ByFusion Welcomes Douglas Crawford as VP of Engineering and Operations

by Chris Piotrowski | Feb 16, 2023 | Press

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)| February 16, 2023

Senior Addition Enables the Company to Scale Manufacturing and Growth

ByFusion announced today that Douglas Crawford has been tapped to serve as VP of Engineering and Operations. Crawford will drive all aspects of manufacturing and engineering of their proprietary micro-diversion platform designed to repurpose non-recyclable plastic waste into an alternative building material.

Crawford joins ByFusion from SpaceX, where he led the Build Reliability Engineering team in Hawthorne responsible for Dragon, Falcon, and Starship products. Prior to SpaceX, he managed manufacturing engineering teams for various major engine components at Pratt & Whitney.

“Doug’s vast engineering experience, strong focus on quality, and engaged leadership style will undoubtedly help us take our platform to the next level,” says Heidi Kujawa, ByFusion founder and chief executive officer. “He has been immersed in delivering new, bleeding-edge technologies to critical industries that have a massive impact on society. That aligns with everything that we strive to do for the recycling and construction industries, and we are ecstatic to have him at the helm of our platform as we begin to deliver our capability to the world.”

“I’m excited to turn my focus from getting people to Mars to helping solve major problems affecting us on earth. I’m ready to jump in and lead this technology to the next level, enabling a broader use globally. The impact this company and technology can have makes it an exciting mission to get behind and help succeed.”

Crawford enters as ByFusion advances it’s presence in the market as demand for alternative building materials and landfill diversion solutions soar.

About ByFusion

ByFusion®, a Los Angeles, CA certified B Corporation, aims to help decarbonize the planet by solving the global plastic crisis – locally. ByFusion’s proprietary Micro Diversion Platform is a landfill alternative designed to transform non-recyclable plastic waste into high-demand, usable products enabling communities, corporations, and governments to realize a cleaner world while creating jobs, improving infrastructure, and revitalizing neighborhoods everywhere. For more information, visit ByFusion or follow @ByFusion on Instagram or Twitter.

ByFusion Taps Former YETI Executive as Chief Revenue Officer

by Chris Piotrowski | Jan 20, 2023 | Press

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)| January 18, 2023

Executive to lead commercial business at top ranked plastic diversion startup

Former YETI Vice President of Business Development Vaughan Stanford joins the ByFusion team as Chief Revenue Officer to help drive commercial growth and keep pace with the increasing demand for innovative solutions that combat the plastic waste crisis and promote circularity.

Mr. Stanford joins the ByFusion team after two decades of experience successfully launching both enterprise solutions and consumer-facing products through the building of partnerships and innovative product development. As the founder of YETI Custom Shop, YETI’s only acquisition to date, Mr. Stanford was responsible for establishing and growing YETI’s customization and direct corporate sales business. Before that, Mr. Stanford was part of the founding team at Cisco Systems responsible for incubating, productizing, and launching Cisco’s Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS), which at the time of his departure, had grown into a $500M a year business. His ability to launch innovative products, deliver results, and desire to make an impact on the global plastic waste problem led him to join the ByFusion team.

“Vaughan has demonstrated his ability to launch new, innovative, out-of-the-box solutions and services to address a wide range of complex industry challenges,” said Heidi Kujawa, CEO of ByFusion. “His leadership, expertise, and values align with our mission. He will help us scale faster to meet the rising demand for our platform and products. We’re so thrilled to have him on the team.”

“The innovation and thought leadership that Heidi and team have brought to the global challenge of unrecyclable plastics is a total game changer,” said Mr. Stanford. “ByFusion’s ability to take plastics that traditionally would be discarded into a landfill or incinerated and turn them into structurally sound building materials is incredibly exciting. I truly am honored to be a part of such a forward-thinking organization.”

About ByFusion

ByFusion®, a certified B Corporation founded in 2017 in Los Angeles, CA., is a sustainability innovator committed to protecting the environment and reshaping the future of plastic waste while establishing a circular economy. ByFusion’s proprietary process repurposes all types of plastic waste, including marine debris, into a construction-grade, reusable material called ByBlock®. ByFusion’s platform produces the first-ever building block made from non-recyclable plastic, enabling communities, corporations, and governments to realize a cleaner world while creating jobs, improving infrastructure, and revitalizing neighborhoods everywhere. For more information, visit ByFusion or follow Social Media @ByFusion. Want to help clean up the ocean? You can support our Cleanup Campaign through ByFusion Unity, a registered 501(c)(3), at ByFusion Unity.

ByFusion Announce Boise Exhibition Build to Demonstrate How Idaho Residents are Changing the Future of Plastic

by byfusion-wpadmin | Mar 8, 2022 | Press

LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) | MARCH 07, 2022

ByFusion is hosting a live build at Boise Towne Square to continue to showcase how cities can put their hard-to-recycle and unrecyclable plastic waste to work. Starting March 8th, ByFusion will be assembling a multipurpose structure called ByPad®, which diverted 2.1 tons of plastic waste from the Ada County Landfill. Each ByBlock was produced using the materials collected from the Boise Hefty® EnergyBag® program. This demonstration will provide another example of how this new reusable building material can help the Boise community support the increase in commercial and residential construction demand and local infrastructure projects. After the 3-day event, the finished structure will remain on display through March 19th, 2022.

“ByFusion is committed to providing every community – large or small – the capability to repurpose their unrecyclable plastic into a reusable building material,” said Heidi Kujawa, Founder and CEO of ByFusion. “Boiseans participating in the city’s Hefty® EnergyBag® program are showing the world how we can make a positive impact on the environment by working together.”

“Sustainability is at the core of our values at Boise Towne Square, and those of our management company, Brookfield Properties. This partnership with ByFusion was a no-brainer for us,” said Jack Yejekwe, General Manager of Boise Towne Square. “This exhibition is a great, tangible example of the efforts that can be made to positively impact our community, and we look forward to hosting the build and finished structure at our center.”

ByBlock stacking starts Tuesday, March 8 at Boise Towne Square. In addition to ByBlock, the 80 square foot ByPad kit incorporates timber framing, door and windows, exterior cladding material, roof structure, and represents another use for this new and innovative building material. The unit is made for DIYers and is available for purchase as a kit. Representatives from ByFusion will be on-site to answer any questions during the three-day event.

ABOUT BYFUSION
ByFusion is dedicated to enabling communities worldwide to transform unrecyclable plastic waste into a reusable building material to collectively address the global plastic crisis.
Recognized by Fast Company, The New York Times, US Green Building Council, B Corps Best for the World, 1% for the Planet’s Innovation of the Year, Waste Dive’s ‘Most Disruptive Innovation of the Year’, and an essential cog in the wheel of circular economy, our systems convert all types of waste plastic – including marine debris and fishing nets – into an advanced building material called ByBlock® that enables communities, corporations and governments to block plastic waste for good.

New Project in Greater Boise Turns Hard-to-Recycle Plastics into Community Infrastructure

by byfusion-wpadmin | Feb 16, 2022 | Press

The pilot project is led by the Hefty® EnergyBag® program and Dow, in collaboration with ByFusion, and offers an exciting and sustainable way to reuse hard-to-recycle plastic waste

LAKE FOREST, Ill., February 16, 2022 – Today, Reynolds Consumer Products and Dow announced the Hefty® EnergyBag® program is collaborating with ByFusion on a pilot project to introduce a new creative use for hard-to-recycle plastic items collected by local participants in the Greater Boise area. The ByFusion pilot project demonstrates how communities of all sizes can innovate solutions to environmental challenges and put their hard-to-recycle plastic waste to good use by converting it into a building material that supports their community. The current project leverages public-private partnerships and will divert up to 72 tons of hard-to-recycle plastics from the Ada County Hidden Hollow landfill, which helps decrease its environmental impact.

The ByFusion pilot project will convert the hard-to-recycle plastics collected by the Hefty® EnergyBag® program into ByBlocks, the first-ever construction-grade block made from collected, previously unrecycled plastics. ByFusion’s proprietary, no-emission process creates ByBlocks made entirely from plastic waste, containing no chemicals, additives or fillers. The fusion process does not require traditional sorting, cleaning or pre-processing. The ByBlocks can build a range of structures, including benches, bus shelters and much more. The first ByBlock application planned for the Greater Boise area is a large bench in Manitou Park. Additional projects are planned over the next few months, including a park bench in Garden City and other benches and kiosks within the area.

“I was excited when I learned about the ByFusion pilot project in the Greater Boise area because not only is it a beneficial way to use hard-to-recycle plastics, but the plastic collected comes from local residents who use the Hefty® EnergyBag® program,” said Jennifer Ellis, Greater Boise community sustainability advocate. “From material collection to a finished post-consumer recycled-content product, this really makes an impact on the distance the material has traveled in the past and the endgame for the material. I appreciate that the Hefty® EnergyBag® program encourages people to find alternatives to simply throwing that plastic away. While the first priority should always be to refuse, reduce or reuse unnecessary plastic waste, having the program available to collect the hard-to-recycle plastics is a welcomed diversion from landfill. It’s because of us, the citizens of these communities, that this project is even possible. I am looking forward to visiting Manitou Park, enjoying the park bench and talking about it with my fellow Boiseans.”

The Hefty® EnergyBag® team is also taking the opportunity to determine the environmental impact of the ByFusion pilot project from beginning to end, through a life cycle assessment. Having a better understanding of the full global warming impact of the material used in ByBlocks in comparison to other usages of the collected materials will inform how the Hefty® EnergyBag® program and ByFusion may work together in the future.

“We are always exploring new end-usage opportunities for the hard-to-recycle plastic collected by the Hefty®® EnergyBag® program, including the potential to expand beyond plastic as an energy source, which is why participating in the ByFusion pilot project is such an exciting moment for the Hefty® EnergyBag® program,” said Lisa Burns, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Reynolds Consumer Products. “Seeing the transformation of these challenging plastics into this impressive park bench is a testament to what is possible and what the future could hold for the Hefty® EnergyBag® program.”

“ByFusion is excited to be part of this collaboration with Dow and the Hefty® EnergyBag® program that collectively empowers the residents of the Greater Boise area to take control of their plastic waste and use it to support their growing, environmentally-conscious community,” said Heidi Kujawa, CEO, ByFusion. “We are confident that the area’s implementation of ByBlocks will show other cities how they can repurpose their plastic waste and transform it into an alternative building material that helps support their infrastructure needs, instead of being an ongoing burden.”

The ByFusion pilot project was developed in collaboration with Dow’s Business Impact Fund, which is a competitive grant program. The Hefty® EnergyBag® program, which is conducted in partnership with Dow, was already in place when the ByFusion pilot project launched. The program was first adopted by the City of Boise in 2018, and other local communities within Ada County soon followed.

“Since the Business Impact Fund was introduced in 2016, it has awarded over $5 million for 35 projects around the globe. Every project, including the ByFusion pilot, has the potential to have a tremendous and positive impact on the local community,” said Julie Zaniewski, Dow’s North American Sustainability Director for Packaging & Specialty Plastics. “Dow and the Hefty® EnergyBag® team, along with ByFusion and the Greater Boise area, are committed to this project as an innovative way of reducing the amount of plastic that is otherwise sent to landfills. It is our collective hope that other cities and communities, beyond Boise, will be inspired to think creatively about new uses for this valuable material.”

Developed with Dow and other program supporters, the Hefty® EnergyBag® program is a hard-to-recycle plastics collection program that offers eligible residents in the Greater Boise area a convenient way to divert hard-to-recycle plastics from the landfill (learn more about the program here and check here for a list of the participating communities in Idaho). The Hefty® EnergyBag® orange bags can be purchased at select local retailers or online. Once the orange bag is filled with hard-to-recycle plastics, residents simply place it in the same bin or cart as their traditional recycling. The regular recycling truck takes the orange bags along with normal, loose recyclables, and the recycling center then separates these bags from other materials and sends them to facilities that use the hard-to-recycle plastics as valuable resources.

Through April 2021, the Hefty® EnergyBag® program has diverted over 1,300 tons of hard-to-recycle plastics from landfills and is currently active in communities in Nebraska and Idaho, along with five counties in the metro Atlanta, Georgia, area.

About Reynolds Consumer Products

Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN: Nasdaq) is a leading provider of household products that simplify daily life so you can enjoy what matters most. Our Reynolds® and Hefty® brand products help make mealtime easier with preparation, cooking, cleanup, and storage solutions. For more information, visit ReynoldsConsumerProducts.com and HeftyEnergyBag.com.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The Company’s ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company, with a purpose to deliver a sustainable future for the world through our materials science expertise and collaboration with our partners. Dow’s portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer care. Dow operates 106 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 35,700 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $39 billion in 2020. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.

About ByFusion

ByFusion® is an innovative manufacturing company committed to protecting the environment and giving a second life to plastic waste by reshaping its future. A certified B Corporation and an essential cog in the wheel of a circular economy, ByFusion has a patented process that converts all types of plastic waste, including marine debris, into a building material called ByBlock®—the first-ever construction-grade block made from unrecyclable plastic. ByFusion’s solution enables communities, corporations and governments to realize a cleaner world while creating jobs, improving infrastructure and revitalizing neighborhoods everywhere. For more information, please visit www.byfusion.com/or follow @ByFusion on Instagram and Twitter.

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This startup is turning nonrecyclable plastic into building blocks fit for construction

by byfusion-wpadmin | Jan 21, 2022 | Press

FAST COMPANY | by ELISSAVETA M. BRANDON | Jan 20, 2022

In a world of disposable everything, single-use plastics continue to reign supreme.

Every year, Americans generate about 42 million tons of it. And yet only 9% of that gets recycled, in part because the recycling infrastructure in the U.S. can’t keep up with the country’s plastic production, but also because some plastics simply can’t be recycled. Los Angeles-based startup ByFusion is on a mission to change that.

ByFusion uses a combination of steam and compression to shape all kinds of plastics, even nonrecyclables, into standard building blocks called ByBlocks. These can be used to build anything from fences and retaining walls to public terraces and bus stops, but the real stars are the patented machines used to make them. Called Blockers, these hefty machines are fed mounds of plastic that are squeezed into blocks—no sorting or cleaning needed. After years of R&D, the company has installed a full production unit in L.A., where it can process 450 tons of plastic per year, with 12 more Blockers in the pipeline across the country.

To date, the company has recycled 103 tons of plastic, with a goal of recycling 100 million tons by 2030 (about a quarter of the U.S.’s annual plastic production.) ByFusion has already partnered with a host of cities, including Boise, Idaho, and Tucson, Arizona. In Lihue, on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, the company worked with an elementary school to build a pavilion with blocks made from locally collected marine debris and fishing nets. The ultimate goal? To sell Blocker machines to every city in the U.S. and abroad, helping municipalities take control of their plastic waste and turn it into building material.

ByBlocks come in a standard 16-by-8-by-8-inch building-block size and three variations: Some are molded with pegs so they can interlock; others are flat so builders can easily mount other components like a roof on top; and others are a combination of the two. ByFusion is also working on developing smaller, cube-size blocks.

The blocks are 10 pounds lighter and more durable than hollow cement blocks. They can be clad with any kind of material or left exposed, but since plastics are susceptible to sunlight, outdoor projects would have to be coated in clear paint or paired with another weather-resistant material.

The system works with virtually any kind of plastic, including fishnets, but excluding Styrofoam. And because the plastic isn’t melted but fused (hence the company’s name), it doesn’t require an ounce of adhesive, glue, or mortar. As a result, the process yields no waste whatsoever: 22 pounds of plastic makes a 22-pound block. “You [can] literally eat your lunch, throw in [the leftover plastic], make a block, then stick it in the wall,” says Heidi Kujawa, who founded ByFusion in 2017.

In 2019, ByFusion partnered with the Hefty EnergyBag program and the city of Boise, which asked its residents to separate their hard-to-recycle plastics. Only 20% of residents obliged, but the effort still garnered about 30 tons of plastic grocery bags, bubble wrap, and fast-food containers that were diverted from the landfill. Instead, they were turned into building blocks, some of which were used in a local park.

For this particular project, the plastic was processed at ByFusion’s facility in L.A. But the company wants to partner with materials-recovery facilities, municipalities, and even corporations across the country that would run the Blockers themselves. “Our primary goal is to get a Blocker in every city, to enable every city to capture their own recyclable waste,” Kujawa says.

Blockers machines come in two sizes: One is the size of a shipping container and can process up to 30 tons of plastic per month; the other is a floor-mounted affair that can process more than 90 tons per month. With a $1.3 million price tag for the large Blocker, the investment is significant, but Kujawa says recycling plastic comes with its own set of financial challenges. “Right now, this unrecyclable plastic creates a cost burden across the board, and I don’t think people realize how much taxpayer dollars go into that cost burden,” she says. Blockers are also available to rent, starting at $280,000 annually.

By now, many of us have been conditioned to think that some plastics (numbers 3, 6, and 7, for example) simply can’t be recycled, so whether an effort like ByFusion’s can truly take off would rely on quite a bit of consumer retraining and a hefty municipal effort. But if even a fraction of those nonrecyclable plastics can find a home that isn’t the landfill—or our oceans—the payoff could be tremendous. “If we get 9,000 Blocker systems installed around the world by 2025,” Kujawa says, “together we can hit our 100-million-ton goal.”

Company produces mixed-plastics bolt-on system

by GruffyGoat | Dec 28, 2021 | Press

RESOURCE RECYCLING | by Colin Staub | Dec 22, 2021

ByFusion, an equipment supplier based in Los Angeles, is selling a modular system that processes low-grade mixed plastics into construction products.

The California company supplies the system, which is a simple design that uses a shredder, conveyor and a type of press. The aim is to help cities develop a local end use for low-grade plastics.

The system can use almost any combination of low-grade, contaminated scrap plastics, which don’t need to be washed or pre-processed before going into the ByFusion line. The result is a dense, compressed product the company calls a ByBlock, which is suitable for a wide range of construction projects.

“It’s very straightforward, extremely transparent,” said Heidi Kujawa, CEO of ByFusion. “There’s no mixing, no aggregates, no fillers. It’s just plastic waste, any kind of format.”

The company has supplied its ByBlock construction materials in a handful of projects, and it is currently in talks with multiple municipalities to supply the equipment for local processing.

Simple process, varied feedstock

ByFusion was active in the early 2000s but the company experienced challenges at the time and didn’t progress. Around 2017, Kujawa took over leadership of the company and revived the dormant patent for the company’s technology.

The company is built around a goal to provide an outlet for plastics with challenging markets. Kujawa noted that the recycling industry, particularly on the sortation side, is constantly having to adapt to a changing packaging stream, which can be a struggle.

ByFusion has a goal of “enabling a municipality to take its own waste and create a commodity product that can be consumed by them to support infrastructure and community demands,” Kujawa said.

The company’s base units are the Community Blocker, which is housed in a 40-foot shipping container and is designed for use by smaller materials recovery facilities (MRFs) or other waste management facilities, and the Industrial Blocker, designed for larger MRFs.

The systems come with a conveyor and shredders, which prepare the plastic and feed it into the blocker unit. Here, the plastic is compressed to form the dense construction material.

The ByFusion system can handle almost all mixed plastics generated in the residential recycling stream.

“The unique problem that our system solves is, you literally can throw anything into the system,” Kujawa said. “No two ByBlocks are the same. We don’t measure anything, you don’t have to sort anything, you don’t have to clean anything, you don’t have to pre-process anything.”

The only limitation is polystyrene, which doesn’t fuse well with other materials, Kujawa explained. It’s considered a contaminant, although small amounts are acceptable.

The smaller Community Blocker unit can process 30 tons of plastic per month, assuming one eight-hour work shift. The Industrial Blocker unit starts at 90 tons per month and can be scaled up, through its modular design, at intervals of 30 tons per month.

The standard Blocker units are all electric, and they use steam and compression during the processing phase. The company does offer natural gas and low-emissions hybrid units that are suitable for facilities that don’t have consistent electric power.

End uses across the construction space

ByFusion previously supplied some of its construction materials for a project in Puhi, Hawaii, where the blocks were used to build an athletic pavilion. The blocks were also used to construct a lifeguard tower in Manhattan Beach, Calif.

Kujawa said the ByBlocks are a versatile product that are suitable for a wide range of general utility applications in the construction industry.

“It spans everything from landscaping and retaining walls to residential products,” Kujawa said.

She said one key concern for the company was ensuring the product has cost parity with existing building materials. Kujawa, who has a background in the construction sector, said sustainable building materials often carry a price premium over traditional options.

When customers are considering a hollow cement block or a ByBlock, Kujawa said the company wanted to make sure “that it was a moral decision not one that comes from economics.”

ByFusion is working with the city of Boise, Idaho to supply the Blocker system to that city, which collects hard-to-recycle plastics through the Hefty EnergyBag program. The city has struggled with outlets for those materials, after former downstream outlet Renewlogy stopped processing those plastics.

The ByFusion-Boise project was among a list of projects receiving support from the Dow Business Impact Fund.

ByFusion is also working with the city of Tucson, Ariz. to potentially bring a Blocker unit to that city.

Hear From Our CEO, Heidi Kujawa

by Heidi Kujawa | Aug 26, 2021 | Blog

H. Kujawa with marine debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Some of my earliest memories are of roaming around my grandfather’s factory looking for scrap metal and wood, finding these hidden treasures under the metal brake or an unattended workbench, and assembling them into some creation that only my inner child knew what to do with. To this day, I’m still drawn to the smell of machine oil soaked floors — the scent of my grandfather’s factory — because it means I’m near something in the process of being built. My thirst for building didn’t stop here. I remember sneaking my Pop’s tools out of the garage so I could disassemble and reassemble one of my sibling’s toys because I wanted to know how it worked — and then hoping to remember the exact location I pulled the tools from so I wouldn’t get caught.

This early-age tinkering led me to my local bike shop in high school, where I worked part-time building and repairing bicycles. Later on, I started building computers from scratch for fun. And while I eventually anchored myself firmly into a career in technology I never dropped the hammer or stopped working with my hands. I always continued building something on the side to level out the peaks and valleys of working life.

Now, for the first time, my love for technology and construction lives harmoniously under one roof through my new company, ByFusion. We are transforming plastic that litters our oceans and landfills into high-performing, reusable building blocks.

As I write this, there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic already in our oceans. Every day, another 8 million pieces of plastic are added. The magnitude of these numbers is hard to grasp. And because plastic is designed to last forever, it never fully breaks down, pushing marine life and their ecosystems near — and tragically in some cases, already beyond — their breaking points.

As the world’s plastic consumption continues to increase, ByFusion is showing how this ubiquitous material can be repurposed into the first-ever reusable construction-grade blocks for projects that strengthen our people, our cities, and our communities. ByBlocks, ByFusion’s trademark product, are made entirely from collected unrecyclable plastic that would otherwise be disposed of in our oceans and landfills. As a construction junkie, I am amazed and inspired by the simplicity of our fusion process and ByBlocks ease of use.

As our company grows and I grow with it, I’m looking forward to sharing this next phase of my journey with you and working with government leaders and partners to reshape the future of plastic waste — and with it, the future of our planet we call home.

VP, Global Partnerships & Alliances

by byfusion-wpadmin | Apr 7, 2021 | Join Our Team

VP, Global Partnerships & Alliances

INNOVATION CENTER - LOS ANGELES, CA

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ABOUT US

ByFusion is a waste to infrastructure company dedicated to providing innovative solutions to address the global plastic crisis.

Recognized by Fast Company, The New York Times, US Green Building Council Net Zero Accelerator, B Corps Best for the World, 1% for the Planet’s Innovation of the Year, Waste Dive’s ‘Most Disruptive Innovation of the Year’, and an essential cog in the wheel of circular economy, our systems convert all types of waste plastic – including marine debris and fishing nets – into an advanced building material called ByBlock® that enables communities, corporations and governments to block plastic waste for good!

ByFusion believes Earth and our team are our most valuable resources. We are dedicated to promoting diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion throughout our company. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different. Our relatively flat organizational structure keeps everyone informed and enables people to get involved in solving the problems they care about most.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The VP of Global Partnerships & Alliances will develop, drive, and execute the strategy and programs essential to grow our partner network. In addition to strategy, this position will be responsible for building the team necessary to execute, the operational activities required to lead the organization, and overall business development across our key markets.

The VP will collaborate with the growing leadership team across all areas of the business to build a fully integrated partner ecosystem. This role is a high impact role that will contribute significantly to ByFusion’s overall success. We’re obsessed with helping our partners achieve their sustainability and zero waste goals.

You must be passionate about the environment and making a difference in the world, as it is the foundation of what we do.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop and execute ByFusion’s global partner strategy in alignment with our business objectives.
Build and lead a high-performing team of partner managers around the globe. Cultivate a team culture that includes high ownership, customer-first focus, fast-paced, high integrity, and an optimistic and positive environment.
Evolve the partner programs and structures as both ByFusion and the partner programs grow to ensure that they are generating the right outcomes for all parties, maximizing success for both our partners and the planet.
Optimize partner performance through business reviews, identify additional business opportunities to expand revenue, and deploy a joint sales and/or marketing approach with our partners and sales team.
Identify and develop programs, resources, and capabilities across internal teams to achieve partner goals.
Develop partner packages, deal strategies, and all required collateral to support operations and contracting.
Report out on a regular weekly, monthly, and quarterly cadence to all key stakeholders, with a strong analytical approach and crisp communication style

QUALIFICATIONS

Successful track record of developing and growing strategic partnerships at the executive level as well as high volume partnerships
Professional and technical knowledge, as well as an extensive understanding of industry trends and the key players in the competitive landscape
Strong leadership experience, including building out teams and creating high-performance, positive team cultures
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with deep experience presenting to senior management. Demonstrated ability to negotiate high-value deals with a C-level audience and positively influence the outcome
Sound business judgment, proven ability to influence others, strong analytical skills, and a proven track record of taking ownership, leading data-driven analyses, and influencing results
Experience working within a high-growth, technology company with the ability to operate successfully in a lean, fast-paced organization, and to create a vision and organization that can scale quickly
Highly organized, multi-tasking skills, take ownership and be efficient in ambiguous situations
Willingness to travel (once it is safe to do so in the future)

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree and 10+ years of building and leading high performing partner, sales and/or business development teams in a high growth technology environment. MBA a plus.

POSITION

This is a full-time position

LOCATION

Los Angeles, CA

To Apply, send your Resumé and Cover Letter to: careers@byfusion.com

Product Designer

by byfusion-wpadmin | Apr 7, 2021 | Join Our Team

Product Designer

INNOVATION CENTER - LOS ANGELES, CA

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ABOUT US

ByFusion is a waste to infrastructure company dedicated to providing innovative solutions to address the global plastic crisis.

Recognized by Fast Company, The New York Times, US Green Building Council Net Zero Accelerator, B Corps Best for the World, 1% for the Planet’s Innovation of the Year, Waste Dive’s ‘Most Disruptive Innovation of the Year’, and an essential cog in the wheel of circular economy, our systems convert all types of waste plastic – including marine debris and fishing nets – into an advanced building material called ByBlock® that enables communities, corporations and governments to block plastic waste for good!

ByFusion believes Earth and our team are our most valuable resources. We are dedicated to promoting diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion throughout our company. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different. Our relatively flat organizational structure keeps everyone informed and enables people to get involved in solving the problems they care about most.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a talented, high-motivated Product Designer to work on various products developed for our clients, partners, and internal requirements.

To be successful in this role, you should have an eye for color and shape and be able to translate requirements into practical product features. You will be hands-on from concept to prototype building, and market readiness. Ultimately, you will help us build products that are easy to use and visually appealing to our clientele.

You must be passionate about the environment and making a difference in the world, as it is the foundation of what we do.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Identifying opportunities for new products
Analyzing how a new product ties in with market needs and consumer preferences
Setting design requirements based on briefs from internal teams and external partners
Consult with clients to determine design requirements
Research the various ways a particular product might be used, and its end-user(s)
Use computer software to develop virtual models of different designs and associated product materials
Create physical prototypes of design concepts
Examine materials and manufacturing requirements to determine production costs
Work with other specialists, such as mechanical engineers and manufacturers, to evaluate whether their design concepts will fill needs at a reasonable cost
Evaluate product safety, appearance, and function to determine if a design is practical
Present designs and demonstrate prototypes to clients for approval

QUALIFICATIONS

2+ years experience in industrial design, product design, or similar role
3+ years of hands-on experience with power tools
Ability to communicate conceptual designs into sketches or computer rendering for evaluation and development
Proficient in CAD, 3D modeling software, and/or design programs (such as Illustrator and Sketchup)
Must be able to think and design outside the box while maintaining a commercial appeal
Strong written and oral communication skills
Must feel comfortable packing and presenting your ideas to an audience with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions
At ease working independently and with a team in a fast-paced environment

EDUCATION

BSc/MSc in Product Design, Manufacturing Design Engineering or relevant field

POSITION

This is a full-time position

LOCATION

Los Angeles, CA

To Apply, send your Resumé and Cover Letter to: careers@byfusion.com

Director, Quality & Compliance

by byfusion-wpadmin | Apr 7, 2021 | Join Our Team

Director, Quality & Compliance

INNOVATION CENTER - LOS ANGELES, CA

Join Our Team

ABOUT US

ByFusion is a waste to infrastructure company dedicated to providing innovative solutions to address the global plastic crisis.

Recognized by Fast Company, The New York Times, US Green Building Council Net Zero Accelerator, B Corps Best for the World, 1% for the Planet’s Innovation of the Year, Waste Dive’s ‘Most Disruptive Innovation of the Year’, and an essential cog in the wheel of circular economy, our systems convert all types of waste plastic – including marine debris and fishing nets – into an advanced building material called ByBlock® that enables communities, corporations and governments to block plastic waste for good!

ByFusion believes Earth and our team are our most valuable resources. We are dedicated to promoting diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion throughout our company. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different. Our relatively flat organizational structure keeps everyone informed and enables people to get involved in solving the problems they care about most.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are seeking a highly motivated leader to develop our global quality and compliance strategy. The Director of Quality & Compliance will have the critical role of ensuring we continue to work in compliance with global quality standards and regulatory requirements across key areas including strategic business programs and affiliations, manufacturing, health and safety, accreditations, and financial systems.

You must be passionate about the environment and making a difference in the world, as it is the foundation of what we do.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop quality policies and SOPs to assure compliance to regulatory filings as well as global regulations and guidance
Develop internal operations quality and compliance plans based on business, program, and regulatory requirements as well as risk considerations
Provide leadership to stakeholders (internal and external) to ensure global product compliance requirements are understood
Lead the development and implementation of measures to drive continuous improvement across key business operations to enhance quality and compliance
Responsible for establishing the strategic direction for our quality management and compliance programs, and the implementation of quality policies across the company and for our partners worldwide
Develop robust management action plans to address remediation and resolution of deficiencies identified through audits and inspections; follows up on closure of corrective and preventive action plans
Proactively identify and alert senior management of significant quality and compliance risks
Support domestic and international Regulatory Authority Inspections as needed
Oversee the deployment of Quality Management Tools and coach team members across the company on how to integrate them into daily operations
Provides guidance and decisions on product development activities to ensure continued compliance with internal procedures and applicable regulatory and international standards
Prepare and/or review documentation required for regulatory submissions
Actively identify and lead initiatives toward continuous development, training, mentoring, and/or coaching of teams at all levels
Build, lead, and inspire a team from the ground up

QUALIFICATIONS

Excellent working knowledge of effective international quality and compliance program development and implementation
Ability to build strong relationships to foster a collaborative approach to proactive compliance activities
Extensive experience with auditing, preparing reports based on audits data analysis
Ability to prioritize multiple priorities, projects, and team members, and to changing business needs
Proven ability to navigate through challenging situations, effectively drive initiatives through persuasive and inspirational leadership, and encourage active participation by forming cross-functional teams
Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills are essential in this collaborative work environment
Demonstrated ability to manage and implement multiple, large-scale projects with minimal supervision
Must be able to influence and negotiate with people and gain consensus that drives toward resolution
10-15 years related experience in industrial, manufacturing, consumer products, quality, and/or consulting roles
ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor, Quality Manager, Six Sigma Black Belt, or similar achievements preferred

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Math or equivalent preferred

POSITION

This is a full-time position

LOCATION

Los Angeles, CA

To Apply, send your Resumé and Cover Letter to: careers@byfusion.com