Wayne manages EPEAT’s technical product verification process and also is EPEAT’s primary liaison to the IEEE committees that develop and revise the IEEE 1680 series of standards on which EPEAT is based and is a co-chair of the IEEE Environmental Assessment Sub-Committee (EASC).

Wayne initiated and, as a contractor to the Zero Waste Alliance, co-managed the stakeholder process to develop EPEAT that resulted in the development and publication of IEEE 1680.

Prior to that he participated as a negotiator in the National Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative (NEPSI), a project to design a funding system to recycle discarded electronic products in the US. He also is a member of the Boards of Directors for:

• The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC), a national industry-led organization to recycle rechargeable batteries.
• The National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER), a national non-profit organization dedicated to improving electronics recycling in the U.S.
• Recycling Advocates, a non-profit environmental organization in Portland, Oregon.

Prior to joining GEC he managed a consulting practice and has worked with municipalities and other waste system operators globally to develop effective solid waste policies.

Wayne continues to undertake research and leadership activity in electronics and the environment. He also teaches graduate-level classes on Product Design and Stewardship in the Portland State University School of Business.

Wayne has a BS from Amherst College and a MS from Harvard.