About Us

VeruTEK is a chemical company that develops innovative, high-performing products for the Environmental and Oil & Gas Industries. VeruTEK specializes in plant-based chemistry to deliver advanced solutions that destroy environmental contaminants in place, increase oil well production and break difficult oil/water emulsions.

VeruTEK’s environmental remediation technologies utilize a unique surfactant enhanced oxidation platform to efficiently break down organic contamination so it can be removed or destroyed in place.  The technology may be customized to site conditions and applied around or underneath buildings and structures. VeruTEK’s approach is particularly well suited to cleaning up brownfield sites to enable them to return to productive use.   The Company works with environmental consulting firms, government agencies, and large corporations such as manufacturers, chemical companies, and railroads to implement site specific remedies that are environmentally safe and non-intrusive within the community.

In 2011 VeruTEK  applied years of experience developing plant based chemicals for extracting  heavy oils, tars and creosotes in the environmental applications to address Oil & Gas production challenges.  VeruTEK Enhanced Oil Recovery products address  well completion,  wellbore and nearfield damage removal, waterflood, and advanced stimulation through jetting and fracturing.  The company’s innovative blends can be applied to wide range of formation types to achieve production increases averaging 20-50% and in some cases providing increases over 200%.  

VeruTEK’s product development effort in both the Environmental and Oil & Gas fields has led to an advanced understanding of oil/water mixtures and their interaction with plant based surfactants.  The AFX series of demulsifiers have broken emulsions that could not be separated by completing products and achieved faster oil/water separation at lower temperatures.  These products have been applied to crude oil production as well as used oil recycling.

The Company will continue to leverage its Green Chemistry expertise and partnerships through further joint research with leading academic and governmental research institutions to provide the most advanced solutions to the Environmental and Energy Industries.

VeruTEK green environment remediation

Management Team

Dan Socci
Dan Socci

Dan Socci, CEO
dsocci@verutek.com
Dan Socci leads the company's effort to capitalize on strong market demand for its breakthrough technology while implementing new processes which optimize VeruTEK's customer and reseller engagement.

Prior to joining VeruTEK Dan gained over 20 years experience in the Information Technology industry, most recently in Vice President positions at Hewlett Packard. While at HP Dan was a member of the leadership team for the $9 billion Technology Services division. He was responsible for the development and implementation of a number of initiatives to increase revenue, profits and customer satisfaction. In addition, Dan was successful in introducing new products to market and implementing new go-to-market approaches worldwide, including emerging markets.

Earlier is his career Dan had management responsibility for the Compaq Computer Europe, Middle East & Africa region services sales & marketing as well as management roles with Digital Equipment Corporation headquarters and field operations.

George Hoag

 George Hoag

George Hoag, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Director of Research and Development

Dr. Hoag co-founded VeruTEK® with Dr. Collins in 2006. Dr. Hoag received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in 1983. He founded and directed the Environmental Research Institute at the University of Connecticut until 2002. He has over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 4 patents and is considered one of the fathers of In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO), Soil Vapor Extraction and other environmental remediation methods.

 

 

 

Douglas Anderson, Chairman of the Board

Douglas Anderson serves as the Chairman of the Board. Mr. Anderson is the former Chairman, CEO and President of Open Solutions, Inc. (OSI), a leading provider of e-business and software applications for community financial institutions. OSI was acquired in January 2007 by private equity firms (The Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners). In addition, Mr. Anderson was President of Manchester Savings Bank before it was sold to New Alliance Bank.
 

 
 

Mark Ain, Director

Mark Ain serves as a director. Mr. Ain founded Kronos Incorporated in 1977 and served as Kronos' Chairman and CEO through 2005 and continues to serve as its Executive Chairman. In 2007, Kronos was acquired by Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners, a private equity firm. Mr. Ain has a BS in electrical engineering from MIT and an MBA from the Simon School at the University of Rochester. Mr. Ain serves as a director or has served as a director for various public, private and charitable organizations. These directorships include KVH Industries, LTX Corporation, Walker Home & School, YMCA of Boston; Board of Trustee member, University of Rochester, and Simon School Executive Advisory Committee, University of Rochester.
 

 

John Collins, Director

Dr. Collins co-founded VeruTEK® with Dr. Hoag in 2006. He received his Ph.D. in Soil Physical Chemistry from the University of California (Riverside) in 1988. He has spent the last 15 years consulting to the Department of Defense/Energy/EPA and Fortune 500 companies on environmental risk, remediation, insurance cost recovery and liability. Dr. Collins is a well-known proponent of green technologies in solving the worldwide legacy of industrial contamination.
 

 

Jeff Heidtman, Director

Jeffrey P. Heidtman serves as a director.  Mr. Heidtman is also Board Chairman of Fuss & O’Neill, widely recognized as one of the most respected engineering consulting firms on the east coast.  Mr. Heidtman held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Fuss & O’Neill for 14 years and served in senior management for more than 25 years, providing executive leadership for the overall management and direction of the firm, assuring resources and procedures produced high-quality results for the company’s clients.  Mr. Heidtman previously worked for the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.  
 

Carlos Naudon, Director

Carlos Naudon serves as a director. Mr. Naudon has served as the President and CEO Banking Spectrum Inc. and partner Allister & Naudon, counsellors at law, both since 1984. Mr. Naudon received his Bachelors in economics and computer science from the University of Maryland in 1972, his MBA (Accounting, Finance and Operations Management) in 1974 from the University of Rochester and his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1981. Mr. Naudon is a retired Certified Public Accountant.