Kim Cole

Kim Cole is an Environmental Engineer with more than twenty years of experience in municipal wastewater treatment with a focus on environmental compliance. She has experience in:

Her company: KimHEC assists communities on the management of their pretreatment programs and NPDES-related issues including biosolids management and development of site-specific limits. Provide assistance to industrial clients on wastewater sustainability and permitting issues.

Specific roles and functions performed as the Principal at KimHEC include:
Pretreatment Program Updates

To learn more, please visit www.kimhec.com

Shaul Rom

Mr. Shaul Rom is the founder & CTO of Reali Technologies and he is the founder & president of Topco Control & Automation. With more than 30 years of track record in Industrial Control, instrumentation, fieldbus technologies, radio and cellular communication, his core expertise areas are Programmable Controllers, HMIs, Industrial IT and SCADA. Mr. Rom is an entrepreneur in the area of cloud technology for Realtime Remote Control and Monitoring. Under his leadership Reali technologies designed and developed the cutting-edge technology known globally as RealiteQ. Furthermore, Shaul Rom is the founder and president of Topco Control & Automation, a leading Israeli firm in the industrial automation market.Mr. Rom is an Instrumentation & Control Engineer. He is a teacher in Rupin AcademicCenter and in Ariel University and he is a preferable speaker in Telemetry, IndustrialAutomation, SCADA and Control sessions. Mr. Rom has published numerous articles dealing with SCADA, intelligent water systems, remote control of facilities, telemetry, distributed systems, pressure monitoring & dynamic control, energy efficiency, global water supply management over the internet and more.

Founder & CTO of Reali Technologies, developer of RealiteQ.

Founder & president of Topco Control & Automation.

Founder of the Association for Competitive Pilots in Israel.

Member of the Public Administration of the Water Sector of the Israel Export
Institute.

Member of the International Standardization Committee of Smart Cities.

Former member of the International Standardization Committee of Industrial
sewer.

Former head of municipal comity of Beerotaim, Emek Hefer.

Former secretary of Dolphin association.

Accident investigator certified by the Israeli Ministry of Transport – Specialty
aviation disasters.

Expert in sensors and underwater acoustics – former submariner in the Israeli
navy.

Private pilot license holder.

Graduate of the training program for directors of the Ono Academic Center.

Speaks Hebrew (native), English and a bit of German & Arabic languages.

Daniel Lambert

Daniel Lambert is a director, chair, executive, and engineer with over 20 years of board and executive-level experience across the private and not-for-profit sectors with particular experience in management consulting, utilities, and public policy. He is passionate about water, energy, and the environment and delivering positive social and environmental outcomes for customers and the community.

At the board level, Lambert draws on his experience and skills to provide oversight, foresight, and insight. He does that by demonstrating a focus on ensuring a clearly articulated and measurable strategy, accountability, and a strong organizational culture. Board-level highlights include: Global Strategic Advisory Council at International Water Association; Director at Engineers Without Borders Australia; Chair and Director at Carbon8; Technical Advisory Board at Operation Water; Chair of the Expert Review Panel at Australian Water Partnership; Director, Consult Australia National Board; Member of the International Advisory Committee, Global Water Institute.

In an executive capacity, Lambert is currently the Executive Manager of Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions at Unitywater. In this role, he is responsible for leading all aspects of long-term strategic asset planning, asset management, asset performance, efficient capital works delivery, laboratory services, water quality management, and property management. Previously, as Australasia Water Leader and a member of the Global Water Executive at Arup, he established and led the growth of the water business with a key focus on helping clients to deliver social and environmental outcomes and respond to emerging trends and disruptors. They have expanded the business into new countries and geographies and positioned the business as advisors to C-suite executives. Previously, he was the Water Leader for South East Asia within the same company., was the Planning Partner Services Lead, and Client Lead at Sydney Water for the first two years of the Partnering for Success program and then served on the SteerCo and PCG.

Finally, Daniel Lambert is an Adjunct Professor, a Fellow of Engineers Australia, a qualified Engineering Executive, and a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders. He has been a recipient of the Australian Water Association Water Professional of the Year Award and recognized as one of Australia’s ‘Most Innovative Engineers’ by Engineers Australia. In 2021, he was awarded the highest honor in Australia for civil engineering – the Sir John Holland Award and in 2022 the Australian Professional Environmental Engineer of the Year.

Ari Goldfarb

Ari Goldfarb is the CEO and Owner of KANDO. Goldfarb is an expert in wastewater monitoring and treatment, with more than 15 years of experience in the field of wastewater management. He is an experienced multidisciplinary environmental management and project manager who serves as the process manager of the Jerusalem wastewater treatment plant. Ari Goldfarb is also a project manager for the development of integrated environmental information systems and a consultant in the field of industrial pollution policy-making for the Israeli environmental ministry director-general.

KANDO provides wastewater network insights to cities by analyzing real-time data that is retrieved from LOT sensors located at strategic points around the network. Understanding the sources of unique events allows cities to prevent harmful events from entering the WWTP and predict future network events.

To learn more about Kando, please visit https://www.kando.eco/solution/

Scott Bryan

Scott is President of Imagine H2O, a water innovation organization that envisions and builds solutions with the world’s best water entrepreneurs.  Since 2009, Imagine H2O’s accelerator programs have supported over 165 water startups which have collectively scaled water solutions to over 1.1 billion people and raised more than $850 million in early-stage investment. In 2019, the organization launched Imagine H2O Asia, a Singapore-based accelerator program that bridges global innovation to cities and communities across Southeast Asia. The organization also hosts the Urban Water Challenge, a global deployment program for entrepreneurs reimagining a water-resilient future.  Imagine H2O is supported by leading philanthropies, corporate sponsors, and public sector partners. 

Scott serves on the National Alliance for Water Innovation’s (NAWI) Innovation and Commercialization Council and is an advisor to the Environmental Policy Innovation Center. Prior to Imagine H2O, Scott developed ESG and cleantech investment strategies for institutional and private clients at Royal Bank of Canada and Piper Jaffray. He has a BA in Economics from the Colorado College.

Gary Eaton, Director of Product at ASTERRA

Gary Eaton has been involved in water utility planning, construction, operations, and maintenance for over 35 years, in positions as varied as construction inspector to senior executive. Fourteen of those years, as Director of Operations & Maintenance for the San Diego County Water Authority. Over his career he participated in the planning, design, construction, and operation of numerous Capital Improvement Projects, including the Olivenhain Dam, Lake Hodges 40 MW Pumped Storage Facility, Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant, Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Facility and San Vicente Dam Raise Project. As a senior member of the executive team, Gary led and participated in numerous value engineering and operations reviews of critical infrastructure projects providing an operations focus to ensure projects would perform as designed when placed into operation.

Gary developed the scope of services and contract for the outsourcing of operations and maintenance for the Lake Hodges Hydrogeneration Facility, resulting in increased revenue to the Water Authority and operational readiness for SDG&E. In addition, Gary provided detailed plan review for all major capital projects and worked closely with Engineering staff to ensure both operations and voice of customer concerns were met prior to construction. During the construction phase, Gary was often asked to review and approve contractor change orders and design changes, seeking solutions the met the Water Authority’s needs while maintaining or reducing the project budget and construction critical path. He led the Water Authority’s Asset Management Program including the communications strategy and finance plan. In 2006, Gary led the team that implemented the first use of acoustic fiber optics to monitor pipeline condition in the United States. As energy program manager, Gary optimized rate schedules, implemented energy conservation measures, and contracted for the purchase of deregulated energy resulting in over $500K savings per year. His passion for high level performance and coordination led him to implement Operations Annual Aqueduct Operating Plan, Weekly Operations & Maintenance Operating Plan, Operations Dashboard and Standard Operating Procedures across eight Departments. He was also responsible for developing the County-wide Treated Water Shortage Allocation Plan, the Water Authorities emergency response plan and served as Incident Commander for major emergencies including the Cedar (2003) and Witch Creek (2007) Fires. Over the course of his career, Gary conducted detailed management studies, participated in the development of Long Range Financing Plans, Climate Action Plan, Facilities Master Plans, developed policy and operating procedures, conducted regulatory and legislative analysis, and led program development in a wide-range of areas. During his final two years with the Water Authority, Gary was selected as their first Chief Innovation Officer. He led the identification and implementation of Authority-wide opportunities for process improvement, which included creation of the Innovation Program strategy, KPI metrics, program tools and tracking dashboard. Gary provided coaching and mentoring to staff and executives in the use of lean tools and process improvement methods and participated in development of the Water Research Foundation’s “Fostering Innovation in Water Utilities” national guidance standards, published March 2017. Gary received his M.S. in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas.

James Perry

James Perry
Executive Vice President, EarthWorks Division, Americas

James Perry has spent over thirty years driving disruptive innovation. In both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies, James’ key mission is market adoption and to achieve a deeper foothold into new markets. An experienced Vice President of Business Development with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Perry is skilled in Business Planning, Go-to-market Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, Management, and Solution Selling. graduated from United States International University. James currently serves as the VP for Business Development at ASTERRA, based in San Diego, CA. In his free time, James likes to sail out of the Mission Bay Yacht Club in San Diego and formerly held the position of Commodore in 2016.

To learn more about Asterra, please visit: asterra.io

Elly Perets

Elly Perets, CEO at ASTERRA, a Technology by Utilis.

Elly Perets is the Chief Executive Officer at Utilis. He has over 20 years of experience in executive management, enterprise software sales, marketing, business development, and OEM. Perets joined Utilis in 2015. Previously, he founded Progressive Labs and served as the CEO, providing an innovative SAAS-based software solution for retailers worldwide. Elly served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Pageflex Inc., a US based company, operating from Marlborough MA, providing web-based branding, documenting compassion engines and campaign management solutions. Elly has a vast knowledge in Theory of Constraints having served as a consultant at the Goldratt Group. Prior to that, Elly served as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Press-sense Ltd., a web-based software management systems provider.

Elly Holds a Master of Science in Engineering (M.S.E.) from University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, The Wharton School and the School of Engineering & Applied Science as well as a Law degree (L.L.B) and a Business degree from the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzlia, Israel.

Alan Roberson

Alan Roberson is the Executive Director of the Association of State Drinking Water
Administrators (ASDWA). ASDWA’s members (the state drinking water agencies)
are co-regulators with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He has over 32
years of experience in Washington, D.C. on the development of drinking water
policy, and federal drinking water regulations on water quality, and security and
preparedness issues.
He provides technical and policy input on all aspects of the drinking water regulations, as well as working with Congressional staff on potential amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). He works closely with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on ensuring the safety and reliability of water systems. He has developed both an understanding and an appreciation of the varied perspectives of the federal government, the state primacy agencies, and the water systems, and how to blend those perspectives so that the goal of public health protection is maintained.
He has a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech and a Master of Science of Civil Engineering from Virgina Tech. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. He has served on the Board of Fairfax Water for over 14 years, and currently serves as Treasurer and as Chairs of both the Finance and Audit Committee and the Water Quality and Supply Committee.

Shane Trussell, President and CEO of Trussell Technologies, Inc.

Dr. Trussell is a registered Civil Engineer in the State of California with more than 20 years of hands-on experience with the processes used to treat water, wastewater, and potable reuse. Dr. Trussell has extensive involvement in numerous potable reuse projects throughout the state, ranging from feasibility studies and pilot testing to design and regulatory permitting. Dr. Trussell led two major research efforts funded by the WateReuse Research Foundation (now Water Research Foundation): WRRF 11-02 (Equivalency of Advanced Treatment Trains for Potable Reuse) and WRRF 14-12 (Demonstrating Redundancy and Monitoring to Achieve Reliable Potable Reuse), with a combined project budget total of $3.4 million, to advance the implementation of potable reuse in California. Recently, the State Water Board selected Dr. Trussell to co-lead a state-funded project to evaluate strategies for dealing with peaks of chemical contaminants. The State Board is now using the findings from this research to develop statewide regulations for DPR. Dr. Trussell is an industry leader in potable reuse and developing water supplies, leading innovative, effective engineering and research projects throughout California.