As a
chemical engineer and project manager, John’s career focus is the scaleup and
commercialization of emerging process technologies. He has held leadership
positions with five organizations – leading teams as they built major, capital
intensive first-of-a-kind (FOAK) projects. John founded Next Rung Technology in
2017 to bring the experience set, tools and strategies he developed to nearly
200 clients to date, with a focus on commercializing emerging sustainable
technologies. John has 25+ years of experience bringing a wide variety of
water, energy, fermentation, chemical, and biotechnology processes to market
through developing pilot plants, managing project plans, and overseeing
execution from an engineering and business perspective. As the President of
Next Rung Technology, John develops business relationships, collaborates on
strategic planning, launches, and manages projects, does techno-economic
analyses, and works with Next Rung’s engineering team as they collaborate with
clients to create and commercialize novel processes.