A subtle mix of Syrian and Romanian, spiced up by a “French Touch”, I like to say that I am truly international.

I have a PhD in Industrial Pharmaceutics from the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse and a Master’s degree in Health Industry Management from the ESC Toulouse business school. I naturally turned therefore to business development abroad.

After a humanitarian mission at the Turkey-Syria border, I went back home with thing in mind: to become truly useful. Indeed, one of the main causes of child mortality throughout the world, and more particularly in conflict zones and/or isolated areas, is the absence of permanently clean water.

So, in 2013, I created a company in Romania and developed the first filtration module which had international success.

This made me confident to go further following this approach, so I set up InovaYa with the goal of offering a global solution to the water issue in isolated areas.

Born in the country known for its cheese, I always travelled the world with a back-pack, settled down in Vietnam, then in Romania, and I eventually returned to France.

I have a Master’s degree in international private law and economic cooperation, and I chose early international business development missions, in different roles.

Involved in many association projects, all I wanted was to give a meaning to my work. A perfect job did not exist, so I created it with Guillaume and Khaled!

In Cameroon, I was urgently admitted into a hospital in Yaoundé after drinking contaminated water, which made be brutally realize the crucial need for access to good quality water. I was totally cured by the right treatment, but there are too many who would not have such a chance.

InovaYa was thus my dream opportunity to use my skills for a cause. My education in several English-speaking countries and three years in Romania gives me a strong cultural sensitivity (understand what you want…).

As an employee in a big group, I could see how many procedures there are. But don’t get me wrong, there’s a good side to it… (however, consume in moderation) I guess you might have an idea that I am the task master of the team. Somebody had to be… so well, here I am…

During a one-year academic exchange programme in India, I became aware of the importance of water treatment in preventing water-borne diseases caused by contaminated water. After completing my training as an engineer at INSA in Lyon, I decided to specialise in water treatment by doing a PhD at the University Grenoble Alpes, on the problems relating to the treatment of emerging micro-pollutants, before completing my professional experience at the CNRS in Saint-Gobain, with projects on the filtration of aqueous effluents.

I now have the dream opportunity to use my knowledge and skills at InovaYa, with the goal of developing solutions for easy access to drinking water and the clean-up of industrial effluents.

After having lived in a dozen of different places in 10 years, I am finally settling down, for good, I hope!

My travels in different countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, made me become fully aware of the aberrations and inequalities which are still present. It is difficult to come back home and not feel the need to raise awareness and change the world! I gradually developed the vital need to give a meaning to my work, using my skills for a cause and not for a profit. So, I took the plunge with enthusiasm and left my small town in southern France to join IonovaYa’s team!

I have a Master’s degree in marketing and communication, I love to scratch my head to find the right word, to work on images, to create, to learn to surpass myself, for the sole purpose to make the projects I care about, accessible worldwide. And then, frankly, to be able to do it ethically, for a company and a team sharing my values, it’s just great!

Of Brazilian origin, I began my studies in the field of chemical engineering in Francisco Beltrão. My background allowed me to make a double degree at the Technological University of Compiègne in France, where I obtained a master’s degree in process engineering.

Born in a country with serious problems in water management, and after a first experience in water treatment within a biotechnological industry, I quickly understood the need to better value and use this resource.

With that in mind, I met InovaYa team for my end-of-studies internship. After this period, my willingness to work on water issues only increased. So I joined the team, and today I work as a chemical engineer on projects related to the reuse and the purification of water.

With a wide range of opportunities in the field of effluent treatment, I am happy to continue my professional course in a company that seeks not only to improve an existing market, but also to revolutionize it, by making this vital resource accessible to everyone with better quality and more equality.

Of Syrian origin, seeing the Middle East suffering from a huge lack of fresh water, I was confronted with the problems of water treatment from an early age. Concerned about our planet and our environment, I have always been keen to participate in its protection and to make my contribution to it.

After obtaining a first master’s degree in Chemical Process Engineering and a second in fine chemistry, I therefore turned to the water treatment sector to put cutting edge technology, Data Science, AI and math at the service of the environment. Passionate about new technologies, IT and chemistry, I worked in several companies across Middle East and France where I even started entrepreneurship as a technical consultant.

With my several years of experience in sizing, reuse of water and process optimization, I joined InovaYa family to contribute in our common quest: preserving water resources. Today I am very proud to be part of this enthusiastic and dynamic team with which I am sure we will improve the world of water.

Algerian, from an electrical engineering background, I graduated as a control engineer at ENP in Oran. Then I came to France to do a Master’s degree in systems and control theory at UGA, followed by a two year research experience at INP Grenoble, where I worked on developing and applying novel control algorithms on clean energy systems.

Big believer that science and technology is the key enabler for the effort of sustaining our blue planet’s resources, I was happy to join the team at InovaYa as a control system engineer to help leading the sustainability transition in water resources technologies.

Freak of scuba diving since I was 8 years old, I have been aware of ecology and the impact of human beings on water since very young. After four years spent in Guadeloupe, an archipelago facing major problems of access to drinking water, I came back to France with the desire to contribute to impact projects in the water treatment sector.

From an electrical background, I have accumulated more than 10 years of experience in electricity, mechanics, hydraulics and maintenance in large groups and medium-sized company, where I also discovered the world of automation. Passionate about technology, I trained on the job and specialized myself to become an automation technician.

If I chose to work at InovaYa, it is for its humanist values, its inspiring projects and its ambitious vision to reinvent the world of water through a more responsible approach and more sustainable technologies.

Back in 2000, I started my studies in Chemistry with the underlying objective of working in the area of water treatment. Training periods and various professional encounters finally decided otherwise. I spent almost 20 years inside process for plastics industry around manufacturing workshop (production team support, R&D and production management). If had once made sense, over the years, industrials activities became complete nonsense. I hate to say it but didn’t even think of seeking alternative employment until my daughter welcomed me one evening coming back from work with a beautiful banner done at school where was written: « Stop Plastics! Stop Pollution! ».

I am now very proud to join a young and sparkling team, full of enthusiasm where human, societal and environmental values are carried out by each and every team member. Joining InovaYa is an opportunity given to me to finally now be able to tell my girl: «Daddy stopped feeding whales with plastics and now gives water to human beings! » There is nothing more rewarding than this.

Of Algerian origin, I arrived in France back in 2019 after a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry to do a BS in process engineering at Grenoble Alpes University. followed by a MS in process and bioprocesses engineering at UCBL Lyon 1.

Conscious of worldwide water scarcity worldwide, I fully realized how valuable access to drinking water remains by joining InovaYa. Focused on an unacceptable proportion of people unable to reach or afford safe drinking water, working on reducing that inequity drives me every single day.

After doing my MS Internship within InovoYa, I couldn’t just walk away from such a wonderful team and decided to join InovaYa for the opportunity given to work on inspiring and challenging projects with a workforce sharing an international vision and values highly precious to me.

Numerous international experiences (privilege of age: my early 30 are unfortunately way behind…) as an Office Manager in various organizations such as audit, legal firms, insurance or industry.

To be fully honest, world of science is quite far from mine but thankfully my purpose by joining InovaYa was only to give full support to the team on all administrative and financial issues. My job is to facilitate the life of our astonishing founders, brilliant engineers, amazing technicians and entire fabulous spirits inside our international workforce.

My motto: alone you get nowhere! Driving me to seek for constant sharing. That’s specifically why, InovaYa, is exactly the right place to be.

In love with rugby, I’m always ready to play and specially for the fight in order with InovaYa to score a try and to make sure that safe water remains a resource shared by everyone.