Speakers 2012

Eilon Adar

Director, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research at the J. B. Institutes for Desert Research

Eilon Adar’s main research activities are associated with quantitative assessment of groundwater flow systems and sources of recharge in complex arid basins with puzzling geology and scarce hydrological information. For complex hydrological systems, Adar developed the Mixing Cell Model (MCM) approach utilizing hydrochemistry and environmental isotopes in water and mass balance equations...

Tyler Algeo

B.A.Sc. Research Analyst at O2 Environmental

Tyler Algeo is Research Analyst with O2 Environmental, a consultancy which provides water technology market expertise to start-up firms, the investment community and larger water corporations to provide strategic advice on technology development and commercialization. Tyler was a research analyst on a recent US Biosolids Gasification Market Analysis and an analysis Canadian and US wastewater...

Paul Barrett

Commercialisation Manager, UniQuest

Paul is a commercialisation manager at UniQuest. UniQuest is widely recognised as one of Australia’s largest and most successful university commercialisation groups, commercialising the intellectual property from a range of Australia Universities and research institutes. From an intellectual property portfolio of 1,500+ patents it has created over 70 companies, and since 2000 UniQuest and its...

Sergio Berretta

Senior Process Engineer, NORAM Engineering

  Agenda Item: BlueTech Showcase: New Water Technologies Treat Problem Contaminants by Removing the “Unremovable”

Adam Blunn

CEO, ABR Process Development

Adam has 18 years professional experience in chemical processing, analysis, and technology development, and was the original founder of ABR.  Adam has specific experience in hydrometallurgy, chemical analysis, electrochemistry, technology development and commercialization, and industrial production. Agenda Item: BlueTech Showcase: New Water Technologies Treat Problem Contaminants by Removing the...

Cees Buisman

Professor in Biologically Sustainable Technology and Scientific Director of Wetsus

Professor in Biologically Sustainable Technology and Scientific Director of Wetsus Professor dr.ir. Cees J.N. Buisman holds a MsC and PhD degree from Wageningen University & Research.   Since 2003, he has been a Professor at the sub department of Environmental Technology at Wageningen University in the field of biological reuse and recovery technology. Before joining the university, he...

Patrick Curran

CEO, Atlantis

CEO and founder PM Curran is an experienced engineer and manager that has led the development and commercialization of many novel processes and products over his 25 year career at companies such as 3M, American Racing, Exide Technologies, and his first start-up providing engineering services.  He received his BS in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University and numerous awards including 7...

Conor Dennehy

M.Sc. Research Analyst at O2 Environmental

Conor is a research analyst at O2 Environmental, and is responsible for providing water technology market intelligence to support the commercialization of innovative water technologies. Conor holds an MSc in Environmental Diagnostics and Management from Cranfield University. His MSc thesis, in partnership with a leading UK Water Utility company, entailed an assessment of the viability of drinking...

Michael Dimitriou

President, Water Remediation Technologies (WRT)

President, Water Remediation Technologies (WRT)   Mr. Dimitriou brings over 30 years of experience in water and wastewater treatment.  In his career, Mr. Dimitriou has been in the forefront in the introduction of new and innovative water treatment business’s to the water industry. His unique experience includes ozone, membranes, thermal water treatment and reuse, nutrient removal, and...

Dr. Tim Evans

Proprietor at Tim Evans Environment and member of O2 TAG

Tim is an international expert in the field of biosolids and organic waste management and member of the O2 TAG. He has over 25 years experience of design, benchmarking and strategic assessment of emerging technologies. He has recently worked for the European Commission on developing regulations regarding the treatment and re-use of organic residuals and is regularly invited to present at...

Michael T. Flynn

Head of Water Technology Development Laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center

Mr. Flynn is the lead of Water Technology Development Laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center. He has over 23 years experience in the development of advanced water recycling technologies for NASA. He has over ninety relevant peer reviewed publications in the field. He has received two R&D 100 Award, a Wright Brothers Medal, and an Arch T.Calwell Merit Award. He has received 6 NASA Spotlight...

Johan Groen

Chief Technology Officer at Xylem

Dr. Johan Groen is Chief Technology Officer for Xylem a leading global water technology provider, enabling customers to transport, treat, test and efficiently use water in public utility, residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial settings. He is responsible for ensuring Xylem, which launched in 2011 from the spinoff of the water-related businesses of ITT Corporation, maintains a strong...

Burt Hamner

CEO, Hydrovolts

CEO, Hydrovolts Agenda Item: BlueTech Showcase: Using New Technologies to Unlock Energy’s Power for...

Carl Hensman

Program Officer of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, Global Development Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr. Carl Hensman joined the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene team within the Global Development Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in January 2012. Prior to joining the foundation, Carl was an Energy Program Manager for King County, WA (Seattle) focusing on resource recovery in the Wastewater Treatment Division. Additionally, he has served as the Chief Technology Officer for...

Menno Holterman

Chairman of the Netherlands Water Technology Innovation Board and former CEO of Norit Clean Process Technologies (CPT)

Menno-Martijn Holterman, Chairman of the Netherlands Water Technology Innovation Board and former CEO of Norit Clean Process Technologies (CPT), Zenderen, the Netherlands, has joined the 2012 BlueTech Forum Advisory Board. Holterman, who is a Board Member of the Netherlands Water Partnership, was CEO of Norit when it received the Global Water Intelligence-designated best water technology...

Venkata Kambala

Venkata is an experienced environmental professional specializing in the fields of contamination assessment and remediation with a specific experience in the development of modified natural material based commercial products for groundwater, greywater, waste water and storm water. He has strong experience in the development of low cost material filtration products for drinking water. He has...

Steven Kloos

Partner at True North Ventures

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...

Tony Lammers

President and CEO of MAR Systems Inc

Tony Lammers is currently the President and CEO of MAR Systems Inc.   He has over 30 years’ experience leading commercialization and product development efforts including 3 start-up and early stage venture backed organizations; most recently working and living in China.    Global trading experience combined with market understanding and commercialization expertise has allowed Mr. Lammers to...

James Lancaster

CEO, Ecolyse

James Lancaster is currently CEO and Chairman of Ecolyse, Inc.  With an extensive background advising entrepreneurs and early-stage companies, James has co-founded three technology companies and the Research Valley Funds, a family of investment funds.  He was the founding General Manager of the Research Valley Innovation Center and has served as executive, board member and advisor to other...

Harold Leverenz

Researcher in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Davis

Dr. Leverenz has been involved in the modeling and pilot testing of technologies and processes for sustainable water and waste management for the past 15 years.  His studies have included analysis of decentralized and satellite wastewater reuse systems, development of natural treatment systems, audits of wastewater system based energy use, determination of greenhouse gas emissions, and analysis...

Slav W. Hermanowicz

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of California at Berkeley

Slav Hermanowicz has been at the University of California at Berkeley since 1983 where he has conducted research and teaching in the area of environmental protection with special emphasis on physical sustainability, water and wastewater treatment, and water management. The focus of his research is on metrics of sustainability, integrated water management, water reuse, biological processes in...

John McArdle

Manager of Business Development, Water Technology at Battelle Memorial Institute

John McArdle, Senior Market Manager coordinates Battelle’s activities in water and wastewater technologies.  Since joining Battelle in 2008, McArdle has worked across the Battelle organization on the development and implementation of Battelle’s water strategy.  This includes internal R&D investments, IP management, technology licensing and contract research. McArdle is currently...

Jeffrey Mendelssohn

Vice President Business Development

Mr. Jeffrey Mendelssohn is a seasoned entrepreneur with extensive startup and business development experience.  He earned his BA in chemistry from Wesleyan University and his MBA from Stanford University. Prior to Stanford he founded and sold his first business, Computer Freelance, which was a temp agency based in San Francisco. While attending business school at Stanford, he founded and raised...

Paul O’Callaghan

BlueTech Forum Founder and CEO, O2 Environmental Inc

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,...

Kelly Sarber

Vice President, MaxWest Environmental Systems, Inc.

Kelly Sarber is Vice President of MaxWest Environmental Systems, a company with the first commercially operating gasification system that converts the energy from sewage sludge (biosolids) into sustainable, green power at wastewater treatment plants. In her twenty five year career, Kelly has developed projects worth a cumulative value of over two billion dollars, many still operating today. Her...

Dr Graeme K Pearce

Director at Membrane Consultancy Associates Ltd and member of O2 TAG

Dr Graeme K Pearce, is a membrane technology specialist with 30 years experience in the membrane industry and member of the O2 TAG. A graduate of Oxford University with a chemistry first degree and a chemical engineering doctorate, Graeme’s introduction to membrane technology started in BP Chemicals R&D in 1980. In 1991, Graeme was Technical Director of the core team to start up Kalsep, a...

Dr. Manian Ramesh

Chief Technology Officer, Water and Energy Services at Nalco, an Ecolab Company

Dr. Mani Ramesh is the Chief Technology Officer, Water and Energy Services, for Nalco, an Ecolab Company, a premier service organization addressing water, energy, air and process based needs of various industries.  He holds a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry and was a Welch Fellow at Texas A&M University with Nobel Laureate Sir Derek Barton.  He joined Nalco in 1990 as a Senior Chemist in the...

Philip Rolchigo

Vice President of Technology for Pentair Water

Philip Rolchigo, Ph.D., was named Vice President of Technology for Pentair Water in 2007.  Prior to Pentair, Dr. Rolchigo held a number of leadership roles in the industry, including serving as the Global Separation Technologies Director for General Electric, Water and Process Technologies and as the Chief Technology Officer for Osmonics, Inc. Dr. Rolchigo was a member of the Committee on...

Mark Sholin

CEO, Arbsource

Mark Sholin is founder and CEO of Arbsource, a wastewater treatment biotech company founded in 2011 licensing technology from Arizona State University (ASU). He was formerly a PhD student and Graduate Research Associate at ASU, serving an integral role developing precursors to the latest Arbcell scalable design concept. Past work experience includes multiple water treatment projects at Arcadis US...

Jörg Vogel

Project Manager Development, Aquaporin A/S

Jörg Vogel is Project Manager in the Development department of Aquaporin A/S.  With his background of Microtechnology/Mechatronics he joined Aquaporin in 2007 to develop a support structure for biomimetic water filters. Within his work in Aquaporin he advanced the development of the Aquaporin Inside™ Technology. He was involved in every step of the integration of aquaporin proteins into...

Bill de Waal

Director Innovation Management at Trojan Technologies

Bill is the Director of Innovation with TrojanUV and is also a member of the O2 Technology Assessement Group. Bill joined Trojan Technologies in 1996 in a market development position for an advanced oxidation technology. This resulted in the establishment of a major business unit for Trojan. Much of his activities have been focused on finding new applications for UV technologies and investigating...

Zhiguo Yuan

Deputy Director of the Advanced Water Management Centre at The University of Queensland

Dr Zhiguo Yuan is professor in environmental engineering, and Deputy Director of the Advanced Water Management Centre at The University of Queensland. His research focuses on innovative biotechnologies for wastewater management, including corrosion and odour control in sewer networks, greenhouse gas emission from urban water cycles, and biological nutrient removal from wastewater. His research...

Jerry Yudelson

Principal at Yudelson Associates

Jerry Yudelson has keynoted more than 100 conferences and events since 2006. He is the author of 12 books on green buildings, water conservation, green homes and green development including, 2010’s Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis. He was named to the inaugural class of 34 LEED Fellows in 2011 by the U.S. Green Building Council, in recognition of his efforts to build the LEED...

Joseph E. Zuback

President & Founder, Global Water Advisors

Joseph E. Zuback is the President and Founder of Global Water Advisors, Inc., a firm that specializes in providing support to global water managers, solution providers, and investors for optimization of performance, development, and commercialization of advanced water technology products and systems. Mr. Zuback’s thirty-five years experience in the water industry spans the spectrum of...