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Jonathan Dogterom

Vice President, Business Development

Jonathan has built his career around turning complex technologies into commercial businesses. He co-founded Sustainable Energy Technologies, now Eguana Technologies, and held business development roles at Hydrogenics, now part of Cummins, before helping climate and deep-tech companies navigate commercialization through MaRS Discovery District. At Ionada, he leads business development and strategic partnerships—connecting carbon capture technology with the customers, projects, and opportunities needed to accelerate commercial deployment.

Alan Sasnowski

Program Manager

Alan has spent more than 30 years taking promising engineering programs from concept to launch. Across Magna, BionX, and Elby, his work has spanned product development, prototyping, supplier coordination, testing, and production readiness. At Ionada, he brings those moving pieces together, driving multidisciplinary programs that turn carbon capture technology into systems ready to build, deploy, and scale.

Edoardo Panziera

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Edoardo has built his career at the intersection of technology, product development, and commercialization. He has led advanced environmental technologies from concept and laboratory testing through pilots and commercial implementation across multiple industries.

Driven by the belief that breakthrough technologies only create impact when they are successfully deployed in the real world, Edoardo has guided Ionada from an early-stage concept into a globally recognized carbon capture technology company.

Dave Pascoe

Chief Operating Officer

Dave has spent almost 40 years turning advanced engineering into products that can actually be built and delivered. As a former CTO at IAC and engineering executive at Magna International, he led global technology, product development, manufacturing, and operational initiatives at scale. At Ionada, he brings that operating discipline to carbon capture—building the processes and capabilities needed for reliable, repeatable commercial deployment.

Michael Willetts

Chief Financial Officer

Michael brings 30 years of financial leadership spanning global industry and emerging green technology, from Ford Motor Company to Forward Water Technologies. His career has focused on financial strategy, corporate governance, and investment management across businesses at very different stages of growth. At Ionada, he leads financial strategy, risk management, and capital allocation—building the financial foundation needed to commercialize and scale.

Dr. Nader Mosavat

Vice President, Research & Development

Nader has spent more than 15 years working on the question at the heart of carbon capture: how to take promising science and make it work at industrial scale. A PhD engineer, his career spans CCUS research, process development, field validation, and technology scale-up across academic and industrial settings. At Ionada, he leads the technical roadmap, validation, and performance advancement, moving the technology toward commercial-scale deployment.