Leadership Team

Simon Newman

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Serial Entrepreneur, MD Private Equity Fund; CEO and turnaround executive, Patent holder, Bain, LEK, Stanford MBA, Cambridge University BA/MA Natural Sciences.

Leads strategy, fund raising, team building and business development.

Steve Bitterly

Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder

Engineer, Scientist, Inventor, Serial Entrepreneur. Patent Holder. NASA, Rocketdyne, TRW, Boeing, Honeywell.

Lead engineer and test engineer.

Team

  • Philip Risser

    VP OPERATIONS

    Over ten years’ experience running engineering operations for high growth WATER-TECH companies. Ambire Energy. MyLand. ASU.

  • Lou Fontana

    PROGRAM MANAGER

    Three decades experience as a program manager of large aerospace programs for NASA, United Technologies, Pratt and Whitney, Boeing. Lead on major programs including Space Shuttle Main Engine and Space Laser Program. National Champion rimfire .22LR shooting.

  • Morrison Rickard

    Design Engineer

    Design engineer experienced in CAD design. NMG Aerospace. GSI. BSE, MS, PhD (pending) ASU.

Advisors

  • Joe Zuback

    TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS ADVISOR

    Joe has more than 45 years experience as a water technologist, most recently as the CTO of Siemens Water/Evoqua (now Xylem). Prior, he held similar positions at Veolia North America, and US Filter. He is regarded as one of the top water technologists in the world.

  • Dr. Ellen Stechel

    TECHNICAL ADVISOR

    Co-Director of ASU Lightworks, Arizona State University’s (ASU’s) initiativein energy and sustainable transitions. Executive Director of Center for an Arizona Carbon-Neutral Economy (AzCaNE). Senior Global Futures Scientist at the Julie Ann Wrigley, Global Futures Lab, ASU. Expertise in trans-disciplinary research and systems design for solar, water, renewable fuels, hydrogen, and thermochemical and chemical storage.

  • Dr. Karl Schultz

    TECHNICAL ADVISOR

    VP technology services at Axon. Expertise in development of new products, prototyping and ramp up in manufacturing. Karl has held multiple CTO roles including MD Helicopters and Titan Industries. Honeywell. BSC, MS, PhD. MIT. Naval Aviator..

  • Donna Earley

    TECHNICAL ADVISOR

    Four-decade career as Executive Director Health and Safety and Nuclear Physics at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Oversaw testing of Pristiller for efficacy at removal of biological and radiological contaminants. Current Chair of SWRWCC where she oversees programs to assure safe disposal of radioactive waste.

  • Michael Sullivan

    BUSINESS ADVISOR

    Co-Founder and CEO of Air20, a national manufacturer of advanced commercial cooling and climate management systems. Expertise in manufacturing, international expansion, engineering and offshoring.