Anish Tailor is a CEO in Residence at NextGen Growth Partners, focused on acquiring and leading an industrial water treatment business.
A chemical engineer by training, Anish has spent nearly a decade in industrial water treatment, in roles that have taken him across the country. He began with Nalco Champion (Ecolab) in Houston, ultimately leading the process chemicals team at a major BP refinery in Toledo, Ohio. He then joined Suez Water Technologies & Solutions in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he went on to lead commercial operations across Washington and Oregon. Most recently, with Solenis, he led a team at the largest refinery on the West Coast before serving as Area Manager for the company’s West Coast heavy industry division.
That work has been hands-on and in the field with cooling towers, boiler houses, and wastewater systems at refineries, power plants, and manufacturing facilities where an upset costs real money and downtime isn’t an option. Across those environments, Anish built a reputation for leading teams well and keeping mission-critical systems running.
Today, Anish leads Cascade Industrial Water, with the goal to acquire an established water treatment business and lead it for the long term. He intends to step into day-to-day operations as an owner-operator, preserving the team, culture, and reputation the current owner has built while investing in its next chapter of growth.
Outside of work he enjoys the outdoors and time with friends and family, and is a dedicated automotive enthusiast with a passion for working on cars and motorcycles. He holds a BS in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
