HydroFlux Technology

01 / Our approach

How we work

KPIs agreed up front

We agree what to measure, and how, before a trial starts.

Limits stated

We tell you how we tested, and what the results do and don't show.

Method improves

Each project feeds back into the test protocol.

02 / Leadership

Our team

• Michael Lombardi

  Founder and CEO

  Michael founded HydroFlux and co-invented its patented design with Neil. He has spent his career building medical technology and healthcare facilities, as Chairman of Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital, Managing General Partner of Newport Lido Medical Center and Managing Member of Westside Medical Park. He also chaired the board of councilors of the USC School of Gerontology. Michael holds a BS in Finance and an MBA.

• Neil Morley, PhD

  Chief Science Officer

  Neil leads our research and development and co-invented HydroFlux with Michael. He is a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA, where he earned his master's and PhD in Nuclear Engineering. At UCLA he is also Associate Director of the Center for Energy Science and Technology Advanced Research and a Senior Research Scientist at the Fusion Science and Technology Center.

• Alex Liu, MD, MPH

  Chief Strategy Officer and Vice President

  Alex shapes our strategy. A physician, he ran his own medical practice for more than a decade and served as Medical Director at two accredited ambulatory surgery centers. He is an active surveyor for AAAHC, the healthcare accreditation body, and earned his MD and a Master of Public Health in Health Systems Management at Tulane.

03 / Advisors

Our advisors

• Gary Harbison

  Senior Advisor

  Gary has helped design many of today's cooling tower systems as Principal at HLG Engineering. He is a mechanical engineer from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a past president of the Golden Gate Chapter of ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

• Robert Cunningham

  Senior Advisor

  Robert founded and ran Chemisis, a regional water management firm serving refineries, steel mills, food manufacturers and HVAC systems. He is a NACE Certified Corrosion Specialist, certified by the USDA to develop and oversee HACCP plans, and today is a Vice President and Consultant at Arthur Freedman Associates. Robert holds a BS in Chemistry and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.

• Bruce Schaefer

  Consultant

  Bruce has spent almost 50 years in the cooling tower industry, at Fluor Products, Ecodyne Cooling and Marley/SPX Cooling Tower Technologies. He has worked across construction, product management, sales and general management, and he specializes in maintaining, upgrading and retrofitting evaporative cooling systems.

• Demetrios C. Kirkiles, Esq.

  In-house Counsel

  Demetrios is our in-house counsel. He practices federal law, is licensed in Florida and Washington, D.C., and is a past chairman of the Florida Bar Admiralty Committee. He holds a BS in Biology from the University of Miami and his law degree from Nova Southeastern.

04 / Research

Our research partner

• Molecular GPS Technologies

  Research Partner

  Molecular GPS Technologies, a Los Angeles biotechnology development group, worked with us on HydroFlux research. Their President and CEO, Gary Fujii, PhD, directed the program, with William Ernst, PhD, and Sam On Ho, PhD, as lead investigators and Richard Tamaki managing the project.