FORTERA EUROPE - Key Persons


Craig Hargis

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Product Development
10+ years researching and developing novel calcium cement chemistries and low carbon products.

Dan Cummings

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel & Vice President, Intellectual Property
Over 25 years of experience as an attorney including building IP portfolios and commercializing new renewable technologies.

Eddie Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Controller
10+ years leading small and large corporate finance, audit, and administration responsibilities.

Eric Olsen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

George Councill

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Project Development
15+ years project finance and project development leader with strong history of equity building.

Janine Gardner

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Human Resources
20+ years building & scaling high functioning teams from the ground up.

Jean-Philippe Vacher

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Market Strategy
25+ years business development leader in building materials with proven track record in building global partnerships.

Jim Messina

Job Titles:
  • Government

Kas Farsad

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Corporate Development
10+ years experience in technology and product development. Lead inventor of Fortera cement.

Keith Krugh

Job Titles:
  • Chief Manufacturing Officer
25+ years cement veteran with Holcim and Heidelberg. Logistics management, production rate and quality.

Lee Styslinger, III

Job Titles:
  • Industry

Martin Devenney

Job Titles:
  • Technology
Former President of CO₂ to Products leading process and product development & piloting efforts

Mike Weiss - CTO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • CTO
20+ years leading R&D across multiple technology platforms. Lead inventor of Fortera process.

Philip Tuet

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Engineering
15+ years experience designing chemical processes and scaling first generation production plants.

Ryan Gilliam - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Co - Founder
15+ years chemicals and materials executive with track record forming strategic partnerships.

Samir Kaul

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Development / Founding Partner and Managing Director at Khosla Ventures

Scott Healy - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
30+ years experience building market leading companies in clean energy.

Terry Holland

Job Titles:
  • Regulation
Former President of the American Concrete Institute, and lead author for new cement and concrete standards

Thierry Legrand

Job Titles:
  • President Europe
Former Lafarge and Holcim multi-country CEO/COO with 25+ yrs experience in European, Asian, and African marketplace.