Norm Ruttan

President

Norm is the owner and general manager of iWasteNot systems.

After 26 years of public service in the Canadian National Parks system as a Park Naturalist, Visitor Services Officer, Area Manager and National Park Superintendent Norm semi-retired in 2003. Prior to working for Canada's National Park system Norm worked from 1967 to 1974 as a High School Science and Biology teacher .

From 2002 to 2005 Norm helped establish and organize the operation of the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve - Canada's 12th UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. In 2004/05 Norm was President of the Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association and Leader for a visit to the People's Republic of China which resulted in twinning 3 Canadian Biosphere Reserves with 3 Chinese Biosphere Reserves. During the same period, Norm worked part-time with iWasteNot Systems to help establish our company.

• It is better for one company to produce 100 excellent waste exchanges, than for 100 companies to duplicate processes so that each produces 1 mediocre waste exchange.
• A successful company listens and responds to clients, and engages in continuous improvement.
• We sell long-term service rather than short-term, one-off products.

Since mid-2005 Norm has devoted himself to growing iWasteNot Systems including The Reuses Network - our new 3R's Community Portal System for non-profit environmental organizations.

James Ruttan

Communications

James is responsible for communications and manages the Vancouver office of our company. He joins us following a stint managing Post Digital Works, a prestigious television production facility in Vancouver. He has worked in the film and television industry in a variety of capacities including sound and video editing and location management.

Before that James managed Timberlake (Medical Billing) Software in Ontario, Canada, spent time with Canada World Youth in a remote village in Indonesia, and returned later to teach English as a second language in Jakarta.

Jonathan Ruttan

Computer Programming and Database Management

Jonathan Ruttan provides computer programming and database management to ensure that our web sites work dynamically with the statistical and content databases. Jon has experience in computer programming for a medical database system and with Queen’s University as a computer programmer for a virtual reality studio. Jon has also administered SQL databases for an on-line gaming company.