Tom Birkeland is the Director of Project Development for Lemna Environmental Technologies (LET). He previously held project management positions with North American Wetland Engineering, Jacques Whitford, Stantec and Natural System Utilities, where he was responsible for over 25 sustainable, decentralized water and wastewater treatment projects. He has been involved in over 100 successfully upgraded lagoon systems throughout North America contributing to process design, regulatory approval, development of plans and specs, installation supervision, commissioning and ongoing process optimization. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and resides in Minnesota.