Founded in 2012 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Spiral Water Technologies is pioneering new and better solutions to meet the growing global need for more efficient and affordable clean water and solids management. Specifically targeting the high and variable suspended solids in difficult to treat waters, our revolutionary automatic filter is redefining what’s possible in demanding applications across multiple industries.
The leadership team at Spiral Water combines technological expertise and entrepreneurial experience to deliver real world advantages, more efficient business models, and faster return on investment. We’re ready to work with you to create industry-specific water filtration and solids management solutions.
Gerard J. Lynch, P.E.
President & CEO
Jerry has over 30 years’ experience in filtration markets as an entrepreneur and leader in business management, design engineering, and manufacturing operations. He brings expertise in technology acquisitions and has assisted in launching multiple new manufacturing business ventures. Jerry owns Sigma Design Company, a product development & commercialization firm. Additionally, he was President of International Filter Testing Services Inc., USA whose parent company IFTS, is the world’s largest independent filtration research and testing laboratory. Jerry served as the National Chairman of the American Filtration Society and led Hayward Industrial Products’ Filtration Business Group (now Eaton Filtration). In these roles, he was responsible for the design and successful launching of over 100 innovative technical products. Jerry is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) and has 5 US patents. He holds a BS in Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and a MS in Business Management from Stevens Institute of Technology. Jerry served as a weapons technician in the US Navy aboard the USS Hepburn.
David Levitt
CTO
David specializes in the development and commercialization of new technologies. He has founded three successful startup companies where he led the technology innovation and managed highly creative engineering staff to develop and QA multiple products. David has several issued patents and additional patents pending. He has served as the Principal Investigator on multiple US Government R& D contracts. Prior to Co-founding Spiral Water, David worked with Clean Filtration, Bluebeam Software and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. David holds a BS Degree in Aerospace Engineering from UCLA
Dave Dreessen
CFO
David oversees the financial functions for Spiral Water. David has extensive experience building industrial technology companies. Previously, he was the CFO at GlassPoint and Nirvana. He invested in energy and industrial markets as a partner at Battery Ventures and at Nth Power. David was a founding member of the Structure Group and SocketFlip. David worked for Accenture and was a Naval officer and engineering program manager for Naval Reactors. He holds an MBA from the UC Berkeley and BS in Chemical Engineering/BA in Economics from UC Davis.
Dave Peterson
Business Development
Dave brings over 30 years of industrial filtration experience, having managed regional sales functions with both direct and channel sales. Dave has managed sales of a complete portfolio of filtration and separation products ranging from bag and cartridge filtration systems to automated self-cleaning filters for liquid filtration applications. Dave has held sales and business development roles that spans Eaton Corporation, Protecseals Flow Engineering, and Filtrex.
Process water and waste water Treatment strategies
Spiral water introduces model S1000 filter for industrial market, expands portfolio of advanced filtration solutions
RAISIN THE BAR
Spiral Water Showcases High Solids Filtration and Concentration Technology at WEFTEC Innovation Pavilion
SPIRAL WATER RECOGNIZED FOR DISRUPTIVE POTENTIAL
Spiral Water Showcases Award Winning Automatic Self Cleaning Filter and Solids Recovery System at Singapore International Water Week
New Maritime Regulations Drive Demand for Emission Solutions
Spiral Water Honored for Most Disruptive Technology at BlueTech Forum, Joins Innovation Pavilion at WEFTEC
Innovation awards winners announced at BlueTech Forum
Success in Snohomish
Beyond Filtration: Spiral Water Demonstrates Automatic Solids Concentration as Part of New Waste Management System
Spiral Water Moves Headquarters to Larger Facility to Accommodate Growth
Spiral Water shares filter technology at BlueTech Forum
Spiral Water in the Spotlight at WWETT 16
Spiral Water Technologies Chosen to Present at Aquatech Venture Forum During Aquatech Amsterdam
Spiral Water Invited to Aquatech Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Spiral Water Announces New Technology to Dramatically Reduce Filtration Costs
Spiral Water Technologies Showcases Award-Winning Automatic Self Cleaning Filter at Aquatech Amsterdam
Award-Winning Spiral Water Automatic Filter Presented to IDA World Congress
Congressman Huffman Pays Spiral Water a Visit
Spiral Water Makes Its Case at Record-Setting HydroVision Conference
Spiral Water wins Technology Idol at prestigious Global Water Awards
Self-cleaning filter “could change the future of the water market”
Water Desalinization Report highlights Spiral Water achievement
Spiral Water invited to Oil & Gas Innovation Showcase
Making a Splash at Hydrovision International 2015
Industrial WaterWorld Features Spiral Water Filter
Automatic Self-Cleaning Filter Delivers Solution for Difficult-to-Treat Industrial Waters
Making the case for Spiral Water at the 75th Annual International Water Conference