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Together we can stop and reverse climate change.
Job opportunitiesBeliefs
We believe that climate change is an urgent, existential threat to humanity.
We believe that human ingenuity and the application of science can solve climate change.
We believe that reducing emissions isn’t enough. We’ll also need to remove carbon from the atmosphere.
We believe that mining is an essential provider of the resources needed for the energy transition.
We believe that everyone needs to offer the skills and knowledge they have to fight climate change.
We believe that no one person or company can solve the climate crisis alone.
Team
Meet some of our team
Isaac Borrego
Research & Development Scientist
Jaclyn Donald
Deployments Director
Urnaa Yondon
Program Manager
Natalia Solomatova
Senior Scientist & Research Manager
Brent Kazamel
Research & Development Scientist
Jennifer Lim
Lab Technician
Sepehr Sadrai
Senior Mining Engineer
Riley McKee
Research & Development Technician
Anne-Martine (Marti) Doucet
Research & Development Scientist
Katherine Smuk
Principal Geologist
Erica Herrera
People Operations Generalist
Heather Wilson
Senior Scientist, Analytical Services
Frances Jones
Research & Development Scientist
Eric Wynands
Research & Development Scientist
Beatrice Kigodi
Engineer-Analyst
Artem Bocharov
Program Manager
Arielle Hogan
Scientific Grants Manager
Amin Shadi
Engineer-Project Lead
Mira Karia
Controller
Leadership
Paul Needham
CEO
Paul Needham
CEO
Paul is a multi-time company founder and CEO, with three exits. Prior to taking the helm at Arca, he built an 850-person rural rooftop solar leasing company in India. He also serves as a board member and senior advisor in the environmental markets sector. He loves rocks, both carbonating them and stacking them.
Greg Dipple
Head of Science & Co-founder
Greg Dipple
Head of Science & Co-founder
Greg is the global leader in the field of carbon capture in mine tailings. A professor at the University of British Columbia, he studies the processes of and the driving forces for mineral-fluid reactions, including those that modulate long-term climate through chemical weathering. He has worked extensively with the mining industry, building long-term relationships through his expertise and dad jokes (we assume). Read more
Peter Scheuermann
Head of Technology & Co-founder
Peter Scheuermann
Head of Technology & Co-founder
Peter is driven by using science to solve problems, to apply his expertise in novel and practical ways. He holds a doctorate in aqueous geochemistry and is an expert in the chemical reactions between minerals, gases and fluids. He now directs his expertise toward leading our technology R+D in perhaps one of the most useful fields of our time. When not in the office, he excels at bear and moose spotting.
Bethany Ladd
Head of Operations & Co-founder
Bethany Ladd
Head of Operations & Co-founder
Bethany is a master of many trades and a professional multi-tasker. With a bachelor’s in geology-biology and a master’s in hydrogeology, and a passion for making things happen, she built a career running applied, interdisciplinary research projects. She now leads the company’s technical and commercial operations, often booking herself in for field work shifts when she’s tired of the office.
Sean Lowrie
Head of External Affairs
Sean Lowrie
Head of External Affairs
Sean came to the Arca team from the humanitarian aid sector, where he previously mobilized $400M as the CEO/Director of the Start Network. From the front lines of aid work to disrupting the status quo of humanitarian aid systems, Sean now embarks on creating change through carbon removal as our lead in public policy and strategic partnerships. His favorite mantra: optimism is a choice.
Values
In everything we do, we will work
with candor, to be intellectually honest, and always guided by the science;
with optimism, because we believe that action and perseverance can bend the arc of history;
with creative innovation, to do what has never been done before.
with candor, to be intellectually honest, and always guided by the science;
with optimism, because we believe that action and perseverance can bend the arc of history;
with creative innovation, to do what has never been done before.
'The only road to net zero runs through Indigenous lands'
Our partners at the First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC) have helped us develop 5 commitments toward effective Indigenous relations.
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