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Joseph Atalla, PhD

President & Co-founder

An engineer's depth. An entrepreneur's drive. A commitment to making industry work better—with fewer resources wasted.

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Joseph Atalla, PhD, President and Co-founder of NuTek Filteration Inc.
Engineering insight. Executive judgment.
The experience behind the vision

A builder of technology,
teams, and businesses.

Joseph Atalla brings a distinctive combination of hands-on technical expertise, executive leadership, and entrepreneurial experience to NuTek Filteration Inc. He founded and led two successful companies, operated them for many years, and ultimately sold both businesses. That experience gives him a practical understanding of what customers need, what it takes to build a capable team, and how to turn an idea into lasting commercial value.

For more than 25 years, Joseph has progressed from programming and software and hardware engineering to CIO, CTO, and technology security leadership. His work spans major global enterprises and public institutions, including technology delivery for Ford Motor Company and Visa International, global technology and security leadership at Cogstate, and AI, data quality, and analytics leadership at TD Bank. He has managed a team of more than 550 technologists and guided complex programs where reliability, security, and operational performance matter every day.

Joseph also brings over 17 years of government experience, delivering technology projects for local, state, and federal agencies. His work includes projects for the Department of Justice and the development of countywide justice systems, where dependable technology supports essential public services. His government contributions have been recognized with a thank-you letter from Kamala Harris and other State of California recognitions. This experience reinforces his commitment to accountable leadership, disciplined execution, and solutions that serve people over the long term.

Joseph stays close to the engineering. His experience ranges from embedded systems and enterprise architecture to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and data analytics. He built automation platforms and invented a mathematical optimization algorithm for warehouse logistics. Across these fields, his focus has been consistent: understand the problem deeply, reduce unnecessary effort, and deliver a solution that improves how people work.

He holds a master's degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and a PhD in Information Technology and AI, with an academic foundation in electrical and biomedical engineering. He also taught artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction as an adjunct assistant professor at Georgia Tech. At NuTek, he brings this technical depth and business judgment to application selection, disciplined pilot evaluation, and the development of future monitoring capabilities.

A message from the President

Save time,
Save money.
Save the planet.

A practical ambition for NuTek—and a responsibility to future generations.

I co-founded NuTek with a belief that practical engineering can help businesses become more productive while taking better care of the resources we all depend on. Operators face real pressures: equipment must keep working, maintenance time is limited, and every avoidable expense affects the business. We want to help them meet those pressures with solutions that make economic and environmental sense.

My commitment to the environment comes from thinking beyond today's balance sheet. Future generations will inherit the consequences of how we use materials, energy, and natural resources. When oil can remain fit for service longer, when maintenance can be planned more effectively, and when unnecessary replacement and disposal can be reduced, the opportunity reaches beyond a single machine. It can support a more responsible way of operating.

We will earn our customers' confidence through sound engineering and clear evidence. That means reviewing each application, establishing a baseline, using comparable fluid analysis, and measuring the results in the field. Savings and service decisions must be supported by the equipment, the testing, and the operating conditions. Environmental benefits should be measured with the same discipline as financial benefits.

I also see an opportunity to connect filtration with useful information. Our NuTek Telemetry development is intended to give teams clearer visibility into fluid and filter condition, helping them make better maintenance decisions. My experience in engineering, AI, and data informs that direction: technology should give people information they can act on.

Our vision is to help companies recover productive time, reduce avoidable costs, and conserve resources—building commercial value today while caring for the world we leave to the next generation.

Joseph Atalla, PhDPresident & Co-founder · NuTek Filteration Inc.
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