Dr. Eric Hoek

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Company: UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Location: Los Angeles, California

Dr. Eric Hoek is a professor in UCLA’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability and the California NanoSystems Institute. He is also faculty director of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, a campus-wide initiative to transform Los Angeles into the first sustainable megacity by 2050.

Dr. Hoek’s academic work explores the union of membrane technologies, nanomaterials and electrochemistry for a more sustainable future. He has also applied this knowledge as an entrepreneur having co-invented/founded several technology companies (e.g., NanoH2O, Water Planet, PolyCera, IntelliFlux) and as a consultant having advised various international, federal and California state agencies, municipalities, technology companies, investment funds, law firms and research funding agencies.

Dr. Hoek has worked on applications including drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, ocean and brackish water desalination, municipal and industrial water reuse, oil & gas produced water treatment, oil spill remediation, salinity gradient power, biogas production, kidney dialysis and protein purification. He has over 130 peer-reviewed scientific publications, over 70 patents filed globally, is the co-Editor-in-Chief of The Encyclopedia of Membrane Science and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Nature journal npj Clean Water. Dr. Hoek has a Ph.D. from Yale University, M.S. from UCLA, B.S. from Penn State and completed UCLA Anderson’s Executive Management and Director Education & Certification Programs.

John Hogan

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Company: Veolia Water Technologies and Solutions

Location: New York City, New York

I develop digital solutions which allow water purification and wastewater processing to be more efficient. Specifically, I apply artificial intelligence to create applications for plant operations which reduce energy and resource consumption while providing a better product.

John Hogan

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Company: Veolia Water Technologies and Solutions

Location: New York City, New York

I develop digital solutions which allow water purification and wastewater processing to be more efficient. Specifically, I apply artificial intelligence to create applications for plant operations which reduce energy and resource consumption while providing a better product.

Mark Holzapple

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Company: Cascade Water Solutions LLC

Location: College Station, Texas

Cascade Water Solutions LLC is bringing to market innovative water processing systems that surpass competing technologies with unprecedented levels of performance and economy for municipal water, fracking water and even solution mining. The founders of Cascade Water Solutions recognized this lack of a dominant economical technology in the rapidly expanding global water treatment field. They rose to this challenge, to bring together breakthrough solutions which improve methods of recovering water from a variety of sources that include Oilfield and mining wastewater, disaster relief, and onboard seafaring desalination. Existing technologies used to treat water are delicate, inefficient, expensive, wasteful, and cumbersome. These serious shortcomings make it difficult for each to perform well in the harsh conditions where they are most often needed. These improvements are based on the numerous patents and developments of Mark Holtzapple, Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer.

Gilad Horn

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Company: Independent Consultant

Location: Israel

I specialize in the advancement and commercialization of cutting-edge water technology through expert consulting and entrepreneurial endeavors, bringing innovative solutions to market.

Matt Johnson

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Company: LAIIER.IO

Location: London, United Kingdom

CEO and co-founder of LAIIER.IO where we are inventing radically new ways to interact with and place electronics in our environment. Aiming a talented and diverse team with big ideas is the best job in the world. I’m passionate, occasionally overwhelming, sometimes stubborn, frequently inspiring and my excitement about what I’m working on is always infectious. Get in touch; I promise we’ll have fun.

• Passion for the application of design and creative processes to strategic problems
• Effective leader of interdisciplinary teams
• A believer in the power of a prototype with the making skills to back it up
• In-depth understanding of the crowdfunding process with multiple successful campaigns
• Dynamic public speaker, spoken at 30+ conferences internationally

Bill Kelly

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Company: Independent

Location: Sisters, Oregon

Highly experienced executive with a diverse background in managing organizations within the water industry. Proven track record in developing and implementing innovative programs, products, and services to address water loss. Skilled in collaborating with utilities, city councils, equipment manufacturers, and regulatory organizations to achieve organizational goals. Strong background in working within the C Suite to execute complex projects. Exceptional leadership abilities in building and retaining outstanding teams and creating positive work environments. Proficient in overseeing all aspects of budgeting and financial management. Demonstrated success in leading organizations through periods of substantial growth and transition.

Colin Kelly

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Company: ecoSPEARS

Location: Orlando, Florida

Nothing great came easy.

My passion is to make the pleasures and necessities of human life harmonious with the natural world. The race is to space, but there’s still a lot of good work to be done on earth.

I’m currently helping ecoSPEARS, an innovative remediation technology group, build partner and client relations. This company has identified a short-coming in the remediation space, which is that there are no good processes to clean and recycle polluted lands. This is is what they aim to change, which falls in line with my passion. Getting ecoSPEARS to market adoption is the professional mission of my 20s.

Colin Kelly

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Company: ecoSPEARS

Location: Orlando, Florida

Nothing great came easy.

My passion is to make the pleasures and necessities of human life harmonious with the natural world. The race is to space, but there’s still a lot of good work to be done on earth.

I’m currently helping ecoSPEARS, an innovative remediation technology group, build partner and client relations. This company has identified a short-coming in the remediation space, which is that there are no good processes to clean and recycle polluted lands. This is is what they aim to change, which falls in line with my passion. Getting ecoSPEARS to market adoption is the professional mission of my 20s.

Kim Kobza

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Company: True Elements

Location: Naples, Florida

I am a seasoned business executive who focuses on bringing high impact solutions with social value to life. I invest my time in solving meta problems and engage with people and companies that share my passion to make a difference and achieve financial success.

I strive to be an active listener and a life long learner. My experience as an executive and entrepreneur has a foundation in a unique multi-disciplinary career in business, technology, law, finance, and the social and network sciences. I have enjoyed the privilege of mentorship by many global business leaders.

I gravitate to innovative thinking and a sense of the possible – I set the goals high, and pursue them with thoughtful energy, and a mix of both vision and pragmatism. I expect to do “big things”​ and “to make a difference”​. I enjoy strategic problem solving.

Today, I am focused on solving the problem of global water quality and climate resiliency through forecasting and the application of AI. This is an extension of my experience in fostering the connectedness of everything and everybody, whether through artificial intelligence, cyber-security, social communication or renewable resources

I was a pioneer in the social networking industry dating back to my business and community leadership pre-1999 and have led teams that have designed and built some of the largest and most vibrant social networks on the Web. These include as examples: Imagine New York (World Trade Center), Statute of Liberty, Flight 93 Memorial, DAPA Defense Acquisition Network, CNN Katrina Safe List, and the American Express Open Forum.

I have also been a tech CEO (co-founder) for 14 years and was named Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in Florida in 2009. I have had responsibility for all facets of building a business – vision, finance, sales, marketing, operations, product development and organization. I believe that successful business execution requires team work, and transparent stewardship. Our companies have won many distinguished awards (a team achievement).