Gerald Kutney is Managing Director of Sixth Element Sustainable Management, a renewable energy technologies consultancy, and was until recently Adjunct Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. He obtained his Ph.D. in organosulfur chemistry from the University of Toronto, and worked for CIL (ICI Canada) on elemental sulfur. He was president and CEO of an elemental sulfur fertilizer company and founder of an elemental sulfur logistics firm. His work has resulted in development of new technological processes, patented innovations, and scientific publications, all in the area of sulfur.