PULSE - Key Persons


Brian H. Rehkopf

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Hendrik Grobler - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

James A. Rehkopf - Founder, President

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • President
  • Founder and Owner of Pulse Combustion Systems
Jim is the founder and owner of Pulse Combustion Systems. He established company headquarters in Payson, Arizona, and managed the development of the company's pulse combustor and its intellectual property while growing the company organically. His current project is augmenting the company's combustor technology with two new heat/atomization sources - a low-NOx duct burner, or an indirect gas-fired heater, which ensures zero nitrates in the pulse-dried powder. These new heat sources also give the company the capability to handle pharmaceutical products. Jim earned a BS from the United States Naval Academy, an MS from the University of California at San Diego, and an MBA from Golden Gate University.

Marius Grobler

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Engineering
Marius brings 30 years of heavy equipment engineering experience to the Company. He came to the United States from South Africa in 1996 to design, fabricate, and operate the Company's first pulse combustion spray dryer project in Payson, Arizona. Since then, he has designed all of PCS's various dryer sizes, has fabricated all of the combustors and many of the dryers.