Who We Are
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Founder Bob Drew:
Bob's passion for nature and water began during his formative years in Wisconsin. He grew up an avid swimmer, canoeist, kayaker, skier, and sailor in the water-abundant great lakes region. Along the way, he spent five and a half years as an engineer in a paper mill in of all places Southern California where water is of course quite scarce. Paper making uses copious amount of water, and Bob was in charge of running the water plant while optimizing paper production and quality. Through his conservation efforts, he was able to cut water usage in half while improving production and quality. The water savings of a million gallons a day was enough to supply 12,500 residents! He is taking that passion and know-how to get similar results in Atlanta with its water challenges.
Bob has done other things in his career, such as designing new and improved products, optimizing products and processes in Latin America and Europe, and managing large engineering projects. His eye for innovation and his project management orientation are great assets to the design and installation of rainwater systems.
Bob holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Wisconsin and an MBA from UCLA. He is a professional accredited by the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association. He was recently elected to the board of directors of ARCSA and also is vice chairman of SERHSA (Southeast Rainwater Harvest Systems Association). He serves on the advisory board of DeKalb Tech's new Green Technologies Academy.
Landscape Architect and Commercial Irrigtion - Todd Williams:
Todd joined Ecovie in March 2012. Todd is a certified landscape architect with a BS degree from University of Georgia. His work experience include irrigation system design and landscape achitecture with Jerry Pate Golf Design. He is certified in irrigtion design by the Irrigation Association. Tod is also an ARCSA AP level 200 rainwater collection. Tod brings a valuable skill set to Ecovie and will enhance our capabilitie in the area of low impact landscaping, and storm water management as well as in commercial scale irrigation design.
Operations Director - Jason Ostby:
Jason is as close to a seasoned veteran as you can get in the fledgling rainwater collection business. He has done rainwater collection installations ranging from small above ground 1,000 systems to full fledged 20,000 gallon commercial systems. In addition to being a rainwater expert, Jason runs our high efficiency irrigation and low impact landscaping departments with a wealth of knowledge and experience in both these areas. Jason attended University of Colorado in engineering.
Environmental Engineering Intern - Jonathan Callura:
Jonathan is the most recent addition to the Ecovie team. Fresh out of Georgia Tech with a bachelors degree in environmental engineering, Jonathan will be with us as he prepares for grad school this fall. He will be helping with water supply analyses and basic design challenges, particularly for our commercial scale projects.
Landscape Architecture Intern - Greg O'Donnell:
Greg graduated from UGA in 2011 and spent the past 9 months on an internship in Beijing, China. He will be helping Ecovie with communications and with active/passive rainwater system design and installation.
