Rick Gillespie

Chief Commercial Officer
Revive Environmental

Rick Gillespie, Chief Commercial Officer at Revive Environmental since July 2023, spearheads the company's mission to ensure clean water by destroying PFAS. With over 25 years in hazardous waste remediation, Rick excels in innovative treatment technologies for PFAS, chlorinated solvents, petroleum hydrocarbons, and metals in soils and groundwater.

At Revive, Rick leads the commercial efforts to destroy PFAS in AFFF, landfill leachate, industrial wastewater, and contaminated groundwater. His experience includes AFFF foam transition projects across different industries, including commercial airports, oil and gas, and industrial facilities. In addition, he has experience combining PFAS destruction with supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) with separation/concentration technologies to address dilute PFAS-laden waste streams.

Previously, Rick spent 24 years at Regenesis, driving sales and business development in remediation and vapor intrusion mitigation. His collaborations with E&C firms, regulatory agencies, private industry, and DoD clients have yielded successful outcomes at over 1,000 sites.

Rick began his career at Battelle Memorial Institute, contributing to key USAF initiatives and co-authoring the Air Sparging Design Paradigm. He holds a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Oklahoma.