Aly Khalifa

Aly is an expert in sustainable design innovation. He heads his own consultancy Positive.Company which is focused on sustainable innovation and metrics for positive impact. Trained as both a detail-oriented mechanical engineer and a conceptual product designer, Mr. Khalifa has 30 years of experience in designing, engineering, and manufacturing unique technologies around the world. He is the former Chief Technical Officer at McDonough Innovation and also served as COO for MBDC, the leading Cradle to Cradle Certified® assessor. His clients have spanned from Bausch & Lomb and Seventh Generation to Walmart and Li&Fung. His collaborations have garnered more than 40 patents, been nominated for a Grammy Award and exhibited in the Louvre. Aly is an active Eisenhower Fellow and  has garnered significant attention as a voice for sustainable design entrepreneurship, leading to lectures and mentorship worldwide.

Aly has pioneered numerous innovative endeavors, including:

• Plastic Collective, a pioneer in fugitive plastic recovery and credit with remote and vulnerable communities through deployable IOT-enabled recycling operations.
• Oceanworks, an ocean plastic marketplace for consumer brands.
• Designbox, a multi-disciplinary product innovation consultancy that has launched products for some of the most exciting sports brands in the world.
• Gamila, a gourmet product brand and Kickstarter sensation that was acquired by Seventh Generation.