Our Founder
Leonard N. Enriquez founded Cambridge in 2001, some two decades ago. He has consistently focused the company on solid waste sector projects in the developing world. These regions often have the greatest need for SW Infrastructure upgrades. Leonard’s Solid Waste Industry track record begins in the late 1980's, including ten years (1991-2001) as a Vice President for North America with Paris-based Compagnie Générale des Eaux (now Veolia Environnement, the largest Waste Services company in the world). Throughout his solid waste sector career, Mr. Enriquez has specialized in planning, conceptual design, feasibility analysis, development, project management (through operational startup), and contractual negotiations for large-scale, capital-intensive solid waste projects.
By 1998, Veolia was operating nine (9) Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plants in North America, for whose performance optimization Mr. Enriquez was responsible.From 1998 through 2001, Mr. Enriquez coordinated the $2 Billion acquisition expansion program for Veolia in North America, increasing within two years its presence from 400 employees and $200 Million in annual revenues to over 3,000 employees and $1 Billion in annual revenues.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and Master’s Degree in Transportation and Logistics from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a result, Cambridge has developed and implemented various quantitative optimization models for Integrated Solid Waste Management Systems.
Growing up and having worked extensively on four continents, Leonard works as required in French, Spanish, or Portuguese, as well as in English.