Ric Wiesemann, now retired, was a forty-year carbon dioxide industry entrepreneur and executive. He was the founder, CEO, and Chairman of Epco Carbon Dioxide Products, Inc. He is conversant in the many commercial applications of CO2. During his lengthy career that included the processing, distribution, and marketing of the product, he gained significant knowledge and experience in the energy, fertilizer, food & beverage, metal, chemical, and crop production sectors.

He also oversaw the construction and startup of twenty-two CO2 recovery and liquefaction plants throughout the Central United States. As such, he has been broadly educated on the physical properties of carbon dioxide and the essential benefits carbon dioxide provides for human health and growth.