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Cris
Arens
President
HarneTech® LLC
Nine N. Vail Avenue
Suite 102
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
www.harnetech.com
Tel: 847-749-4729
Fax: 847-749-4758 |
“Energy Efficiency &
Sustainability Solutions for the Aviation and Ground
Transport Industries: What it means for the bottom line”
Presented by Cris Arens
Cris is the founder of
HarneTech LLC which offers solar solutions and energy
audits in the Chicago area. He began his business career
with an internship in Istanbul, Turkey in 1988. Over the
next seven years, he gained management and sales
experience working for U.S. export and logistics firms
which included agent and customer travel to some unique
parts of the world (Zimbabwe, Ukraine, Columbia, to name
a few). In 1995, he recognized a logistics software
opportunity and with a partner formed Fountainhead
International LLC (CargoWise® and Shiptrax® flagship
products). As President of the firm, Cris managed 40%
growth rates year-on-year from start-up and Fountainhead
became the leading U.S. software provider for freight
forwarders. In 2006, the firm merged with an Australian
competitor to create CargoWise edi PTY Ltd. Post merger,
Cris focused on building a global sales team while
integrating the U.S. operations into the global
headquarters in Sydney. He also organized and finalized
CargoWise's acquisition of two other competitors in the
U.K and the U.S. during this period. His contract with
CargoWise was complete on June 30th, 2008.
Cris' passion for the
environment began in 1985 while spending a summer
travelling within Western Europe studying the effect of
acid rain on Germany's Black Forest which many blamed on
coal consumption in the United Kingdom. It was an eye
opening experience in regards to the geopolitical
disputes involving pollution. At that time, the average
American had heard very little of coal scrubbers and
global warming was not part of the daily political
dialogue. Today, the global pollution problem is getting
worse with the developing world trying to catch up with
the U.S. standards of living. While we need to take
dramatic action, Cris does not believe the solution is
to stop commerce and go back to the 1800s. He is a
business person who believes free markets and global
trade are essential to humanity's prosperous future; we
simply need to take a sustainable approach in our
government, businesses and homes. The technology is
available and affordable, and his leadership role at
HarneTech LLC combines his environmental passion with a
business philosophy.
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