Manuel Vial

Civil Engineer from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Joined Kran in 2020 as R&D Director and a year after assumed as CTO leading the R&D, engineering, technology and operations teams. Previous experience includes Rockwell Automation as a project executor in Chile, and Redco, a mining consultancy company developing underground projects. Kran's nanobubble technology disrupts water-related production processes across industries. Their innovative solutions optimize water usage, energy consumption, and chemical inputs, leading to significant improvements in resource efficiency and productivity. This Chilean startup was recently named one of the top innovators by the World Economic Forum and received the Siemens Water Innovation Challenge Award.