Ivars Jaunakais

Ivars Jaunakais, founder and president of Industrial Test Systems Inc. (ITS), has been developing and advancing the testing market for more than 35 years. Building on his extensive test strip background in the medical diagnostic field, Jaunakais has revolutionized the way test strips are used in the environmental and water testing industries.

Tanya Lubner

Dr. Tanya Lubner holds a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry and has been WQA’s Director of Education & Certification since 2005. In addition to overseeing WQA’s existing education and professional certification programs, she is directly involved in the development of new educational program and materials. Prior to joining WQA, Dr. Lubner was a sales engineer for a manufacturer of optical spectroscopy instrumentation.

Peter Meyers

Peter Meyers is technical director for ResinTech Inc. of West Berlin, N.J. He has more than 35 years of experience covering a wide range of ion exchange applications from demineralizers, polishers and softeners to industrial process design and operation.

Carl Palmer

Carl Palmer is an internationally recognized expert in the pure water field. He pioneered the development of the reverse osmosis (RO) home and office water business in the U.S. in the late 1970s. Palmer is currently the president and CEO of Seychelle Water Filtration Systems.

Gary Schreiber

Gary Schreiber, CWS-VI, is the midwest sales manager for The Purolite Co., a global ion exchange resin manufacturer. He has 38 years of experience in the water treatment industry and is a member of the Water Technology Editorial Technical Advisory Board.

Pauli Undesser

Pauli Undesser is the director of regulatory and technical affairs for the Water Quality Association (WQA). Undesser is also a gold seal toxicologist.

Tom Weekly

Tom Weekly is the president and CEO of innowave, a subsidiary of Waterlogic Group. Weekly has been with innowave since its founding and has a great deal of experience in business-to-business sales in the U.S.

Kelly R. Thompson

Kelly R. Thompson, CWS-VI, is the owner of Moti-Vitality, LLC, a training and consulting company specifically for the water treatment industry. He is also the author of Flowing to Success (A Cheesy Name of an Excellent Book for the Water Treatment Sales Professional).

David M. Bauman

David M. Bauman, CWS-VI, CI, CCO, is technical editor of Water Technology and a water treatment consultant in Manitowoc, Wis.

Bill Dees

Bill Dees is the director of training services/instructor for David H. Paul Inc., an advanced water treatment training, consulting and multimedia production company.

Gary Lindsey

Gary Lindsey is the owner of Water Plus Pinellas (Seminole, Fla.) and a member of the Water Technology^® Editorial Technical Advisory Board.

Stephen Grandeau

Stephen Grandeau is vice president and chief operating officer of AQUASCIENCE of New York, a full-service water treatment dealership with offices in Clifton Park, N.Y, and Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He is a member of the Water Technology^® Editorial Technical Advisory Board.

Dave Chew

Dave Chew is the director of sales and marketing for Fairmount Water Solutions. He has more than 22 years of experience in municipal and residential water treatment and is a member of the Water Technology^® Editorial Technical Advisory Board.

Arvind S. Patil

Arvind S. Patil, Ph.D. is the vice president of technology at Ricura Water Technologies LLC — a filtration system and component manufacturer based in Huntersville, N.C. Patil is a member of the WQA Science Advisory Council and the NSF Joint Committee on Drinking Water Treatment Devices.

Dr. Joseph Cotruvo

Dr. Joseph Cotruvo is president of Joseph Cotruvo and Associates, LLC, Water, Environment and Public Health Consultants. He holds a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry and is a member of the World Health Organization’s Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality Committee and expert advisory groups on drinking water quality, desalination, wastewater and water reuse. He is a former director of the USEPA Drinking Water Standards Division.

Norm Marowitz

Norm Marowitz is a CPA and holds an MBA. He has approximately 30 years of diversified experience in public accounting, management consulting and senior management of both publicly held and private companies. He is president of Atlas Water Systems, Inc., Waltham, Mass., and a member of Water Technology^®'s Advisory Board.