The Team

Vision

We hope to decarbonize the agricultural sector with our technology.

Mission

Provide gasification technology as a service that brings farmers into regenerative agriculture and helps decarbonize their supply chain.

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Jose Alfaro

Jose is a Chemical and Environmental Engineer. He holds a PhD in Sustainability from the University of Michigan where he also served as an Associate Professor focusing his research on the circular economy in the food-energy nexus, which was the inception of Poás.

He has experience in industry and academia with more than 20 years working in developing countries, several patents to his name, and 5 years in R&D at a Fortune 500 company.

Co-founder and Director of Research and Development

Sofia Camarero

Sofia leads tech R&D for Poás. Before Poás, she performed research on the circular economy and biomass wastes upcycling systems. She has worked within the industry at multinational corporations in product R&D, manufacturing, and quality engineering.

She earned her bachelor’s in chemical engineering from the Universidad de la República and master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering and Environment and Sustainability from the University of Michigan.

Senior Engineer, Operations

Fernando Pinto

Fernando is a lead operations engineer at Poás. He has more than 10 years experience in renewable and decentralized energy. He has participated in successful solar energy startups and been a part of energy projects around Central America.

He holds an Electromechanical Engineering degree from the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica.

Supports

Integrity

Innovation

Collaboration

Adaptability

Our vision