Management Team

Gary De Laurentiis | Chief Executive Officer and Board Chairman

46 years’ of business leadership experience
31 years’ experience in recycling plastic
Started and led several successful companies in the plastics industry: Plastics II, RPX Corp., ANEW Corp., ECO2 Plastics
Winner of Popular Science “2009 Top 100 Innovations” award for ECO2 Plastics Technology

Mark Gantar | President

Global economic development leader that has facilitated complex financial transactions involving public-private partnerships between the United States and 3^rd world countries
25 years of business experience owning and running various manufacturing and technology companies
Recognized diplomat as Honorary Consul for Ethiopia in Seattle
Technology expert with 35 years of experience in technology and Government contracting for software development, cyber security and business intelligence
Experienced in structured finance working with various global finance organizations on global infrastructure and sovereign finance

Burak Erten | Executive Vice President International Affairs & Structured Finance

President of New Century Funds focus on deployment of institution capital aligned with US interests
Licensed fund manager in Luxemburg (authorized by CSSF)
Expert with structured finance, risk mitigation strategies and credit enhanced transactions
Involved in geo-political negotiations with multiple Governments and multilateral organizations supporting US interests
Established Strategic partnerships with financial institutions globally
Current C-level/advisory-level roles in various entities and foundations globally

Stan Emert | Executive Vice President of Strategy

30+ years business leadership experience
Business school instructor on international business and management
Led Symetra Financial to national awards on social responsibility
Founder of RainmakersTV, nonprofit media entity covering people doing world-building projects; conducted over 1500 interviews
Worked on five continents on business development
Consulted on business organizational development for startup tech companies
JD from University of Tennessee; BA from Tusculum University; published author

James Klein | Vice President of Engineering

Extensive experience in operations management in process/manufacturing industries and operations restructuring as well as the design/engineering and construction of production facilities
Key personal involvement in several joint venture initiatives in East Europe and New Zealand
BS Chemical Engineering University of Wisconsin
Graduate BA – Finance University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Wayne Leggett | Vice President, Finance

Nick Drobac | Vice President of Business Development

Eight years consulting on waste-to-energy projects
Co-founder and former ED of The Clean Oceans Project, an environmental non-profit focused on plastic pollution remediation in the marine environment
Project management and sales experience on large-scale commercial construction projects in the SF Bay Area
Graduate of Santa Clara University and Santa Clara University School of Law

Robert Feller | Environmental Scientist/Engineering/Sales and Marketing

36 years working in the environmental industry, graduate degree in environmental sciences
Responsible for the EPA S.I.T.E. program submission for solidification and permanent stabilization of PCB laden Hudson River dredge spoils
Responsible for successful remediation of the Imperial Oil Superfund Site in Farmingdale, NJ
Designed a self contained mobile treatment system for disposal and neutralization of binary nerve agents
Worked at numerous Superfund Sites around the country