Richard Haimann

Current

Director of Water Quality Services at MWH

Past

Owner at Sustura
Senior Program Director at Earth Tech
Program Manager at CH2M HILL

Project Engineer at Dames & Moore (now URS)

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Education

Pepperdine University, The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management
Northwestern University
Stanford University

University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Richard Haimann’s Summary

During the last 250 years of the industrial revolution, we have innovated beyond belief to drive more economic productivity, more value, from each individual.

In this next century the greatest economic value will come from those innovations that squeeze more and more productivity out of our natural resources and environment, rather than out of people.

This is my mission - to drive innovation around environmental productivity - to create products, services, and systems that continuously reduce the natural resources and environmental impacts each person needs to increase their personal productivity.

I've been consulting in the environmental space for 18 years, drawing together disparate technologies and integrating them to solve environmental problems, constantly innovating to create value for my clients, help them reduce their environmental impact footprint, comply with regulations, and find wealth-creating opportunities within their own systems and processes that, through small modification can reduce their overall environmental costs.

Richard Haimann’s Specialties:

Water treatment
Environmental Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Permitting and Regulations
Policy
Environmental Market Analysis and Strategy
Environmental Product Management and Strategy

Richard Haimann’s Experience

Director of Water Quality Services

MWH

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)

August 2005 — Present (3 years)

Client Facing Director for professional consulting services in the environmental market space. Building surface water quality management practice and mergers and acquisition environmental support services practice.
Owner

Sustura

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Renewables & Environment industry)

January 2002 — August 2005 (3 years 8 months)

Provided consulting services to industrial and government clients, particularly focused on surface water quality improvment. Engagements included growing sales and marketing capabilities for clients in the environmental market space, gaining regulatory approvals for environmental products, and leading project delivery teams to put together unique solutions for environmental problems.
Senior Program Director

Earth Tech

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TYC; Renewables & Environment industry)

March 2001 — December 2001 (10 months)

Led business development and project delivery in innovative site decommissioning and demolition business. The key to our strategy was to effectively market used industrial equipment throughout the Tyco network and growing manufacturing sectors throughout the world. This created significant value for our clients and shareholders.
Program Manager

CH2M HILL

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)

January 1993 — February 2001 (8 years 2 months)

Project delivery services for a wide range of environmental and infrastructure problems. Worked in 6 countries and a dozen states in the U.S. Focused on bringing technological innovations to solve environmental problems.
Project Engineer

Dames & Moore (now URS)

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; URS; Renewables & Environment industry)

March 1990 — December 1992 (2 years 10 months)

Provided innovative technology implementation and development services to industrial clients in the environmental compliance market space. Brought new technologies to bear to solve client's environmental compliance problems.

Richard Haimann’s Education

Pepperdine University, The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management

MBA, Technology Management, 2001 — 2003

Executive program focusing managing innovation to gain and sustain competitive advantage. Thorough and thoughtful team-focused coursework in organizational behavior and change management, finance, the historical basis for innovation, managing IT innovation, managing manufacturing innovation, managing R&D innovation, obtaining protecting and managing intellectual property, economics, business statistics, globalization, and business law. Included two international field trips, one to Europe and one to East Asia to explore the practical dynamics of global enterprises from regional perspectives. Developed independent analysis into the impacts of carbon constraints on the pulp and paper industry and strategic opportunities such constraints would uncover.
Northwestern University

Advanced Environmental Engineering 1996 — 1997

Initiated Ph.D. studies focused on the use of artificial intelligence methods for the automated control of biological processes. Studied with Drs. Bruce Rittman and Michael Mavrovouniotis. Completed advanced coursework and initial research. Prepared several grant applications to Federal agencies to fund work.
Stanford University

MS, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1988 — 1989

Conducted independent research on the growth and kinetics of methane degrading bacteria grown as a biofilm for destruction of chlorinated organic compounds such as trichloroethylene. Completed masters degree in one year with a 3.5 GPA.
University of Alaska Fairbanks

BS, Civil Engineering, 1984 — 1988

Completed a Bachelors degree in civil engineering with additional electives in hydrology and environmental engineering with a GPA of 3.9. Worked with advanced geophysical research team studying glacier hydrology and velocities. Self-financed education through summer employment in commercial fishing industry.

Activities and Societies:

Tau Beta Pi - Engineering Honor Society