Management Team

Mark Peterman, Ph.D. President and Co-Founder

A Stanford graduate with a Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Mark's graduate work became the foundation of the technology at OndaVia. Mark started his professional career after school by starting Alces Technology in Jackson, WY. As the COO for Alces he successfully led the development effort for MEMS-based displays and life science tools. After Alces, Mark balanced his time as a Product Manager for Gemfire Corporation handling marketing and management functions for multiple optical telecommunication product lines.

Benjamin Obrock, Vice President Operations and Co-Founder

Ben's career has been focused exclusively in the Test and Measurement sector with industry leaders Agilent and Fluke Corporation in Product Marketing and Technical Sales roles. Ben has extensive international experience after heading up the sales effort for Fluke in Australia, Canada and Latin America. This invaluable experience combined with an Electrical Engineering degree from The Ohio State University an a MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan makes him well-suited to lead OndaVia through its early stage manufacturing and supply chain management.


Advisors and Consultants

Dr. Jaan Noolandi

Dr. Noolandi is an expert in chemical separations and polymer science and co-inventor of the UndEO separation technology with Peterman. His years studying polymer dynamics and electrokinetic phenomena in industry and academia are invaluable to OndaVia.

Dr. Keith Carron

Dr. Carron's expertise in Raman spectroscopy is well-established. He founded the Raman instrumentation company DeltaNu, resulting in an acquisition by Intevac. Currently Dr. Carron is heading up efforts with Snowy Range Instruments in Laramie, Wyoming.

Mark Stephenson

A senior water industry veteran, Mark has over 25 years of experience in water treatment, test and measurement and infrastructure management in the drinking water, wastewater and industrial water markets. Stephenson brings the company extensive international experience in sales, marketing and business development.