As CEO, Joe oversees all aspects of VIRESCO’s operations, partners closely with the Executive Chairman to develop and formulate business strategy, and has primary responsibility for executing most of this strategy. Joe’s early leadership work in operations, engineering and process excellence revealed a passion for innovative problem solving and constant quality improvement. His rare combination of technical expertise, humility, leadership skills, and extreme commitment to excellence and innovation gave him the foundation to create meaningful impact.

Joe was drawn to the challenge of creating a sustainable technology and building a renewable energy business. As CEO Joe has developed a close working relationship with Mike Colby, a sustainability investor, and the financier of what would become the VBC™ technology. In 2018, shortly after VIRESCO was formed, Joe agreed to partner with Mike as CEO of VIRESCO. Together they have led what’s become a vibrant commercial enterprise and Innovation Center that excels at transforming various organic waste streams into energy and providing customers with innovative service solutions.

Joe plays a central role in the development and commercialization of VIRESCO, working tirelessly to help reshape how companies view and handle their waste streams. The VIRESCO team provides complete customer solutions that encompass waste collection and handling systems, carbon and nutrient recapture, and sustainability impact reporting on greenhouse gas avoidance and waste reduction. Joe has seven patents, has advised USDA Secretary Vilsack’s Biogas Opportunities Roadmap Initiative, and served on the Advisory Board for the Masters of Energy Management at the University of Tulsa.