Jessica Linville, CEO and Founder at RWEDI-Water
About
Jessica Linville is the CEO and founder of RWEDI-Water Solutions. Jessica has a dynamic background with a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Tennessee and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Florida. She also has 7 years of combined R&D experience from both Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. Her recent work as an entrepreneurial lead for the DOE’s Lab-Corps program has given her an advantage in technology commercialization. She has also published 9 peer reviewed journal articles. She believes there is a lot of opportunity to bring real solutions to industry based on the research she conducted at the national laboratories. She has received an option for the RWEDI-Water technology from Argonne National Laboratory and working on bringing the product to market for mid-sized institution cooling tower applications.
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- Location: Chicago, United States
Industry experience
Education: PhD
Seniority: Board director, CEO, COO, CFO, President, Provost
Years of experience: 1 to 5 years
Work experience
CEO and Founder
Jessica Linville is the CEO and founder of RWEDI-Water Solutions. Jessica has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. She also has 7 years of combined R&D experience from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory.
2016-09 - Present
CEO and Founder
Obtained an option for the RWEDI-Water technology license.
Participating in the Chicago Innovation Mentoring (CIM) program at MATTER.
Semi-Finalist in the Chicago Innovation Funds accelerator competition for $250,000 in SAFE funding.
RWEDI-Water Solutions
2016-09 - Present
Graduate Researcher
Conducted research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the DOE BioEnergy Science Center (BESC). Produced a mutant strain of C. thermocellum evolved to Populus hydrolysate inhibitors. Performed dynamic genomic and transcriptomic analysis of evolved strain to elucidate the mechanism of tolerance.University of Tennessee
2008-07 - 2013-11
Entrepreneurial Lead
Developed business model and Go-To-Market strategy for Argonne's patented RWEDI-Water technology through 150 customer interviews and by participating in the DOE Lab-Corps program and Austin Technology Incubator summer SEAL program.Argonne National Laboratory
2016-03 - 2016-08
Postdoctoral Researcher
- Designed and executed process optimization for advanced anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge or food waste for high value bio-methane production
- Operated batch (1L) and semi-continuous bench (1L) and pilot (28L) scale fermentation reactor and 100,000 gal. facility
Argonne National Laboratory
2013-12 - 2016-02
Taxonomy
- Innovation
- Engineering
- Researcher
- Startups
- Equipment Supplier
- Business Strategy
- Consulting & Services
- Innovation
- Corporate Strategy
- Strategy Implementation
- Creativity, Innovation, Business Modelling
- Entrepreneurial Skill
- Consulting
- Financial Services Consulting
- Consulting
- Green Technology
- Water
- Conservation
- Green Building
- Technologies