IWC Leadership

Executive Committee

 

 

 

Advisory Council

Since 1940 the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania has sponsored the IWC.  The event is also supported by over 50 member companies who participate as members of the IWC Advisory Council. The companies represent the leading water treatment service companies, OEMs engineering firms, consultants and chemical suppliers in the industry.

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Air Liquide America

Brad Crocker

World leader in gases, technologies, services and research for heavy industry and health care. Present in 80 countries, employees 68,000 employees and serves more than 3 million customers and patients. Air Liquide’s core business is in oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and argon.

AMBI-Design, Inc.

Shan Sundaram, P.E.

AMBI-Design, Inc. is an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of large, custom designed water treatment systems incorporating ion exchange and membrane technologies.

Aquatech International Corporation

Ashwin Thakkar

Aquatech exists to improve our customer’s profitability, sustainability and performance by understanding their holistic water needs and implementing long term plans to meet growth goals. Aquatech provides design build and operation and maintenance services to assure reliable, sustainable water supply and environmental compliance allowing our customers to focus on their core business. Aquatech is OEM technologies solution provider including clarification, filtration, ion exchange, UF, RO and EDI membrane, biological and evaporation.

Avista Technologies

Tom Imbornone

Avista® Technologies Inc. was established in 1999 to develop and distribute membrane chemicals and provide global expert process support for reverse osmosis (RO), microfiltration/ultrafiltration (MF/UF) and multimedia filtration (MMF). As a global brand of Kurita, Avista helps customers worldwide to achieve their unique water treatment goals.

Baker Hughes, a GE company

Stephen Garza

Baker Hughes is a $25B USO company that serves the worldwide oil and natural gas industry with reservoir consulting and products and services for drilling, formation evaluation, completion and production. Our expertise and technology is utilized successfully in unconventional hydrocarbon recovery such as coal bed methane, shale gas and gas storage, together with projects aimed at carbon reduction, such as carbon dioxide sequestration and geothermal wells.

Baker Hughes Downstream Chemicals provides Baker Petrolite chemical programs and services that address a wide range of processing, water management and finished product quality challenges in hydrocarbon processing facilities, fuel terminals and pipelines.

Key chemical program offerings for hydrocarbon processors include process treatments, plus programs for cooling water systems, boilers, and wastewater treatment. Our specialty fuel additives can also increase the value of crude oils and finished fuels, and reduce operating and maintenance problems caused by sulfur and metals contamination of heavy fuels burned in facility boilers, process heaters and gas turbines.

Barr Engineering

Ryan Schipper

Barr is a leading consulting/design firm of about 1,000 employees with offices throughout the US and Canada. Barr has extensive experience with water management/treatment projects in the mining, power, and industrial sectors.

Bechtel Infrastructure and Power Corporation

HG Sanjay, Ph.D., P.E.

Founded in 1898, Bechtel is one of the world’s premier engineering, construction, and project management companies. Our 45,000 employees are teamed with customers, partners, and suppliers on a wide range of projects in nearly 46 countries. Bechtel has completed more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents, including Hoover Dam, the Channel Tunnel, Hong Kong International Airport, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system, the reconstruction of Kuwait’s oil fields after the Gulf War, Jubail industrial city, and the Alma aluminum smelter.

Bowen Engineering

Michael J. Soller, P.E., DBIA

Bowen is a self-performing general contractor delivering projects as EPC and bid-build.  Our self-perform services include site, civil, structural, boilermaker and mechanical construction. With over 50 years serving the Water/Wastewater and Energy/ Industrial Markets, Bowen is your nationwide industrial water & wastewater construction expert. Bowen has constructed over 1,000 treatment facilities, and has pretreatment, phys-chem, biological, UV, pump station, and evaporator experience. Call us to get the most Resourceful, and Responsive construction firm bringing you the best Results. 

Brown and Caldwell

Krystal Perez

Brown and Caldwell is a full-service, employee-owned environmental engineering, consulting, and construction management firm offering a full suite of industrial water treatment services including life-cycle delivery of environmental projects from upfront planning and permitting through construction, operations, and maintenance. We are an industry leader in water stewardship and resilience and provide long-term sustainable solutions to emerging contaminants such as PFAS. We bring our clients technical excellence, creativity, and responsiveness translating directly to effective solutions and cost savings for you.

Burns & McDonnell

Ben Zhang

Founded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell is a full-service engineering, construction, environmental and consulting solutions firm.

The company’s multi-disciplined staff of more than 3,000 includes engineers, architects, contractors, planners, estimators, economists, technicians and scientists, representing virtually all design disciplines. Burns & McDonnell plans, designs, permits, constructs and manages facilities all over the world with one mission in mind — to make our clients successful.

BW Water America’s Inc.

Alan Daza, P.Eng.

Safbon Water Technology (SWT) is a recognized global leader in seawater desalination and recycle/reuse integrated system solutions for the industrial and municipal markets. In its 36 year history SWT has successfully designed , engineered, constructed and commissioned water/wastewater systems in North America, Latin America, MENA, Asia and Australia.

ChemTreat, Inc.

Thomas Gurley

ChemTreat is one of the world’s largest providers of water treatment products & services. We develop customized programs with sustainable solutions to improve operating efficiencies, minimize expenditures, reduce carbon footprints, and improve energy and water management delivered through the most experienced sales and service team in the industry.

ClearStream Environmental, Inc.

Jimmy Woods

Experts in design and manufacturing, ClearStream offers a complete line of biological process and sedimentation equipment for all municipal and industrial raw water and wastewater applications including Clarification, Thickening, Cold Lime Softening, Oil / Water Separation, Dissolved Gas Floatation, Jet Aeration, Replacement Drive Units, SBR, etc. ClearStream equipment has been installed, commissioned, and is reliably operating throughout the world in numerous process applications.

Culligan

Anne Arza

Culligan manufactures and distributes water purification and treatment products for household, bottled water, retail and commercial & industrial applications worldwide. Culligan is among the most widely recognized brand names in America & worldwide, having been in business since 1936. Culligan is committed to exceeding customers’ expectations by providing water treatment products and services of the highest standards.

Duke Energy

Derek Henderson, P.E.

Duke Energy, a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America’s largest energy holding companies. Our electric utilities serve 8.2 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively own 50,000 megawatts of energy capacity. Our natural gas unit serves 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. Our company employs 28,000 people.

DuPont Water Solutions

Donna DeFlavis

Providing solutions for water purification, separation, conservation and reuse is what we do best, and now we do it even better with the broadest portfolio of water filtration and purification technologies. Our expanded offerings now include exciting technologies such as membrane bioreactor (MBR), membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR), closed circuit reverse osmosis (CCRO), and membrane degasification (MDG) technologies.

Ecolab

Donald Downey

Purolite is more than a resin company. It’s a solutions company. Purolite has evolved from a small domestic importer of ion exchange resins to the premier world class manufacturer and innovation leader. As time and technology have changed, so has Purolite. Our dedication to research and innovation is paving the way for new opportunities and endless applications. In recognition of this evolution, our brand identity now reflects the company we have become and our vision for the future.

Energy Recovery Inc.

Juan Pinto

Energy Recovery creates technologies that solve complex challenges for industrial fluid-flow markets worldwide. Building on our pressure exchanger technology platform, we design and manufacture solutions that make industrial processes more efficient and sustainable.

EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute)

Jason Monnell

EPRI is a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act and recognized as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and whose mission is to conduct research and development in energy and related fields for the benefit of the public. EPRI undertakes public benefit research on topics surrounding the production and distribution of electric power and the impact of these activities on the environment.

Fluor Enterprises

Josh Lawrence

Major engineering and construction company focused on the petrochemical, refining, mining, metals, and pharmaceutical industries.

GAI Consultants, Inc.

Emma Wolff, P.E.

From its beginnings as a highly specialized geotechnical and structural engineering services firm, GAI Consultants has evolved into a 900-person, employee-owned, multidiscipline engineering and environmental consulting firm, serving our clients worldwide in the energy, transportation, real estate, water, municipal, government, institutional, and industrial markets from offices throughout the Northeast, Midwest, and Southeastern United States. With an award-winning and respected professional reputation in multiple engineering, environmental and technical practice areas, GAI distinguishes itself by our solid reputation of providing excellent customer service along with innovative yet practical solutions.

Geosyntec Consultants

Philip D. Benson, Jr., P.E., PMP

Geosyntec is a privately held, practitioner-led consulting and engineering firm that works with private and public sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. We are internationally known for our technical leadership, broad and deep experience, and exceptional client service. In each of our practices, our aim is to develop best-in-class capabilities and client reputation.

GHD

Pete Capponi

GHD is one of the world’s leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. Committed to creating lasting community benefit, our connected global network of 9000 diverse people delivers engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services to public and private sector clients across five continents – Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America – and the Pacific region.

Gradiant Corporation

Omkar Lokare

Gradiant delivers tailored solutions for treating complex industrial wastewaters and desalinating seawater. With a robust product portfolio and proven technical and operational expertise, Gradiant’s desalination, brine concentration, and industrial recycling solutions enable cost-effective and sustainable water treatment, achieving industrial growth in harmony with nature. The company serves customers across the globe from its corporate headquarters in Boston MA, R&D facility in Singapore, and its operating subsidiaries in India, China, Australia, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.

Halliburton Multi-Chem

Swamy Margan

To help refiners, petrochemical plants and heavy industrial operators meet performance and cost objectives, Halliburton provides customized water treatment, process treatment, and finished fuel additive solutions. On-site Halliburton specialists evaluate mechanical, operational, and chemical changes needed to protect assets, improve production, enhance equipment reliability, and maximize asset value.

HDR

Jim Beninati

Consistently ranked among the nation’s Top 10 Water Design firms, our professionals combine the latest technical innovations with practical solutions. Our water consulting services are comprehensive and range from source water development, system master planning and regulatory compliance services to infrastructure design, management and sustainable operation.

Our practice is built on a foundation of dedicated, talented and service-oriented professionals driven to help you identify your best course of action and implement sustainable, cost-effective solutions.

Hydranautics – A Nitto Group Company

Wayne Bates

Hydranautics’ mission is to be the recognized world leader in the membrane separation industry through innovative technology. We will offer a spectrum of membrane products and services which achieve the highest quality in the industry. We will employ ethical principles in our business relationships and act as a good corporate citizen in our communities. We will fairly reward our employees according to their contributions, and provide a satisfying work environment.

Kiewit

Mike Preston

Kiewit is one of North America’s largest and most respected engineering and construction organizations. With over 3,000 engineers and over 20,000 craft and staff, we are an engineering led, construction focused solution provider. Our goal is to work collaboratively with our industrial partners to find holistic solutions to challenging industrial water and wastewater applications and reliably delivering cost effective project execution.

Kurita

Mike Reniak

Kurita is a leading global water treatment solutions company that excels in seamlessly integrating chemistry, cutting-edge equipment, and innovative engineering practices to provide environmentally safe and highly cost-effective solutions for industrial water management.

LANXESS Corporation

Zhendong Liu

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company.

The company currently has about 15,500 employees in 33 countries and is represented at 60 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals and plastics.

LANXESS is listed in the leading sustainability indices Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI World and Europe) and FTSE4Good.

LG Chem

Roy Daly

LG Water Solutions, a subsidiary of LG Chem, LTD, is part of the LG Group, a globally recognized leader of exceptionally high quality electronics, chemicals, energy solutions, materials and life sciences products.  LG Water Solutions manufactures the full line of NanoH2O™ seawater and brackish water reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. NanoH2O™ RO membranes are developed based on innovative Thin Film Nanocomposite (TFN) technology.  We lead and create the future technology of water treatment.  Our ultimate goal is to provide innovative solutions for all humankind facing water shortages.

MANN + HUMMELL Water & Fluid Solutions

Brian Fraser

Water & Membrane Solutions offers customized membrane and filter solutions for water and wastewater challenges. We are experts in wastewater treatment, especially for micropollutants, multi-resistant bacteria and germs, industrial processes, pure and ultrapure water and seawater desalination. Our filter solutions are suitable for public buildings, commercial enterprises and municipalities, among others.

Marmon Industrial Water

John Yen

Marmon Industrial Water designs and manufacturers water and wastewater treatment equipment solutions, more often known under the brand names Graver Water Systems and Ecodyne. Our engineers are knowledgeable in raw water pretreatment, degasification, hot lime softening, boiler make-up, condensate polishing, wastewater treatment, cooling water treatment, and oil/water separation for petrochemical/chemical, power generation and heavy industrial plants on a global basis.

McKim & Creed

John Van Gehuchten, P.E.

McKim & Creed, Inc. is a committed team of talented professionals who improve the quality of life for businesses and communities by providing world-class engineering and geomatics solutions.

From gas and electric transmission and distribution lines to industrial water and wastewater treatment, pipelines, and comprehensive water management, we help our clients provide clean water, create safe communities, and plan, design, build and maintain critical and sustainable energy solutions. An employee-owned company in operation since 1978, our technical specialties include industrial design-build; civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural engineering; airborne and mobile LiDAR/scanning; unmanned aerial systems; subsurface utility engineering; and hydrographic and conventional surveying services for the energy, transportation, federal, land development, water and building markets.

Michael Baker International

Wes Sipe, P.E.

Michael Baker International is a leading provider of engineering and consulting services with Practices that encompass all facets of infrastructure, including design, civil engineering, planning, architecture, environmental, construction and program management. For more than 80 years, the company has been a trusted partner to commercial clients, all branches of the military and federal, state and municipal governments, providing comprehensive services and solutions. Embracing emerging technologies and the latest innovations – like intelligent transportation and design-build project delivery, Michael Baker is an industry leader that delivers expertise and quality. The firm’s more than 3,000 employees across nearly 100 locations are committed to Making a Difference for clients and communities through a culture of innovation, collaboration and technological advancement while Reimagining Michael Baker to become a full-service engineering and consulting firm over the next five years.

MPW Industrial Water Services

Gavin Watts

MPW is the leading service provider of integrated technology-based Industrial Cleaning, Facility Management, Water Purification and Container Management in North America. MPW partners with customers to enhance operational efficiencies, improve reliability and minimize costs. Qualified, highly trained personnel respond to your needs, delivering services with the highest ethical standards and commitment to safety. Since 1972, MPW has been providing rapid response, making MPW a pioneer in quality and service.

Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company

Matthew Flannigan

Nalco Water is the leading provider of integrated water treatment and process improvement services, chemicals and equipment programs for industrial and institutional applications. We have a global presence with more than 10,000 employees operating in 130 countries, supported by a comprehensive network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and research center.

Newterra

Anthony Amendola

Newterra designs, engineers, manufactures, and services environmental, water and wastewater treatment solutions that assure great performance, superb reliability, and the highest value to renew precious ecosystems. Newterra offers a broad portfolio of reliable, trouble-free technologies and outsourcing support for global municipal and industrial customers across diverse applications, including drinking water, industrial process water, industrial wastewater, sanitary wastewater, stormwater and remediation.

NX Filtration

Nik Mehta

NX Filtration is a provider of direct nanofiltration membrane technology for producing pure and affordable water to improve quality of life. Its direct nanofiltration technology removes micropollutants from water in one step whilst offering strong sustainability benefits.

ResinTech, Inc.

Larry Gottlieb

ResinTech manufactures premium quality ion exchange and other filtration media in the United States to the most exacting standards. Our dedication and expertise is why operators worldwide trust ResinTech products to help them achieve optimal water quality for virtually every conceivable application including: softening, demineralizing, municipal conditioning, condensate polishing, radwaste treatment, and more. ResinTech manufactures over 150 different ion exchange resins, activated carbons, and specialty media products.

RETEGO Labs

Les Merrill

THE RETEGO system for measuring critical water parameters is our leading edge technology centered on more than 20 years of scientific experience in the treatment and monitoring of water. Our tests are conducted on-site and deliver fast, accurate and precise water monitoring within minutes without the need for specialized training or liquid reagent handling. All sample results are digitally processed, allowing electronic report distribution to anyone, anywhere a snap!

Samco Technologies

Nathan Bach

Skid mounted integrated turn-key solutions for pure/ultra pure/waste water and process filtration-separation. Innovative minimum waste/high yield water management and recovery solutions for produced water, boiler feed, condensate polishing, brine concentration/crystallization and Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD). Exclusive licensee of Rohm & Haas Advanced Amberpack Deionization (ADI) technology.

Sargent & Lundy, LLC

Andrew Erickson

Sargent & Lundy has provided comprehensive consulting, engineering, design, analysis, and project services for electric power generation and power delivery projects worldwide. With a large, highly experienced staff solely dedicated to the energy business, we have the ability and know-how to effectively execute the largest projects as well as highly specialized tasks.

Solenis LLC

Michael Bluemle, Ph.D.

We solve tough water treatment, process improvement and hygiene challenges for customers in consumer, industrial, institutional, food and beverage, and pool and spa water markets through people, experience and technology. These core elements of our business help us build the strong bonds you need to achieve greater value while reaching your sustainability goals.

Let us know your toughest water treatment challenge. We’ll meet it with our team of experts, our industry-leading technologies and our ongoing support to make your operation more profitable and more sustainable.

Southern Company

Rebecca Osteen

Southern Company is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy infrastructure company with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunication services.

Stantec

Luke Lucas

Water is undeniably essential to our lives. Which is why it’s critical that we create a sustainable future for it. At Stantec, we approach every project we undertake—whether at the local, regional, or watershed level—thoughtfully and execute it with excellence. We partner with our clients to design solutions that address their communities’ unique needs throughout the water infrastructure lifecycle.

Our One Water focus covers the management of fresh water, wastewater, stormwater, and groundwater as a collective resource. This can mean a lot of things, depending on where you are and your needs. Our approach is different if you’re in a water-rich area with a deteriorating ecosystem or an arid environment where water is precious and sustaining reasonable growth with traditional strategies is the challenge. But our goal never changes—enabling thriving economies and industries, community vitality, and healthy ecosystems.

SWAN Analytical USA

Shaun Sharrett

SWAN Analytical USA is a leading manufacturer of high quality on-line analytical instruments for water analysis in applications such as high purity water, steam, condensate, cooling water, potable water and effluent. SWAN instruments measure a number of parameters within these applications such as turbidity, chlorine, sodium, dissolved oxygen, pH, ORP and others. Built with Swiss precision, SWAN’s reliable analyzers are designed with the operator in mind.

Tetra Tech, Inc.

Rangesh Srinivasan

Tetra Tech offers full-service, multidisciplinary, consulting and engineering services to government and commercial clients. Our integrated, turnkey approach and nationally recognized experts ensure successful industrial water treatment solutions from concept inception through start-up and commissioning of each treatment facility. With our in-house pilot demonstration capabilities, broad technology experience, and process optimization expertise, our team delivers the most effective options for treating industrial wastewater. Tetra Tech offers treatment expertise in mine water management, oil and gas, steam electric power generation, food and beverage, manufacturing, and iron and steel.  With 13,000 employees worldwide, Tetra Tech’s capabilities span the entire project life cycle.

Thermax, Inc.

Ajit Dighe

Thermax manufacturers different varieties of ion exchange resins for various applications in water treatment and specialty areas such as pharma, biotech, catalyst, sugar, metal recovery and more. Thermax resins are marketed under trade name Tulsion.

 Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments

Chip Westaby

Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments, Inc. is the worldwide leader in the application of field portable, laboratory and on-line continuous process monitors for measuring hydrocarbons in water. We are in the exclusive business of making laboratory, field portable and on-line instruments based in UV fluorescence technology.

UCC Environmental

Joseph M. Woodley

UCC is a global leader in air pollution control, wastewater treatment, and solids handling.

Over the past 100 years, our third-generation, family-owned business has earned a reputation for driving innovation, providing reliable solutions, and cultivating trusted customer partnerships. Customer satisfaction is the fabric of our organization, and it is our mission to be responsive to our Customers’ needs. We know that we are only successful when our Customers’ businesses thrive. Our customer-centric mindset drives our actions. Therefore, we empower our employees to make decisions that benefit our Customers. We anticipate customer needs, honor our commitments, and deliver performance beyond expectations. This foundation has allowed us to become a recognized global leader in environmental technologies and solutions with customers and installations worldwide.

Veolia WTS

John Peichel

Veolia’s Water Technologies & Solutions business unit has a comprehensive set of chemical, equipment and digital enabled services and products. We help our customers optimize water resources and overcome process challenges. We work with customers across all industries, including food and beverage, power, and oil and gas to help solve their toughest water, wastewater and process challenges. Visit www.watertechnologies.com.

WaterTectonics

Denney Eames

Founded in 1999, WaterTectonics works with customers from beginning to end. We help our clients select the best solution through treatability testing and project engineering. We provide a wide range of treatment options for purchase and lease. And we support every system we deploy with comprehensive field services and replacement parts.

WesTech Engineering, LLC

Jaron Stanley

A Swire Water company, WesTech provides solutions that renew water resources to help communities and the environment thrive. We provide liquid-solids separation and biological systems to municipal, industrial, and minerals clients worldwide. Our solutions treat surface waters, drinking water, groundwater, wastewater, and industrial process water. WesTech specializes in retrofits, replacements, and upgrades of all equipment, with many solutions available for temporary mobile/rental applications. Founded in 1973, we have over 500 employees.
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Worley Consulting

Thomas E. Higgins, Ph.D., P.E.

Worley is a leading global provider of professional project and asset services in the energy, chemicals and resources sectors. Advisian is the global advisory services business of the Worley Group dedicated to creating greater value, new possibilities and superior outcomes for its clients. Advisian works alongside its clients to optimize the clients’ assets, asset portfolios, operating businesses and their future endeavors, draws on expertise and real world experience in the resources, energy and infrastructure sectors to deliver services of exceptional quality.

WSP

Karen Budgell

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 66,000 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion.

Xylem Inc. / Evoqua Water Tech. LLC

Kishor Nayar, Ph.D., P.E.

Evoqua and Xylem – two water technology leaders – are now one.
We are a global water technology provider helping our customers solve the world’s toughest water challenges across utility, industrial, commercial, and residential markets worldwide.

Over the last 100+ years, our unique combination of innovative products and services, proven expertise, and unmatched customer support have been helping to create a more water-secure and resilient world.

Across the water cycle, our innovative solutions use less energy, reduce operating expenses, and support sustainability efforts. By working together, we can ensure water is accessible, affordable, and safe for all.

ZwitterCo, Inc.

Chris Roy

ZwitterCo’s breakthrough membrane technology enables filtration for the most challenging separations. We leverage the remarkable power of zwitterions to create an intensely hydrophilic membrane that resists fouling from organics molecules such as fats, oils, and proteins. The unique properties of our membranes make it practical for industries to reuse water and enhance product recovery from historically unfilterable streams. We offer water treatment and separation solutions that cut chemical demands, maintain steady performance, and last.