Chuck Hansen, Chairman & CEO

Chuck Hansen is a public sector information technology pioneer with over 25 years of experience advising and deploying a wide range of public sector solutions. As co-founder and majority shareholder of Hansen Information Technologies, Chuck was instrumental in building Hansen Information Technologies to become the first major international IT solutions provider dedicated solely to streamlining the operations of government.

In 1988, Chuck was responsible for designing & developing the first of its kind field-to-office integrated solution to manage the inventory, data collection, and inspection of city-wide Water Audits and Sewer Survey Evaluation Study (SSES). For instance, Working with the City of Houston to inventory and rate the condition of its 5,000-mile sanitary sewer system while operating under an EPA consent decree, Chuck worked with the City of Houston’s Henry Gregory to define industry inspection standards to be used by city personnel and outside contractors, including standards followed by over 120 television inspection crews. Other major inspections included Manhole Inspections, Smoke Testing, and Dye Flood Testing, all part of the largest public works inspection project of its kind.

Spearheading the design, development, and deployment of industry-specific work management solutions for the water & sewer, plant, highway, and transit market, Chuck Hansen was responsible for leading his offshore development team to create the first ever web service applications for Asset Valuation, Utility Billing, Property Tax, Business & Consumer Licensing, Planning, and Permitting solutions. Chuck was also responsible for developing the first asset-based accounting system for local governments in Australia in accordance with AAS27. In addition, he developed the first Asset Valuation system in accordance with GASB 34 requirements which are used for Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR).

Chuck’s former clients have included some of the largest cities in the United States, Canada, England, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, including strategic alliances in the Middle East, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea.

In 2006, Chuck partnered with private equity firm Golden Gate Capital. As majority shareholder, he sold Hansen Information Technologies to Atlanta-based Infor Global in 2007.

Since selling his company, Chuck has been involved in the start-up, management, and investment of several high-tech companies, including his decision to make an early stage investment in Facebook. An avid musician, Chuck played Baritone & Bass Sax with various artists, including Eddy Money, Huey Lewis, Micky Dolans (“The Monkees”), Mickey Thomas (Starship), Prairie Prince (“The Tubes”), Todd Rundgren, and Tower of Power. Earning his General Aviation Pilot’s license and Instrument Rating in less than a year, Chuck began investigating innovative technologies that would fundamentally change the way municipal utilities can identify critical sewer pipes, which led to Chuck’s founding of Electro Scan Inc.

Chuck and Bob Hansen.

Prior to co-founding Hansen Information Technologies with his father and brother, Chuck worked with several Silicon Valley venture capital firms as a senior executive for troubled high-tech companies. Chuck was also the youngest corporate Vice President and Corporate Officer for a $20 billion NYSE bank holding company. Chuck started his career in Finance as a Senior Accountant for Arthur Andersen & Co. in their San Francisco and Oakland offices, where he worked on several SEC registration statements including a brief tenure as a merger & acquisition consultant and Director of Strategic Planning at cement pipe maker, Ameron, Inc.

Chuck received his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in 1982 and BS from the University of California, Berkeley in 1978. Chuck also rowed Cal Crew during their 1977 championship season and played in the U.C. Berkeley Jazz Band.  Chuck was the recipient of the prestigious Robert Gordon Sproul & Ida W. Sproul Award, U.C. Berkeley’s highest student honor. For over ten (10) years, Chuck was a Visiting Lecturer with the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Graduate School of Engineering, where he taught courses on Upgrading Your Sanitary Sewer Maintenance Program.


Mark Grabowski, Vice President, Municipal Markets

Mark Grabowski is a wastewater industry veteran that has spearheaded the project management of a number of innovative closed-circuit television (CCTV) and related assessment technologies used by utility contractors and municipal sewer utilities.  Formerly with Aries Industries, a leading manufacturer of CCTV equipment and truck assemblies, Mark is responsible for the development and rollout of the Company’s Electro Scan products for sewer mains with pipe diameters of 6″ to 60″ (76-450mm), commonly referred to as the Company’s ES-620 for Sewer Mains™ (i.e. 6″-20″ or 65-200mm pipes) and ES-2060 for Sewer Mains™ (i.e. 20″ to 60″ or 150-450mm pipes).

A mechanical engineer, Mark will be working with Electro Scan’s contract engineers and circuit board fabricators to allow new and existing CCTV truck owners and operators to quickly and easily disconnect existing CCTV cameras and on-the-fly plug & play Electro Scan sewer leak detection technology directly into existing onboard cabling systems for immediate field use.

Prior to joining Electro Scan, Mark Grabowski served as Product Manager and Project Engineer at Aries Industries, where he was in charge of product management for pipeline rehabilitation and inspection products. As part of his responsibilities, Mark managed the complete life cycle of several products, including a camera system certified intrinsically-safe in accordance with Class I, Division I, Group D standards for live inspection of gas mains, a class-leading lateral launching and inspection system, and the only pan & tilt push camera system on the market. Mark also advised large strategic accounts in the U.S. and abroad.

Before joining Aries, Mark worked as Water and Wastewater Project Manager at C.W. Purpero, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI), where he was involved with numerous underground infrastructure projects, including design & construction of flood/runoff control systems, lift stations, and innovative pollutant removal systems. Additional projects included the installation of major water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and force main systems utilizing both open cut and trenchless technology methods.

A member of the National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) and OSHA Certified for Confined Space Entry, Mark received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Construction Management in 2004 from the University of Central Florida.