Our Story
Magnomer was born out of a simple observation that inefficient sortation is the root cause of poor recycling. Ravish pitched an idea for improved sortation using magnetic markers to his best friend and polymer expert, Vishal. Together they developed initial prototypes of Magnomer’s technology in 2016, testing out of their homes to validate the idea. Kumaril, an accomplished ink chemist, joined the team in 2017 with a focus on ink development, giving rise to our novel Magmark™ inks.
Our Team
Ravish Majithia
Founder & CEO
Ravish has a PhD in Materials Science from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Babson College. He is an author of numerous widely cited original scientific research papers and was named as one of 'Top 100 MBAs in 2018' by Poets & Quants.
Vishal Salian
Co-Founder & Head of Innovation
Vishal is a polymer science savant with extensive R&D and project management experience. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University and is an author of numerous peer-reviewed research papers in polymer science.
Kumaril Kapadia
Co-Founder & CTO
Kumaril is an ink chemist with over 15 years of R&D experience in inks and coatings. He holds an MS in Polymers and Coatings from Eastern Michigan University, and previously served as a product development manager for Flint Ink.
Ranjana Varma
Lead Scientist
Ranjana has a PhD in Physics from University of Mumbai with a specialization in nanomaterials. She is a recipient of prestigious research fellowships from the Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India) under the KIRAN program.
Advisors
Emily Green
Director on the Board of Casella Waste Systems
Sandeep Kulkarni
President at KoolEarth Solutions; Association of Plastic Recyclers
Dave Stangis
Partner & CSO at Apollo Global Management; Former CSO at Campbell’s
Will Schretzman
Sr. VP of Packaging at Verst Logistics
Doug Woodring
Managing Director at Ocean Recovery Alliance
Amy Perlmutter
Principal at Perlmutter Associates
Robert Lilienfeld
Executive Director at SPRING
Partners
Pilot Partners
We are currently working with multiple Fortune 100 consumer brands and label manufacturing partners. If you are interested in testing our technology, please drop us a line.