Advisory Board

Upcycled Aromatics' advisory board plays a crucial role in managing, designing, and advising the company. The board will separated into four sections: Director, Science, Engineering, and Business. All of which they all aim to provide knowledge about trends, competitors, and technology. As our company will be producing chemical that will be sold to pharmaceuticals and food companies, the advisory board will identify any political and legislative regulations. The board will also introduce and build a relationship with valuable clients, investors, and suppliers, which then requires containing customers who can provide insight into product development and marketing issues.

Director: - Chris Dambrowitz

• Responsible for overlooking the company
• Solve or advise any new ways to run the company

Science Director: - Erin Dul, PHD student in Bioresource Engineering

• Responsible for advising and making important decisions regarding to the science and research portion of Upcycled Aromatics
• Conducts reviews on the genetics and biology process in the conversion system
• Maintains a healthy and safe working conditions for the team

Engineering Director: - Dominic Sauvageau, BEng 2002, MEng 2004, PhD 2010, McGill University

• Approving our process, equipments, and designs
• Ensuring our team is following the regulations
• Advising the engineers on improving the process and designs

Business Director: - Tony Briggs

• Responsible for overlooking and reviewing the business plans, marketing strategies, risk management and the market size
• Maintaining and a identify any possible future markets for our products
• Advising our company on how to expand nationally

Key Industrial Contacts - Advisory Board

Gaining effective contacts and turning them into robust networks is essential for the start-up of a new business. It rings true to the saying that it's 'who you know, not what you know'. Although we still believe that we rely on 'what we know' to create a strong technological base, 'who we know' helps us get much further, much faster. Building communities of individuals that provide real value and share a common interest is invaluable for business function. This requires high-quality communications and valued knowledge exchange through information or even potential business opportunities. We have obtained contacts from an array of industries that have provided pertinent and applicable information to our project. We have also received recommendations as well as introductions to new individuals via our current network. The following individuals are members of the Upcycled Aromatics Industry Advisory Board:

Christian Felske Ph.D., P. Eng

Technical Specialist

Environment, Research & Regulatory

Waste Management Services

City of Edmonton

Laura McIlveen, P. Eng.

Business Development Coordinator

Alberta Biomaterials Development Centre

Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures

Mike Gauthier, P. Eng.

Process Engineer - Biorefining

Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd

Peace River Pulp