# Walt Weyler

> Walt Weyler is a Portland, Oregon entrepreneur and chemical engineer who turned a career running factories into a second act buying, fixing, and building industrial companies. He is President and CEO of SequenceUSA, a private holding and lending company that backs Pacific Northwest manufacturing and technology firms, and President and Managing Director of Clarus LLC (Clarus Water Solutions), a water-filtration and stormwater venture spun from his work at Crystal Clear Technologies. Before founding his own companies he co-owned Kinetics, a metal-injection-molding shop he grew from a struggling $3M operation to roughly 100 employees and sold to mining giant Phelps Dodge. He sits on the Supply Chain & Logistics Management Advisory Council at Oregon State University's College of Business.

- **Role:** President & CEO at SequenceUSA / President & Managing Director at Clarus LLC
- **Organizations:** SequenceUSA Corporation, Clarus LLC (Clarus Water Solutions), Crystal Clear Technologies, Inc., Oregon State University College of Business (Advisory Council)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, Master's Business Program, University of Minnesota (Carlson School of Management), Executive education (per LinkedIn), Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Bought a failing $3M metal-injection-molding company (Kinetics) and grew it to ~100 employees with a decade of profitability, then sold it to Phelps Dodge, Created a $50M product line at H.B. Fuller through new manufacturing processes, Delivered a $22M facility '95% on time, 100% on budget'

## Career timeline

- **1986-1989** — Facility Manager / Process Engineer / Operations Manager at Valspar Corporation, managing a $12M capital budget across 11 facilities
- **1989-1995** — Operations Manager and Senior Process Engineer at H.B. Fuller, a $110M division; created a $50M product line and built a $22M facility delivered '95% on time, 100% on budget'
- **1995-2005** — Co-Owner of Kinetics, Inc.; bought the struggling $3M metal-injection-molding business and grew it to ~100 employees and a decade of profitability before selling to Phelps Dodge
- **2005-2006** — Director of Process Technology and Business Development at Phelps Dodge, a $10B mining and metals company; oversaw a $3M capacity install for the acquired Kinetics MIM division and evaluated acquisition targets up to $1B
- **2006-present** — Founded SequenceUSA Corporation; President & CEO of a hard-money lending and holding company that acquires Pacific Northwest manufacturing and technology firms with $2M-$15M in sales
- **2010-present** — President & CEO of Crystal Clear Technologies, Inc., developing adsorption materials for water filtration
- **2012-present** — President & Managing Director of Clarus LLC (Clarus Water Solutions), focused on water filtration systems, stormwater management, and industrial liquid extraction

## Achievements

- Bought a failing $3M metal-injection-molding company (Kinetics) and grew it to ~100 employees with a decade of profitability, then sold it to Phelps Dodge
- Created a $50M product line at H.B. Fuller through new manufacturing processes
- Delivered a $22M facility '95% on time, 100% on budget'
- Evaluated acquisition targets up to $1B for Phelps Dodge
- Founded and runs three companies simultaneously: SequenceUSA, Crystal Clear Technologies, and Clarus
- Appointed to the Supply Chain & Logistics Management Advisory Council at Oregon State University's College of Business

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Listed as a member of the Supply Chain & Logistics Management Advisory Council at Oregon State University's College of Business, representing Sequence USA.

## Links

- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/wweyler
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/walter.weyler/

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Last updated: 2026-06-20