Company Leadership

Osorno's company leadership is represented by Dr. Irena Motnenko and Mr. Victor Motnenko, MSc.

Other members of our leading group include Mr. Maxim Koznechov, B.Eng, and Vladimir Puzhevich, MSc.

Irena Motnenko, PhD

Osorno's head of management is Irena Motnenko, PhD.

Dr. Irena is the President and CTO of Osorno Enterprises.

She previously served as the Assistant to the Chief Scientist of BioDigestor Technologies of Canada, Inc.

• In 1990, Irena graduated from Moscow State University with an MSc. in sedimentology and marine geology.
• She received her PhD in environmental geology from Moscow State University in 1999.
• During the 1990s, Dr. Motnenko was involved in several research projects, including the international “Avicenne” project of the European Union.
• She also serves as Vice-President and Chair of the Department of Environmental Sedimentology for the Avalon Institute of Applied Science, and president and CTO of Biocompact Ltd.

Irena participates in organizing international conferences as Scientific Secretary of “Applications of Micropaleontology in Environmental Sciences” (Tel Aviv, Israel, 1997), “Application of Micro- and Meioorganisms to Environmental Problems” (Winnipeg, Canada, 2000), as Technical Director of the Third International Congress “Environmental Micropaleontology, Microbiology and Meiobenthology” (Vienna, Austria, 2002), and all IGCP conferences organized by Avalon Institute of Applied Science.

She has served for many years on the board of directors of the International Society of Environmental Microbiology, Micropaleontology, and Meiobenthology.

Victor Motnenko, MSc

Victor Motnenko, MSc, is the Technical and Maintenance Manager of Osorno.

Victor leads installation jobs performed by Osorno.

He started in Osorno as an Installation and Maintenance Specialist and was recently promoted to his current position.

• In 1988, Victor graduated from Moscow State University with an M.Sc. in hydrogeology and engineering geology with a major in hydrogeology.
• He also serves as Project Supervisor at the Avalon Institute of Applied Science, and as Installation and Maintenance Manager at Biocompact Ltd.