About R Squared Environmental
R Squared Environmental (R2) was founded to specialize in customized environmental remediation, risk mitigation and assessment specific to individual client and location needs. With extensive successful remediation and assessment project experience in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba, R2 has the knowledge and experience necessary to meet current site closure requirements. The R2 in our company name is derived from a type of statistical analysis done to determine “best fit” between two data sets. R2 aims to be “your best fit” for environmental solutions by customizing our approach by considering all of the specific variables relevant to your site, goals and timelines.
About Ryan
R2 Founder and President Ryan Riess loves helping people, solving complex problems, and restoring nature. He considers himself very fortunate to have built a career where much of his time is invested in all three areas. Ryan has been the Senior Remediation Specialist and Project Lead for projects that have been recognized with 3 national and 5 provincial awards from the Association of Consulting Engineers Canada (ACEC). His remediation project work was also recognized with an additional prestigious national award from the Canadian Brownfield Network(CBN). These awards were in recognition of Ryan’s leading edge innovations related to in-situ remediation projects in the areas of: aerobic & anaerobic bioremediation, chemical oxidation, and permeable reactive barriers.
Ryan has eighteen years of experience within the environmental industry, with a focus on the bioremediation of complex sites. He has 16 years of consulting experience including a plethora of successful complex remediation programs, and hundreds of site assessments. He has two years of bioremediation research experience with Environment Canada. He holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan for which his thesis research work led to several published articles in bioremediation. He also has undergraduate degrees in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry. His unique combination of educational path, bioremediation research background, and passionate pursuit of the optimal remediation or assessment solution for his clients make him the best fit for your environmental solutions.
Ryan has been a guest lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan(U of S) for graduate level remediation courses, and is involved in a number of remediation research initiatives with the U of S, Imperial Oil and others. Ryan has been an invited speaker at conferences across Canada on a variety of topics related to innovative in-situ remediation processes and applications. Please contact Ryan to see how R2 can help with your environmental solutions.