OWGER was founded by engineers and scientists who looked at the homelessness crisis and saw a neurological problem that the healthcare system was not equipped to solve.
Our Story
More than half of homeless adults carry a history of traumatic brain injury — most of it sustained years or decades before they lost their housing. The cognitive sequelae of untreated TBI erode the very capacities that stable housing requires: the ability to manage time, navigate bureaucracy, hold a job, maintain relationships, and sleep.
Standard homeless services are built for people whose brains are functioning within normal range. They consistently underperform for people whose brains are not. OWGER was founded on the conviction that this is the root failure — and that it is solvable with the right protocol.
Our three founding scientists and engineers spent a combined 100+ years in fields where precision matters and results are measurable. We are applying that same discipline to a problem that has, until now, been treated primarily as a social and moral failure rather than a physiological one.
What Drives Us
Leadership
OWGER was built by three founders whose careers span aerospace engineering, water science, computer systems, and organizational leadership — united by a shared conviction that the homelessness crisis demands a scientific answer.
[Scott — please add 3-5 sentences on your background and what brought you to this mission.]
Scott owns the strategic vision and the mission of OWGER — the integration of evidence-based neurological recovery modalities into a scalable model that can operate in every community where homelessness and untreated TBI intersect. He leads OWGER's county relationships and regional banking outreach.
Degreed Mechanical, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineer. Co-founder of Water Factory Systems, one of the earliest developers of Reverse Osmosis technology for home drinking water and medical applications. Water Factory Systems was acquired by CUNO Inc. and subsequently by 3M Corporation.
Robert is the leading North American authority on Quinton Marine Plasma. After a personal health recovery using Quinton protocols in Brazil, he devoted decades to researching and distributing Quinton products, deuterium-depleted water, and molecular hydrogen therapy. He represents the scientific core of OWGER's cellular bioterrain protocol.
Computer Engineer (BSCpE) with over 50 years of professional experience: 18 years at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), one of the formative companies of the computing era, followed by 32 years as founder and President of Advanced Business Technology, Inc. — which he continues to lead.
Jan brings ISO 9002 Quality Management discipline to OWGER's operations. He owns OWGER's digital infrastructure, communications architecture, and stakeholder outreach. His career at DEC and at ABT Inc. reflects the same precision-engineering culture that drives OWGER's approach to the homelessness crisis.
Healthcare attorney and Certified Public Accountant with dual JD/CPA credentials. Twenty-year colleague of Robert Slovak. Brings healthcare law and corporate finance expertise to govern OWGER's regulatory compliance, entity structure, and fiduciary accountability as the organization scales.
Scientific Foundation
In 1897, French physiologist Rene Quinton established what he called the "Law of Marine Constancy": that the body's internal cellular environment must closely mirror the mineral composition of seawater for cells to function at full capacity. Quinton's clinical work — using diluted seawater to restore critically ill patients — produced results that contemporary researchers are only now beginning to revisit.
Robert Slovak encountered Quinton's work after his own health recovery in Brazil. He has spent decades since establishing Quinton Marine Plasma as a legitimate, clinically relevant protocol in North America, and bringing the scientific community's attention back to Quinton's foundational insight.
OWGER's third pillar applies this insight directly: restoring the cellular mineral balance of people whose bodies have been subjected to chronic stress, poor nutrition, and environmental degradation.
Quinton's Observation
"Life emerged from the sea. To restore life at the cellular level, we must restore the sea within."
Rene Quinton, 1866–1925. French physiologist, author of L'Eau de Mer, Milieu Organique (1904).
OWGER's Chief Science Officer Robert Slovak is the primary modern authority on Quinton's clinical protocols in North America.
Organizational Structure
OWGER is in the pre-formation stage. Our entity filing with the California Secretary of State is in preparation. In the meantime, charitable contributions to OWGER are managed through our fiscal sponsor, Transitions to Organics — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Ojai, California (Ventura County). Donors may direct contributions to Transitions to Organics earmarked for OWGER and receive a tax receipt today.
Our recommended entity structure is a hybrid: a 501(c)(3) nonprofit parent organization for grant-funded and charitable programming, paired with an LLC operating subsidiary for commercial protocol operations and strategic acquisitions.