transforming heavy industry. improving efficiency, economics, and sustainability.
BRIMSTONE IS WORKING on the most impactful solutions for the industrial sector, starting with CEMENT.
Our founders, Cody Finke and Hugo Leandri, met at Caltech, where they began working on solutions to some of the most overlooked industrial and environmental problems.
The cement industry has long been considered one of the most challenging to decarbonize, with most emissions coming from its main ingredient, limestone.
Cody and Hugo believed that to decarbonize cement, and heavy industry as a whole, they would need to produce the exact same materials that industry currently relies on in a new way. Their process would need to be extremely low carbon and cost-competitive at scale.
The Brimstone team developed the Brimstone Rock Refinery, which refines a single rock into multiple industrial products, including cement, supplementary cementitious materials (SCM), and, as we recently announced, alumina. These materials are designed to have the same quality and performance that builders and industrial customers expect, but through an efficient, economical, and sustainable process.
Now, we're focused on scaling our solution—and transforming heavy industry for a better future.
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"Heavy industry hasn't changed for over a century. At Brimstone, we're scaling our process to deliver the low-cost, low-emission industrial materials of the future."
Cody Finke, CEO
Cooper Rinzler
board director
Rachel Slaybaugh
board observer
Matt Compton
Board observer
Brett Olsher
Senior Advisor
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Kevin Kramer
Senior Advisor
Hugo Leandri
Senior Advisor
Lottie Rezneck
Senior Advisor
Cody Finke
CEO
John Uhrie
VP OF ENGINEERING
Marcelo De Oliveira
VP of Material Science & Geology
Simon Brandler
VP OF POLICY
Adam DiNardo
HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Delcio Duarte
geologist
Mateus Silva
geologist
Douglas Briske
geologist
Evody Tshijik Karumb
metallurgical research engineer
Jo Keller
SCIENTIST
Vladimir Kozlow
SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER
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Eric Manley
SENIOR R&D MANAGER
Dillon Holder
data scientist
Erwin Kuhn
software engineer
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Will Nguyen
Senior concrete engineering Manager
David Naisuler
senior industrial designer
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Grace Hruska
scientist
Eric Liu
chemical process engineer
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Zach Hembree
Senior Hydrometallurgical Chemical Engineer
Jennifer Bass
Scientist
Audrey Florman
scientist
Josh Allen
principal chemical engineer
Liza Darwin
Head of MARKETING & communications
Gabe Gonzalez
business development associate
Dani Lopez Salcedo
business development associate
Nick Calarco
scientist
Kelly Fischer
people partnering & operations
Evan Patronik
head of internal projects
Will McClain
Technical Grant Writer
Nicholas Vallin
HYDROMETALLURGY SCIENTIST
Claire Carlin
scientist
Vladimir Jakovleski
senior analytical scientist
Tas Moanna
comminution technician
Rosie Chae
concrete engineer
Richard Chan
Accounting manager
Seung-Hee Kang
senior SCIENTIST
Dave Grills
Director of Engineering
Project Management
Austin Pearce
SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER
Sharrydon Bright
pyrometallurgy Engineer
Kari Storslett
Senior process engineer
Brandon Taitt
senior process R&D chemist
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Andrew Cotter
data engineer
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Lena Trotochaud
Materials Science Manager
Julio Quintanilla
Analytical scientist
Charles Lucero
Environmental Health & Safety Lead
Kurtis Runyon
Senior technical recruiter
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Jill Benoit
Director of policy
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Emi Jerome
Analytical Technician
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Eros Paniagua
Facilities Technician
Anita Rani
Research & Development Technologist
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"Industrial innovation historically follows a pattern: first develop the process, then optimize for cost through co-production as the market grows. This efficiency-driven, lower-cost approach has transformed the production of nearly all commodities, from copper to ammonia fertilizer to gasoline. Cement has been one of very few exceptions—until now. Brimstone is changing that."
Cody Finke, CEO
transforming heavy industry. improving efficiency, economics, and sustainability.
BRIMSTONE IS WORKING on the most impactful solutions for the industrial sector, starting with CEMENT.
Our founders, Cody Finke and Hugo Leandri, met at Caltech, where they began working on solutions to some of the most overlooked industrial and environmental problems.
The cement industry has long been considered one of the most challenging to decarbonize, with most emissions coming from its main ingredient, limestone.
Cody and Hugo believed that to decarbonize cement, and heavy industry as a whole, they would need to produce the exact same materials that industry currently relies on in a new way. Their process would need to be extremely low carbon and cost-competitive at scale.
The Brimstone team developed the Brimstone Rock Refinery™, which refines a single rock into multiple industrial products, including cement, supplementary cementitious materials (SCM), and, as we recently announced, alumina. The materials from our Rock Refinery are designed to have the same quality and performance that builders and industrial customers expect, but through an efficient, economical, and sustainable process.
Now, we're focused on scaling our solution—and transforming heavy industry for a better future.
Cooper Rinzler
Board Director
Rachel Slaybaugh
Board Observer
Matt Compton
Board Observer
Brett Olscher
Senior Advisor
Kevin Kramer
Senior Advisor
Lottie Rezneck
Senior Advisor
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transforming heavy industry. improving efficiency, economics, and sustainability.
BRIMSTONE IS WORKING on the most impactful solutions for the industrial sector, starting with CEMENT.
Our founders, Cody Finke and Hugo Leandri, met at Caltech, where they began working on solutions to some of the most overlooked industrial and environmental problems.
The cement industry has long been considered one of the most challenging to decarbonize, with most emissions coming from its main ingredient, limestone.
Cody and Hugo believed that to decarbonize cement, and heavy industry as a whole, they would need to produce the exact same materials that industry currently relies on in a new way. Their process would need to be extremely low carbon and cost-competitive at scale.
The Brimstone team developed the Brimstone Rock Refinery, which refines a single rock into multiple industrial products, including cement, supplementary cementitious materials (SCM), and, as we recently announced, alumina. These materials are designed to have the same quality and performance that builders and industrial customers expect, but through an efficient, economical, and sustainable process.
Now, we're focused on scaling our solution—and transforming heavy industry for a better future.