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Using CO2 emissions to grow algae for sustainable products: Pond Technologies CEO
Grant Smith, CEO of Pond Technologies, say his company's algae is ready to suck carbon dioxide out of smokestacks and turn it into useful substances.
Learn More About Pond, a Cleantech Company Harnessing Carbon Emissions to Fuel Algae Growth
Per the OCTIA website, globally, clean technology activity is expected to exceed $2.5 trillion in 2022, a tremendous opportunity for economic growth. Ontario's clean technology companies, which currently employ some 130,000 people and counting, are already having a...
Are Investors Driving An Agtech Boom? Creating Jobs And Pushing The Agriculture Industry Into The Future
This post contains sponsored advertising content. This content is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be investing advice. Agtech is a young but rapidly growing industry that has looked to pioneer creative and innovative solutions to solve some of...
Using Algae To Turn Waste Green & Profitable | Pond Technoligies $POND $PNDHF
Global climate change is one of the most important issues for governments and the private sector to tackle. So, if a company could solve the problem of how fossil fuel economies can transition to green, sustainable alternatives without detracting from outputs, that...
Algae Anyone? The Emerging Market That Could Turn Waste Into Green
Algae, an umbrella term for the (often) single-cell plant species found in bodies of water, are experiencing a renaissance of sorts – a rebirth in the public eye. For many, algae are thought of as little more than pond scum, but this sentiment could not be further...
Algae Could Replace Carcinogenic Food Dyes in America’s Favorite Snacks
The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. This year, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) completed a multiyear...
PRESS RELEASES
Pond Technologies Engages Cleantech Consultant to Accelerate Project Pipeline
MARKHAM, ON / ACCESSWIRE / June 22, 2022 / Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. ("Pond") (TSX.V:POND)(OTCQB:PNDHF)(FSE:4O0), an ESG company addressing global sustainability challenges of protein shortages and climate change, announces it has agreed to engage Clean Conduit,...
Pond Announces Publication in Nature Scientific Reports of Successful Production of Recombinant Protein Results and Provides Update on Biotech Division
MARKHAM, ON / ACCESSWIRE / May 10, 2022 / Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. ("Pond") (TSXV:POND); (OTCQB:PNDHF); (FSE:400), an ESG company addressing global sustainability challenges of wellness and climate change, is pleased share successful results related to the...
Pond Provides Update to Shareholders on AB Agri/Livalta Project Progress and Milestone Payments Received of $1.5 Million to Date
MARKHAM, ON / ACCESSWIRE / May 5, 2022 / Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. ("Pond") (TSXV:POND)(OTCQB:PNDHF)(FSE:4O0), an ESG company addressing global sustainability challenges of wellness and climate change, is providing an update on its agreement with Livalta, an AB...
Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. Announces Filing of 2021 Audited Financial Statements and MD&A
Commercial Validation of Technology Achieved in 2021 MARKHAM, ON, May 3, 2022 /CNW/ - Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. (the "Corporation" or "Pond") (TSXV: POND) (OTCQB: PNDHF) (FSE: 400) announces the filing of the audited consolidated financial statements of the...
Pond Announces Engagement with BioCarbN in Collaboration with Livalta/AB Agri and a Second Major Agriculture Business to Identify Methane Reducing Algae Feed Solutions in Cattle
MARKHAM, ON / ACCESSWIRE / April 28, 2022 / Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. ("Pond") (TSXV:POND)(OTCQB:PNDHF)(FSE:4O0), an ESG company addressing global sustainability challenges of wellness and climate change, has entered into a research agreement with BioCarbN Inc....
Pond Technologies to Participate in the Lytham Partners Spring 2022 Investor Conference
The Company's webcast presentation will be available for viewing at 11:00am ET on Monday, April 4, 2022, on the Company's website at or https://wsw.com/webcast/lytham4/pond.v/2295231. The webcast will also be archived and available for replay. Management will be...
Board of Directors

Grant Smith
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Executive with 20+ years experience in the global health supplements and ingredients space. Co-Founder & partner at RFI Canada, the distributor for ingredients to well- known consumer brands across North America.

J. William Asseltine
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William Asselstine has been employed at St Marys Cement for over forty years and has held various positions within the company, including Vice President of Logistics, Sustainability and Cement Sales in Canada. Mr. Asselstine graduated from the University of Toronto and is a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario. He resides in Oakville.

John Farah
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John M. Farah Jr., Ph.D. has over 30 years of experience in health care and the biopharmaceutical industry, with broad expertise in life sciences business development, strategic analysis, R&D, ex-US commercialization with specialization in Asia Pacific and Latin American markets, and scientific/clinical affairs, with a focus on products for hematology and oncology, neurosciences and pain, and infectious/inflammatory disorders.
John recently was a senior clinical consultant with Veradigm, an Allscripts business, leveraging real-world data and real-world evidence for insights into challenges and opportunities relevant to healthcare/life sciences sectors in support of value-base patient care. John spent nearly 20 years at Cephalon, now Teva, in various roles, including VP of international pharmaceutical operations.
Through consultancy, John has advised pharmaceutical clients on drug and biologic development, corporate partnering strategies, licensing deals, patent/license disputes, and market research and access to create credible value propositions for health sciences products. As a member of the industry advisory board for the Coulter-Drexel Translational Research Partnership Program, John advises on translational medicine applications with the goal of advancing innovative technologies from clinical application to commercialization.
John has over 10 years of experience as an independent director on the boards of public companies including service on audit, compensation, and governance committees. John is an author and inventor on over 40 publications, whitepapers, and patents. He started his industry career as a research investigator in neurosciences and immune-inflammatory programs at G.D. Searle & Co. after earning his doctorate in physiology from the Uniformed Services University and conducting post-doctoral studies in the Neurological Disorders and Stroke division of the National Institutes of Health. He has been a guest lecturer in graduate programs at Drexel University, Penn State University, St. Joseph’s University, and St. Louis University.

Jacob Gamble
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Jacob Gamble has more than 20 years of combined global experience in management consulting, investment banking, growth initiatives, and corporate communications. Jacob rose to the level of Vice President of Fisher Investments, overseeing a $3.3-billion-dollar business line during his 13-year period with the company. He then worked as a Managing Director at Paulson Investment Company, a highly esteemed investment bank focused on the small to mid-cap markets, and as Paulson’s top executive of an affiliated bridge loan hedge fund, he successfully merged with a structured debt hedge fund.
After Mr. Gamble’s successes at Paulson, he moved into the CEO position at BLVD Corporation, a publicly-traded, multi-state drug rehabilitation franchise in which he completed a full-scale corporate reorganization transforming BLVD into Ventura Cannabis and Wellness Corporation while increasing shareholder value by nearly 300% before moving to Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Jacob has in-depth knowledge, contacts, and experience within the financial industries and specializes in the process of licensing, buildouts, and development of vertically integrated operations. Jacob also has experience in acquisitions of small private companies and operational integration of disparate businesses.
Jacob graduated from Oregon State University with a B.S. in Pre-Medicine/Biology and from Florida Institute of Technology with an M.S. in Management. Jacob is an occasional lecturer at the University of Oregon’s Charles H. Lundquist College of Business in portfolio management, and environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) investing for the Chartered Financial Analyst Society in Portland, Oregon. Jacob has also authored papers on the United States federal debt, corporate debt, and the United States Social Security Administration.
Thomas Masney
Chief Financial Officer
Thomas has worked with Goldman Sachs & GE in venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, and for both Ernst & Young and Price Waterhouse in audit and corporate recovery. Thomas brings with him a strong understanding of the mining, construction, manufacturing, technology, and e-commerce industries.
Steven Martin
TECHNICAL ADVISOR
Steven is also past Director of the Jeffrey Skoll MBA Program offered through the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto to gifted young engineers, and was is a former Director of the Professional Development Centre in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto. He has also held the position of Director of the Centre for Advanced Microelectronics and was the founding Director of the Centre for Advanced Engineering Technologies at George Brown College.
Steven holds an H.B.Sc. in Chemical Physics and a B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, both from the University of Toronto.
Kevin Andrade
Chief Operating Officer
Kevin joined Pond as a strategic advisor in 2017 before assuming the role of Chief Operating Officer in early 2018. Before joining Pond, Kevin was a senior executive with SNC-Lavalin where he lead an emissions solutions business unit that executed projects globally in the mining and fertilizer industries. He holds a law degree from the University of Manitoba and practiced corporate and commercial law in Toronto and New York before joining SNC in 2006.

Robert Mcleese
Chair
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Mr. McLeese, is the Founder and President of Access Capital Corp….“Access” is a Toronto based Financial Advisory firm specializing in the independent power industry for over 30 years. Access has been involved in over $2.8B of independent power production project financing including gas fired cogeneration, hydraulic, biomass, waste coal, wind, other renewables and district heating and cooling.
Rob is the Chairman of ACI Energy, Inc., a US based company, that has developed and built or acquired 4 independent solid fueled power plants totaling 171 MW, all focused on clean, efficient, reliable base load generation.
A former Director, Treasurer and Past President of APPrO, Rob is also a past Director of Creststreet Power and Income Fund, a co-developer of wind projects in Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Alberta. Rob also sat on the Boards of Pristine Power and Fengate Infrastructure Fund and is an ex Board member of the Ontario Centre of Excellence – Energy and a former member and Chair of the Toronto Board of Trade Electricity Task Force.
Rob received APPrO’s 2017 Hedley Palmer Award, the 2011 Probyn Prize for innovation in sustainable energy finance and the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Rob currently serves on the Board of Export Development Canada and is the Chair of its Audit Committee. He is also Chair of Pond Technologies Inc., an Ontario technology company with a highly innovative CO2 capture technology and algae growing expertise.