Annie Lu
Co-founder, CEO
Annie studied Economics and Computer Science at Harvard University. She has extensive data science experience, as well as consulting and venture capital. Annie leads business development, strategy, and sales.
Contact: annie@h2okinnovations.com
David Lu
Co-founder, CTO
David has a BS from Brown University in Chemistry and Computer Science, with extensive lab experience working at Boeing, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Technical University of Munich, and Brown University. He previously worked at Valor Water Analytics. David leads product at H2Ok Innovations.
Contact: david@h2okinnovations.com
The H2Ok Innovations team is driven to create a more sustainable world, starting with the world's most fundamental manufacturing facilities and data centers.
Meet our team.
Libby Albanese
Hardware Engineer
Libby is a hardware engineer on the H2Ok team, focusing on electronics and integration. She has a Bachelors of Science from Tufts University in Mechanical Engineering and background in the design and fabrication of robotics and electromechanical systems.
Karin Bloom
Operations Manager
Karin manages day-to-day Operations for H2OK Innovations, where she refines, creates, and launches impactful business processes, including HR, Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing, Community Building & more. Karin previously worked at Harvard Kennedy School and is also a female entrepreneur focused on local agriculture.
Aidan Brown
Applications Engineer - Unilever Lead
Aidan holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Vermont, with an emphasis on back-end software development and mathematics. He has experience working at Unilever - Ben and Jerry's, where he served as a project engineer in collaboration with H2Ok Innovations. Aidan has also been active in freelance software development, reimagining data implementation for websites, and creating automated processes. Currently residing in Vermont, he manages customer relationships, oversees technology deployments, and provides crucial feedback for product and software development.
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Derek Coppola
Head of Sales, Commercial
Derek is a builder, and has a passion for helping others find solutions to their problems. He previously developed and scaled the commercial sales org at Tulip Interfaces and is leading the go to market strategy for commercial sales here at H2Ok Innovations.
Tim Dorn
Hardware Engineer
Tim has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University with an emphasis on manufacturing and fabrication. He has experience working in large-scale manufacturing environments and traveling internationally for studies and for work. Tim contributes to hardware design, fabrication and supporting H2OK clients in the field.
Hu Dou
Software Engineer
Hu is responsible for developing embedded, cloud, and machine learning software.
Hu has more than 20 years of experience in software development.
Khaled Karman
Software Engineer
Khaled has more than 25 years of experience building the first E-Government in Yemen, ATMM Banking System, Aderlee web CMS, and Hosting Antivirus. Khaled designs the H2Ok Database, API, Front-end, Trackers, and Watcher.
Edward Liu
Software Engineer
Edward studied Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Cornell University. He has experience in product development, cloud computing platforms, and robotics. He leads software development for the Transmission Gateway, Data Pipelines, Product Security, Device Connectivity, and Industrial Communications.
Jane McGinty
VP of Strategic Accounts, Industrials
Jane leads the Industrial Commercial side of H2Ok's business. She brings her passion around building strategic, sustainable partnerships with global Fortune 500 customers from extensive sales and account management leadership in a variety of industries. Jane is also a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) through ASCM, holding a keen interest in co-creating continuous process improvement cost-savings opportunities for customers.
Anurag Mitra
Software Engineer
Anurag holds a BA in Computer Science and a minor in Statistics from Harvard University with a background in EconCS/AI and its environmental applications. With experience at multiple startups, Anurag is passionate about designing software solutions that prioritize scalability and efficiency. He also has machine learning research experience specifically focused on multi-dimensional time series data.
Joseph Sanchez
Hardware Engineer
Joseph has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Harvard University with a background in sensors and finite element analysis. He has experience in aerospace, worked at the Wyss Institute on soft assistive robots for industrial applications, and built fighter jet hydraulic assemblies at a defense contractor. Joseph leads hardware and sensors.
John Scarry
Strategic Advisor
Global Head of Sales, Digital Infrastructure
Hairuo Sun
IoT Software Engineer
Hairuo has a BS in Computer Engineering from Boston University with a background in IoT development and business. She has experience in robotics with the Boston University Robotics Lab, and research experience in ML for autonomous driving vehicles. Hairuo contributes to IoT gateway projects R&D and data communications at H2OK.
