Andy Helminger is an Innovation Advisor with a background in water quality and environmental science. As lead of Innovation Advisors’ water practice, Andy positions our water-tech clients to successfully move innovative products to market.
Mr. Helminger has over 20 years of experience working in industry and tech spaces ranging from consumer products to aerospace. His passion is empowering researchers and their organizations to move technologies from the lab to the real world. And it’s this passion that helps our clients convert good ideas into valuable commercial products.
Mr. Helminger’s technical areas of expertise are water quality and environmental science. He leverages this expertise to help clients with innovation challenges related to water treatment and analysis. These clients have included major consumer-products companies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and NASA. Prior to RTI, he served as an environmental compliance officer for the N.C. Division of Water Quality.