Leadership

Dr. John Kasik is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aqualtra Technologies, LLC, a global potable water treatment company and the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of self-sustained mobile drinking-water systems, which can be used in disaster relief initiatives and humanitarian missions. The company also supplies solar-powered potable water treatment installations. As CEO, Dr. Kasik leads all aspects of Aqualtra operations.

Dr. Kasik’s professional career spans more than 35 years of leading high-tech companies, with particular expertise in commercializing new technologies for both the public and private sectors. He has been recognized for being an excellent strategic thinker and skillful implementer. He has a successful track record of solid business infrastructure development, consisting of cohesive leadership teams to deliver turn-key projects in domestic and international markets. Dr. Kasik has supplied products to the defense, aerospace, automotive, electronics, public safety and transportation industries. He brings outstanding strategic and operational skills to the company.

He has developed infrastructure and directed Strategic Planning, Design, Engineering, Manufacturing and Business Development for a wide range of companies. Having managed international businesses in 44 countries, Dr. Kasik is adept at global business development. He has led efforts to design products for customers of federal, state, and local governments, including the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations (UN), Red Cross, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Dr. Kasik served as a member of the Corporate Executive Management Committee and Chief Strategy Officer, GM at Grote Industries, LLC. Prior to this, he held numerous President and CEO positions at the following companies: Cardinal Water Treatment Technologies, Inc.; TELEGRA, Inc.; EFKON USA, Inc.; ATLASwerks, LLP; RF-CODE, Inc.; and Control Automation, Inc. He also served as COO at Stewart Systems, Inc., and as General Manager at Recognition Equipment, Inc.

He holds multiple patents in the areas of automation and imaging.

Education:

Ph.D., International Studies, summa cum laude, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
M.A., Slavic Studies, summa cum laude, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
B. Sc., Sciences, cum laude, KSC of the University of New Hampshire
BSIE, Industrial Engineering, School of Industrial Engineering

Foreign Languages:

Fluent in German, Czech, Russian, and Slovak

Ms. Rocío Cruz-Morales is Chief Financial Officer for Aqualtra Technologies, LLC. As CFO, she is responsible for the development of financial and operational strategy, metrics to that strategy, risk management, and the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets, governance, and financial compliance reporting.

Ms. Cruz has 30 years of CFO leadership in finance and administration. She is strong in business planning and taxes, effectively utilizing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Her accomplished financial background also includes corporate finance, operations, taxes, treasury, strategic planning and acquisitions, as well as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), U.S. GAAP financial reporting and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

Ms. Cruz’s experience is primarily in the pharmaceutical and printing industries. She worked for eight years as CFO for Daiichi Sankyo Company Inc. in Mexico, a subsidiary of one of the top Japanese pharmaceutical companies. At the subsidiary of this multinational conglomerate with $8 billion in annual revenues, she led Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Information Technology, Supply Chain, Taxes and Purchasing.

Prior to that position, for 13 years she was CFO for RR Donnelley de México, an affiliate of RR Donnelley Inc., a publicly held company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. RR Donnelly is a $12 billion Fortune 500 Company and a leader in the U.S. printing market.

During her career, Ms. Cruz has held CFO positions with a number of multinational companies with headquarters in the U.S., Europe, Canada, India and Japan. Ms. Cruz’s ability to excel in multicultural environments is a hallmark of her accomplishments and confirms her high caliber, both as a professional and as an individual.

Education:

M.S. in Corporate Finance, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Mexico City, Mexico
B.S. in Economics, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitan (UAM), Mexico City, Mexico
B.S. in Public Accounting, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico City, Mexico

Foreign Languages:

Fluent in Spanish and French

Dr. Costa Mazidji is Chief Technology Officer of Aqualtra Technologies, LLC. In this role he is responsible for efficiently attaining optimized solutions through further development of Aqualtra Technologies’ mobile and other water treatment systems. While focusing on the company’s long-term technological goals through strategic planning and Research and Development implementation efforts, he also manages the Quality Assurance and Quality Control programs.

Dr. Mazidji has 30 years of experience in the field of potable water and wastewater treatment and reuse. He has worked for several companies that develop and produce water treatment systems in locations around the world. Dr. Mazidji’s background includes solar-powered flocculation-coagulation, ultra-filtration and reverse osmosis water treatment technologies. He has conducted extensive environmental assessments and completed site civil engineering projects from inception to execution.

Dr. Mazidji has worked with federal, state, and local governments as well as private agencies, while collaborating with electrical, structural and mechanical engineers, architects and regulators. He is well-versed in Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regulatory policies.

For the past 10 years Dr. Mazidji has been principal owner of Mazidji Group Engineering, providing professional turn-key services primarily to government organizations, including management of a large-scale water treatment system for the Southeastern Technology Center of the City of Aiken, SC; multi-year environmental/engineering contracts with the City of Dallas; and projects for medical facilities and the industrial sector. In prior years he held various key senior leadership positions for potable water and wastewater treatment companies, as well as civil and infrastructure engineering firms, including Carter and Burgess, CPH Engineers, FilterCore of Texas, and Rust Environment & Infrastructure. He also served as President and CEO of MG Consultancy.

Dr. Mazidji is an author of several scientific publications in the area of water treatment.

Education:

Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering (Water/Wastewater treatment), (UF) University of Florida
M.E. in Environmental Engineering (Water/Wastewater treatment), (UF) University of Florida
M.S. in Water Resources Engineering, (AUB) American University of Beirut
B.S. in Sciences, (AUB) American University of Beirut
Bioengineering, (UCBL) University of Claude Bernard, Lyon, France

Professional Registration:

Professional Engineering Licenses – Civil Engineering (TX License No. 89922; SC License No. 15430)

Foreign Languages:

Fluent in French, Greek, Spanish, Italian, German, Armenian and Lebanese

Mr. Justo Vargas is Executive Vice President of Manufacturing Operations for Aqualtra Technologies, LLC. In this role he is responsible for the manufacturing processes from procurement, supply chain management, production, assembly, and integration, to on-time delivery.

Mr. Vargas’ 30-year multinational career, with extensive experience as an operations management executive and implementation consultant, spans more than 30 countries.

He is an experienced Six Sigma practitioner with extensive supply chain, Lean Principles manufacturing implementation and finance expertise, including ISO certifications. He has led multi-country operation assignments with global corporations ranging from $120 million to $2.5 billion in revenues with full P&L responsibility. His teams have designed entire global supply chains from procurement of commodity parts to components sourcing from around the world.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Vargas led the implementation segment of the consulting business at Assured Results International, LLC. He also served as President and Senior Vice President of divisions within Crown Capital Group; was implementation consultant at Thomas Group, Inc. for 6 years; and held managerial positions of increasing responsibility in Manufacturing, Planning, Purchasing, Logistics, System Analysis and Finance at Texas Instruments, Inc., for 18 years, culminating in the position of Operations Manager for the Far East Asia-Pacific region for a major division of TI’s Consumer Products Group.

Education:

J.D., Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, Texas
MBA, Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados (ESAN), Lima, Peru
B.S., Universidad Nacional de Ingenieíra (UNI), Lima, Peru – Civil Engineering

Professional Licenses:

Professional Engineer
Certified Public Accountant
Attorney at Law

Certifications (U.S.):

Certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM)
Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM)
Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)

Foreign Languages:

Fluent in Spanish

Leadership

FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

AQUALTRA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

JOHN P. KASIK, Ph.D.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

AQUALTRA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

ROCÍO CRUZ-MORALES

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

AQUALTRA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

COSTA MAZIDJI, Ph.D., PE

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT – MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS

AQUALTRA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

JUSTO H. VARGAS, PE, CPA, JD