J. John Combs III
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary
Mr. Combs, a SEER Founder, is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO. He also serves as General Counsel. Mr. Combs has been Vice President of REGS since 2004, was the founder and President of Tactical Cleaning in 2005, and remains its President. Before joining the Company he owned and operated the law firm of Combs & Associates from 1989 to 2003. Prior to that he was an associate in the law firm of Berman & Blanchard in Los Angeles from 1987 to 1989, and an associate in the law firm of Parker, Milliken, Clark, O’hara & Samuelian, in Los Angeles from 1983 to 1987. His experience in private practice has included corporate maintenance, international finance, and business litigation. Over the last 30 years he has served as an officer and director of various sized corporations, both public and private, and was a Director and Officer of Armada Water Assets, Inc until his resignation in September 2014. For the past five years Mr. Combs has not served as a director of a public company, other than SEER. He received his B.A. from the University of Colorado, with honors, and a Juris Doctorate from Duke University School of Law in 1983.
Clark Knopik
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Knopik joined the Company in June 2023 as a consultant in the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer. In addition, Mr. Knopik previously performed that role from August 2019 to November 2022. Mr. Knopik served as Senior Manager, SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting for Bumble from September 2022 through May of 2023. Mr. Knopik is a consulting Chief Financial Officer and provides CFO services to businesses primarily in oil and gas, and related services, bio-pharma services, and technology markets, including hardware, software, and IP. Mr. Knopik has extensive experience with positions in accounting, finance, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) financial reporting, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance, and strategic planning. Mr. Knopik also began his career at KPMG, LLLP. Mr. Knopik received a B.S. degree in Accounting from the Montana State University.
Tom Jones
Vice President Business Development, MV Technologies
Mr. Jones brings to SEER more than 28 years of experience in the solid waste industry including all facets of landfill and landfill gas management. Tom’s experience spans design, permitting, construction management, landfill management and engineering. Prior to joining MV Technologies Tom was general manager for the Landfill Division of a regional solid waste company located in the Midwest, overseeing operations of four landfills. Additionally, Tom developed his own landfill gas-to-energy project where he designed, permitted, financed, constructed and operated an LFG collection system that supplied LFG to supplement the fuel use of a lime kiln and a stone dryer. He has continued to evaluate the feasibility of various biogas projects – LFG and anaerobic digesters, as a consultant for several entities over the years. Tom graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University.