US: Fortera has appointed Kas Farsad as its Chief Strategy Officer.
Farsad was the lead inventor of Fortera’s reactive calcium carbonate cement when he worked as the R&D Manager for Calera Corporation in the late 2000s. He worked for PAX Scientific in the 2010s amongst other roles before returning to the renamed Fortera in 2019 as Director, Strategic Development.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Michigan Ann Arbor, a master’s degree in Materials Science from San Jose State University and a master of business administration (MBA) from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.