Ardent
Kenneth Pennisi is a Senior Research Engineer/Program Manager at Compact Membrane Systems Inc. Kenneth has experience in leading and providing technical expertise for research and development programs. Kenneth has also worked as a Project Leader at Carrier Corporation and Senior Project Engineer at Environmental Resources Management. Kenneth holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics at University of Delaware, and a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from University of Rochester.
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.