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About Us

CDTi develops catalyst engineering and coating solutions supporting emissions control, power generation, industrial applications, methane abatement, carbon capture, and emerging environmental technologies.

Catalyst Engineering & Coating Technology for Industrial and Emerging Markets

By combining catalyst development, analytical testing, coating expertise, and scalable manufacturing capabilities, CDTi works collaboratively with customers to accelerate commercialization and support evolving emissions and performance requirements.

1996 – Our Story

Founded in 1996 by doctoral researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), CDTi was built on innovative catalyst technologies designed to reduce reliance on costly platinum group metals while maintaining high catalytic performance.

CDTi’s early focus on automotive emissions systems led to partnerships with global OEMs including Honda, GM, and Renault, helping establish engineering, manufacturing, and quality systems aligned with leading global catalyst suppliers.

Today, CDTi applies decades of catalyst engineering and coating expertise across a growing range of industrial and environmental markets, including stationary power generation, methane abatement, carbon capture, industrial emissions control, and advanced  catalyst applications.

What We Do

CDTi is a catalyst engineering and coating technology company serving industrial, transportation, power generation, and emerging environmental markets.

Catalyst & Coating Technology

Our expertise spans catalyst formulation development, analytical characterization, testing, coating technology, and scalable manufacturing support for a broad range of emissions and industrial applications.

Customer-Driven Development

We work closely with customers and partners to develop application-specific catalyst solutions engineered for performance, durability, scalability, and regulatory compliance across demanding operating environments.

Concept Through Production

Integrated engineering, testing, coating, and manufacturing capabilities allow CDTi to support programs from concept development and prototyping through pilot and production-scale commercialization.

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Leadership & Corporate Governance

CDTi’s leadership team combines expertise across catalyst engineering, manufacturing, operations, product development, and commercialization. Together, the company’s leadership and Board provide oversight supporting long-term growth, technical innovation, operational execution, and strategic development across evolving industrial and environmental markets.

Lon E. Bell

Ph.D., Chairman of the Board

Dr. Lon E. Bell serves as Chairman of CDTi’s Board. He is CEO of DTP Thermoelectrics LLC, an emerging company commercializing a new generation of thermoelectric cooling and heating systems using proprietary Distributed Transport Properties technology.

Dr. Bell has extensive experience in thermal management, clean transportation, solid state energy conversion, automotive technology and advanced engineering. He founded Amerigon in 1991, now Gentherm, a global supplier of thermal management products for automotive and commercial markets. He also founded Technar Incorporated, which developed proprietary crash sensors for airbag systems and other automotive sensors and controls.

Dr. Bell co-founded CALSTART and served as its first president, helping advance clean transportation technologies and transfer green aerospace technologies into the transportation sector. He has served on advisory boards for Caltech, Michigan State University’s Energy Frontier Research Center and the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Institute for Energy Efficiency.

Dr. Bell has authored more than 40 publications and has been granted more than 100 patents. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, a master’s degree in Rocket Propulsion and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Sarah Lumb

Director

Sarah Lumb serves as a Director on CDTi’s Board. She is the co-founder and managing partner of Mission Global, a freight specialist in event logistics with nearly 200 partner offices worldwide. She also leads Mission ME, a logistics consultancy serving the events and project freight industry.

Based in the United Arab Emirates since 2008, Lumb brings broad experience in logistics, business development, strategic planning and international operations. Her work includes helping companies manage complex logistics requirements across a wide range of commodities, often within highly demanding timelines.

Lumb also serves as a director of Kanis SA and Ethical Pharmaceutical Consulting Service SA, investment holding and venture capital companies with interests in biotech, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and other high technology industries. She is also a member of the Board of Medimaps Group, a Geneva based company focused on bone microarchitecture software development.

Earlier in her career, Lumb held roles in relocation, real estate and financial services, and launched her first business by the age of twenty five.

Matthew Beale

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Matthew Beale has served as Chief Executive Officer of CDTi since October 2015 and President since December 2015. He joined the company’s Board of Directors in September 2014.

Beale brings extensive leadership experience across alternative fuel systems, automotive and industrial markets, corporate finance and business strategy. Before joining CDTi, he served as Group Strategy Officer at Landi Renzo SpA, a multinational engineering and manufacturing company focused on alternative fuel systems and components for OEM and aftermarket automotive applications.

Earlier in his career, Beale held several leadership roles at Fuel Systems Solutions, including Co-President and Head of IMPCO Operations, Chief Financial Officer, President and Secretary, and Vice President of Business Development. He also held international corporate finance and banking roles with CVS Partners, Citigroup and JP Morgan.

Beale earned a BA in English Literature from the University of London, a Diploma in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from IESE Business School.

Edward J. Lee

Chief Technology Officer

Edward J. Lee serves as Chief Technology Officer of CDTi. In this role, he develops the company’s technology and capability strategy to support continued business growth.

Lee brings more than 25 years of experience in chemical engineering, catalysts and climate technology applications. His background includes R&D and manufacturing leadership across automotive, industrial and emerging decarbonization markets.

His areas of expertise include emissions control, industrial catalysts, methane abatement and climate technology, including carbon capture. Through his work, Lee helps guide technology development aligned with CDTi’s focus on advanced materials, emissions reduction and hard to abate applications.

Lee earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering.

Albert De Loa

Vice President of Operations

Albert De Loa serves as Vice President of Operations at CDTi, where he leads manufacturing, supply chain and purchasing. In this role, he is responsible for production performance, delivery and operational execution across the business.

De Loa brings progressive leadership experience across customer service, order fulfillment, supply chain and manufacturing operations. His background includes operations and security leadership roles at UPS, where he managed large scale logistics and high-volume distribution environments.

Known for a hands-on leadership approach, De Loa focuses on ownership, accountability and operational performance in fast paced production environments. His areas of expertise include supply chain and vendor management, manufacturing operations, production scale up, purchasing, cost control and cross functional operational leadership.

At CDTi, De Loa has expanded his operational responsibilities to include purchasing and supply chain, helping improve coordination and execution across departments.

De Loa earned a bachelor’s degree in Administration of Justice from California Lutheran University.

Dr. Ru-Fen Liu

Product Development Director

Dr. Ru-Fen Liu serves as Product Development Director at CDTi Advanced Materials Inc., where she leads efforts to develop emission control catalysts, sorbent coating technologies for carbon capture and related applications. She works closely with teams across the company to help move ideas from early concept to customer-ready solutions.

Dr. Liu joined CDTi in 2015 and has advanced from Material Characterization Specialist to Product Development Director. She brings technical knowledge and a collaborative approach to the company’s catalyst and coating development efforts.

Her areas of expertise include emission control catalysts, SOx and NOx abatement technologies, and fuel borne catalysts. She helps bridge CDTi’s technical strength with practical solutions that support customers in emissions control, carbon capture, and related markets.

Dr. Liu earned a Ph.D. in Physics. She also completed Product Management Boot Camp through UCLA Extension and earned Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, Level I.

Jason Michl

ENGINEERING MANAGER

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Core Markets

CDTi supports a broad range of established and emerging industrial and environmental markets.

Stationary Power Generation
Transportation & Off-Highway Applications
Industrial Emissions Control
Mining & Heavy Equipment
Methane Abatement Technologies
Carbon Capture Applications
Marine & Energy Infrastructure

COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT. CONTINUOUS INNOVATION.

Collaborative Development Approach

CDTi works collaboratively with customers and partners to develop catalyst and coating solutions engineered for demanding industrial and environmental applications. Engagements often begin with engineering, testing, and development support and evolve into pilot and production-scale coating programs.

This integrated development-through-production approach allows CDTi to remain agile while supporting scalable commercialization across established and emerging catalyst technology markets.

Innovation & Manufacturing Expertise

Continuous innovation remains central to CDTi’s value proposition, with an intellectual property portfolio of patented catalyst and coating technologies spanning emissions control, fuel efficiency, methane abatement, and carbon capture.

CDTi has coated more than 14 million emission catalysts and maintains ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications supporting scalable, OEM-caliber manufacturing quality and consistency.

Integrated development, testing, coating, and process optimization capabilities allow CDTi to support customers from early-stage engineering through scalable production programs.

BUILT FOR THE FUTURE

Built for the Next Generation of Catalyst Technologies

From emissions control and stationary power generation to methane abatement and carbon capture, CDTi continues to apply decades of catalyst engineering and coating expertise to support evolving industrial and environmental markets.

By combining technical expertise, scalable manufacturing capabilities, and collaborative development support, CDTi helps customers accelerate commercialization and deploy catalyst technologies engineered for real-world performance.