The integration of downstream process technologies with Purpose Energy’s Tribrid-Bioreactor™ is the latest engineering passion of our CTO, Jim Banks. Earlier in his professional career, Jim had leveraged his engineering and process facility construction experience into the founding of Integrated Process Technologies, Inc. an INC 500 / INC 5000 company for 2006, 2007, & 2008. This process engineering and high-purity process piping contracting company specialized in delivering fully-integrated process systems on a turnkey basis. In this capacity, Fitch and Jim were introduced and Purpose Energy became another satisfied Customer. After selling his company, Jim held the VP of Applications and Engineering position for a ceramic nanofiltration startup whereby they teamed with Purpose Energy in piloting advanced tertiary treatment technologies for their projects. Just prior to joining PurposeEnergy, Jim worked in a consulting capacity with a leading supplier of bioprocess equipment to further “productize” their product portfolio through improved process / automation which included scalable enterprise-level solutions.
Outside of work Jim enjoys golf and being a novice farmer. When asked about his hobbies, Jim replied, “It’s tough work, but you get to solve lots of small problems each day.”
PurposeEnergy is an established US-based renewable fuels and biogas specialist focused on waste solutions for the food and beverage industries. Over the last 15 years, PurposeEnergy has developed, owned, and operated multiple projects that convert organic waste streams to biogas for use in industrial processes, conversion to renewable electricity or refinement to Renewable Natural Gas (“RNG”). PurposeEnergy is a portfolio company of Quinbrook.
