Jim Matheson is a respected clean technology leader and entrepreneur. He helped build Flagship Ventures' sustainability practice and started several new ventures in cleantech. Lisa Sorgini Marchewka has 15 years of experience in water treatment and membrane technology. Marek Nowosielski led the design of Oasys Water's first product and has extensive experience in water treatment technologies and manufacturing. Oasys Water aims to develop new water solutions using membrane technology.
4. Management
Jim Matheson is a respected clean technology visionary and
leader. As a General Partner at Flagship Ventures he
spearheaded their sustainability practice, helping to build it into
a leader in the venture capital industry. At Flagship, Jim started,
financed and served on the Board of Directors of several new
ventures including Mascoma, Midori and Novomer and served
as Chairman of the Board for Oasys Water. He also served as
the Department of Energy¡¯s Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Jim is a
decorated Navy F-14 and FA-18 pilot. His duties included flying
over 200 combat missions from an aircraft carrier, serving as a
TOPGUN Instructor and leading the Navy¡¯s Adversary Program.
He retired in 2008 as a Commander in the US Naval Reserves.
Jim is actively involved in numerous clean tech and
entrepreneurial organizations and serves on the National Board
of the Clean Tech Open and the New England Energy Council.
He earned his BS from the United States Naval Academy and
his MBA from The Harvard Business School.
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5. Management
Lisa Sorgini Marchewka has 15 years of commercial
and technical leadership experience in the water
treatment industry, specializing in membrane
technology. Prior to joining Oasys she held global
marketing roles, including spearheading the
Siemens Water Technologies municipal product
strategy as Global Director of Strategic Marketing.
She also worked as a consulting engineer with CDM
Smith. Lisa earned her BS in Civil and Environmental
Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute
and her MBA from Carroll School of Management at
Boston College. She is a member of the Academic
Advisory Board at WPI and a member of IDA.
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6. Management
Marek Nowosielski has extensive experience in
water treatment technologies, including process
design and manufacturing. At Oasys, Marek
showed his engineering prowess leading the
design team and the demonstration of the
company¡¯s first product ¨C the Membrane Brine
Concentrator (MBC). Prior to joining Oasys Water
he was responsible for the design of membrane-
based water treatment plants for GE Water and
Process Technologies. Marek earned his MEng in
Chemical Engineering from the University of
Cambridge, his M.Sc from Cranfield University
and his MBA from Babson College.
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