We’re conscious capitalists.
Sustainnovation is neither a traditional business consultant that has started ‘talking green’ with little sustainability knowledge, nor an environmental/social organization with no real business background. We have the background to analyze and understand your operations in a conventional business sense, while developing a sustainability plan of genuine value – one that complements your other business goals and challenges.
Mark Myles
From paper mills to electronics fabricators to wind tunnels
to consumer products to process re-engineering, Mark
has been offering technical and operational expertise
for over 30 years. Following
his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell,
he joined the prestigious research and consulting firm
Bolt Beranek and Newman. After eight years there,
he went to Hewlett-Packard and its spin-off Agilent Technologies,
where for 20+ years he worked in sales, applications
engineering, management, and marketing strategy.
In 2001 Mark left high-tech with a mission to apply his industry experience to sustainability. After training with the Zero Emissions
Research & Initiatives (ZERI) Foundation, he relocated to Quito, Ecuador where he worked with local Ecuadorian personnel to establish municipal solid waste composting facilities. In 2003 Mark helped to form The GoodBye Chain Group, assisting with the design of its award-winning Material Declaration Wizard software, and working with electronics companies to comply with global product environmental compliance laws.
Mark speaks Spanish and has traveled extensively throughout
North and South America, Europe, and Asia. He and
his wife Meri are working toward a carbon-neutral life
in Concord, MA.
Rob Howe
An entrepreneur, educator, communicator, and zero-waste
specialist, Rob's expertise ranges from high-tech sales
and marketing to teaching internationally to grass-roots
environmental organizing.
practice for business. Prior to Recology, Rob took a several-year teaching sabbatical in Indonesia , where he witnessed the damaging environmental aspects of increased human activity. He returned to the US with a commitment to incorporate sustainable practices in the business community.
Before moving to Indonesia, Rob led a successful business
development career spanning 13 years in Information Technology. He
managed Fortune 500 clients at the executive level with firms
such as Wireless Infrastructure Technology Services, Availant,
Genuity, and MCI. Today, as the Founder and Executive Director
for the Zero Waste Initiative in Northern Massachusetts, as well
as a leader in the Seacoast Energy & Environmental
Design (SEED) Coalition, he is actively promoting efforts
for citywide zero waste and sustainability practices.
Rob has a BA from the University of Vermont in French and
Philosophy, attended l’Université de Nice,
speaks French and Bahasa Indonesia, and has traveled extensively
throughout the United States, Central America, Southeast
Asia and Europe. He currently lives in Newburyport, MA
with his wife Laurel where they dutifully compost, reduce,
reuse, and recycle.
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