Ardent
Christine Parrish has a background in Chemical Engineering and has held various roles such as Business Development Lead, Research and Development Engineer, and Vice President of Technology Solutions. Christine has experience in translating technical attributes into tangible value propositions, developing custom separation solutions, and leading multidisciplinary teams to bring cutting edge technology from lab to field. Christine has also worked as a Research and Development Intern at various companies and conducted research on hydrogel polymers for tissue regeneration during their time at the University of Pittsburgh.
Ardent
Ardent pioneers advanced membrane technologies to accelerate decarbonization and transform the global industrial and energy landscape. Ardent’s Optiperm™ platform holds the key to unlock cost-effective and energy-efficient point-source carbon capture across heavy industries like cement, steel and petrochemicals that are underserved by conventional carbon capture and other decarbonization pathways. Ardent’s modular, bolt-on separation technology addresses the efficiency and scalability issues of incumbent solutions, delivering a proven, scalable, energy-efficient, and cost-effective solution that can decarbonize heavy industry at the Gigaton scale. Ardent has 30 years of manufacturing experience across power generation, industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and O&G operations. Ardent has a proven track record of taking new technologies from the lab to the field, partnering with global leaders like Chevron, Pfizer, and Braskem to deliver end-to-end solutions at commercial scale.