Our Mission

leaves.gif To produce environmentally beneficial agricultural supplements of the highest quality.

leaves.gif To be the preferred supplier of exceptional products offering environmental and commercial benefits to improve productivity by improving plant nutrition, disease suppression, crop protection and soil enhancement.

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Officers
Edward J. Gildea

President and Chief Executive Officer

With more than 20 years of success working for public and private, Fortune 250 and startup companies, including Quality Metric Incorporated, Grolier Incorporated and Kellogg Company, Mr. Gildea has been involved at the highest executive level in strategic planning, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, finance, corporate governance, negotiations, and domestic and international securities activities.

Further areas of global expertise include public disclosure, intellectual property, and new business development. Assignments have been varied and the consistent success of the teams directed by Mr. Gildea has proven the effectiveness of his skill to shareholders, board members, senior managers and other stakeholders. Mr. Gildea holds an AB from College of the Holy Cross and a JD from Suffolk University Law School.

 
David R. Allen

Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Administration

Until 2004, Mr. Allen was the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of Millbrook Press Inc., a publicly held publisher of children's books. Since 2004, Mr. Allen has acted as a management consultant and advisor to small public companies. Mr. Allen holds a B.S. and an M.S. from Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. Mr. Allen is a Certified Public Accountant.

 
Richard P. Aleo

Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Mr. Aleo is the former President and CEO of Regenerated Resources, manufacturers of Organic-Gro fertilizer. Mr. Aleo has over 11 years' experience selling and marketing environmental products, eight years of which were in the organic fertilizer business. He has 28 years' experience selling and marketing products to the retail industry as the founder and president of Big East Sales and Marketing Inc. Big East Sales and Marketing Inc. represented numerous major consumer product manufacturers and achieved annual sales of over $50 million. Mr. Aleo also has extensive experience in international sales and marketing.

 
Robert C. Bayliss

Director of Manufacturing Operations

Mr. Bayliss is the former Founder and Principal of Bayliss Consulting Services, which provided operating efficiency strategies, merger and acquisition support, and asset sales assistance to a broad range of manufacturing and consumer product companies. Mr. Bayliss has over 20 years of manufacturing, operations, and management experience in the recycling and fertilizer industries, as well as extensive experience in the design and construction of recycling facilities. Mr. Bayliss' background includes implementing state-of-the-art technologies to enhance recycling operations.

 
Thomas R. Buchanan

Vice President of Communications & Marketing

Mr. Buchanan has more than 25 years experience primarily in merchant banking and real estate and private equity portfolio investments. Most recently he spent eight years at Dilmun Investments, a registered financial advisor, where he managed, from inception through divestiture, a real estate investment fund for offshore investors. Subsequently he was engaged in all aspects of the private equity group, which made controlling equity investments in companies with demonstrated cash flow.

Mr. Buchanan began his career at Bankers Trust Company where he spent 14 years selling and managing sales of global merchant banking services to Fortune 200 companies. Mr. Buchanan holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia.

 
Ellen P. O'Neil

Vice President of Finance & Accounting

Ms. O'Neil is a CPA whose emphasis is bringing improved profitability and cash flow to emerging businesses. In addition to running her own accounting business, Ms. O-Neil was Chief Financial Officer and Controller at Quality Metric Incorporated of Lincoln, Rhode Island and Finance Officer at The Massachusetts Government Land Bank in Boston. She has also held positions at The Boston Financial Group, Arthur Young & Company, and Coopers & Lybrand.

 
William A. Torello

Director of Product Research and Development

Mr. Torello, who holds three patents in organic fertilizers and biological control products and methodology, has over three decades of expertise in all facets of plant and agronomic product research, including the development and evaluation of organic fertilizers, organic amendments, turfgrass species and varieties, and organic pest control materials. He is a former Professor Emeritus in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he directed the university's turfgrass management, research, teaching and outreach programs.

 
Peter Townsley

Executive Vice President Chief Technology

Peter Townsley has agreed to put his years of experience to work for the Company heading up operations, science, technology, and product and process improvement.

 
Jack Walsdorf

Vice President of Sales

Mr. Walsdorf has many years of experience in the real estate industry and related activities. Prior to joining Converted Organics, he was responsible for the development of the New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania real estate markets for Amerada Hess Corporation, a regional energy company. Mr. Walsdorf also held a similar position with the real estate outsource partner for the ExxonMobil Corporation. During his tenure on the ExxonMobil account, Mr. Walsdorf was responsible for the Metro New York City market. Mr. Walsdorf has served as Director of Acquisitions for a privately held real estate investment bank and consultant. Acting as Managing General Partner, he developed a condominium project in historically significant buildings. He has also served as First Vice-President and Managing Director at a large regional New York Stock Exchange member firm. Mr. Walsdorf has a degree in Finance from Southern Illinois University and an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago.

 
John P. Weigold

Vice President of Development and Operations

Mr. Weigold has more than 10 years experience in the waste management/recycling and financial services industries. Most recently, he served as a Vice President of State Street Corporation, responsible for the custody business of several Fortune 500 clients. While at State Street, Mr. Weigold successfully managed a $14 billion new business conversion 20% ahead of schedule and 22% under-budget. Prior to his tenure at State Street, he was Director of Operations for Laidlaw, Inc., with responsibility for the solid waste/recycling transportation division, where he contributed to a 76% increase in divisional profitability. Mr. Weigold has extensive experience in contract and labor negotiations, client account management, strategic business plan development and implementation, and assembling and leading cross-functional teams. Mr. Weigold holds a B.S. in Management Science from the State University of New York at Geneseo and an MBA from Northeastern University.