Purio Management

Earl M. Switenky, Chairman
As Chairman of Purio Incorporated Earl M. Switenky brings a strong educational background and impressive experience in several capacities throughout the business world to his position. Furthermore, Mr. Switenky has nearly three decades of executive management experience, and nearly a decade of expertise in the water industry as a base of knowledge.

Upon graduating with a degree in Education from the University of Saskatchewan, Switenky demonstrated his strong entrepreneurial spirit by establishing and developing a successful full service landscaping/irrigation design and installation company for 14 years. Mr. Switenky then propelled himself in another direction, as an Instructor at Northwest Regional College (1985-1993).

In 1993 he made another foray into the business world as President of a private, international marketing company contracted to the fine jewelry and precious metals industry. Mr. Switenky developed successful market distributors in several countries including, Canada, the continental USA, as well as Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Switenky, began his next venture - Purio, Inc. in 1999 and the company has flourished as a technology acquisition and R&D development firm specializing in drinking water production and wastewater reclamation technology. Mr. Switenky is founder of Purio, as well as co-founder of UltraSafe Water Source which specializes in manufacturing, marketing and servicing water purification equipment.

Daryl R. English, President
Daryl R. English brings both a strong educational and business background to his position. Mr. English graduated with an MBA from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario in 1996.

After a successful career in commercial banking, Mr. English, joined a publicly-traded energy service company as V.P. and CFO. Mr. English continued to diversify his business knowledge in 1994 when he founded a communications and international business consulting company.

Demonstrating a growing penchant for strong leadership and business development Mr. English, acted as Senior Business Consultant for a prominent international business consulting firm, where he specialized in organizational development and financial turn-around situations.

Joseph A.M. Swanson, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
As VP of Marketing and Corporate Development for Purio, Inc. Joseph Swanson draws upon a deep well of business knowledge and experience from a variety of industries. Mr. Swanson began his professional experience with Canag instrumental promoter of soil and water conservation, agricultural methodology and equipment. Mr. Swanson personally sat on Soil Conservati Strategies Committee in Canada. From 1980 to 1990 while employed with Canag R&D, Swanson was also the owner of Nastec Developments Ltd. a company which was contracted with macMillan Bloedel offering several forestry-related services, specifically in environmental compliance issues. In 1990 he took over as Marketing manager for C.Brothers Ltd. At C.Brothers Ltd. Swanson was responsible for the development of the companies marketing throughout the provinces of BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. C.Brothers Ltd. is a company acting in the metal re-cycling industry, adding even moreso to the wealth of knowledge Swanson has in being involved with companies that have an eco-conscious business model.

Technical Team:

Natvarlal (Nat) Mistry B.Sc Hons, Chief Technical Officer
Mr. Nat Mistry is a graduate of University of London (UK) – Queen Mary College Nat Mistry brings to Purio a wealth of technical expertise and experience in controls systems design and wireless communications. Nat spent 18 years with British Airways as an I.T. Consultant for planning, designing and integrating the company’s computerization of its international airline reservations system. Upon immigrating to Canada he was employed by Motorola until his retirement in 2007. At Motorola he was engaged in various capacities including systems design, Technical Support of wireless data networks, support for GPRS Systems, System Engineering Support for Motorola Soft Switch (MSS), and System Engineering design for IMS related products. Mr. Mistry is head of technical development and leads Purio in developing state-of-the-art control systems with remote control capability.

Leonard Girard B.Sc, Chief Science Officer
Mr. Girard is a graduate of Concordia University in Montreal with a major in Chemistry and a minor in Biology. His career has included a Quality Control position with a major pharmaceuticals company, a management position in the water bottling industry, as well as a management position in a Canadian ozone equipment manufacturing company. His experience in the ozone industry has included product testing, applications research, budget development and performance consulting. Mr. Girard leads Purio in its quest for safe, economical and environmentally friendly water purification systems and methods.