Our Mission

leaves.gifOur mission is to promote, develop and operate profitable innovative clean technologies that contribute to the improvement of our environment by use of sustainable business practices and the judicious use of natural resources.

CDFA Approved

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The following Converted Organics products are certified as Organic Input Materials by CDFA:

  • Converted Organics 421
  • Converted Organics GP
  • Converted Organics PC FISH
  • Converted Organics LC
  • Converted Organics XK
  • Converted Organics Soil Start 7-1-1

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Management

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.

David A. Flannery

Vice President of Sales, Marketing & Operations 

Mr. Flannery has provided consulting services to a number of clean technology and environmental products companies in the area of strategic and tactical market planning.  He was Vice President & General Manager of a business unit and Vice President, Sales & Marketing for a vertical market at Clean Harbors, Inc. Prior to joining Clean Harbors, Mr. Flannery held positions of Senior Product Manager and Group Product Manager at Waters Corporation where he managed brands, product portfolios, and teams of product managers in the consumables and aftermarket services businesses. Mr. Flannery started his marketing management career at Walden Book Company, Inc. where he managed a customer loyalty program. Mr. Flannery earned an MBA and a Master’s degree in Environmental Management from Yale University, and a B.A. degree from Holy Cross College.