Michael Klump is the VP of Marketing & Innovation at Purafil Inc. – a subsidiary of Filtration Group. Purafil is the world leader in gas phase filtration. Since 1969, Purafil’s chemical filtration technology has been trusted by customers across the globe to remove toxic, corrosive and irritant gases from the air. Purafil and Filtration Group’s mission is to make the world safe, healthier, and more productive by creating innovative filtration solutions that matter.
Prior to joining Purafil, Michael held various roles at Mitsubishi-Hitachi, Babcock & Wilcox and Nalco Mobotec, developing and implementing large scale environmental control technologies designed for Air Quality Control globally.
Michael has co-authored numerous papers on effective ways to mitigate NOX, CO, O3, HCl, Hg and Acid Gases using enhanced equipment along with advanced sorbents (media). Having been a member of the Institute for Clean Air Companies
(ICAC) since 2013 and a member of the Council for Industrial Boiler Owners (CIBO) since 2012, he has worked with various regulatory bodies around the world to evaluate Best Available Control Technologies (BACT) for imposed air pollution control limitations. Michael has multiple patents using advanced mixing technology for various sorbents (media) to include activated carbons, sodium bicarbonates and hydrates designed to increase removal efficiency of gaseous pollutants.
Michael holds a MBA from Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business and a MBA from Queen’s Smith School of Business. He has an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University and has served in the US Army in both
enlisted and officer capacities.
Previous Speaking Engagements at Grow Up:
2019
2019