John Fontana

As President, CEO and owner of Vista GeoScience, John’s expertise includes environmental drilling and sampling, high resolution site characterization (HRSC) tools, 2D and 3D data modeling and interpretation, in-situ remediation design and injections technologies, stray gas migration and soil gas investigations. As a professional geologist and licensed water well driller in multiple states, he has over 30 years of experience in these fields, and has co-authored over 100 presentations, keynotes, papers, and workshops, including Battelle. He has provided support services for many large investigation and remediation projects (up to $1.5 million) at DOD, DOE and commercials sites. John is currently serving on two ITRC teams: Optimizing In-Situ Remediation Performance & Injection Strategies, and Implementing the Use of Advanced Site Characterization Tools. In 2013, he was nominated to the EPA’s Science Advisory Board on Hydraulic Fracturing. John earned a degree in Geology, Oceanography and Physics from Humboldt State University in California in 1981.