About Us
About Us
Why STELLAR³ ?
Less than a handful of firms in the world can economically transform waste into low carbon fuels (petroleum, aviation, hydrogen) in large scale continuous processing facilities. STELLAR³ does not rest on its laurels – we continue developing near term technology breakthroughs aligned with our internal technology road mapping. STELLAR³ will design and operate custom and distributed modular facilities that transform waste and create energy, solving local and global sustainability problems. STELLAR³ merges visionary circular-engineering with cutting edge “what is possible” capacity building. STELLAR³ Edu is poised to train and empower the next generation of sustainability leaders and advocates globally, 800,000 annually by 2030.

Our Team

George Weiss
CO-FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN

Dan Nienhauser
CEO

Donald Vinnicombe
CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST

Vic Faroldi
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR

Bertie Steytler
CHIEF ENGINEER

Oliver Ernst
DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Olivier is a young business professional and entrepreneur with over 5 years of senior experience in project management, finance, IT (C# and JAVA), and financial markets. skills accumulated through his service at several startups, private, and public companies within the automotive, manufacturing, hospitality, and IT sectors.
Olivier started both his educational and professional career in Belgium with a Bachelor’s degree in International Business Management, including foreign work/study experience in Belgium, China, Russia, and the USA. He then completed his education by acquiring an MBA with a major in Finance and IT at BGSU, each time graduating top of his class.