Leadership Team

Mr. Biele has extensive experience managing rapid growth and change within organizations. During his 16 years with Emerson, he successfully led the acquisition of several businesses, expanded channels in international markets, and led the introduction of new product lines. Prior to joining Emerson, Mr. Biele held engineering and development positions in the chemical industry. Mr. Biele holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a Master’s of Business Administration degree from the College of William and Mary.

Mr. Ruiz has over 20 years of finance and accounting experience in a variety of global manufacturing industries. He has expertise in driving EBITDA growth and successful transactions in a collaborative manner.  His background includes over 10 years in senior finance leadership roles at Fortune 100 companies such as ITT Industries and Baxter Healthcare. He also has 10 years of CFO experience at private equity owned companies.Mr. Ruiz holds a Master’s of Business Administration degree from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Accounting from Charter Oak College.

Mr. Guard is the Senior Vice President of Global Sales for JWC. He has over two decades of experience in environmental industries, including top leadership posts at Waste Management. His was most recently the Chief Sales & Marketing Officer for ThermoFluids, a private-equity backed oil recycling and environmental services company based in Scottsdale, AZ. Today he heads JWC’s global sales organization made up of sales and service teams in the Americas, Asia and Europe as well as a network of more than 100 distributors and representative firms around the globe. Mr. Guard is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles.

Mr. Queen has 20 years of global manufacturing and supply chain management experience driving profitable growth in both industrial and consumer products. In addition to 12 years of operations management experience at Emerson, prior to joining JWC, Mr. Queen was part of a turnaround management team at a multi-location unit of Masco. Mr. Queen holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of California, Irvine.

Mr. Pepper has four decades of experience in the wastewater treatment sector, including leading the design of several products still on the market today. His background includes managing engineering projects in the textile, pump manufacture and food industries. In the 1990s Mr. Pepper spent several years in the United States overseeing JWC’s expansion into foreign markets. Then, in 2001 he moved back to the UK to start JWC’s European manufacturing and customer service operations in Congleton. The facility now produces Monster screens and grinders for the European, Euro-Asian and African markets. Mr. Pepper is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (ACIM).

A physics engineer with an MBA, Adriaan has nearly 30 years of international experience in the industrial wastewater treatment industry with a strong interest in process engineering and application driven innovation. His expertise includes conceptual system engineering, international equipment sales, installation, and start-up of process water and wastewater treatment systems for a broad range of industrial applications.

Mr. Bates brings more than 20 years of experience leading marketing, product management and engineering teams in a variety of global companies.  His strong background industrial products has been developed in multiple industries including oil and gas, automotive, construction and mining.  Prior to joining JWC, Kevin Bates held leadership positions with MMFX Technologies as V.P. of Sales & Marketing and at Boart Longyear as Director of Engineering and Global Product Manager. Mr. Bates holds a MBA from Pepperdine University as well a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering  from the University of California at Irvine.

Mr. Sabol has been designing waste water equipment for over 24 years, including development of most of the company’s current product offerings.  Mr. Sabol was key in the design of the new generation of Muffin Monster™ and Channel Monster™ series of products, which are the leading two-shafted solids reduction designs in the industry .  He led the JWCE development team in creating the Award Winning Auger Monster™, Screenings Washer Monster™ and Honey Monster™ products.  He is currently named on 8 patents for JWCE, with 5 patents currently in pending.  Previous to the waste water industry, he worked in development for a successful deionized water conditioner manufacturer in the semi-conductor industry.  Mr. Sabol was educated at California State University at Long Beach.