Our Team
The team at Circul8 have spent over 35 years in oil and gas doing three things: designing more performant fluids, engineering more effective recovery and end of life solutions for those fluids and most importantly putting those solutions to work. 35 years of vision and execution. 35 years of building companies and successful exits. 35 years of not only getting it ready but getting it done.
Mukesh Kapila
President & CEO
Entrepreneur with global reach in engineering, cleantech, oil and gas and mixed reality.
Engineering & Business Manager at Schlumberger and Halliburton for 25+ years.
18 patents & 12 pending. 13 peer reviewed publications.
Professional Engineer (Chemical) and Advanced Certificate in Management, Innovation & Technology from MIT.
Stephen Clarke
Director, Corporate Development
20+ years with business management, marketing & business development, operations and finance with private and publicly traded companies.
Global experience in energy with Schlumberger and Halliburton. Technology development and commercialization of multiple products.
10 years VP with a TSX.V traded CleanTech start up in Canada and China.
Environmental Professional
Tony Staples
Director, Technical Sales
Senior Technical Advisor and SME with 35+ years in solids control and drilling waste management.
Held leadership roles at Cutpoint, Baker Hughes, TWMA, and MI-SWACO.
Proven success in technical sales, global operations, and regulatory engagement across North America, Africa, and offshore markets.
Expert in fluids, FES, and zero discharge.
Kieran Kapila
Sr. Engineer
BS - Electrical Engineering (2013)
BS - Mechanical Engineering (2020)
Partner and Sr. Electrical & Controls Engineer. VeraErnest, Houston, TX - engineering & fabrication.
CoFounder of CleanPlay Technologies - research, development and engineering of a novel ozone based disinfection technology
Electrical Power Engineer at ECHO Power Engineering (Nashville, TN)
Ketan Kapila
Sr. Engineer
BS - Civil & Environmental Engineering (2016)
Co Founder and Digital Development Lead at SecondSightAR
Project Engineer - Stangl Associates (Amherst, MA)
Author of AR/VR technical paper at 2019 Society of Petroleum Engineers, UK.
2020 Hart Energy Award Recipient for Imersiv AR/VR Solutions
Richard Bingham
Sr. Advisor
Engineering Director at Schlumberger for 18yrs.
CEO of Vera Ernest Inc. Engineering & fabrication of complex integrated projects.
Engineering Manager at Clyde UK, leading global provider of bulk material transfer technologies
18 patents & 2 pending.
Industry leader in the development of technologies in drilling solids control, waste management and cleantech.
Chartered Engineer (Mech)