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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).

Laura Korculanin

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Company: Give a Shit

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

I am a pioneer design anthropologist, systems thinker, and water advocate passionate about true world changes working towards positive impact and regenerative solutions. What defines me the most is my ecosystemic vision and holistic approach to the world’s challenges and their solutions, where nature is the main stakeholder guiding all my principles.

I am passionate about life and projects that make a difference to all living beings, co-creating my legacy through innovative research and educational frameworks with different stakeholders. I have over 12 years of experience in quality research, 6 years of experience at university level positions teaching with holistic educational models, and a decade of immersed creation with the private and public sector, from design consultancy agencies, municipalities, decision-making bodies, NGOs, and academia.

I am all about Give a Shit since this is my company name and my true reverence to nature and devotion to co-create a just world for all living beings to thrive.

Currently, I am finishing my PhD in integrated sanitation solutions and urban water management with a case study of Lisbon.

A passionate spirit who’s always seeking impactful changes, brought me to found the regenerative agency Give a Shit (giveashitnow.org), focused on sustainable sanitation and urban water management.

I am an author of various independent international and interdisciplinary projects, and author of academic articles and book chapters.

Altogether, my professional experience has provided me with the insight and know-how for systemic, strategic, and critical thinking, which culminates in the set-up of integrated and regenerative solutions.

Siva Kowsika

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Company: Xtraleap

Location: Hyderabad, India

I am a serial entrepreneur and working on water sustainability idea for the families of india. Xtraleap’s mission is to supply clean and germ-free water to an entire house at low cost.

Stephanie Krubsack

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Company: Purevant Living

Location: Appleton, Wisconsin

Naturally drawn to the wellness and eco realms, Stephanie founded Purevant Living, creating a platform to bring awareness to socially responsible initiatives, products, and services, that benefit our overall wellness and the environment. The Woman In Wellness podcast was developed after learning about all of the amazing efforts in Milwaukee and beyond, as a platform to share the knowledge of these extraordinary women in the community. The Things You Should Know podcast series highlights all of the products, services, or companies, that bring awareness to or support health and wellness, sustainability and the environment, or practice social responsibility. The new Person & Planet podcast series and paired magazine combines both sustainability and wellness in a unique pairing of multiple forms of media.

Purevant Living stands for health, wellness, the environment, and giving back. We aim to help companies develop brand identity through digital marketing, carbon neutral communications and consulting services.

Mark Lambert

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Company: WaterMark Resource Development Inc.

Location: Encinitas, California

Mr. Lambert is a senior executive with extensive experience in the Water and Environmental industries and has a strong track record of success in the management of successful organizations. Mr. Lambert has held various senior management positions in the Water Industry including IDE Americas Inc., American Water, U.S. Filter Corporation, and Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). Mark Lambert is Founder and Managing Partner of WaterMark Resource Development Inc.

Lambert is actively involved in the water industry community. He serves as an Imagine H2O mentor. He also serves as advisor to Oneka Technologies; developer of a zero-energy ocean water desalination systems. Mark is also an advisor to Olympus Capital and Prodos Capital. Lambert has been an active member of the international Desalination Association (IDA), American Water Works Association (AWWA), Water Quality Association (WQA).

Mark Lambert

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Company: WaterMark Resource Development Inc.

Location: Encinitas, California

Mr. Lambert is a senior executive with extensive experience in the Water and Environmental industries and has a strong track record of success in the management of successful organizations. Mr. Lambert has held various senior management positions in the Water Industry including IDE Americas Inc., American Water, U.S. Filter Corporation, and Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). Mark Lambert is Founder and Managing Partner of WaterMark Resource Development Inc.

Lambert is actively involved in the water industry community. He serves as an Imagine H2O mentor. He also serves as advisor to Oneka Technologies; developer of a zero-energy ocean water desalination systems. Mark is also an advisor to Olympus Capital and Prodos Capital. Lambert has been an active member of the international Desalination Association (IDA), American Water Works Association (AWWA), Water Quality Association (WQA).

Melissa Landman

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Company: Droople

Location: Boston, MA

Melissa is Head of Sustainability at Droople. Droople’s mission is to provide people and businesses worldwide with smart tools and insights to make better use of water. To do so, Droople is working towards digitizing the 100+ billion water-based assets “off radar” today all around the world. Using our Water Intelligence Solutions, sanitary ware, water treatment systems, appliances, and many more are interconnected in an IoT network to deliver fine-grained, in-context, time relevant insights.

Ulf Leonhard

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Company: Watervent

Location: Berlin, Germany

I am the founder and owner of Watervent. At Watervent, we match technology entrepreneurs (focus: cleantech, water, industry and related) with investors; especially with family business owners (“corporate investors”) from Germany, Austria & Switzerland!

We have a vast network in central Europe (esp. Germany, Austria, Switzerland) to Mittelstand family companies mainly in the manufacturing industry.

Personally acquainted with > 700 VC investors and Corporate Investors throughout Europe, Israel and USA/Canada.

Michael Lesniak

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Company: CEO Water Mandate, Water Resilience Coalition

Location: Spokane, WA

Worldwide, the availability of freshwater is threatened by mankind’s activity. My passion is helping businesses operate at the intersection of water, climate, technology, energy; and enabling abundant outcomes in communities while allowing corporations to thrive and grow.

Business as usual is not cutting it, I bring thinking that disrupts norms by leveraging deep domain experience in water, energy, project development, and operations working across 50 states and 60 countries and partnering with the worlds largest corporations, indigenous communities, NGO’s, water innovators, and governments to have positive IMPACT as mankind adapts to the new reality.

To address the water crisis, collective aligned action and freshwater additionality programs are the open call and are leading catalytic communities to show the way.

Additionality involves the protection and restoration of freshwater resources from pollution and other human activities, as well as creating new sources of freshwater from oceans, waste water, industrial processes, impaired water, snow/ice, and storm water.

By investing in projects, and practicing efficient and sustainable water management, companies can achieve NET ZERO and NET POSITIVE WATER IMPACT while countries ensure the availability of freshwater now and in the future.

Travis Loop

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Company: waterloop

Location: Wilmington, North Carolina

I am the founder, producer, and host of waterloop, a nonprofit media outlet that explores water solutions through podcasts, videos, and social media content. The aim is to help water leaders discover solutions and drive change with the aim of advancing sustainability and equity.