the recycling industry didn’t have a data problem. it had a trust problem disguised as a data problem.
MaterialIQ was built by seasoned industry leaders who have designed, operated and scaled systems in some of the most highly regulated environments in the world. Our team has lived the reality of regulatory scrutiny, complex stakeholder networks, operational pressure and systems that must stand up to third-party audits. That experience is embedded in the architecture of MaterialIQ: data is structured to be traceable, defensible and audit-ready from the outset. Trust is not a feature added later. It is part of the infrastructure.
LEADERSHIP
built by experience. implemented with confidence.
BUSINESS / INDUSTRY / STRATEGY
Steve Meldrum
CEO & Founder
Steve brings more than 25 years of executive leadership, operating and consulting experience across recycling, EPR, sustainability, manufacturing and technology. A former President & CEO and Accenture management consultant, he has led organizational transformation, industry collaboration, business development, M&A and technology-enabled change. Steve brings particularly deep experience in tire recycling, extended producer responsibility and the complex relationships between producers, regulators and material-management organizations.
TECHNOLOGY / PRODUCT STRATEGY
John Prentice
Chief Technology Officer
John is a technology entrepreneur with a proven record of building software platforms for complex, highly regulated industries. As founder of Ample Organics, he grew the company from an early-stage startup into Canada's leading seed-to-sale cannabis technology platform, supporting participants across the regulated supply chain. Under his leadership, Ample earned national recognition for rapid growth before its successful acquisition. John brings deep experience in product strategy, scalable software and regulated-market infrastructure.
GROWTH / OPERATIONS / GOVERNANCE
Ian Morton
Director
Ian is an experienced entrepreneur, CEO and corporate director with a track record of building and scaling environmental and technology businesses across Canada and the United States. He has led organizations through significant growth in revenue, workforce, geographic reach and transaction volume, including Summerhill, Scout Environmental and Eco-Generation. Ian brings extensive expertise in operations, finance, governance, sales, environmental markets and scaling businesses from entrepreneurial ventures into mature operating organizations.
TECHNOLOGY / ENGINEERING
Evan McEwen
Manager, Product Development
Evan is a software engineer and technology leader with firsthand experience scaling a regulated-industry technology company from two founders to more than 100 employees and through a successful exit. He combines hands-on engineering expertise with the practical lessons of rapid growth, technical debt, customer-driven development and team leadership. Evan focuses on building software that is scalable, efficient and intuitive, with a strong bias toward solving real customer problems.
COMPANY PERSPECTIVE
vision
A world where every material has a trusted, transparent, and auditable journey.
mission
MaterialIQ is building the intelligence and trust infrastructure for the circular economy, enabling organizations to make better decisions through real-time visibility, traceability, and auditable proof of material flows.
MaterialIQ transforms fragmented material data into trusted operational intelligence. We enable organizations to track, verify, optimize, and prove material flows across their ecosystem.
