About Us

Who We Are

Founded by seasoned environmental, energy, agricultural and chemical professionals, Raven Environmental Technologies provides economical treatment solutions for complex waste streams such as high moisture content waste (HMCW) and landfill leachate. By combining more than 100 years of experience with more than twenty years of R&D, Raven offers processes that control the costs of treatment and disposal, while maintaining regulatory compliance and recovering the resource for a beneficial reuse.


Michael Patton

Mr. Patton is the President of Raven Enviro and has over 40 years of experience in the waste management industry, among others. 

After roles in several regional and national waste management firms over his first two decades, his experience has included efforts in a variety of private equity backed startups, with medical, technology, and waste-related companies, including both traditional integrated waste service providers and a waste-to-carbon black effort broadly similar to Raven Enviro's business model.

Mike is also the former CEO of Sovereign Energy Services, Inc., whose technology has a large role in many of the solutions we can provide.

 

Matt Roper

Mr. Roper is our Vice President of Operations. Mr. Roper has more than twenty years of experience developing and operating highly regulated environmental infrastructure, including solid waste disposal facilities, material recovery and processing facilities, transfer stations, leachate pretreatment facilities and dewatering facilities. As a founding member of Roper Environmental Services, Mr. Roper has assisted numerous disposal facilities with environmental compliance, SOP, corrective action planning, waste relocation, emergency response, contingency planning and safety training. In addition to developing and operating environmental infrastructure, Mr. Roper has extensive experience in resource recovery, material handling and processing, and alternative engineered fuel production and supply.