Scottsdale Businessmen Behind 2025 CES
Award-Winning Air-to-Water ‘Kara Water’ Technology
2025 & 2023 CES Innovative Hall of Fame Inductee & Honoree
Mineral-rich, Alkaline Water-from-Air Appliances
‘Kara Pod’ Countertop Water & Coffeemaker and ‘Kara Pure’ Sleek Standalone Water Cooler
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Scottsdale entrepreneurs and long-time business partners Kerry Dunne and Reed Glick are part of the team behind the 2025 CES award-winning Kara Water, inventors of the water-out-of-air appliances critically acclaimed in 2025 and 2023 as CES Innovative Hall of Fame Honoree.
From the creative mind of Cody Soodeen, Creator/CEO/Founder of Kara Water, Kara Pod is the first-ever self-filling-water coffee machine, which uses Kara Water’s proprietary award-winning air-to-water technology.
Dunne met Soodeen three years ago when both were guests on a CES podcast, and the rest is history.
Kara Water has two innovative products since its launch in 2022: Kara Water air-to-water full sized water cooler rocked the 2023 CES with the “Best Innovation Award,” and more recently, Kara Pod, the countertop coffeemaker as a 2025 CES Innovative Hall of Fame inductee.
Dunne said: “When I first met Cody, I spotted a great guy who had a radical product in the making, and I wanted to be part of the history. He’s invented a technology that delivers clean water in any climate. His new Kara Pod takes coffee-making convenience to a whole new level.”
Glick said: “Kerry and I are thrilled to work alongside Cody and watch his creative work change the way we think about home appliances. We are thrilled to be part of his revolutionary technology.”
Kara Pod is a breakthrough dual-purpose machine which sits stylishly on any countertop to dispense filtered, alkaline and mineral-rich drinking water, coffee or tea. Customers can enjoy the freedom of readily available filtered water, and freshly brewed coffee or tea. The original cooler-sized Kara Pure dispenses 13 cups of clean, mineral-rich drinking water a day, even in desert climates.
Kara Water has been globally recognized by TIME Magazine as “Best Invention 2022;” and has been featured on NBC TV’s TODAY show in a “Hot Tech for 2023” report by consumer tech guru Katie Linendoll; among others.
About Kara Pod. Created and designed by Cody Soodeen, CEO & Founder of award-winning, air-to-water technology, Kara Pod is another revolutionary appliance recognized at 2025 CES in Las Vegas as Innovative Honoree. Kara Pod makes hot or cold water and coffee on demand, and sits attractively on any countertop using the proprietary Kara Water method. Save the planet by bypassing the SEVEN plastic bottles required to fill any 3-liter- coffee maker water tank and enjoy convenience like no other. Save time, save water, save the planet. Visit KaraPod.com
About Kara Water. Kara Water emerges to disrupt the marketplace with pioneering technology converting air-to-water and producing purified, mineral-rich, alkaline drinking water to all. Kara Water was created by the brilliant mind of CEO & Founder Cody Soodeen, who faced childhood struggles with limited access to safe drinking water. The technology is inspired by nature, ironically from the Namibian Desert beetle, Stenocara Gracilipes, which survives by collecting water vapor from the air, drinking from its own back. Kara Water reimagines this process to produce high-quality water made from air and fulfilling its mission to provide access to clean, healthy and reliable drinking water to everyone. Kara Water’s Kara Pure cooler-size appliance earned the 2023 CES Best Innovation Award, TIME Magazine 2022 Best Inventions, and garnered stand-out features by Financial Times and NBC’S TODAY Show; among others. Visit KaraWater.com
