Matt Jensen
Aquafficiency Program Manager
Matt Jensen, Cascade’s Aquafficiency Program Manager, works with city managers, facility operators, system engineers, and equipment vendors to identify energy-efficiency opportunities within our nation’s public infrastructure. Having served as an elected official in a city that benefitted from Cascade’s efficiency consulting, he joined the effort, trading instrumentation and SCADA programming for energy and water conservation coaching.
Steve Jones, PE
Lead Water System Optimization Engineer
Steve is a recognized expert in extended-period hydraulic modeling. Steve’s projects have received numerous awards including the 2015 APWA Utah Public Works Project of the Year for the Logan City Energy Efficiency Project and the 2015 Governor’s Excellence in Energy Award, Energy Innovator of the Year, for advanced practices in water and energy efficiency. Throughout his 18-year career, Steve has developed hydraulic models for water systems throughout Utah to prepare master plans and to evaluate the impacts of future growth and development. Recently, he has used his expertise to optimize the configuration and operation of many systems to provide balanced level of service, energy efficiency, and water quality.
Wendy Waudby, PE
Water and Wastewater Senior Engineer
Wendy Waudby is a resourceful and results-oriented engineer with experience in water and wastewater energy efficiency, treatment plant design, wastewater reuse, and wastewater financial management. She is an innovative engineer highly valued for her ability to convey technical requirements and solve complex problems with a positive approach, integrity, and professionalism.
Matthew Smeraglio, PE
Senior Engineer
Matt is an outstanding technical communicator and experienced energy efficiency engineer with in-depth knowledge of water and wastewater. He has delivered strategic energy management cohorts, capital studies, and recommissioning’s. He strives to deliver excellent customer service and high quality technical work that helps Cascade Energy’s industrial and municipal customers make sound business decisions based on accurate analysis and thorough review of all energy-saving opportunities. Having been with Cascade since 2009, he has worked as a project engineer and tune-up engineer serving additional industries including refrigeration, pulp and paper, food processing, and farming.
Stephanie Eisner
Water System Analyst
Stephanie is a highly experienced program and project manager with a 20+ year background in wastewater treatment. She has been involved in several energy efficiency programs on the client side while in her role as Operations Manager for a large municipal wastewater treatment plant.
Paulo Rojas
Senior Engineer
Paulo is an electrical engineer having with 15+ years of experience at Southern California Edison, specializing in pump efficiency and water systems. He helps water and wastewater customers identify system inefficiencies and achieve measurable energy and operational improvements.
Daniel Gary
Project Engineer
Daniel brings 30+ years of experience from Los Angeles wastewater treatment facilities, specializing in unit operations, biosolids, energy recovery, reuse, and treatment plant design. He is active with the California Water Environment Association.
Giulia Pollastri
Project Engineer
Giulia is a chemical engineer with 7+ years of experience in water and wastewater systems. She began her career in refinery water and wastewater treatment and now supports utility programs delivering technical services that improve energy performance in municipal and industrial facilities.
Bashar Al-Daomi Ph.D., PE
Water & Wastewater Energy Efficiency Engineer
Bashar is an environmental engineer specializing in water and wastewater systems, energy efficiency, and process optimization. He supports utilities through energy-saving strategies, technical analysis, and practical operational solutions.
Mike Lewis
Senior Wastewater Tech Lead
Mike has 10+ years of experience in wastewater operations, advanced controls, and system optimization. Formerly an advanced municipal operator, he supports large-scale facilities with ozone, filtration, controls upgrades, and energy reduction strategies
Katie Jacobsen, PE
Water System Analyst
Katie is a civil engineer with 19 years of experience in municipal engineering, master planning, and water distribution modeling. She is proficient using hydraulic modeling software for water system master planning, development reviews, system operations analysis, and energy efficiency analysis. She enjoys teaching energy efficiency concepts and working with clients to understand the needs of their systems, analyze their energy usage and efficiency, and collaborate to identify the best energy-saving strategies.
Kai Krieger, MS, PE
Water System Analyst
Kai has worked on numerous projects related to energy optimization in water systems. Kai’s experience analyzing hydraulic models for master planning and energy analysis has provided him with an in-depth understanding of energy efficiency opportunities in water distribution systems. His contributions to multiple strategic energy management engagements including Phoenix, Portland, San Antonio and Salt Lake City has made him well-equipped to handle complex distribution system analyses.