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SPEAKER:

Michael Irlbeck Director, Business Development, EPCOR USA Inc.

Michael Irlbeck has served as the Director of Business Development for EPCOR USA since August 2015. Located in Austin, Texas, Michael is responsible for originating opportunities for private financing and operation of water-related infrastructure in the U.S., including private financing and Public-Private Partnerships (P3).

Prior to joining EPCOR, Michael served seven years as the Business Development Director for the Spanish multinational firm Abengoa Water, S.A., where he was responsible for building the company’s American P3 business.

Michael has been instrumental in developing private financing solutions for water projects in Texas and the U.S., and was the commercial architect for the Vista Ridge Project contracted by the San Antonio Water System in 2014. Vista Ridge is the largest P3 water project in North America representing a total private investment of $927 M USD. Michael also originated EPCOR’s recently contracted industrial water supply and wastewater reclamation facilities now under construction in Central Texas.

Prior to Abengoa, Michael served 2 years with NRS Consulting Engineers and 16 years with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

Michael earned a BS degree in Wildlife Fisheries Sciences from Texas A&M University in 1991.