CALGARY,
AB, July 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/
- Carbonova, a leader in sustainable materials produced from
greenhouse gas emissions, announced today the appointment of Dr.
Todd Pugsley as Vice President of
Technology and Operations to its executive team.
"Todd is a highly regarded executive with years of experience
and leadership in the development and commercialization of chemical
process technologies", said Dr. Mina
Zarabian, CEO and founder of Carbonova. "Todd has a unique
combination of deep knowledge of the technology fundamentals as
well as leadership to strategize on the critical path and execute
our technology commercialization roadmap."
Todd is a senior executive with decades of technical and
leadership experience, most recently as Director of Corporate
Technology and Strategy Development at Suncor Energy where he was
responsible for the stewardship of their technology portfolio. He
holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering and is a Professional
Engineer (P.Eng) with the
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of
Alberta (APEGA).
"I am excited to join the Carbonova team on its mission to
develop and commercialize its revolutionary technology to produce
high-value carbon nanofibers from greenhouse gases," said Dr.
Pugsley. "I believe my experience in assessing and scaling a
variety of technologies for the energy transition and working with
a variety of stakeholders throughout my career will be an asset to
Carbonova."
Todd is the latest addition to Carbonova's growing executive
team, joining Chris Cornille who was
previously appointed as Chief Commercial Officer in April
(https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/carbonova-corp-appoints-chris-cornille-as-chief-commercial-officer-822702373.html).
These appointments follow a successful capital raise, announced on
March 13, 2024. Carbonova is on
track to complete the engineering design of its first commercial
demo unit; the new design will represent a significant scale-up
from Carbonova's existing pilot facility and will contribute to the
generation of thousands of tons of sustainable end products in
different sectors of the market.
(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carbonova-corp-raised-6-million-to-produce-sustainable-materials-from-greenhouse-gas-emissions-302087104.html).
About Carbonova
Carbonova is a technology company developing a solution to
produce high-volume, superior carbon nanofibers for use in massive
market applications. Carbonova's technology utilizes greenhouse gas
feedstocks (methane and carbon dioxide) and turns them into a
sustainable and valuable solid commodity. The company owns the
proprietary process and catalyst formulations. With headquarters in
Calgary, Alberta, Carbonova
is on track to build the first commercial carbon nanofiber unit in
Canada.
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