About Us
Ionada develops, manufactures, and markets exhaust gas cleaning systems that reduce emissions from the marine and power generation industries. Our sustainable solutions keep our air and waters clean for future generations. Ionada’s team includes international scientists, engineers and technicians that have developed breakthroughs in technologies to reduce emissions. Ionada services the global market with operations in Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and the Americas.
Vision
Our vision is to be the technology leader in delivering innovative sustainable solutions to reduce emissions from the marine and power generation industries.
Mission
Ionada’s mission is disruptive sustainability – providing emission abatement technologies that not only keeps our air and waters clean, but also provides a financial benefit to our clients.
Values
A commitment to sustainability, integrity, ethics, safety, and positive change.
Our Story
In 2010, with the support of the National Research Council Canada-Transport Canada, University of Waterloo, Ryerson University, research began into a zero discharge exhaust gas scrubbing technology. In 2013 the research team produced the first functioning membrane scrubber. Research led to patented breakthroughs in DeSOx, DeNOx, Particulate Matter and Carbon Capture.
Ionada emerged as a finalist in the 2018 PortXL program – a maritime accelerator bringing start-ups, scale-ups, and corporate partners together to deliver disruptive innovations to the marine industry. The PortXL program helped Ionada secure it’s first dry desulfurization pilot project with Van Oord, a global marine innovation company headquartered in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The success of the pilot projects led to our first commercial orders for a Multipurpose Container Vessels, Self Discharging Bulk Carrier, and Ro-Ro Passenger Ships. Ionada’s rapid growth continued with expanding operations into Germany, and the United Kingdom in 2019.
Ionada is a lean start-up leveraging the latest in digital technology to rapidly scale our business. We are not a traditional brick and mortar company like our competitors burdened with legacy business models. As a digital company, Ionada is free to innovate at a much faster rate than any of our competitors.
Ionada maintains the highest standards in the traditional values of integrity and commitment to engineering excellence to serve our clients.



Our Team
Edoardo Panziera
Managing Director
20+ years entrepreneurial experience successfully commercializing more than $100MM in disruptive technologies for 3M, GM, Ford, Chrysler, Bombardier, Weir Minerals, Hydrogenics, Hyroad Industries, and SuntoWater. An expert in engineering and commissioning emission abatement systems.

Russell Maduro
Chief Technology Officer
10+ years of marine engineering and technology development experience including Maersk and Evergreen. A very capable and competent engineer, Russell has completed several installations for Ionada.
Jack Haynie
Investment Adviser
25 years experience in strategy, operations, finance, and Lean Six Sigma. His specialty is analyzing business performance and revealing ways to improve an organization’s strategy and the alignment of processes, people and technology to that strategy to delivery shareholder value.
Compton Britton
Engineer
20+ years entrepreneurial experience successfully commercializing more than $100MM in disruptive technologies for 3M, GM, Ford, Chrysler, Bombardier, Weir Minerals, Hydrogenics, Hyroad Industries, and SuntoWater. An expert in engineering and commissioning emission abatement systems.
Amir Ghobadi
Carbon Capture Engineer
Ph.D., P.E. A Senior Process Engineer. Has over 10 years of experience in process design and unit operations for environmental remediation systems. His expertise includes carbon capture and flue gas control, membrane filtration systems, CFD analysis, hydraulic modeling, equipment sizing, and environmental regulations and permitting and more
Bruno Maruzzo
Director
+25 years of working with small to medium size technology companies, both as a venture capital investor as well as a member of senior management, with experience in Canada, the US and Europe. Possess a diverse background in a variety of technologies coupled with broad management skills and expertise required to grow and manage early stage technology companies.
John Sarlis
Board Adviser
Former CEO and Founder of Shell Cansolv, pioneer in carbon capture brings more than three decades of amine and CO2 solvent experience to Ionada. Creative technical expert with a broad integrator experience across the full range of CCUS, Gas Processing and business development experience in Oil & Gas, Industrials and Power industries.

Bjørn Knutsen
Investment Adviser
At present he is the VP, Head of Sale and Trading of Cleaves Oslo.