Aquatic Informatics Welcomes Eric Dorgelo as New Chief Technology Officer

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - July 16, 2013) - Aquatic Informatics Inc., a global leader in providing innovative software solutions for hydrologic data management and analysis, is announcing today the appointment of former Salesforce.com director Eric Dorgelo to the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Eric Dorgelo will strengthen the Aquatic Informatics senior management team with over 24 years of leadership experience in designing software for cloud-based and time-series software organizations.

"Eric has proven his exceptional ability to design and deliver innovative software, having launched 20 software products that have generated combined growing revenues in excess of $400 million - it is an honour to welcome Eric to the team," said Ed Quilty, President and CEO of Aquatic Informatics. "Eric brings deep industry knowledge in designing and building cloud computing platforms, website and portal development, and information, monitoring and control platforms, as well as a leadership track record in building high growth global organizations."

Most recently, Eric Dorgelo was Director of Software Engineering at Salesforce.com where he managed development teams across the U.S. and Canada. Previously, Eric held the roles of Co-founder & VP of Product Development at Sitemasher, Software System Architect & Development Manager at Rockwell Automation, and Product Manager at Dynapro Systems. Eric holds an MBA in Technology Management from Simon Fraser University, and studied Engineering at the University of Waterloo and BCIT.

"It's an exciting time to be joining Aquatic Informatics. The environmental monitoring industry is fast outpacing other sectors, in response to the growing demand for timely, accurate data needed to better manage climate change, growing populations, aging infrastructure, and the resulting impact on the world's water resources," said Eric Dorgelo. "Aquatic Informatics is a clear leader in the space, being adopted by environmental monitoring agencies of all sizes globally, including the major national and international leaders to manage real-time data production. I look forward to working with the executive management team to defend the company's #1 market position."

At Aquatic Informatics, Eric Dorgelo will provide leadership in formulating and executing the technical vision for the AQUARIUS product portfolio. He will be responsible for optimizing, leading, and mentoring one of the fastest growing development teams in the clean technology sector. Together with the senior management team and key industry leaders, Eric will contribute to the standardization of technologies and evolution of data management best practices in the hydrologic domain.

About Aquatic Informatics Inc.

Aquatic Informatics™ provides software solutions that address critical water data management and analysis challenges for the rapidly growing environmental monitoring industry. Aquatic Informatics is the trusted provider of hydrologic management solutions to hundreds of federal, state/provincial and local government departments, hydropower operators, mining companies, academic groups, and consulting organizations around the world, who collect, manage, and process large volumes of water quality or quantity data.

For more information about Aquatic Informatics, go to www.aquaticinformatics.com