This summer, we are excited to have Daniel Tan as a co-op student at 5REDO. Daniel is going into his third year of the Bachelor of Commerce program at the UBC Sauder School of Business. He intends to pursue a specialization in accounting.
In his last two years at Sauder, Daniel has been actively involved in various case competitions. Just this past January, his team was awarded the second place in the Queen’s Commerce Corporate Competition (Q3C), Canada’s premier undergraduate business case contest. He was also part of the team that ranked second in the EY Challenge Case Competition in 2020 where they pitched a Nutritional Scanner which had a significant strategic focus on leveraging social networks to fuel subscription based payment models. As a current member of the UBC JDC West Summer Development program, Daniel is currently improving his problem solving skills in preparation for the 2022 competition.
Besides his active life at school, he enjoys watching basketball and documentaries. He plans to achieve a new record in hiking Grouse Grind this summer and to try snowboarding this winter.
Daniel will focus on financial and economic assessments of circular economy projects to help business managers and entrepreneurs make informed decisions to achieve their goals in the Environmental Social Governance (ESG) space.
Karan is an experienced professional who has worked in multiple geographies and roles along his career. He holds a total of 10+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, and has focused his efforts towards finding solutions for waste recovery and making recovery economical for industries. 
As our Senior Research Scientist, Hormoz draws on his eight years of industrial and nine years of academic research experience in the areas of polymer science and engineering to develop new solutions for advancing circularity and sustainability.
As the Co-founder of 5REDO, Forough brings her expertise in supply chain management, business operations, inventory control, and revenue management to support the implementation of circular solutions within different industry sectors.
With her significant hands-on experience in developing and characterizing biological and chemical systems, Vicky plays a key role in 5REDO’s efforts toward developing novel products and technologies that offer improved circularity and sustainability to the industry and society. 
With several years of research experience in France and Canada, Fabien lends his expertise and passion for enzymology and microbiology to 5REDO’s sustainability innovation plans. 
With a passion for driving change and creating impact, Mahdi co-founded 5REDO to facilitate and expedite the adoption of circular economy principles in Canada. Mahdi is an alumnus of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s From Linear to Circular Programme in 2021. He also played a key role in developing and managing the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Circular Economy Seed Funding program aimed at fostering partnership development between companies and academic researchers to co-create solutions for the circular economy. 
By leveraging her expertise in life cycle analysis and process engineering, Ophela helps 5REDO to take a holistic approach to the development of circular solutions and technologies. 
As a recent graduate of chemical engineering from the University of Waterloo, Kyle brings his passion for impactful innovation and his experience with novel recycling processes to 5REDO to support our technology development initiatives. 
Shauna is a freelance journalist that covers a wide range of topics, including health, education, the environment, travel, lifestyle trends, and more. She holds a Master of Journalism from Carleton University, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Global Development from Queen’s University.