mr. Robert Wright is a registered professional engineer with almost 50 years of work experience in the fields of water and wastewater treatment systems. His employment has been both in the government and private sectors. He is the author of over 20 technical publications. Mr. Wright is currently a partner of Watervap, LLC, a licensing technology firm specializing in desalination. He is the...

Jonathan Clement

CEO, PWN Technologies

Jonathan Clement is currently Director of Technology Application for PWN Technologies, and formerly a Global Technology Leader for Black and Veatch. On 1 May 2013, he will become the Chief Executive Officer of PWN Technologies. Jonathan, who specializes in the treatment of drinking water, has been the principal investigator of numerous global research projects examining the technology to improve...

Fei Chen

Innovation Platform Director, Grundfos Management A/S

Fei Chen serves as the Innovation Platform Director within the Grundfos Management A/S. In this position, Fei established a new business area focused on sustainable water treatment. This included business strategy formulation and implementation, as well as organisation framework development. Through her previous positions, including management at Nonozymes A/S and Coldplast A/S, Fei holds over 15...