Anna Birkas
Anna Birkas has a M.S. in Hydrology, a B.S. in Environmental Ecology, and a minor in Spanish. She has been employed at Ridge to River as a watershed Ecologist for 10 years. She recently became a general contractor and started Village Ecosystems.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://VillageEcosystems.com |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Education, Lifestyle, Real Estate |
| Skills: | Business, Design, Languages, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Spanish |
| Next step: | Growing Village Ecosystems to neighboring counties, growing the team, establishing strategic partnerships with municipalities, obtaining significant construction contracts |
| Location: | Ukiah, California |
| Groups: | Imagine H2O - Please Register at link below, Imagine H2O 2011, [INACTIVE] Imagine H2O |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding experts, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company, Trading services |
| Tags: | Architecture, bio-swales, california, constructive wetlands, earthworks, ecological design, freshwater, general building contractor, green, greywater, hydrology, low impact development, natural swimming pools, rainwater, stormwater, sustainability, sustainable development, water, water conservation, watershed, xeric landscaping |
| Schools: | California State University System - Humboldt State University, University of Montana System - Missoula |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Village Ecosystems |
| Position: | Ecological Designer/Builder |
| Time period: | December 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Founded Village Ecosystems to offer services in the design and construction of sustainable systems for freshwater and wastewater. Have thus far conducted consultations for rainwater catchment, natural swimming pools, greywater, earthworks, and stormwater.
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| Employer: | Ridge to River |
| Position: | Watershed Ecologist and Vice President |
| Time period: | January 2004 - Present |
| Description: | Conducted hydrologic, ecological, and soil analysis such as water quality monitoring, stream measurements, soil-water interactions, flood analysis, and habitat typing. Designed, coordinated, and implementeds projects, inluding watershed analysis, streambank stabilization, bioengineering, wetland restoration/creation, native revegetation, culverts and fish crossings, and Sanitary Surveys for public drinking water. |
| Employer: | Norman deVall and Associates |
| Position: | Land Use Planner |
| Time period: | October 2006 - May 2008 |
| Description: | Prepaired and obtain permits for property use and development. Researched markets for waste desposal and reuse. Employed county, state and federal code in project developemnt.
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| Employer: | Watershed Consulting |
| Position: | Field technician |
| Time period: | March 2004 - August 2004 |
| Description: | Conducted ecological restoration, selective forest harvest, prescribed burns. |
| Employer: | University of Montana |
| Position: | Researcher |
| Time period: | May 2003 - August 2004 |
| Description: |
Conducted research on the Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation Project's erosion treatment methods. |
| Employer: | University of Montana |
| Position: | Researcher |
| Time period: | May 2002 - August 2005 |
| Description: | Conducted thesis research and analysis on the Spatial Variability of Soil Hydrophobicity after Wildfire.
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| Employer: | Independent Project |
| Position: | Delegation Leader |
| Time period: | October 2004 |
| Description: | Led a delegation of watershed professionals to Cuba to research freshwater ecosystems and infrastructure.
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| Employer: | University of Montana |
| Position: | Educator |
| Time period: | August 2004 |
| Description: | Taught hydrologic field tools to Forestry.
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EDUCATION
| University: | University of Montana System - Missoula |
| Time period: | 2005 |
| Degree: | Hydrology, MSc |
| University: | California State University System - Humboldt State University |
| Time period: | 2002 |
| Degree: | Environmental Ecology, BSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | Woods S.W., Birkas A. and Ahl R., (in press, 2006). Spatial Variability of Soil Hydrophobicity after Wildfires in Montana and Colorado. Geomorphology. |
Anna's Startups (1)
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Village Ecosystems
Village Ecosystems designs and constructs freshwater and wastewater systems using ecological principles. Offering solutions for greywater, stormwater, rainwater, earthworks, and natural swimming pools, that use less water,.
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Skipso is an innovative online platform and vertical business to business marketplace that aggregates Cleantech professionals and businesses globally providing them with a new channel to carry out their business and unleash sustainable innovation.
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Whole Water Systems is dedicated to the holistic management of water for maximum efficiency of use. We promote Life Emulating Technologies; optimizing biological processes and patterns in the creation of a coherent and functional built environment.
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WaveWater
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Danilo Luzuriaga
Pre-MBA Business English, B.A. Business
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Dan Steketee
Entrepeneur with 13+ years of strategic and tactical consulting experience in the financial services, start-up and technology industries (BPM, Business Intelligence, KPI's,, Vendor Management, etc) .