Fortera Appoints EPC Industry Leader Greg DiCosola as Senior Vice President of Capital Project Execution

In a strategic move to accelerate its commitment to cement decarbonization, Fortera has appointed Greg DiCosola as Senior Vice President of Capital Project Execution. In his new role, DiCosola will lead Fortera's project commercialization efforts, building a team capable of scaling and deploying large capital projects globally. As a technology development and project execution veteran, DiCosola has demonstrated leadership in executing engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects focusing on sustainable technologies.

"Our focus is on deploying Fortera's ReCarb green cement-making technology and commercialization of ReAct green cement," said Fortera CEO and Co-Founder Ryan Gilliam. "Greg's proven track record of successfully engaging with EPC firms to deploy sustainable technology on an industrial scale makes him an ideal fit to help bring our plants to completion quickly and efficiently. The time for action to decarbonize the cement industry is now, and we are pleased to welcome Greg to Fortera to guide project execution."

Most recently, DiCosola served as Vice President of Capital Projects and Operations at Twelve, a cleantech company focused on power to liquids and SAF production, where he shepherded a new technology through implementation at existing industrial plants. Prior to that, he served as the Project Lead on the design and scale-up of several technologies, including a waste-to-hydrogen pyrolysis plant, as the Director of Process Engineering and Technology Department at Sacre-Davey Engineering. In addition, Greg led the execution of many projects from design through construction as the Project Manager or Project Sponsor, utilizing chemicals, fuels, and carbon capture technologies.

"Joining Fortera is a tremendous opportunity to continue bringing sustainable technology to market at scale," said DiCosola. "This type of work has been a passion and focus of mine for over 20 years, but there is an urgency now to what we are doing to decarbonize. We have to deploy green technology quickly using infrastructure that is already in place to meet the world's greenhouse gas reduction goals. It is really exciting to be able to utilize new processes on top of conventional, tested processes to create a synergy that will carry us into a zero CO2 future. Fortera is leading this charge for the cement industry, and I am thrilled to be part of it."

This appointment marks a significant step forward for Fortera, positioning the company to continue executing commercial growth in the coming year. Fortera is nearing completion of its first carbon mineralization production plant in Redding, CA. In collaboration with CalPortland, the plant is expected to produce 15,000 metric tons of low-carbon cement annually. At the recent COP28 Climate Change Conference, Fortera was awarded the Net-Zero Industries Award 2023 U.S. National Winner in the Outstanding Projects category.

Greg and other members of Fortera's executive leadership will be in attendance at World of Concrete on January 23-25, 2024, in booth #N645 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV.

To learn more about how Fortera is paving a path to zero CO2 cement production, visit forteraglobal.com.

About Fortera

Fortera is a pioneering materials technology company paving the way to zero CO2 cement. Drawing on more than ten years of real-world product demonstration and 100+ patents, Fortera developed the ReCarb® process, a groundbreaking method to manufacture low-carbon cement within the existing production infrastructure. This transformative bolt-on technology seamlessly integrates with current cement facilities, leveraging the entire production framework, from machinery to feedstocks, to ensure a globally scalable solution for sustainable cement manufacturing. The resulting product, Fortera's ReAct® green cement, meets regulatory standards and can be blended with or used in place of traditional cement. For more information on Fortera, visit forteraglobal.com.