Management

F. Phillip Abrary (BSC. CA),
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Abrary has more than 20 years of financial management and executive experience and is a founder of Ostara. His business experience includes president and founder of RTM Norden Inc. (1995 - 2005), an international business and technology consulting firm working with the manufacturing sector throughout North America and Europe, and at Price Waterhouse (1990 - 1995) working with private, public and multinational corporations.

Ahren T. Britton (MSc, P.Eng),
Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Britton is a co-inventor of Ostara's technology and has more than eight years experience in environmental engineering, specifically focused on the wastewater treatment industry. Mr. Britton designed, built and tested the first prototype of Ostara's nutrient recovery technology as part of his master's degree research at UBC. His professional experience includes direction of a number of experimental and commercial scale process demonstrations within the wastewater industry. Mr. Britton has managed the design and construction of Ostara's full scale plant in Edmonton. This combination of experience and education makes Mr. Britton one of few experts in nutrient recovery from wastewater in North America.

Len Zapalowski (BSc, M.Sc),
Senior Vice President

Mr. Zapalowski has over 20 years of senior management positions with some of Vancouver’s most successful companies including Nexus Engineering, Creo Products, and Pivotal Software. His broad global business experience includes sales, marketing and business development in North America, Asia and Europe. Most recently he has led global R&D organizations and managed large scale development projects.

Jim Zablocki,
Vice President Nutrient Operations

Mr. Zablocki has worked in the fertilizer industry for more than 30 years specializing in slow release fertilizers. He has written a number of scientific papers and has been a consultant for government agencies regarding nutrient management programs. He has served in management positions with W. R. Grace & Co., the global specialty chemicals and materials company, and with the Scotts Company, the leading supplier of lawn care and garden care products in North America and a major supplier in other markets, including Europe. His work with these companies included developing formulations and blends, as well as evaluating new technologies, coatings, substrates, and release profiles.

Jim Calhoun,
Vice President Sales

Jim has thirty years experience in the turf, ornamental and specialty crop markets. He has worked with fertilizer and pest control products for most of his career, and has led market development initiatives where he successfully established new products in the horticultural industry. With most of his career spent in sales, Jim has previously consulted to turf management companies and has managed lawn care companies.