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Capability Statement
Floating Island International, through our staff and associates, provides consulting, engineering, scientific, design and landscaping support of the highest order. Our vision is to treat each project holistically, incorporating BioHaven floating islands into a total solution.
To provide the best possible service to our clients: our engineers will produce specifications and drawings for custom projects. Our scientists will be consulted where specific pollutants are a major concern. Our product specifications are backed by hydraulic tests, undertaken by ALDEN Research Laboratory. In-house project managers will oversee each custom project from start to completion. FII contracts consultancy services from Alden (MA), Lampl-Herbert (FL) and our Montana associates; and landscaping services from Oasis Environmental (MT) and John Jay Landscaping (NY). Professors at MSU and Rocky Mountain College provide critical scientific support in the areas of microbial remediation and phyto-remediation. Our capable staff handle the day-to-day business operations.
Staff
 BRUCE KANIA is the principal owner of Fountainhead, LLC, and one of the founders of Floating Island International. He has been the Chairman of the Board of Managers and the Chief Executive Officer of FII since the company's inception. Bruce is an inventor with a successful track record in licensing product concepts in the prosthetic, orthotic, textile, and sporting goods industries. Drawing on his expertise in the areas of intellectual property development and commercialization, Bruce originated the idea of the BioHaven Floating Island and surrounded it with an extensive patent portfolio.
 ANNE KANIA (formerly Anne Lamont-Low) is FII's International Liaison, and a project manager. Armed with a BA in English (First Class), Anne has worked as a project manager in the IT field, as a Training Manager and Customer Services Manager. She is also a renowned classical singer. She has worked for FII full-time since 2008, and is part of the presentation team. She keeps the website up-to-date.
Biologist Damien Austin joined FII in July 2008 and heads up FII's research from the on-site lab at the Shepherd Research Center.
FII's Production and Prototyping is carried out by Clark Bosch
Brian Davis and Nathan Cooper manage the Research Center grounds and are also involved in island fabrication and wetland research.
Accountant Shari Johnson handles all our bookkeeping.
Associates
 FRANK M. STEWART, P.E. has been a Project Manager for Technical Projects with FII on a consulting basis since its inception. He is the principal of Stewart Engineering, a company he founded in 1997 in which he acts as a Consulting Engineer on several projects, including dam and channel design, stream runoff modeling, drain modeling, R&D prototyping and product development. Prior to founding Stewart Engineering, Frank was a Project Engineer/Project Manager for Yellowstone Environmental Science, Inc., of Bozeman, MT from 1990 to 1997. Before that he worked as an Environmental Engineer with Chen-Northern Engineering in Billings, MT from 1989 to 1990.
 TIM MULHOLLAND, P.E. is an Environmental Engineer with experience in the fields of groundwater and surface water remediation, treatment of hazardous waste through land farming, and surface water hydrology. Project experience includes remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon and chlorinated/dry cleaning solvent groundwater plumes, remediation of heavy metal impacted surface and groundwater from historic mining operations, and reconstructing and armoring eroded stream banks. Tim has acted as a Consulting Engineer and as a technical resource on several projects for Floating Island International, and is now the president of Headwaters Floating Islands , based in Billings, MT.
 DR. MARK T. OSTERLUND earned a PhD from Yale University in the department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. His graduate research focused upon plant development and he has a broad understanding of the subtleties in plant growth. Mark also has post-doctoral research experience working with various crop plants such as maize, cotton, and rice. He has also carried out contract research for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and has served as an assistant professor of biology at the University of Mary Washington. Along with his experience, Mark has successfully acquired and managed grants from the USDA, NSF, NIH, and DOE. Mark has also published several articles in peer reviewed scientific journals. As a consultant for Floating Island International, Mark is intimately involved in understanding the biology associated with floating islands.
Jeff Griffin, a Yale graduate, is a Billings-based consultant and project manager for the UN and World Bank with a special focus on sustainable environmental solutions. Jeff is helping FII to reach markets in the developing world.
David Zimmerman - Specialist in product design and technical assistance.
 GORDY WROBEL, former Community Chairman of Elfin Cove, AK, and owner of a world-class fishing lodge , is a strong supporter and promoter of floating islands in both Alaska and Minnesota.
 MOTIVATIONAL ASSISTANTS Packy, Tara and Sam bring up the rear.
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