Daryl Maas is the Founder and Owner of Maas Energy Works (MEW). MEW has served as the lead developer on 25 new or upgraded dairy digester facilities that currently process manure from over 30 farms making them the most experienced dairy digester developer on the west coast. MEW coordinates project teams, designs, schedules, permits, grants, and utilities, while selecting equipment and contractors custom to the dairy facility. The company also operates the digesters and monetizes the biogas and all of its environmental attributes. Over the last 12 years...Read more
As Chairman and CEO of OMG, Dr. Soley is responsible for the vision and direction of the world's largest consortium of its kind. Dr. Soley joined OMG as a Technical Director in 1989 and led the development of many OMG standards including CORBA®, UML®, and MDA®. In addition to his leadership of OMG and its Industrial Internet Consortium and Consortium for Information & Software Quality programs, he also serves on numerous industrial, technical and academic conference program committees, and speaks all over the world on issues relevant to emerging technologies, IT standards, and creating...Read more
Kym Wehrle is the Director of Engagement for MxD. In this role, Kym oversees a variety of projects, including the implementation and management of an organizational database. In addition, she provides support for strategic partnerships, programming, and committee operations.
Prior to joining MxD in 2015, Kym was a Contracts Representative at Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, where she managed a contract portfolio totaling $936 million. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Illinois State University and an MBA in Leadership and Change Management from DePaul University....Read more
Jim co-founded the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) that was selected to lead DOE’s Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), the 9th Manufacturing USA Institute and the 3rd DOE institute to be awarded. Jim has led the Institute’s business and technology approach, roadmap, Smart Manufacturing platform architecture, and cyber security strategy.
Jim has past work experience with Amoco Chemicals and is currently on the Board of Governors of the Manufacturing Leadership Council and the Leadership Council for Mforesight: Alliance for Manufacturing...Read more
Katie Fayman is the Senior Engagement Associate at MxD. In this role, Katie works closely with MxD’s Director of Engagement and Vice President of Strategy & Engagement to develop and maintain Tier 1 and Tier 2 memberships and strategic partnerships. Katie is responsible for developing the vision and strategy for Institute programming, including the end-to-end design and execution of MxD-sponsored workshops, technology showcases, and webinars.
Prior to joining MxD in 2018, Katie worked on the professional development team at a law firm in Chicago. She obtained her Bachelor of...Read more
Peter Fiske is the Executive Director of NAWI – the National Alliance for Water Innovation - a team of three DOE national labs (LBNL, ORNL, NREL) and over 20 universities and companies selected by the Dept. of Energy in September, 2019 to lead the Energy-Water Desalination Hub. The NAWI Hub is a 5-year, $100M funding opportunity to build a national, integrated research program to radically cut the cost and energy consumption for desalination and associated water treatment in a variety of applications including ocean desalination, inland brackish water treatment, industrial water...Read more
Melissa Klembara is a Technology Manager at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office, where she is currently managing the National Alliance for Water Innovations (NAWI), a $100 million early stage R&D consortium focused on developing clean water technologies. NAWI is led by Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory with NREL, ORNL and NETL along with over 180 alliance members. Melissa is also co-leading jointly funded efforts in AMO and BETO as part of the Plastics Innovation Challenge, including the Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and...Read more
