Michelle Ruiz

Michelle Ruiz's work experience is as follows:

- CEO & Co-founder at Hyfé (since 2021): Michelle is leading a climate-tech company that transforms food manufacturing wastewater into low-cost fermentation feedstock for the production of sustainable essential goods.

- Project Start Up Engineer at ExxonMobil (2011-2021): Michelle was responsible for implementing safety, reliability, and margin improvement strategies for a $250M capital investment project. Michelle also designed steam tracing networks and utilized various software and tools for design verification and development assistance.

- Utilities Process Improvement Engineer at ExxonMobil (2019-2020): Michelle drove repairs of failed dewatering and PLC systems to improve water treatment and reduce hazardous waste. Michelle also secured funding for environmental improvement initiatives and collaborated with vendors to innovate automated solutions.

- Wastewater Treatment and Oil Movements Engineer at ExxonMobil (2018-2019): Michelle provided leadership and guidance in operating aerobic and anaerobic bioreactors and managed optimization projects to reduce environmental footprint in waterways.

- Industrial Sales Engineer at ExxonMobil (2014-2018): Michelle developed sales strategies, conducted energy efficiency improvement projects, and collaborated with industry experts and distributors to enhance productivity and profitability for industrial and commercial vehicle companies in Wisconsin.

- Reservoir Engineering Intern at ExxonMobil (2011-2014): Michelle worked on modeling compositional variation of hydrocarbons in tight shale formations, optimized reservoir hydraulics modeling software, and contributed to the implementation of a capital project management system.

Michelle Ruiz earned their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Michelle attended the university from 2010 to 2014.