About Us

 Jacob Andersen is the CEO of NaturaFrac, where he leads the company's vision to transform how underground rock structures are stimulated using energetics. With a background in business and economics, Jacob has driven NaturaFrac’s growth through strategic partnerships, IP portfolio development, and industry engagement. He has played a central role in building a unique ecosystem of collaborators—from specialized consultants to research institutions—while guiding the company’s technology roadmap and long-term strategy. His focus remains on bridging innovation with practical deployment to address some of the toughest challenges in the subsurface energy and mining sectors. 

John has been the technical team lead from the beginning days of NaturaFrac and brings a wealth of experience developing pulsed combustion systems in the aerospace and industrial marketplaces.  His background includes steady/unsteady flow analysis and simulation, detonative combustion, computational fluid dynamics, design and experimentation, and program management.