ggpique

G G Pique. Entrepreneur and former NASDAQ CEO. "GG" is an entrepreneur grounded on a solid Chemical Engineering/MBA analytical foundation who has been running companies, doing turnarounds, and managing start-ups since age 29. In the process he has created and grown dozens of businesses in three continents.

In 2002 "GG" took over as President/CEO of Energy recovery, Inc, ERI, when it was a "garage" developmental company with $1.5 million a year in revenue and a $100K monthly cash burn. Over the following five years GG led the ERI team through a global product launch which transformed the company into a world leader (California, Madrid, Dubai, Shanghai), with over 70% market share ...More while establishing a reputation for the best service network in the industry.

By 2008 ERI grew to $50 million in revenues and 26% EBITDA margin. Despite the market downdraft, GG led ERI through a very successful NASDAQ IPO in July 2008 (symbol ERII) which raised close to $120 million and created shareholder liquidity with a share market value of over $400 million.

Effective with the IPO, GG was elected to the ERI Board of Directors. In early 2011 GG stepped down as ERI CEO and did not stand for re-election when his ERI Board term expired in June 2011.

Before 2000, GG was part of the US Filter, " Heckmann Gang" who did a roll-up of 163 companies in the water industry and sold the business to Veolia for some $7 Billion.

GG is now a professional investor with a stake in a handful of public and private companies.

If you need to know more about GG, a good place to start is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GG_Pique