Where ingenuity meets real-world challenges.

With individuals skilled in business, marketing, science, and technology, FREDsense has assembled a powerful team committed to changing the way we look at water quality monitoring.

Leadership Team

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David Lloyd

CEO & Co-Founder

David’s work ranges from managing complex innovation programs to working in projects as diverse as DNA assembly, environmental remediation, and biosensors. His hard work has earned him a nomination as a Top 40 Under 40 by Avenue Magazine. He expertly leads FREDsense in business and development growth and client satisfaction.
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Emily Hicks

President & Co-Founder

Emily is a graduate from the University of Calgary with a degree in Biomedical Science. She has led diverse technical teams on the world stage, resulting in awards at Stanford, MIT, and more. She has been profiled in multiple Top 30 Under 30 lists and was recognized as a distinguished alumni for Early Career Achievement in 2019. Emily has successfully developed and deployed biotechnology products in the field and leads the Product and Operations team at FREDsense.

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Melanie McClare

Chief Commercial Officer

Leveraging her Chemical Engineering Degree and MBA, Melanie began her career working in the industrial resource sector in Europe and West Africa. She moved into the water and wastewater industry over a decade ago and is the former CEO of Swirltex Inc, a water technology company solving wastewater problems across market verticals. Melanie is passionate about cleantech, sustainability, and minimizing human impact on our planet.

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Robert Mayall, PhD

CTO & Co-Founder

Robert holds degrees in both Chemistry and Biomedical science, with expertise in synthetic biology, nanoscience, electrochemistry, and biosensor development. During his PhD, Robert received the prestigious Vanier award at the University of Calgary and was selected as one of the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity by Johns Hopkins University. His technical excellence has been recognized with multiple research and innovation awards from academic and private institutions and demonstrated by contributions to over 60 technical presentations, reports, publications, and patents. Robert has developed a diverse range of sensors with applications in military, industrial, O&G, and water treatment sectors and is leading FREDsense’s R&D team.

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Brooks Magnowski, P.Eng

Head of Business Development

Brooks is a Master of Chemical Engineering with 12 years of Sales and Engineering experience in the Oil & Gas Refining, Agriculture, and Mining sectors focusing on Water Chemistry and Corrosion. Being a family man and having a love of the outdoors, this fuels his environmental stewardship, and a fervor for water quality is no exception.
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The FREDsense Team

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FREDsense has built a world-class team of highly skilled scientists, engineers and technologists united under the common goal of using biology to change the way that we monitor the world around us. Our team has won numerous awards, including multiple NSERC and innovation fellowships, and has worked with clients to deliver complex projects all over the world. With a breadth of skills including synthetic biology, electrical engineering, electrochemistry and more, FREDsense is uniquely positioned to combine high tech innovations in never before seen ways and bring biologically-based monitoring into the digital age.

Careers at FREDsense

Interested in joining a dynamic team? Check out our current job openings on our Careers page!

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Board of Directors & Advisors

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Terry Mah

Director

Terry Mah is a consultant that has been involved in the water and environmental sector for over 20 years, and is helping both private and public organizations innovate and grow. Terry possesses broad and global experience, especially around water, and has other professional experience from the cleantech sector.

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Chris Morrison

Director

Chris Morrison has spent four decades in the water industry with executive assignments in Asia, Europe, and North America as former VP for Ecolab. In his last assignment, he ran technology development for the water group. Since 2017, Chris has focused on board and coaching roles for emerging and growing water sector firms. He has a keen command of the commercial/technical and practical requirements for an innovative project to be successful in the market. 

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Karen Hanna

Legal Counsel & Advisor

Karen is a corporate/commercial lawyer, practicing for most of her legal career as concurrent in-house counsel for two technology-based companies. Her areas of expertise include commercial contracts, corporate finance, business law, stakeholder communication, corporate governance, and technology and software transactions.
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Raymond McCauley

Advisor

Raymond McCauley is a scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur working at the forefront of biotechnology. He is the Chair of the Biotech Track at Singularity University and a Co-founder and Chief Architect for BioCurious the hackerspace for biotech, a not-for-profit where professional scientists. Part of the team that developed next generation DNA sequencing at Illumina, where he worked in bioinformatics, cancer sequencing, and personal genomics.