Greg Ryan

Greg Ryan is the CEO and co-founder of Pasteurization Technology Group (PTG) an award-winning, VC-backed startup. PTG's technology uniquely combines wastewater disinfection with renewable energy.

Website: www.pastechgroup.com
San Leandro, California, United States
Member since March 21, 2013

California-based Pasteurization Technology Group (PTG) is a rapidly growing, venture capital-backed company that is revolutionizing the disinfection of wastewater. PTG’s systems feature its patented “two-for-one” technology that combines eco-friendly wastewater disinfection with the generation of renewable energy. PTG’s process is one of only a handful of technologies to pass the stringent standards of Title 22 in the state of California for the disinfection of water for reuse. PTG’s technology has also been officially recognized in the EPA’s influential Guidelines for Water Reuse. By channeling the typically wasted exhaust heat from a turbine or engine to disinfect wastewater, PTG’s process is able to deliver the most energy-efficient and lowest-cost solution on the market. PTG has won numerous awards including the Katerva Award, the Artemis Top 50 Water Tech award, and the Popular Science “Best of What’s New” award. For more information, see http://www.pastechgroup.com, and follow @PastechGroup on Twitter and Facebook facebook.com/PasteurizationTechnologyGroup. Quote_down

About

Education

1985 Wesleyan University , BA , Economics

I am a(n):

Entrepreneur

If you're an entrepreneur or corporate innovator, why?

I want to invent something cool.

My favorite startups:

Salesforce & Airbnb

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?

Getting supposedly smart people to understand and accept your technology

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs/innovators make?

They don't understand how the real world works

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

1. Takes twice as long and twice as much money
2. You have to be your own toughest critic
3. You can never surrender

Full bio

Greg Ryan is the CEO and co-founder of Pasteurization Technology Group (PTG) an award-winning, venure-capital backed startup in the San Francisco Bay Area. PTG is rapidly growing with customers from different industries as it has the only wastewater disinfection technology that creates renewable energy.

Greg has led PTG since inception and is an expert in the application of highly efficient, cost-effective and sustainable solutions that enable the reuse of watewater. Greg is also experienced in intellectual property development and has developed multiple patents in different fields of business. Greg is a seasoned entrepreneur having founded and grown multiple companies related to water technology in different industries.

Greg was born and raised in California with extensive family ties in both agriculture and renewable energy. One of his first projects, at age 16, was helping to develop his family’s 1 MW hydroelectric power plant.

Greg has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Wesleyan University as well as an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University. He enjoys outdoor sports, is a former competitive runner, and has completed a marathon and numerous triathlons. He is happily married and has two wonderful daughters.