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Founder & CEO
Greg Fenton
Greg’s early career was in insurance economics, managing insurance bond portfolios and then structuring risk for insurers. His focus now is materials: as CEO of a publicly traded advanced-materials company, he led it through the development of GraphGel™, a fire-retardant gel carrying an ASTM E84 Class A surface-burning classification. He founded Wildfire Guardian to commercialize it, pairing the material with a disciplined hardening system and the per-property documentation carriers can evaluate. The Palisades and Eaton fires were the catalyst for the creation of Wildfire Guardian.
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Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Colin van der Kuur
Colin holds a degree in chemical physics and a doctorate in leadership, a combination behind an unusual career: twenty-five years of leadership in the non-profit world, followed by eight years leading research at an advanced-materials company, where he directed internal research and collaborated with more than ten Canadian university research groups, building a portfolio of intellectual property and patents. At Wildfire Guardian, he leads the product development of GraphGel™ and the survivability assessment. A resident of Kelowna, B.C., in one of Canada’s most fire-prone regions, Colin considers the development of the most advanced technologies to protect homes from wildfire a personal mission.
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VP of Sales and Marketing
Garrett Boles
Garrett leads sales and marketing for Wildfire Guardian: the homeowner and community programs, the partner channel with Paul Davis Restoration of The Mountain West and SteamMaster, and how the company presents its work across California, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and Idaho. He comes to Wildfire Guardian from ONEHOPE Wine, where he rose from Southeast Regional Manager to Director of Hospitality and Sales and then General Manager, building a sales team and a guest experience around a brand people trust. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Hospitality Administration from Florida State University. His focus here is simple: every person who contacts Wildfire Guardian should get a plain answer, a clear plan and a named person to call.
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Director of Product Development
Dr. Deepak Sridhar
Dr. Deepak Sridhar is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario, Canada. He earned his PhD at McGill University as a Vanier Scholar and has co-authored more than twenty scientific articles across materials science and chemical engineering. At Wildfire Guardian, he is currently focused on new materials and product development.
