About AERstream
Building the Company Behind a New Water Source.
AERstream brings together experience across invention, research, engineering, manufacturing, brand development, commercialization and global partnerships.
The company is building around a simple ambition: develop a new category of water technology and the organization capable of taking it from invention to real-world deployment.
Our Vision
A Global Well.
The Global Well is AERstream's vision for a world in which clean drinking water can increasingly be created from the atmosphere, across different places, scales and applications.
It represents the idea behind the company: treating air not simply as the environment around us, but as a potential source of water.
Our Founders
The People Behind AERstream.
Fred Maxik
Founder & CEO
- 400+ U.S. and international patents
- $1.5B+ raised for social and environmental impact businesses
- Developed human-centric systems for NASA & ISS
Ran Zhou
COO & Co-Founder
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
- Experience across R&D, engineering and manufacturing
- Product development focused on sustainability, energy efficiency and performance
Global Leadership
Built by Experience Across Markets and Disciplines.
Lucho A. Fuentes
CEO
AERstream LATAM
- Award-Winning Marketing Leader
- 25 Years Building Brands
- 12 Years Scaling Startups
- Ethnographic Brand Strategy Expert
Juan Pablo Papaleo
CMO
AERstream LATAM
- 25 Years Creative Leadership
- Regional Agency Innovation Leader
- Serial Entrepreneur & Innovator
- HP Global Innovation Award Winner
Omid Hamed
COO
AERstream ADGM
- Serial Entrepreneur & Venture Builder
- Multi-Million Revenue Scaling Experience
- Cross-Industry Growth Strategy Advisor
- Strategic Partnerships Across Regions
Amine Mazouzi
VP, Business Development
AERstream ADGM
- Execution-Focused Business Builder
- Energy & Mobility Infrastructure Expert
- UAE, GCC & Europe Experience
- Strategic Partnerships Growth Leader
John Grainger
VP, Commercial Engineering
AERstream ADGM
- Commercial Engineering Executive
- 30+ Years Product Industrialization
- Hardware Scale-Up Manufacturing Expert
- Customer-Driven Engineering Strategy
How We Build
One Company. Multiple Disciplines.
- IP Development
- R&D
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Brand
- Commercialization
- Global Partnerships
Looking Forward
From Invention to a Global Water Company.
AERstream is bringing together technology development, manufacturing, commercial deployment and partnerships around a new approach to water.
The work ahead is not only about building systems. It is about building the company, infrastructure and relationships required to establish a new water category at global scale.
What Comes Next
A New Water Source. New Market Era.
Discover the technology, products and people shaping what comes next.