The Water Entrepreneur

Adam Tank Colleagues have described Adam as their “trusted ‘go-to” when they need a leader to step into complex situations, rapidly identify the moving parts, develop sound business strategies, and execute to completion. Adam has developed skill sets in negotiations, open innovation, financing, and P&L management over a 10+ year career in Fortune 100 companies,… More

Austin Meyermann Austin Meyermann is the founder and current President of Hunter Crown, LLC a consultative, boutique executive search firm dedicated to placing top talent with world-class companies. Clients include portfolio companies of Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, XPV Capital, Element Partners, SAIL Capital, and True North Venture Partners. Austin is also the CEO of TalentCMO,… More

David Solomon David Solomon – Founder & CTO of Aquarius Spectrum David Solomon is a Serial Entrepreneur and technology leader in the field of Big Data analysis, IOT, Machine Learning, signal processing, and acoustics. David has over 25 years of experience in research and development in the military, medical and water industries. Formerly founder and CEO of… More

Jack Hartpence  Jack Hartpence serves as a Co-Founder of PowWater. After a near-death car accident in 2017, he recognized that the purpose of life is to help others and this world we call home. Jack and his team started PowWater to provide as many people as possible with access to water, the foundation for quality… More

Yousef Yousef Yousef Yousef is an innovator at heart with an entrepreneurial mindset. From developing original technological solutions that are environment-friendly to setting up new businesses and coaching innovative startups into becoming scale-ups. His passion lies with the green scale-ups. Yousef is a proud CEO of LG Sonic, which is a leading example of what… More

Eric Schwartz Career trajectory: After receiving his undergraduate degree in mathematics and Ph. D. in marketing from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008 and 2013, respectively, Schwartz packed his bags and moved west to Ann Arbor, where he was an assistant professor of marketing from 2013 to 2020 and then became a tenured associate professor last year.… More

Seyi Fabode Seyi Fabode has been at the forefront of product management, technology adoption, and strategy within the utility industry as an analyst, operator, consultant, and company founder. His education spans metallurgical and materials engineering, system manufacturing, and strategic management. He has been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice in Technology in 2016 and 2017.… More

Cynthia C Baughman Cynthia Baughman grew up in California’s Silicon Valley and started programming in high school. After developing an interest in technology, she pursued a Bachelor of Science from San Jose State University in Business – Information Systems and a minor in Cybernetic Systems. She holds several certifications, including NIMS, Business Continuity Planning, Project Managemen...

Anthea Sargeaunt Anthea Sargeaunt is CEO of 2S Water, where they have developed the world’s first sensor for detecting metals in water in real time. She has an MBA, is a 3x entrepreneur, and a mother of two. Anthea received the Clean50 2021 for her research and development work. She was voted Startup Alberta’s Most Promising Startup Entrepreneur… More

Mark Lambert Mark 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, American Water, U.S. Filter Corporation, Culligan and Imperial Chemical… More

Julie Bliss Mullen Julie Bliss Mullen co-founded Aclarity to sustainably and cost-effectively cleanthe world’s most challenging waters. Julie invented Aclarity’s primary technologyas a PhD Candidate at UMass Amherst where she studied innovative watertreatment technologies. Previously, she worked at the US EPA’s Drinking WaterUnit in Region 1 in engineering and policy development....

Megan Glover In Episode 9 of The Water Entrepreneur podcast, Megan Glover talks about the impact of winning the Imagine H2O Accelerator competition and how it validated her vision and her company. Megan Glover is a successful B2B Software Marketing and Sales Executive that saw an incredible need to improve our nation’s lead in drinking… More

Jose Ignacio Galindo In Episode 8, Paul and Jose Galindo discuss how national football clubs and company founders have unique cultural traits based on history and experiences. Jose Ignacio Galindo has a Masters in Engineering from the Technology Institute of Buenos Aires. Jose worked as a Google Ambassador and as Chief Sales officer of Wolox.… More

Sally Gutierrez Sally C. Gutierrez is the Director of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Technology Innovation Cluster Development and Support Program within the Office of Research and Development (ORD). This new effort seeks to advance environmental protection in tandem with economic development through the formation of community based public private partnerships. She has been l...

Christine Boyle Christine Boyle has a PhD in Environmental Policy and Planning and a Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was a Fulbright Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Science and is a self-described water economist, data nerd and entrepreneur. She has founded two… More

Erin Rothman Erin K Rothman, CEO and Founder of StormSensor Inc., a climate technology startup, has 15 years of stormwater and remediation consulting experience working with cities across the United States. While serving as VP and Principal Scientist at a Seattle-based consulting company, Managing Principal at a large international consultancy, and Founder and Managing Principal… More

Martin Gross Martin is the President and founder at Gross-Wen Technologies (GWT). GWT is a next-generation wastewater treatment company that is commercializing the revolving algal biofilm treatment technology (RAB). The RAB system sustainably recovers nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater. The byproducts from the process are clean water, clean air, and algae biomass, which can be… More

Daniel Zillante Daniel Zillante holds a B.S. in Production Engineering from Universidad Simon Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela and he holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. His focus is on entrepreneurship and innovation. Daniel started his first company at the age of 19 and has always been passionate about creating businesses. Before business… More

Asim Bhalerao Asim Bhalerao is an experienced technologist with a demonstrated history of innovation in the information technology and robotics industry from Mumbai, India. He received his BE in Electronics Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University, his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Santa Clara University, and his MS  in Computer Science from the University of… More

Lauren Guy from ASTERRA Our first guest Lauren Guy is from Beer Sheva, Israel, with a BSc in Geomorphology and Remote Sensing from Ben-Gurion University and an MSc in Geophysics from Hebrew University of Jerusalem International. Lauren co-founded ASTERRA (Technology by Utilis) in 2013 with a novel approach to finding water leaks from space. He… More

Meet your Host Paul GagliardoMr. 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… More