Fritz Monterozo

Energy and chemical engineer with over 10 years of progressive experience in geothermal energy, clean technology deployment, and consulting. Proven success in leading multi-country energy programs, scaling renewable energy solutions, and mentoring teams in complex technical and policy environments. Demonstrated impact in emerging low-carbon technologies, operational optimization, and cross-border stakeholder engagement.

Geothermal Lead – International Markets at Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company (2022-12 – Present)

• Manages and supports Nalco Water geothermal business amounting to ~20M USD
• Craft a global strategy for the development of geothermal applications business – evaluation of chemistry, technical capability development, emerging opportunities and challenges
• Lead the deployment of new technology projects to geothermal customers globally, from design, execution and evaluation
• Act as the technical lead for geothermal support for the international markets
• Provide expert consulting and training to customers and internal stakeholders

Geothermal Technical Lead – Asia Pacific, Corporate Account Manager at Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company (2021-04 – 2022-11)

• Helped grew the geothermal business in the Philippines from 870K USD in 2017 to 3.3 M USD in 2021
• Lead the exploration of geothermal applications in Japan from 0 USD to 0.7 M USD in 2021
• Contributed to the overall growth of geothermal in Asia Pacific from 2M USD in 2017 to 7M USD in 2021
• Published two conference papers about maximizing existing output of geothermal facilities (NZGW 2021 and WGC 2020+1)
• Presented Nalco Water geothermal applications impact in Indonesia Geothermal Conference
• Published a successful geothermal case history that was included in the Global Sustainability Report of Ecolab

Geothermal Technical Specialist – Asia Pacific at Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company (2019-12 – 2021-03)

• Successfully commercialized a dissolution technology that was able to provide around 500K USD of savings per well to the customer vs. current treatment available
• Developed and commercialized a scale inhibition program targeted for two-phase systems that helped the customer minimize production losses with total value delivery of 3.8 M USD

Technical Specialist – Geothermal and Power at Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company (2016-03 – 2019-11)

• Supported power plant application in the region and all geothermal business in the Philippines
• Conducted plant audits aimed at water and energy management and savings
• Extended support in other geothermal facilities in Indonesia, Kenya and Turkey

Welltesting at Philippine Geothermal Production Company, Inc. (2014-08 – 2016-03)

Geothermal Operations Training Program at Philippine Geothermal Production Company, Inc. (2013-11 – 2014-08)

Accelerated Management Program – National University of Singapore (2025)

M.S. in Energy Engineering – University of the Philippines – Diliman (2022)

B.S. in Chemical Engineering – University of the Philippines – Los Baños (2013)