Carl R. Lindstrom
402 Putnam Avenue
Cambridge, Ma. 02139, USA
Tel: 617-354-6735
FAX: 617-868-1303
Email: carl@websida.com
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Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
Technology and Policy Program. Interdisciplinary program (Civil Engineering and Sloan School of Management). Studied decision support systems, economic modeling and systems analysis. Researched implications of technological choices. Course requirements finished. No thesis due to my beginning to work at Clivus Multrum, Inc. at the same time.
Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden
Civilingenjörs degree (post Master's program) in Mechanical Engineering. Concentration: Thermodynamics (thesis on the thermodynamics of a composting process)
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1984-Present self employed Cambridge, MA
President
Founder and CEO of GreenWare Inc. which is a sustainable agriculture technology & design corporation with clients in the USA, Asia, Europe, Central America, Caribbean.
(web page: http://www.greenware.net)Consultant.
Consulted to a Swedish computer company (IGUS Digital, Inc.) and to Clivus Multrum, Inc. (web page http://www.clivusmultrum.com see below) on management, international marketing, environmental and engineering issues. During this period, helped introduce Clivus Multrum in several overseas markets, (Europe, Central America, the Caribbean and Asia).
The Institute for Local Resource Management, President. 1988 - 1989
(A non-profit organization set up to facilitate technology transfer to developing countries).
Developer.
Developed model environmental resorts in the Caribbean (Dominican Republic and in St. Barthelemy), 1985-1988. Developed rental real estate in Boston and Stockholm.1976-1984 Clivus Multrum, Inc. Cambridge, MA
Clivus Multrum, Inc. designs and markets waste treatment systems for public facilities and private homes with unusual requirements. The current customer base for its turn-key public facilities are National and State Parks, the Federal Highway Administration, and military and civilian installations of the Army Corps of Engineers.President, 1980-1984.
Identified and targeted a market for turnkey waste treatment facilities for public spaces, such as parks, army installations, highway rest areas, camping grounds. Conceived and implemented marketing strategies; directed and customized the research and development of new products to meet market demands; prepared environmental impact statements for the use of our alternative waste treatment systems in small communities; provided analyses of product liability in complex user markets.Technical Director, 1976-1980.
Directed all product design, evaluation and development; assessed the marketability of new systems in the area of alternative technologies. Supervised the design, construction and testing of several model buildings and new waste treatment systems.
1975-1976 Swedish Embassy Washington, D.C.
Environmental Attaché.
This position was created in response to the 1973 International Conference on the Human Environment organized by the United Nations. As the first environmental counselor, I set up the materials and the channels for a useful exchange of information about environmental legislation, policy, programs, research and development between Sweden and the USA.
1973-1975 Swedish National Environmental Protection Board, Stockholm Sweden
Head of Section for Waste Treatment Research and Executive Secretary for two of the Board's expert panels.
Prepared and reviewed research programs in the area of wastewater treatment technologies and their impact on the environment (in particular, fresh water recipients). Funded projects ranging from basic limnology and biological research to various treatment technologies. Initiated a joint governmental program between the National Boards for Environmental Protection, Technical Development and Research Development to explore and showcase housing technologies that would decrease the use of materials flowing through a household (the purpose was to make households less resource-intensive and resulting in less pollution at an equivalent or better standard of living)
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1969-1973 AB Clivus Tyreso, Sweden
Senior Research Engineer.
Developed residential waste treatment systems and integrated treatment of "solid" organic waste with that of wastewater. Obtained grant from the National Swedish Board of Technical Development for the company.
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Professional Publications
Water Quality Research. Hearings before the Subcommittee on the Environment and the Atmosphere; U.S. House of Representatives, ninety-fourth Congress, second session, number 106, pages 890-897.
Computer Models in Environmental Management.
State of the Arts Study of Solar Energy Utilization in the United States. (jointly with Y. Westerlund)
A Survey of Water Protection Techniques in the United States.Ground Infiltration of Sewage Effluents. All published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Stockholm, 1975, 1976.
Pollution Control in Low Density Areas, Composting of Toilet Wastes, Food Wastes and Sludge within the Households. University of Vermont, Sugarbush, Vermont, 1973.
Investigation of the Operating Characteristics of a Composting System for Organic Wastes. Thesis, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1969.
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Background
Born in Sweden, September 29, 1943. US citizen. Fluent in English, Swedish, French, German. Reading Norwegian and Danish. Married; one child.
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