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 3rd 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
- 40 years of financial experience
- Former Assistant Treasurer for the Goldfield Corporation
- Former Partner in the public accounting firm of Hamrick, Leggett & Associates
- Former CFO of Green EnviroTech Holdings Corp.
- BSBA from University of Central Florida
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