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Meet Burnham

Burnham is a wastewater to RNG provider that helps communities profitably reduce treatment & disposal costs, improve environmental outcomes and re-use energy, water, and nutrients.

The company is focused on efforts to turn waste into valuable resources. Burnham manages and reuses organic waste and wastewater by transforming it into renewable natural gas, clean water, and high-value soil additives that enhance sustainability and profitability.

Led by professionals with decades of bioenergy experience, Burnham combines entrepreneurial flexibility with a commitment to operational excellence and is a portfolio company of funds managed by the Infrastructure Opportunities strategy of Ares Management.

We help communities convert wastewater and other organic waste into an asset. It starts with converting biogas into valuable renewable natural gas (RNG). By marketing and selling RNG and capturing associated tax benefits, Burnham can significantly reduce the cost of waste treatment and disposal while improving environmental outcomes. Burnham is a turnkey solutions provider that can build, finance and operate these facilities.

Our Mission

Transforming waste into energy and opportunity

01

Profitably Monetize Waste

Your organic waste is an asset. Burnham helps you to monetize it.

02

Focus On Carbon

We are partners that can help you profitably reduce or eliminate carbon emissions from your wastewater operations.

03

Precision Manufacturing Approach

Our operations team comes from automotive manufacturing applied to bioenergy; we use a six-sigma approach to continuous operational improvement. 

04

Solutions, Not Products 

Every customer is different; we take a consultative, solutions-based approach to each situation. We don’t sell equipment. 

05

Turnkey Solutions 

We are end-to-end partners. From development, to financing to construction and operations, Burnham can take the complexity out of organic waste management. 

06

Circular Minded 

Burnham aims for ‘not one wasted drop.’ Your wastewater is loaded with energy, nutrients, and clean water. Burnham develops solutions to capture those valuable resources. 

Meet Our Team - Burnham RNG

Chris Tynan

Founder & CEO

Justin Rumsey

Senior Director, Project Origination

Justin Hopkins

Director, Corporate Development

Ohad Rotem

Director, Engineering

Bill Schmidt

President

Kevin Friel

Controller

Michael Collins

Automation and Control Engineer

Abidi Jima

Business Systems Analyst

Gage Pickford

Project Engineer

Mike Petersen

Sr. Director, Corporate Development

John Klusaritz

Manager, Corporate Finance

Mike Carter

VP, Engineering & Operations

Mark Palmquist

Director, Capital Projects

Justin Boyles

Corporate Finance Manager

Jason Meloy

General Manager, PRRC

Ahmed ElGhanam

Process Engineer

Dylan Downard

Operations Manager

Caroline Merena

Executive Office Administrator

Tyrone Bowman

Director of Technical Origination and Development

Henry Warrenbrand

Manager Feedstock Sourcing

Jonni Anwar

VP, Finance & Accounting

Ian Piro

Senior Director, Corporate Development

John Barclay

Construction Project Manager

Hailey Ihlow

Senior Construction Project Engineer

Georgia Minni

Process Engineer

Saoni Sen

Senior Director, Corporate Development

Sean Carver

Senior Project Manager

Matt Szambelan

Vice President, Corporate Development

Emma Kellogg

Manager, Business Operations

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