Lisa Farmen

About Lisa Farmen

BIOGRAPHY – Lisa M. Farmen Aquastry LLC was formed in 2016 to bring certified clean green sustainable water treatment technologies to the commercial market. Previously, Ms. Farmen founded Crystal Clear Technologies, Inc, which developed nanotechnology for low cost water treatment funded by 4 government grants with global commercial potential. CCT, which is developing nanotechnology capable of removing biological and chemical contaminants from water at an affordable cost. Our commercial technology is on a clean, green sustainable platform. Ms. Farmen received her B.S-M.S. from Colorado State University and Executive M.B.A. in International Business from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. As a chemical engineer, she built an OEM engineering and manufacturing company specializing in water, wastewater and chemical recovery systems for the electronics industry. She built revenue to $8M then sold the company to a group of investors. Crystal Clear Technologies was started after graduating from GGU in as a consulting engineering company and then incorporated with a Phase 1 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant with the National Science Foundation (NSF). CCT won a Phase 2 SBIR grant of $1MM for commercialization of the technology developed in Phase 1. A third SBIR Phase 2 (r) SBIR grant for $220K was won with a NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) to model the nanocoatings. CCT won a $275K ONAMI Gap Grant. CCT won the 2006 Clean Technology Open (CCTO) for emerging “Clean-green” technology for Water. CCT won the Global symposium business plan competition in 2009. Ultra Pure Water magazine profiled Ms. Farmen in their March/April 2008 publication. Crystal Clear Technologies, Inc. was highlighted to Congress in 2007 by the NSF and the Senate in 2008. Ms. Farmen was awarded the Rising Star alumni award from GGU in 2007. Specialties: government contractor, extensive high risk R&D at the Federal level, commercialization and engineering, manufacturing, global sales and licensing agreements, union negotiation, patent and IP generation,

Experience

1. Senior Chemical Engineer

   Nanoarchitech, Inc

   Oct 2021 — Present · CA, US

Education

• Colorado State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

• Colorado State University

  B.S., Biology/Biochemistry, Engineering

  1976 — 1980

• Colorado State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS

• Golden Gate University

  EMBA, International Business

  1998 — 2000