Charlotte O’Brien
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Charlotte O’Brien combines her agricultural background, lifelong pursuit of sustainable agriculture, knowledge of bamboo, and experience with biochar to lead this venture. As former COO and VP of Innovation for Bamboo Technologies (now Bamboo Living), Char was responsible for manufacturing at Bamboo Hardwoods Vietnam, managing all production details. In this capacity, she worked directly with bamboo farmers and NGOs, and finalized the first International Construction Code (ICC) certification of bamboo in the western world. With eight trips to China for R&D she also pioneered the path for ICC-compliant bamboo plywood. Founder/director of several 501(c)3 non-profits.
President for 13 years of CLC, Inc. a Wisconsin-based provider of agricultural services related to the dairy industry.
Ms. O’Brien earned her Bachelor’s of Science with high honors at Michigan State University, majoring in Crops and Soils, and also received 3 years of agricultural technical training in Denmark, Norway and Austria. LinkedIn
Daniel Robin
Co-founder & Chief Business Development Officer
Mr. Robin is an impact investment and development finance specialist with over two decades of executive/board and investment banking service experience. Expertise in waste conversion, international project finance, biorenewables/green chemistry, de-risking, collaboration & education.
Mr. Robin assists CDS with strategic planning, alliances, marketing communication and helps CDS system buyers with pre-sales and finance readiness evaluation. He previously served as VP of business development for WISE Solutions, Inc., a green chemistry company focused on the agriculture, marine and food & beverage sectors.
Mr. Robin also bring management consulting and financial modeling experience to CDS, with certificates in Emerging Markets Credit (Moody’s Analytics, 2012), international business and marketing (UC Berkeley), coaching, speaking, training and neurolinguistics. Adjunct professor of management and strategy since 2006 at top-ranked Fisher Int’l MBA program within the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS; now Middlebury Institute) Graduate School in California, teaching entrepreneurship, investing and innovation for sustainability.
The company he founded in 1996, In3 Capital Group, has a mandate from a US family office to place capital into impact projects with budgets of $25 million or more. LinkedIn
Dan Page
Chief Technical Officer
Mr. Page has founded or co-founded seven technology and service firms. Page has dealt with leading professionals in cutting-edge and emerging technologies his whole career. Industry experience includes Automation, Controls Systems, Machine and Process Design, Biometrics, Sensors, Robotics, Resource Recovery, and Water Treatment.
Past twenty years focused on water treatment and renewable technologies and innovation ranging from biofuel development , waste-to-energy, emissions control, and energy efficiency. LinkedIn