Who are WAVR Technologies's decision-makers?
WAVR Technologies's leadership centers on Rich Sloan (Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer), Dr. Jeremy Cho (Co-founder and Chief Scientific Advisor), Dr. Yiwei Gao (Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer).
- CEO
- Rich Sloan
- CTO/key exec
- Dr. Yiwei Gao
- Founded
- 2024
- Employees
- Private; small NSF-funded startup team
- HQ
- Las Vegas, NV
- Notable
- UNLV atmospheric-water spinout
- Rich SloanCo-founder and Chief Executive OfficerCo-founder since 2024Serial founder leading commercialization and partnerships.
- Dr. Jeremy ChoCo-founder and Chief Scientific AdvisorCo-founder since 2024UNLV professor and MIT PhD tied to the core water-harvesting invention.
- Dr. Yiwei GaoCo-founder and Chief Technology OfficerCo-founder since 2024Mechanical engineer and UNLV PhD focused on hydrogel polymer networks.
Who leads WAVR Technologies?
Rich Sloan is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer; Serial founder leading commercialization and partnerships. Dr. Jeremy Cho is Co-founder and Chief Scientific Advisor; UNLV professor and MIT PhD tied to the core water-harvesting invention.
Dr. Yiwei Gao is Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer; Mechanical engineer and UNLV PhD focused on hydrogel polymer networks. The founders' domain context matters because the company is selling into specialized climate, industrial, energy, or materials markets.
Who actually makes buying decisions at WAVR Technologies?
Buying decisions likely combine executive strategy with industrial sustainability, facilities, municipal water, disaster resilience, corporate ESG, and operations teams. Technical validation, safety, finance, operations, and customer-delivery owners are likely to influence larger purchases.
How is WAVR Technologies organized as it scales?
WAVR Technologies appears organized around product, engineering, commercial deployment, partnerships, and operations. As the company scales, supplier decisions should increasingly involve finance, legal, security, and program owners in addition to founders.
As of June 2026.Sources:WAVR websiteWAVR about page
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