The Team

There’s a saying that there can be no democracy without water... At LivingWaters Systems we invite any and all interested in solving water to join us in democratizing rainwater harvesting.
— Gabriela Saade, COO of LivingWaters Systems

Joshua Kao

— Founder, Inventor and Chief Executive Officer

Joshua is a hardware engineer with acumen in water resources engineering and visual design through constructing the LivingWaters Systems product suite and brand as well as previously founding two refugee aid/agritech ventures. Outside of company activities he is also a pianist and videographer.

Gabriela Saade

— Chief Operations officer

Gabriela is a Lebanese and Venezuelan economist with an impeccable record of humanitarian assistance. A Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum and Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Chicago, she also co-founded Salud Por Venezuela, a non-profit that delivered healthcare to over 3000 settlement dwellers across Caracas, her hometown.

Joseph Bajor - Consultant

Joseph is a recent graduate student at the Heinz College of Carnegie Mellon University. Outside of his work on LivingWaters Systems he is the CTO of Nutrivide, a humanitarian initiative designed to fight infant malnutrition.

Wall of ADvisors and Mentors

LivingWaters would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for the help and support of the following individuals (in alphabetical order)

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Gregg Bauer

Emiliano Cecchini

Tani Chen

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Will Colegrove

Dr. Laura Dunham

Robert Gertner

Shrey Ghate

Christina Hachikian

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Eric Harr

Jonathan Levine

Julie Bliss Mullen

Millicent Pitts

Kate Sackman

Dr. Sakshi Sardar

Andrea Sreshta

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Alana Taube

A very special shout-out to Dr. Sakshi Sardar and Shrey Ghate, our former Head of Research and Development and Head of Global Marketing and Outreach, respectively, who were incredible ambassadors for LivingWaters in the months they were with us. We wish you the best of luck in your new careers!