Rick Gillespie

Rick Gillespie joined Revive Environmental in July 2023 as Chief Commercial Officer to lead the development and execution of the commercial strategy for the business. Rick is responsible for leading the sales, marketing, and business development with a goal to realize a future with clean water, free from PFAS and other hazardous contaminants.

With over 25 years of experience in hazardous waste remediation, Rick has focused on innovative remediation technologies for treating PFAS, chlorinated solvents, petroleum hydrocarbons, and metals in soils and groundwater. Prior to Revive, Rick served for 24 years at Regenesis where he led sales and business development efforts for both remediation and vapor intrusion mitigation. He has collaborated with E&C firms, state and federal regulatory agencies, private industry, and DoD clients to ensure successful project completion at over 1,000 sites. His primary responsibilities included managing Regenesis business development efforts, coordinating DoD projects, and providing turn-key and performance-based remediation services for clients in North America.

Before joining Regenesis, Mr. Gillespie was a Research Scientist at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, OH. He worked extensively on several DoD projects including the USAF-sponsored Bioventing Initiative, Bioslurping Initiative and served as a co-author on the Air Sparging Design Paradigm.

Rick earned a B.S. degree in Environmental Science from the University of Oklahoma.