Leadership

Executive Team

Fortera is a team of highly skilled scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs who know how to minimize risk through thought, design, and execution.

Ryan Gilliam, PhD

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

20+ years chemicals and materials executive with track record forming strategic partnerships.

Mike Weiss, PhD

Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder

25+ years leading R&D across multiple technology platforms. Lead inventor of Fortera process.

Scott Healy

Chief Financial Officer

30+ years experience building market leading companies in clean energy.

Keith Krugh

Chief Manufacturing Officer

25+ years cement veteran with Holcim and Heidelberg. Logistics management, production rate and quality.

Kas Farsad, M.S., M.B.A.

Chief Strategy Officer

15+ years experience in technology and product development. Lead inventor of Fortera cement.

Thierry Legrand

President Europe

25+ years Lafarge/Holcim multi-country CEO leading transformation projects and upgrading plants globally.

Dan Cummings

General Counsel & VP, Intellectual Property

25+ years of experience as an attorney including building IP portfolios and commercializing new renewable technologies.

Philip Tuet

VP, Engineering

20+ years experience designing chemical processes and scaling first generation production plants.

Craig Hargis, PhD

VP, Product Development

15+ years researching and developing novel calcium cement chemistries and low carbon products.

George Councill

VP, Project Development

15+ years project finance and project development leader with strong history of equity building.

Jean-Philippe Vacher

VP, Market Strategy

25+ years business development leader in building materials with proven track record in building global partnerships.

Janine Gardner

VP, Human Resources

20+ years building & scaling high functioning teams from the ground up.

Eddie Garcia

Controller

15+ years leading small and large corporate finance, audit, and administration responsibilities.

Advisory Board

Terry Holland, PhD

Regulation

Former President of the American Concrete Institute, and lead author for new cement and concrete standards

Lee Styslinger, III

Concrete

Chairman & CEO Altec, Board of Vulcan Materials (largest US aggregate company for cement/concrete)

John Key

Growth

Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, significant business experience in Asia (50% of cement market)

Yuliya Kravstov, MBA

Commercialization

Former LafargeHolcim Sr. Executive with 20+ years with direct experience commercializing new technologies in the building materials space.

Doug Hooton, PhD

Concrete Durability

Expert in cement and concrete materials as well as concrete durability with over 45 years conducting research. ASTM Fellow, Honorary member of ACI.

Board of Directors

Samir Kaul

Development

Founding Partner and Managing Director at Khosla Ventures

Eric Olsen

Cement

Former CEO of LafargeHolcim Cement Group

Jim Messina

Government

Political Strategist and Former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Obama