David Drake
Founder and Chairman,
LDJ Capital
www.ldjcapital.com
Mr. Drake is the founder and Chairman of LDJ Capital, a Private Equity firm in New York City, and of its subsidiary The Soho Loft Capital Creation Event Series, a global events and media company covering education and creation of financial innovation programs for the Private Company Marketplace.
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Vincent Caprio
Executive Director, Water
Innovations Alliance Foundation
www.waterinnovations.org
Mr. Caprio is the Executive Director of the ‘Water Innovations Alliance Foundation’ and is one of the foremost advocates for government funding of emerging technologies at both the State and Federal levels. Mr. Caprio has testified before the state legislatures of New York and Connecticut. Mr. Caprio is the founder of the Water Innovations Alliance Foundation (WIAF) Conferences and has successfully produced 10 WIAF Conferences.
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Jud Hill
Managing Director,
NGP Global Adaptation Partners
www.ngpgap.com
Mr. Hill joined NGP in 2010 and serves as Managing Director. He is an industry leader in the water and environmental services sectors. He has over 30 years of experience in both water and environmental service company operations as well as over a decade of private equity experience in the water industry.
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Erik Hromakda
CEO,
Global Water Technologies
www.gwtr.com
Erik Hromadka has served as CEO of Global Water Technologies (OTC Pink: GWTR) since 2009. He refocused the company with an emphasis on new technology, targeting opportunities to reduce loss in drinking water systems by introducing “smart grid” data and interactive tools.
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John M. Przybla, PE, GISP
SVP,
Woolpert
www.woolpert.com
Mr. Przybyla is a Professional Engineer in 5 states and a Certified GIS Professional. His work encompasses over 75 organizations in his 33 years of professional experience, including utilities, local governments, public institutions, airports, and Federal agencies.
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Jon B. Freedman
Global Government Relations Leader, GE Water & Process Technologies
www.gewater.com
Mr. Freedman is a recognized expert and frequent speaker on water policies. He teaches a class at the University of Pennsylvania called, “The Future of Water,” and he has recently spoken on water issues at conferences in China, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Europe, and the United States. He also served for six years on the Board of Directors of the WateReuse Association, and chaired its National Legislative Committee
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Blythe Lyons
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Program on Energy & Environment
www.acus.org
Ms. Lyons has provided energy policy consulting services, with a focus on nuclear fuel cycle and nonproliferation, to utilities, industry, nonprofit and academic institutions, and various national as well as state governments since the late 1970s.
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Terry E. Biederman, P.E.
Global Industry Manager – Water
GE Intelligent Platforms
www.ge-ip.com
Mr. Biederman joined GE Intelligent Platforms as Global Industry Manager-Water in March of 2012. Prior to GE, he was Director of Public Works for Waterford Township, Michigan for sixteen years where he was responsible for operations of the Water/Sewer and Facilities and Operations Divisions. At Waterford Township, he was responsible for transforming the DPW into a state-of-the-art smart water operation leveraging advanced technology and management practices.
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Kathryn Craig
Director, Workflow Solutions,
Hach Company
www.hach.com
Ms. Craig works with Optimization Solutions, Intelligent Information Management and Hach Homeland Security Technologies to develop breakthrough technologies used to improve water quality and treatment optimization.
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Kevin M. McGovern
CEO,
The Water Initiative
www.thewaterinitiative.com
Mr. McGovern is the Chairman of The Water Initiative® and has founded over 15 companies. The Water Initiative’s mission is to deliver point-of-drinking (POD) water solutions to developing countries around the world.
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Paul F. Boulos
President, COO & CTO,
Innovyze, Inc.
www.innovyze.com
Dr. Boulos is a President and Director of MWH Global (www.mwhglobal.com), one of the world’s leading environmental engineering and construction firms, with more than 7,500 employees in 31 countries and annual revenues exceeding $1.5 billion. Dr. Boulos is also leads Innovyze, a global multi-million dollar smart water engineering software company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MWH Global.
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Dennis Nelson
President and CEO,
Project WET Foundation
projectwet.org
Mr. Nelson founded Project WET in 1984 while working at the North Dakota State Water Commission. Through extensive partnerships and successful fundraising efforts, he has developed the program into a global leader in water resources education around the world.
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