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Ignasi Palou-Rivera

Critic · DISC type C
Chief Technology Officer at Refinity
📍 Downers Grove, Illinois, United States

Ignasi Palou-Rivera is the CTO of Refinity, leading teams to address energy transition and climate change challenges through technology scale-up. His background includes a Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and serving as CTO for the RAPID Manufacturing Institute at AIChE, focusing on process intensification.

He is a co-inventor on a patent for a process that recovers products like ethanol from fermentation broth using vacuum distillation.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Chief Technology Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
Personality Overview

How Ignasi shows up

Information Seeker
Objective Thinker
ROI Driven

They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions. They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often. Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features.

Priorities

Topics Ignasi cares about

Energy Transition
His professional focus is on managing teams to address climate change challenges through new energy technologies.
Technology Scale-Up
A core part of his role at Refinity and previously at AIChE involves scaling and deploying new industrial processes.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Chief Technology Officer
Refinity
1-2022
Adjunct Faculty
Illinois Institute of Technology
1-2022 - 2-2025
Executive Director and Chief Technology Officer - RAPID Manufacturing Institute
AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers
4-2021 - 12-2021
Chief Technology Officer - RAPID Manufacturing Institute
AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers
4-2019 - 4-2021
Technology Platform Director - RAPID Manufacturing Institute
AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1992 - 1997
Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1985 - 1991
Engineer
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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