Employee Bios

Mickey Bernard is the President and Owner of Hydro-Kinetics Corp. Mickey has been in the water and wastewater business for over 35 years. He began his professional career after obtaining his Master’s Degree and join Woodward Clyde Consultants in Kansas City. After several years at Woodward Clyde he realized he was not cut out to do consulting. He was hired by a large Rep firm in Oklahoma as the office’s lead project manager for water and wastewater projects. As his experience grew he transitioned from Project Management to sales. In 1997 he formed Hydro-Kinetics which presently represents a complete line of water and wastewater equipment manufacturers.

Mickey is an active member of both Water Environment Federation and American Water Works Association. His most recent position was as the Missouri Chair for the American Water Works Association.

Mickey specializes in working with both engineers and end users helping to develop unique and quality solutions for Water and Wastewater systems throughout Illinois, Missouri and Kansas.

Mickey is married to his wife Carrie, and they have three children. In his spare time Mickey enjoys fishing, camping, and backpacking.

Jeff Clarke attended college at Purdue University, graduating with a degree in Management Information Systems in 2003. Jeff’s career began at a Water and Wastewater System Integrator Firm in St. Louis. Jeff came to Hydro-Kinetics in 2007 and has since become Vice President.

Jeff has served as the President of the Missouri Water Environment Association in 2011. In the same year he won Young Professional of the Year as well as was inducted to the Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers. He is also currently a member and chairperson of a committee for the Missouri Section of the American Water Works Association. Jeff is a member of the Engineers Club of St. Louis, Missouri Water and Wastewater Conference and the Missouri Rural Waster Association.

Jeff specializes in working with both engineers and end users helping to develop unique and quality solutions for Water and Wastewater systems throughout Missouri and Kansas.

Jeff is married to his wife Joy, and they have two children. In his spare time Jeff is an avid sports fan and also collector of sports memorabilia.

Nick Davis attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and graduated in 2005 with a degree in General Engineering with a concentration on Business Systems Integration & Consulting.

He started his career with Hydro-Kinetics in March of 2006. After many years of project management, Nick now handles aftermarket sales. 

Nick is married to his wife Kristin. He is an avid sports fan and also serves as the resident television fanatic.

Sarah is married to her husband, Frank. In her spare time she enjoys their home in the country, cooking and fishing and remodeling projects.

Experience

St Louis University / Associated Industries of Missouri, 1977 – 1982

• General office, registration and secretary
• Washington University Medical School, 1982 – 1988
• Admission and application processing for the School of Medicine

Process Equipment Sales Corp, 1988 – 2000

• Office manager for equipment rep firm

Hydro-Kinetics Corporation, 2000 – Present

• Office management
• Accounting
• Shipping and Receiving

Mike is a graduate from the University of Missouri with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Prior to joining Hydro-Kinetics, Mike did product development for a polyurethane chemical manufacturer. Mike handles the project management at Hydro-Kinetics and works primarily with customers and contractors involved in long-term projects. Mike also handles insides sales and parts sales for Hydro-Kinetics.

In his spare time, Mike enjoys cheering for the Florida Gators.

 Alex is a St. Louis native with degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University (B.S.) and Cornell University (M.Eng.).  Alex also spent four summers working for the Boy Scouts of America at their largest summer camp, Philmont. In his free time, Alex enjoys hiking and playing folk music. Prior to Hydro-Kinetics, Alex worked for a systems integrator writing automation software for wide variety of industries.

Alex lives in Kirkwood with his wife Victoria and about 150 house plants that he's not allowed to touch.