Ashton McCombs - President

Tenure with Phigenics

Co Founded Phigenics in 2004 and is President of the company.  Ashton’s responsibilities include directing and facilitating the strategic decision making of the Phigenics Management Team and the Board of Advisors, as well as establishing relationships with strategic partners and the investment community.

Prior Experience

Ashton has over 28 years in the water treatment industry.  This includes a variety of sales, marketing, and management positions with NALCO Chemical Company and Suez.  Ashton ran several business units for NALCO, primarily in the middle and C & I markets.  He has had district, regional, national and international management responsibilities.

Education

Awards

1984 - NALCO Sales Representative of the Year
1987 - NALCO District Manager of the Year
1999 - NALCO’s General Manager of 3-Year Period: 1st President’s Club Recipient

Jay D. Reading – Vice President of Sales

Co Founder of Phigenics and Vice President of Sales - Jay’s responsibilities include corporate sales development and distribution of Phigenics proprietary products.

Prior Experience

Jay has over 25 year’s water treatment experience in a variety of positions.  The first 20 years were spent at Nalco Chemical Company in progressive areas of increased responsibility: Sales Representative, Account Manager, Area Manager, District Manager, Regional Manager and General Manager.  Specific areas of focus were the light industrial and institutional water treatment marketplaces.  Jay has an extensive background in the following areas:

• Cogeneration
• Chill Water Storage
• High Purity Water
• Steam Generation
• Waste Treatment
• HVAC and Process Cooling
• Potable Water Treatment (Scale/Corrosion Control, Secondary Disinfection)
• Facility Water Hygiene
• Chemical and Non-Chemical Water Treatment Strategies

Over the last four years, Jay has focused on helping facilities lower the cost to process water and improve water safety in facilities in the institutional, food and beverage, light industrial, retail and university markets from an independent perspective.  The above goals are accomplished by building facility water management plans that take full advantage of in-place equipment, readily available (proven) technologies and existing facility personnel resources.

Clients with Water Management Plans utilizing Phigenics’ resources and Jay Reading’s leadership will see a 2-10% reduction in energy used to process water, a 20-50% reduction in water treatment expenses (water, chemical, sewer and operating expenses). In addition, Jay has been instrumental in building into Phigenics Water Management Plans a HACCP (Hazard Assessment and Critical Control Points) based water safety plan to prevent bacteria pathogens (Legionella, AFB, etc) from harming employees and customers.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

Suez Executive Leadership Program

Affiliations and Certifications

HAACP Certified Manger

Certified Indoor Environmental

Life Loyal Sigma Chi

Awards

District Manager of the Year Nalco Chemical Company (1992, 1997)

General Manger Leadership Award – Nalco Chemical Company (1995)

William McCoy—Chief Technology Officer

Tenure with Phigenics

Co-founded Phigenics in 2004 and is Chief Technology Officer for the company.

Prior Experience

Prior to Phigenics, 20 years in commercial development, management of technology, intellectual property development and R&D for large multi-national corporations (Rohm and Haas Co., Great Lakes Chemical Company and Nalco Chemical Company).

The International Water Association published in 2005 the full-length book entitled Preventing Legionellosis.

Published 26 patents, 3 patent applications (pending), 8 book chapters and over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles.

Vice-Chairman of the Standards Committee (SPC188) for the American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) presently writing a standard entitled: Prevention of Legionellosis Associated with Building Water Systems.

Past Chairman of the Environmental Health Committee for ASHRAE.

Education

Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Calgary and M.Sc. from the University of Hawaii. Two undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and Microbiology from California State University, Long Beach. Executive Management Education from the University of Michigan. Born in San Diego and grew up near Orange County, CA.

Affiliations & Certifications

Non-transient, Non-Community Public Water Supply Operator, USEPA, PWS I.D. #11890

Analytical Laboratory Certifications:

USEPA: National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, Registry No. 17595

CDC:  Environmental Legionella Isolation Technique Evaluation (ELITE) program. Certified 1/16/09

Certified Indoor Environmentalist (CIE), Indoor Air Quality Association, 2004

Certified HACCP Manager, NSF International and Experior, 2005.

Chairman (appointed 2008), Environmental Health Committee, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE); oversight responsibility for all health-related issues for the 52,000 member society.

Member (appointed), World Health Organization, committee to write a global guideline entitled Legionella and the Prevention of Legionellosis, Published 2007.

Vice-Chairman (appointed 2005), American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Committee SPC188, with EPA, CDC, and industry experts. The committee has been convened to produce an ASHRAE Standard for preventing legionellosis.

Board of Directors, ALDA Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Voting Member (appointed), American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Committee GPC-12, with EPA, CDC, and industry experts. Produced Guideline 12-2000: Minimizing the Risk of Legionellosis Associated with Building Water Systems. The committee has been reconvened to upgrade the guideline to an ASHRAE Standard.

Symposium Chairman (appointed), National Association of Corrosion Engineers (National Association of Corrosion Engineers). For the 1997 meeting of T-7A-16 (Application/Misapplication of Biocides).

Chairman (elected), Technical Advisory Committee, Engineering Research Center, National Science Foundation, Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, 1992-1994.  Directed activities of the Advisory Board, especially in strategic planning.

Chairman (appointed), Joint Task Group, Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 17^th ed., Section 9216, Direct Total Count by Epifluorescence Microscopy. 1990. Led the group that wrote a method that has now been adopted as a standard.

Vice-Chairman (elected), National Association of Corrosion Engineers (National Association off Corrosion Engineers).  Work Group T-7A-16c: Biocide Effectiveness Monitoring in Cooling Water Systems.

Editor (invited). Member of the Board of Editors for the research and review journal International Biodeterioration covering the fields of biodeterioration control and biodegradation-biotechnology, 1989-1991.

Awards

Suez Trophy of Merit (the highest innovation award given by the group), Brussels, December 2002

2002 Grand Prize Management Innovation Trophy, Suez Group. Brussels, December 2002

Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Management and Science. International Water Association, Berlin, 2001

Inventor of the Year Award. The Intellectual Property Law Association. Chicago, May 2001

2000 Grand Prize Technical Innovation Trophy, Suez Group. Paris, December 2000.

Governor’s Pollution Prevention Award. The State of Illinois. 1999.

R&D 100 Award. Research and Development Magazine. 1998. 40(10):140

Rohm and Haas Computer Applications Research Award. November, 1986.

Rohm and Haas Performance Merit Award. January, 1986.

Environmental Protection Agency Post-Doctoral Fellowship. 1982-1984.

NOVA Foundation Scholar, Full Graduate Research Scholarship, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1981.

Management Team

Mike Doyle

Tenure with Phigenics

Mike joined Phigenics in 2007 as a member of the Board of Advisors.  In 2009 he began his current position as the Vice President of Operations where he is responsible for a broad range of sales, financial and personnel management and supervision duties.

Prior Experience

Mike has over 25 years of construction, engineering and facilities management experience.  For most of his career, he served in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps where he held a variety of leadership and management positions in construction, engineering and facility management organizations.

After the Navy, Mike ran his own consulting and management company before he took a position as a Vice President and minority owner of a construction general contractor doing business with the Federal Government as well as the health care industry.

Mike’s positions in the Navy included Public Works Director for the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, Facilities Program Manager for 21 Atlantic Fleet Bases in Norfolk, VA, Public Works Director for the Naval Station in Rota, Spain, Assistant Public Works Director for the Naval Academy, Executive Officer for a Mobile Construction Battalion deployed to Okinawa, Japan and Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, Director of Construction for the Naval Hospital in Bethesda, MD, Assistant Director of Construction for the Naval Station on the island of Adak, Alaska and Damage Control Officer on board a guided missile frigate home ported in Mayport, FL.  While in the Navy, Mike was a member of the Acquisition Professional Community and was a Warranted Level III Contracting Officer.

Education

Executive Management Program, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth

Spanish Language Studies, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA

Masters in Construction Management, Pennsylvania State University

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, US Naval Academy

Affiliations & Certifications

Registered Professional Engineer, Commonwealth of Virginia

Member of Society of American Military Engineers, Hampton Roads Post

LEED Accredited Professional

Life Member of US Naval Academy Alumni Association

Secretary of Community Civic League

Jeff Minalga

Tenure with Phigenics

Since joining Phigenics in September 2006 as Systems Integration Director, Jeff has been responsible for process simulation and contract research studies that included the design and build-out of three highly advanced pilot cooling towers that have produced over 1,000 pages of scientifically defensible conclusions and recommendations for our clients.  Jeff also leads our efforts in full systems architecting of performance based monitors, web-enabled water management solutions, and the implementation of computational and visualization techniques for analyzing and understanding complex data.  Further, in the mission critical areas of sustainability, Jeff’s department helps our clients lower their environmental impact, increase efficiency and reduce costs by applying research-driven solutions to energy and water usage throughout their operations.

Prior Experience

Jeff is a thirty year professional with supported accolades and field recognition in research & development, water treatment, automation, controls, marketing, product management, advanced computer programming, information systems, and strategic sales yielding multi-million dollar contracts.

Before Phigenics, Jeff has made significant contributions to the growth of SSA Global, ABB, Aspen Technologies, Petrolite, and Nalco.

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA), 1983 • Webster University – Missouri, USA

Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology/Chemistry, 1980 • Northern Illinois University – Illinois, USA

Community Involvement

Board of Directors – Hearts of Hope

Kiwanis International

ASA – Autism Society of America (Illinois Chapter)

 Marty Detmer

Tenure with Phigenics

Marty joined Phigenics in 2005 as the first employee. As a Principal and Regional Manager he is responsible for Water Management Plan implementation and management.

Prior Experience

Marty has over 25 years of healthcare and project management experience in roles ranging from sales to Area Vice President. Prior to Phigenics, Marty implemented projects and managed Project Management Teams. These projects  delivered necessary change to the healthcare industry. This management change drove significant results and efficiencies in the healthcare industry, and created a standard by which practice is delivered today. 

Education

Executive Management Program, University of Chicago

Masters in Administration, Loyola University of Chicago

Bachelors in Arts, University of Notre Dame

Community Involvement

Member, Healthcare Engineer Society of Northern Illinois

Member, Football Monogram Club, University of Notre Dame

Volunteer, Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital

Past President, Glenbard West High School Boosters

 Chris Bellizzi

Tenure with Phigenics

Chris joined Phigenics as an employee and investor in 2006. He began his current position as the Western Region Manager where he is responsible for sales, consulting and marketing.

Prior Experience

Chris has 15 years experience in the water treatment market.  Prior to Phigenics, he worked for Nalco Company where he held a variety of sales and sales management positions on the West Coast.  Primary markets served were:  Healthcare, Higher Education, Aerospace, Food and Beverage, Electronics, Pharmaceutical and Power Production.  Vast experience providing mechanical, operational and chemical solutions for all potable and non-potable facility water systems with a particular emphasis on thermal storage. 

Education

Bachelors in Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

Affiliations & Certifications

HACCP Certified

Husky Baseball Alumni Association

Head Basketball Coach – Heritage Christian Junior High School

Ron Hollis

Tenure

Ron joined Phigenics in 2007 as an investor and employee.  As a principle and Regional Manager he is responsible for Sales, Marketing and Business development.

Prior Experience

Ron has 25 years experience in the chemical industry.  His experience includes healthcare, aerospace, food and beverage, steel, automotive, investment casting, metalworking, cogeneration, and universities.  He has broad experience in providing value added solutions for mechanical, operational, chemical aspects of potable and non-potable water systems.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Alabama Birmingham

Bachelor of Business Administration the University of Houston.

Affiliations

Member of American Society of Healthcare Engineers

Member of American Marketing Association

Member of Building Owner's and Manager's Association

HACCP Certified Manager.

Brooke Winter 

Brooke joined Phigenics in 2006 as a Regional Manager and Principal. He has served clients in Arizona, Nevada, New York, and Washington, DC.  

Prior Experience 

Brooke has worked in the water management/treatment field since leaving the U. S. Coast Guard in 1982.   His experience includes approximately twenty-three years with Nalco holding various customer-facing roles and responsibilities including District Manager and Key Account Manager.  He was Nalco WATERGY Group’s District Manager of the Year in 1995.  Brooke also spent a brief time with Ecolab in their Food & Beverage Division. 

He has served various clients over the past 27+ years including:

·  Healthcare

·  Hospitality/Lodging

·  Light & Medium Industry

·  Colleges & Universities

·  Commercial Buildings

Education 

B. S. Civil Engineering; U.S. Coast Guard Academy; 1978  

Affiliations & Certifications

 Certified HACCP ManagerASHRAE Member 

Laboratory Scientists

Erin Downes

Tenure with Phigenics

Erin joined Phigenics in 2006 as a Research and Development Scientist. As an R&D scientist, Erin was responsible for the process, analysis, and reporting of PVT samples. In addition, she contributed to the research and development of new methods and products for the detection and recovery of water pathogens. In early 2009, Erin was promoted to laboratory manager. As laboratory manager, Erin is responsible for managing the Phigenics Analytical Services Laboratory, performing research, analyzing and reporting PVT results, and overseeing and motivating the Phigenics scientists.

Prior Experience
During her undergraduate career at Western Illinois University, Erin was a member of the Illinois Centennial Honors College. Through this program, Erin participated in a thesis research project that culminated in the presentation of her research at the Western Illinois University Biology Student Research Symposium in 2005-2006.

Before graduating, Erin was a summer entomology intern with the DuPage County Forest Preserve in 2005. She was responsible for monitoring mosquitoes for West Nile Virus, St. Louis Encephalitis, and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Erin was required to pass the Illinois Department of Agriculture Pesticide Test to become a licensed pesticide public operator in order to fulfill the requirements of this internship..

Education
Bachelors in Biology, Western Illinois University 2006

Affiliations & Certifications

Certified HACCP Manager, Thomson Prometric
IDPH Certified for the Examination of Public Water Supplies and their Sources (HPC,     Coliform Testing)
Patient Ambassador Volunteer, Central DuPage Hospital

Dan Sherman

Tenure with Phigenics

Dan joined Phigenics in June 2008 as a research scientist.  He works on developing new technologies for the detection of pathogenic water-borne microorganisms, including molecular diagnostics and culture methods.  Dan is also lead developer for internal laboratory information management systems as well as the phiMetrics web-enabled water management platform.

Prior Experience

Dan has an extensive background in biochemistry and biofilm development.  His experience includes research into the adhesion mechanisms of pathogenic bacteria and biofilm prevention strategies.  Dan also has computer science experience including object-oriented programming, web development, and the development of distributed and embedded systems.

Education

B.S. Chemistry-Biochemistry 2003, Northern Illinois University

Administration

Kristy W Maher – Controller

Tenure with Phigenics

Kristy joined Phigenics in 2005 as an employee and principal.  As corporate controller she is responsible for the oversight of all the financial duties.

Prior Experience

Kristy started her career in the public accounting field and then moved into the solid waste industry.  She has 23 years experience in financial analysis and reporting, with industry experience in the waste, trucking and manufacturing fields.

Education       

Bachelors of Business Administration in Accounting from University of Texas Arlington

Certified HACCP Manager – 2006

Affiliations

Illinois CPA Society

Various community involvement includes STC Kick-A-Thon, Tri-Cities Family Services, Living Well Center, Salvation Army, CUSD #303 PTA board member, and St John Neumann Church.