our story
Since 2008, Scivera has worked with leading consumer product brands to fundamentally advance chemicals management and sustainable chemistry.
Our work as a proven and trusted partner to global brands and suppliers has created a proprietary platform that radically simplifies and accelerates the ability to start a chemicals management program for companies regardless of their size. We are answering the call as fast and cost-effective access to better chemicals information is simply the price of doing business in a world where consumers control the narrative.
Our mission is to solve for the most significant problems brands face—obtaining chemical information without the ability to assess, understand, or manage those chemicals. Through SciveraLENS Rapid Screen, Enterprise, and our services, we enable everyone to own and participate in the mission we all share: to create better products via better chemicals.
our leadership team
Joseph Rinkevich
Founder & President
Joe leads product development and customer relationships for Scivera drawing on over 20 years of professional experience in the industry. Throughout his career, Joe has led successful startups and consulted to senior executives on how their business can generate lasting value by integrating environmental and sustainability strategy in all aspects of the enterprise. Without exception, this work has uncovered the need to empower professionals across many organizational functions with the reliable, cost-effective resources to make proactive decisions about product improvement, supplier relationships and product life cycle development. In addition to having worked with a range of corporations like Dell, Nike, Walmart, General Motors and DuPont, Joe also supports government and intergovernmental efforts on environment and sustainability as well as speaking and teaching at several universities and annual conferences.
Patricia Beattie, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.
Vice President, Scientific Development
Pat leads scientific development efforts for Scivera with a strong focus on expanding the use of SciveraLENS and Scivera’s consulting services across several sectors including toys, footwear and apparel, electronics, and automotive, among others. With over 25 years of work as an executive at General Motors and her extensive international experience in applied toxicology, risk assessment and chemical regulatory support, Pat brings a broad set of skills to growing Scivera’s reach across a number of sectors. Most recently as the Director, Chemical Risk Management, Environmental Services for General Motors, Pat has long been at the forefront of addressing the challenges and opportunities of business strategy as it relates to chemical policy at the corporate and government level, as well as regularly interacting with industry groups and non-governmental organizations.
Jamie Orchard-Hays
Vice President, Technology Development
Jamie brings two decades of software development experience to Scivera. After leading the development of the first production version of SciveraLENS and its supporting functionality, Jamie has been managing the Agile software development process at Scivera since 2009. His prior development experience includes a range of roles and organizations including the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and RoomKey. Jamie’s programming language and platform expertise includes Ruby-on-Rails, Clojure, MongoDB, and Java, among others.
Brad Groff, CPA
VP Operations and Finance
Brad leads financial and operational efforts for Scivera. After ten years in public accounting, Brad focused his career on start-up and growth stage companies. He engaged deeply as an executive leader in the wireless, software and education industries. His specialty and focus is developing and adapting operational infrastructures appropriate for each stage of an organization’s life cycle. He also focuses on identifying, building and maintaining the desired culture necessary for the company to thrive and strive for excellence. Brad’s primary objective is to help both Scivera and its clients execute on key initiatives and thrive through shared visions and goals.
Joseph Rinkevich
Founder & President
Joe leads product development and customer relationships for Scivera drawing on over 20 years of professional experience in the industry. Throughout his career, Joe has led successful startups and consulted to senior executives on how their business can generate lasting value by integrating environmental and sustainability strategy in all aspects of the enterprise. Without exception, this work has uncovered the need to empower professionals across many organizational functions with the reliable, cost-effective resources to make proactive decisions about product improvement, supplier relationships and product life cycle development. In addition to having worked with a range of corporations like Dell, Nike, Walmart, General Motors and DuPont, Joe also supports government and intergovernmental efforts on environment and sustainability as well as speaking and teaching at several universities and annual conferences.
Patricia Beattie, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.
Vice President, Scientific Development
Pat leads scientific development efforts for Scivera with a strong focus on expanding the use of SciveraLENS and Scivera’s consulting services across several sectors including toys, footwear and apparel, electronics, and automotive, among others. With over 25 years of work as an executive at General Motors and her extensive international experience in applied toxicology, risk assessment and chemical regulatory support, Pat brings a broad set of skills to growing Scivera’s reach across a number of sectors. Most recently as the Director, Chemical Risk Management, Environmental Services for General Motors, Pat has long been at the forefront of addressing the challenges and opportunities of business strategy as it relates to chemical policy at the corporate and government level, as well as regularly interacting with industry groups and non-governmental organizations.
Jamie Orchard-Hays
Vice President, Technology Development
Jamie brings two decades of software development experience to Scivera. After leading the development of the first production version of SciveraLENS and its supporting functionality, Jamie has been managing the Agile software development process at Scivera since 2009. His prior development experience includes a range of roles and organizations including the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and RoomKey. Jamie’s programming language and platform expertise includes Ruby-on-Rails, Clojure, MongoDB, and Java, among others.
Brad Groff, CPA
VP Operations and Finance
Brad leads financial and operational efforts for Scivera. After ten years in public accounting, Brad focused his career on start-up and growth stage companies. He engaged deeply as an executive leader in the wireless, software and education industries. His specialty and focus is developing and adapting operational infrastructures appropriate for each stage of an organization’s life cycle. He also focuses on identifying, building and maintaining the desired culture necessary for the company to thrive and strive for excellence. Brad’s primary objective is to help both Scivera and its clients execute on key initiatives and thrive through shared visions and goals.
