We create appreciating value from the world’s plastic waste by converting it into RESIN8™, a breakthrough line of synthetic aggregates, additives and admixtures that improve concrete and asphalt. Founded in 2018, today we have commercial operations in Costa Rica, the USA, South Africa, and Australia.

OUR STORY

CRDC Global was born in Costa Rica at the Center for Regenerative Design & Collaboration, a Zero Waste incubator created to harness the commercial potential of regenerative design.

Our story starts with a small non-profit community outreach program in a fishing village in Costa Rica. Donald Thomson, at the time a local building developer, was on a mission to use donations from resort development to uplift the local community. Seizing the opportunity, he converted two abandoned beach bars into community centers. In time, these centers became to host many projects, ranging from basic education to free classical music lessons to everyone in the area, even establishing a new institution in the process.

Returning the favor, the children, their teachers, and volunteers from around the world, reciprocated by helping with mangrove restoration and beach cleanups. This reciprocity, and the idea that true circularity involves the repurposing of existing goods, is what inspired CRDC, and later CRDC Global.

Our logo design stems from that original Mangrove Restoration Program. The three colored droplets represent the fundamentals of biomimicry. The seed, the leaf, and the water are meant to be symbols for the most basic elements of regeneration.

Today we are a rapidly scaling international company with commercial operations in Costa Rica, the USA, South Africa, and Australia, with an additional 16 locations in development. Our mission is to create appreciating value from the world’s plastic waste, and our north star is regenerative design — design in which the output is greater than the sum of the inputs. More than circularity, we work for sustainable and durable prosperity that increases over time, bringing prosperity to all people and the planet we share.
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MEET OUR TEAM

At CRDC Global, our team is truly our greatest asset. Passionate, dedicated, and experienced, we have the right team in place to scale our solution and bring real change to both the plastics and the construction industries.

MEET OUR TEAM

Donald Thomson
FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO)

Years of Experience: 41

Areas of Expertise: Strategic Vision, Product design, Built Environment, Applied Research, and Team Building

Worked For: Other than a short period as a Lab Tech in a Petroleum Refinery, I have always been self-employed

Passionate About: Having at least my feet in the ocean and everything about coffee

Claim to Fame: Without a doubt, it is building the collaborative team that makes up CRDC

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Ross Gibby
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (COO)

Years of experience: 32

Areas of Expertise: Project Management, Business Development, Brand Innovation, Contract Manufacturing, and Marketing

Worked For: All mainstream US TV channels (ABC, NBC, etc.), Maindock, Tekscan & Igus, and Source International

Passionate About: Creating win-win solutions and skiing deep powder

Claim to Fame: Played the role of Brad the Bad Kisser on “Sex and the City” and retained enough dignity to have a career in business

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José Barquero
CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER (CCO)

Years of experience: 15

Worked For: Dow Chemical, GRUPO MATHIESEN, Boston Scientific

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Simon Bartlett
CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER (CMO)

Years of experience: 31

Areas of Expertise: Strategy & Business Management, Brand Strategy, Partnerships, and Social Enterprise

Worked For: WBMV Consulting, The Coca-Cola Company, and Britvic Soft Drinks

Passionate About: The great outdoors and sports – football (soccer), skiing, golf, mountain biking

Claim to Fame: Led the Coca-Cola Zero brand worldwide

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Chesney Huskisson
COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR

Years of experience: 10

Areas of Expertise: Capital Markets, Impact and Sustainability, Data Analysis, Financial Modelling, Strategy.

Worked For: EBS Advisory, Govchain, RISCURA, RBB Economics

Passionate About: Quantifying and monetizing environmental externalities in order to include them in economic decision-making frameworks.

Claim to Fame: Can be found on many a top 10 Strava leaderboard.

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Sadia Chand
COMPLIANCE & HUMANITIES DIRECTOR

Years of experience: 25

Areas of Expertise: Environmental Compliance, Conflict Resolution, Construction Monitoring, Community Building, and Personal Empowerment

Worked With: Chand Environmental Consultants, Martin & East, Corporate Image, Partners for Possibility, and the Secret Sunrise

Passionate About: Dancing secretly at sunrise/sunset and pursing “juicy” pizzas!

Claim to Fame: Winning Businesswomen of the Year in 2012

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Erin Lee Martin
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

Years of experience: 20

Areas of Expertise: Strategic Communications, Environmental Journalism, Entrepreneurship, Impact Investment

Worked For: JSC Impact Consulting, Detroit Free Press, Charlotte Observer, CNN, NBC

Passionate About: Plain language as a tool for social change

Claim to Fame: Shepherding 60+ manuscripts from A-list entrepreneurs and researchers into publications cited 30,000 times and counting.

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Juan José Obando
LEGAL DIRECTOR

Years of experience: 21

Areas of Expertise: International law, environmental law, technology law

Worked For: OPRLEGAL, Obando International Law & Technology, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica

Passionate About: Animal welfare, soccer, legal education and the impact of new technology on society

Claim to Fame: Lead attorney for Apreflofas, the first environmental NGO allowed to participate in the official private international arbitration process

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David Zamora
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Years of experience: 11

Areas of Expertise: Corporate Strategy and Business Management, Marketing & Sales, and Project Management

Worked For: Grupo PEDREGAL, and GICO

Passionate About: Family, soccer, and mountain biking

Claim to Fame: Played semi-professional soccer

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Doug Woodring
ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTOR

Years of experience: 28

Areas of Expertise: Plastic Pollution, Ocean Protection, Recycling and Plastic Innovations, Environmental Entrepreneurship, and Program Development

Current/Past Experience: Ocean Recovery Alliance, Submedia, and Merrill Lynch Asset Management

Passionate About: Competitive Outrigger Canoe Racing and Swimming, and Ocean Protection

Claim to Fame: Prince’s Prize from Prince Albert of Monaco, UNEP Climate Hero, Google Earth Hero, and Inductee in Int’l Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame

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