The HydroNovation Team
Mr. Anil D. Jha - Founder/President
A pioneer in the development of Continuous Electrodeionization (CEDI) Technology currently the most advanced electrochemical water treatment technology in the market today. Mr. Jha has over 30 years of water treatment industry experience. Mr. Jha is one of the key inventors of HydroNovation technology. Previously, Mr. Jha worked for Millipore Corporation, Sterimatics Corporation (a venture backed firm developing water treatment devices for medical applications), Liquipure Corporation (a venture backed water treatment company acquired by US Filter) and Siemens Water Technology Corp. as Director of R&D. Mr. Jha has held variety of positions in the companies listed above including GM of Laboratory Water Systems Group at US Filter and managed Business Development at Sterimatics Corporation.
Mr. John S. Swartley - Business Development & Marketing Advisor
Retired from U. S. Filter Corporation where he was Senior VP, Corporate Development. Prior to joining U.S. Filter, Mr. Swartley was founder/CEO of Liquipure Technologies Inc. (a startup venture funded by Warburg, Pincus and acquired by U.S. Filter). Previously, Mr. Swartley was a Corporate VP at the Olin Corporation and President of the Olin Consumer Products Division, His background also includes over 17 years of consumer marketing and management experience at General Foods.
Mr. Jeff Barnes - CEO
General Partner of CleanPacificVentures. Prior to founding CPV, he spearheaded business development and marketing for Novazone now Purfresh, a venture-backed clean technology water and food purification company Increasing from $3Mto $105M in value with a long list of Fortune 500 customers. Mr. Barnes also was the first marketing and business development executive of two successful technology start-ups, VocalPoint (acquired by Telecom Italia) and Acendl. Previously, he spent 5 years at Bain & Company in the Private Equity and Technology practices consulting to private equity funds and to major technology companies.
