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Manages organic waste generated from urban populations and industry.
Year Established: | 2008 |
Funding: | 10 |
Address: | Harvest Power, Inc |
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Company URL: | http://www.harvestpower.com |
Harvest Power Named to GoingGreen Top 50 Private Companies List
Organic Waste Management Leader Honored for Innovation, Market Opportunity, Commercial Value, March, 2010
by alwayson - alwayson.goingon.com
Making Fuel From Food Waste
Waltham firm must clear hurdles before capitalizing on leftovers, February, 2010
by James Abundis, Boston Globe Staff
Strategic Backer Joins Kleiner Perkins In Harvest Power 's Series A1
January, 2010
by Mara Lemos Stein (Dow Jones)
Waste Management's New Way of Managing Waste: Speed Composting
January, 2010
by Jonathan Fahey (Forbes.com)
Waste Management to invest in Harvest Power
January, 2010
by Associated Press (Business Week)
Turning Trash into Fertilizer and Fuel
January, 2010
by Wade Roush (Xconomy Boston)
Waste Management & Harvest announce agreement to advance renewable energy
Waste Management joins Kleiner Perkins and Munich Venture Partners as Investors in Harvest, January, 2010
PEHub - Waste Management backs Harvest Power
WM announces investment in Harvest Power, January, 2010
CNET - Harvest Power lands cash for compost, biogas
January, 2010
by Martin LaMonica (CNET)
Waste Management invests in organics recycling
January, 2010
by Ford Gunter (Houston Business Journal)
Waste Management & Harvest Power to Partner
January, 2010
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)
Harvest Power Cuts Deal with Waste Management, Snags More VC Cash
January, 2010
by Justin Moresco (Earth2Tech)
'Ag' Man turned VC spots hottest space for cleantech
Amol Deshpande discusses hot sectors in cleantech, December, 2009
by Mary Duan (Houston Business Journal)
Harvest acquires Fraser Richmond
October, 2009
Investing in the Biomass Industry
September, 2009
by Amol Desphande (Biocycle Magazine)
Fraser Richmond's new food waste program
Vancouver Sun, June, 2009
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,MVP Munich Venture Partners Managementgesellschaft mbH
Paul Sellew is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Harvest Power, Inc. Paul has been a leader in the organics industry for more than 25 years. In 1982, he founded Earthgro, Inc., which grew to be the second largest producer of compost-based lawn and garden products in North America. Paul has also been a senior executive with Synagro Technologies, Inc. He has also founded and led International Process Systems, Inc. a composting technology provider (principal patent holder). Paul graduated from Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Nathan Gilliland is Harvest's Co-Founder, President & Chief Financial Officer. Nathan formerly was an Executive Vice President at Bain Capital, managing $2 billion in investments in utilities, power generation and consumer products. Prior to Bain, Nathan co-founded MyCounsel.com and managed strategic planning for Nutraceutical Corporation. Nathan was also a consultant at Bain & Company. Nathan earned his B.A. with Highest Honors from the University of California-Berkeley.
Jan Allen, P.E. is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer for Harvest. Jan was a principal technologist at CH2M Hill's Environmental Services Business Group and is recognized as an industry leader in organic conversion technology and research. He specializes in environmental engineering and industrial operations of solid waste management, composting, bulk material handling, microbiological systems and odor control facilities. Jan is a civil engineer and certified Compost Facility Operator. He is registered inventor on a series of patents for composting systems and biofiltration. He graduated with distinction from Purdue University with a B.S. degree.
Wayne H. Davis is Co-Founder and head of Incentives and Governmental Affairs for Harvest. Wayne is a co-founder and former General Counsel of Backyard Farms, where he directed the environmental permitting processes for development of over 40 acres of greenhouses and a 17 MW combined heat and power biomass facility. Previously, Wayne was Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Brokerage Company. Wayne graduated magna cum laude from both Harvard Law School and Williams College.
A. Paul McMenemy is Co-Founder and Managing Director for Harvest. Paul was Managing Director, Head of ABN AMRO's U.S. Corporate Finance Energy Group responsible for U.S. domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. Paul earned his B.A. cum laude from Princeton University and his M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Tom Bintz is Harvest's Executive Vice President for Operations. Tom has been a leader in the organics industry for more than 12 years. Most recently he served as Senior Vice President of Operations with Synagro Technologies, Inc., helping to build it from a $20 million dollar regional company into the leading organics residuals management business in the U.S. He also served as Vice President Operations and Vice President Corporate Controller during his tenure with Synagro. Prior to that he was Vice President Controller of ETD, Inc. (a billion dollar distribution company) and was a Senior Consultant with Deloitte & Touche. Tom earned his BS Degree in Management from Purdue University and his MBA from Texas A & M. He also received his Certification in Public Accountancy in Texas.
Thomas Kraemer, P.E. is Harvest's Vice President for Project Delivery. Tom was a vice president for waste management services in the western U.S. for CH2M HILL, Inc., where he managed engineering and construction projects for over 20 years. Tom's background is in engineering of solid waste management and biogas energy facilities. He holds an MS degree in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Matt Mitchell is Harvest's Vice President of Acquisitions and Strategic Development. Prior to joining Harvest, Matt structured and oversaw private equity investments across a range of industries for Heritage Partners and prior to that, Seacoast Capital. Matt holds a B.A from Colgate University and an M.B.A from the University of Virginia's Darden School. Matt is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Kate Wattson is Harvest's Director of Business Development. Kate was a Development Associate at Horizon Wind Energy where she managed the development of wind power projects, led the company's market research and analysis, and directed multiple initiatives lobbying state legislatures to further the deployment of wind energy. Kate received a B.A. magna cum laude in environmental science and public policy from Harvard College and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.
Alexander MacFarlane is Harvest's Manager of Project Development. Prior to joining Harvest, Alex was Director of Think 21, LLC a biogas project developer. In addition to Think 21, Alex founded a consultancy at Community Environmental Center, Inc., where he implemented sustainable design strategies. Alex has a Master's in Environmental Management and Policy from the I.I.I.E.E. at Lund University in Sweden and a B.A. in Environmental Biology from Columbia University. He is a certified SWANA Compost Operations Manager, a L.E.E.D. Accredited Professional and the inventor of a patent-pending building integrated solar technology.
Tom Kelley is Business Development Manager for Harvest. Tom is recognized as an industry leader with 25 years experience in the organics and horticulture industry, specializing in compost sales and marketing. Tom was recently Western Coast Sales Director for Gro-Well Brands, prior to which he directed product sales and marketing for Synagro Composting Company of California, Inc. developing programs to effectively market, sell and distribute 550,000 cubic-yards in 2005. Over a 10-year period with Synagro, Tom sold in excess of 4,000,000 cubic-yards of compost. Tom is on the Board of Directors for the United States Composting Council and received his B.A. in Business Administration from North Texas State University.
Sameer Rashid is Business Development Manager for Harvest. Prior to Harvest, Sameer was Co-Founder of Think 21, a biogas project development firm that joined with Harvest in 2009. He was responsible for Think 21's business and strategic development and was an evangelist for the anaerobic digestion of food and yard waste materials. He has been a featured speaker at the German American Chamber of Commerce's 2008 Biomass Energy Conference as well as New Jersey's Perfect Storm Bioenergy Conference in 2007. Before Sameer's work in the clean tech space, he was a credit trader at Deutsche Bank in New York City. Sameer received a B.A. cum laude in Economics from The George Washington University.
Meredith Sorensen is Harvest's Outreach Manager. Meredith formerly managed Port of Portland's award-winning Waste Minimization and Recycling Program where she combined policy initiatives with outreach and education programs in order to meet sustainability targets. Meredith was granted the Mary Elvira Stevens Fellowship to research waste management strategies in Europe and Central America. She received a B.A. in geology from Wellesley College and a Masters in Public Administration from the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University.