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Ask the Experts
 Greg Gilles |
Greg Gilles: Greg Gilles is vice president and principal of Adedge Technologies, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. With 20 years of engineering and applied technology expertise, Gilles leads Adedge’s municipal and commercial water treatment products group providing new business development, designing new technology applications, conducting training, and providing field and startup services in support of its packaged treatment systems.
Before joining/forming Adedge, he served as the vice president of technical services for a new venture in Atlanta for the development and commercialization of water and air purification products. He has also held position with OHM/IT Corporation as a division manager of engineering and technical services. Gilles has a MS in Environmental Science/Engineering and a BA in Biology/Chemistry from Indiana University.
He has worked in the arsenic and heavy metals treatment technology field for more than 15 years and has designed and implemented multiple successful systems. Gilles has authored numerous technical publications and articles on the subject. His experience in arsenic treatment includes the entire range from laboratory and field pilots to full scale evaluations for a variety of technologies and products. Gilles participated as an ad hoc member of EPA’s National Drinking Water Advisory Council’s Cost Work Group on the arsenic rule. He has also served on various committees with NSF International, Water Quality Association and American Water Works Association. Contact me: greg@adedgetechnologies.com |
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 Rich Dennis |
Rich Dennis : Rich Dennis received his bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University in 1973. After starting his career with DuPont, he worked on several chemical separation projects for IMC at their Mulberry, Florida phosphate complex. In 1986, AST (now Calgon Carbon) hired him to direct new process development programs employing the ISEP®, a continuous ion exchange contactor. Rich was employed by TETRA Technologies in 1992 to direct their Higgins Loop? continuous ion exchange system business. Since then, the Higgins Loop? has been commercialized in a variety of applications ranging from chemicals production to drinking water nitrate removal. It is now being used for the purification of produced waters generated in the coal bed methane industry of Wyoming.
With Severn Trent Services acquisition of TETRA, Rich is now the Product Manager for chemical separation technologies that include the Higgins Loop? and SORB 33™ arsenic adsorption. Since May, 2000 he has directed the SORB 33™ Arsenic Removal program utilizing technology originally developed by Severn Trent Water in the U.K. Much focus has been placed on applying the adsorption process for treating waters of varying quality and with different contaminants. He has been a leader in optimizing the SORB 33™ technology for As Removal and designing economical treatment systems of all sizes
Contact me: rdennis@severntrentservices.com |
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 Anthony Galvan |
Anthony Galvan: Anthony G. Galvan oversees key arsenic applications for the Siemens Water Technologies office based in Colorado Springs, Colo. He has more than 27 years experience in marketing, engineering, manufacturing and field service. Galvan also has extensive experience in design and construction of GFH arsenic removal plants for municipal water and wastewater applications, design and manufacturing of conventional particle filtration products.
Galvan has managed key projects in the U.S., including the expansion of municipal water treatment plants, and design/build approaches with local consultants and contractors. He has recently focused his efforts to managing the development of GFH, coagulation assisted conventional filtration and membrane solutions for arsenic removal.
Additionally, Galvan manages product improvement programs for small GFH packaged systems. His responsibilities include coordinating marketing efforts with Dr. Wolfgang Driehaus of GEH Wasserchemie. He has successfully introduced GFH as a solution to mitigating arsenic in groundwater applications.Contact me: Anthony.Galvan@siemens.com |
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 William Hoyer |
William Hoyer: William Hoyer is chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Filtronics, Inc. Located in Anaheim, Calif., Filtronics manufactures municipal and industrial water filtration systems.
He is responsible for the development of the company’s Electromedia systems and other major product lines for the treatment of potable water and municipal and industrial wastewater. During the early years, Hoyer provided the manufacturing, engineering and national sales management. He also created the marketing system through the manufacturers’ representative organization.
Today, he oversees all corporate affairs and has been involved in the sales and installation of more than 1000 filtration systems in the United States, Canada and Mexico for arsenic, iron, manganese and hydrogen sulfide.
During his years in water treatment, Hoyer has written numerous technical papers for the industry and has been a featured speaker at national and local conferences and trade shows.
Contact me: expert@filtronics.com |
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