Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CEO’ operating in the Renewable Energy space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jim Lamon
CEO of DEPCOM Power
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About DEPCOM Power: DEPCOM Power is a renewables and environment company that designs and builds cost-effective solar power plants.
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Kiran Bhatraju
Founder & CEO of Arcadia
Kiran Bhatraju, is cofounder and CEO of Arcadia Power. Previously, Kiran was a founder of an energy efficiency technology company and worked as a policy aide on Capitol Hill. He is on the board of the Environmental Voter Project and is a published author.
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About Arcadia: Arcadia is a technology company empowering energy innovators (Arc) and consumers (Community Solar) to fight the climate crisis
Emily Kirsch
Founder, Managing Partner & CEO of Powerhouse Ventures
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About Powerhouse, Powerhouse Ventures: Powerhouse Ventures backs seed-stage startups building innovative software to rapidly decarbonize our global energy and mobility systems.
John Melo
Director, President & Chief Executive Officer of Amyris
John Melo has 30 years of combined experience as an entrepreneur and thought leader in developing and growing technology companies and as a senior executive in the Oil & Gas industry. As President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Melo has led Amyris through successful technology development, industrial start up, product development and commercialization and a series of funding rounds, including the initial public offering. Before joining Amyris in 2007, Mr. Melo served in various senior executive positions at BP Plc (formerly British Petroleum) most recently as President of U.S. fuels operations where he successfully led a business transformation and significantly improved the financial performance. During his tenure at BP, Mr. Melo also served as Chief Information Officer of the refining and marketing segment; Senior Advisor for e-business strategy to Lord Browne, BP group chief executive; and Director of global brand development. In this last role, he helped develop the “Helios” re-branding effort. Before joining BP, Mr. Melo was with Ernst & Young. Mr. Melo currently serves on the board of directors of Renmatix Inc., serves on the board of directors of BayBio, serves on the Bio Industrial and Environmental section governing board, is a member of the Council for the Portuguese Diaspora and is a member of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). He was formerly an appointed member to the U.S. section of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum. When not working on the mission of making sustainable chemistry mainstream or championing the eradication of malaria, John enjoys skiing, reading and time with his family on the island of Pico in the Azores, his childhood home.
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About Amyris: Amyris Biotechnologies specializes in creating renewable products focusing on fuels and chemicals.
J. L. Holloway
CEO of Friede Goldman Halter
CEO of Friede Goldman Halter.
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About Friede Goldman Halter: Leading provider of conversion, retrofit and repair services.
Abe Issa
Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Envirosolar
Abe Issa, founder, and owner of EnviroSolar has been recognized on multiple occasions with Entrepreneur of the Year awards, awards for owning and running the fastest growing companies in their categories, and awards for sustainable development and operation. Born in Beirut in the early 80s, Abe Issa experienced some of the greatest hardships life can impose on even the youngest and most innocent among us. But being raised amid the fires of war and escaping to the United States at a tender age taught Abe Issa that success, and even survival, requires action, initiative, and ingenuity. Abe Issa created EnviroSolar in order to make sustainable smart homes and security solutions affordable for more and more people. This organization has been ranked among the top Texas solar power installers. They offer two free solar panels to new customers just to help more people understand the true value of natural power derived from the Sun: a symbol of truth and generosity that has clearly inspired Abe Issa. These panels come with an unprecedented 20-year warranty, a promise that exceeds the operational lifetime of most solar panels working today. Any company that provides that kind of commitment to quality and customer service, cannot do anything other than win awards for quality, growth, and innovation. But the question that many people have asked is, how has such a young man with such a traumatic upbringing been able to develop such a strong work ethic and a commitment to the people his organizations serve? Despite his origin in war-torn Beirut, Abe Issa was inspired by the athleticism and the dazzling performances of the great basketball hero, Michael Jordan. Abe Issa saw that Jordan was not just an extremely talented athlete, but that he used his virtuosity on the court to add style, flair, and imagination to the game. Abe Issa wanted to deliver value and create a winning business model. But the idea of creating a successful business wasn’t enough. Feeling deep gratitude for the country that made it possible for him and his family to live prosperous lives free from the horrors of war, he wanted to deliver a level of service and quality that would make a real difference. At the age of 27, with the values of honesty and hard work imparted to him by the Texas Christian University, Abe Issa went on to create a real estate investment company and redeveloped over 500 homes in the span of just five years. That’s a track record that even the nation’s greatest developers would be proud of. Today, his successes and penchant for giving back more than he receives continue to fuel not only his own growing reputation, but that of the companies he operates, and the teams he has assembled.
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About Envirosolar: Envirosolar offers commercial, agricultural, and residential solar solutions.
Grant Canary
Founder & CEO of DroneSeed
Grant Canary is CEO of DroneSeed, a Techstars Seattle 2016 company which is paid by Timber companies per acre to plant tree seeds, spray to protect them, and monitor growth–by drone swarm. This year DroneSeed received the FAA’s first approval for up to five aircraft to be flown by a single pilot each carrying a 57lb payload. DroneSeed works for 3 of the 5 largest timber companies and recently signed a contract with The Nature Conservancy to restore post wildfire burn sites. They are backed by Social Capital and Spero Ventures. This is Grant’s second venture. His first was acquired. Under the acquirer the team raised $10M and built a 60k square foot factory to produce industrial insect protein from food waste for sustainable salmon feed. The company is still going strong. Grant’s spent his entire carrier working within for-profit companies to benefit the environment including Vestas Wind Energy and the US Green Building Council. Grant loves meeting and championing awesome people working on cool things and sometimes hires them.
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About DroneSeed: DroneSeed is paid per acre to plant tree seed vessels after a wildfire — using heavy-lift Drone Swarms
Brian Herlihy
Founder & CEO of Black Rhino Group
Brian founded Black Rhino in 2012. Mr. Herlihy has over seventeen years of infrastructure development experience and has built valuable relationships across the African continent in telecommunication, chemical processing, energy and infrastructure. He has been involved in over US$7 billion of project finance-related deals in Africa in 2007. He founded SEACOM (www.seacom.mu), a US$600 million submarine fibre-optic network company that was the first cable to connect East and South Africa to Europe and Asia. He holds an MSc (Development Studies) with a concentration in African Economics and a BA (Economics and Philosophy) from the London School of Economics and Boston College, respectively. He served as CEO of SEACOM from 2007 until 2012 and remains as a Director of the Board. Prior to SEACOM, he was the lead developer on a US$5 billion alumina refinery in Guinea (www.guineaalumina.com). He was elected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011.
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About Black Rhino Group: Black Rhino Group provides energy, infrastructure, and communication developments and investments across the African continent.
Arthur Souritzidis
Co-Founder & CEO of Momentum Solar
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About Momentum Solar: Momentum Solar is one of the fastest growing solar companies in the nation.
Doug Campbell
Founder, CEO of Solid Power
Doug Campbell is the Co-Founder and CEO of Solid Power.
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About Solid Power: Solid Power is a developer of solid-state rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles and mobile power markets.
Eric White
Chief Executive Officer of Dividend Finance
Seasoned distributed energy resources / energy transition and fintech entrepreneur with a passion for conceptualizing and designing innovative financial structures, products and business strategies that breakdown capital barriers and empower underserved markets.
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About Dividend Finance: Dividend Finance is a Technology-enabled finance platform supporting the energy transition with lending and other financial solutions.
Jonathan Budd
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Powur
Jonathan Budd joined Powur, PBC as Founder, CEO in 2014. Jonathan heads up day-to-day operations and strategy that allow Powur’s entrepreneurs to succeed at their finest. From forming key strategic partnerships, attracting the best talent, and innovating how solar is sold… Jonathan has his hands in everything Powur. Prior to Powur, he built one of the largest online training and education companies in direct marketing with more than 100,000 customers. In 2010, he shifted his entrepreneurial pursuits toward projects focused on game-changing global impact. He founded MyStand in 2011, which developed a first-of-its-kind gaming app to engage users in positive global change. He is also Founder and Executive Director of The Global Transformation Council, Inc., a 501c3 organization that’s donated close to $1,000,000 to local and global initiatives for change.
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About AVOS Systems, Powur: Powur, a technology company, enables direct sellers to participate in the residential shift from dirty to clean energy.
David Kirtley
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Helion Energy
David Kirtley is the Founder and CEO of Helion Energy.
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About Helion Energy: Helion Energy is a fusion power company developing the world’s first fusion generators, enabling a future with unlimited clean energy.
Mary Lowe
President & CEO of Maralo LLC
Mary Lowe is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Maralo, LLC, (formerly Maralo, Inc.), an independent oil and gas exploration and production company and ranching operation, since 1973, and a Member of its Board of Directors since 1975. Mary is also a Member of the Board of Directors at Range Resources Corporation since April 2013. Mary also serves on the board of trustees of Texas Christian University, the board of the Performing Arts Center of Fort Worth, the board of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame and the board of The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Mary previously served on the board of Apache Corporation (1996-2002), an oil and gas exploration company.
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About Maralo LLC: Maralo is an oil and gas mineral company.
Daniel Farb
CEO and Founder of Flower Turbines
Founder and CEO. Multidisciplinary high achiever who had the vision for most of the technologies and has other skills to bring them to fruition. Has 3 degrees: Literature from Yale, where he set an academic record at Yale for taking twice the ordinary load in one semester and receiving all As in both science and humanities. Medical degree from Boston University. Executive Management from UCLA Anderson School. He ran a medical practice with over 100 contracts and a software company that sold to companies like BristolMyers Squibb. Author of over 100 books and CDs and over 30 patents.
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About Flower Turbines, Leviathan Energy: Flower Turbines develops small vertical axis wind turbines that produce low noise and are cost-effective.
Harrold Rust
Founder, President & CEO of Enovix
Mr. Harrold Rust has served as CEO and President of ENOVIX since its founding in late 2006. He has 25 years of leadership experience in technology development and driving operational innovations that enable complex 3d structures to become highly cost effective. Prior to ENOVIX he was Vice President of Operations for FormFactor, a Global Top 10 MEMS based Manufacturer, where under his operations leadership the company experienced a highly successful IPO along with significant capacity, revenue, and gross margin expansion . Following his Stanford graduate degree, he spent 17 years at IBM’s industry leading magnetoresistive recording head group driving high volume manufacturing of the lithographically based heads that were increasing in areal density by over 60% each year. Hard drive storage systems saw a areal density increase of 1000x during this period.
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About Enovix: Enovix develops 3D wave array energy storage architecture for Lithium based cells to improve manageability of the stored energy.
Joel Serface
CEO and Co-founder of Catalyze
Joel Serface is CEO & Co-Founder of Catalyze Inc., a data analytics and asset management platform that is transforming commercial real estate portfolios with resilient, renewable energy. Joel also founded and serves as Managing Director of Brightman Energy, a utility scale renewable development firm who’s principals collectively originated 1,100 MW of wind and solar projects in Texas. Joel is recognized as one of the early leaders in the clean technology community having created or funded more than 20 companies, non-profits, and policy organizations over his career. Joel served as the first Entrepreneur in Residence at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory with venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and previously headed renewable energy efforts at the ATI Clean Energy Incubator, Eastman Ventures, and Sierra Ventures. Joel received his B.S. In Chemical and Environmental Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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About Catalyze: Catalyze is a renewable energy data analytics, development, and asset management platform.
Mateo Jaramillo
CEO & Co-Founder of Form Energy
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About Form Energy: Form Energy develops and commercializes a low-cost battery system that can store wind and solar energy for a long duration.
Domenic J. Dell’Osso, Jr
President & Chief Executive Officer of Chesapeake Energy
Domenic J. Dell’Osso, Jr. was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2021. He previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since November 2010. Prior to that time, he served as Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Chesapeake’s wholly owned midstream subsidiary Chesapeake Midstream Development, L.P. from August 2008 to November 2010. Before joining Chesapeake, Mr. Dell’Osso was an energy investment banker with Jefferies & Co. from 2006 to 2008 and Banc of America Securities from 2004 to 2006. He graduated from Boston College in 1998 and from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003.
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About Chesapeake Energy: Chesapeake Energy is a petroleum and natural gas exploration and production company.
Brian Kingston
Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Asset Management
Mr. Kingston is a Senior Managing Partner of Brookfield Asset Management and, since December 2012, Chief Investment Officer of the Brookfield Property Group. He has over 15 years of real estate experience. Mr. Kingston has held various senior management positions within Brookfield and its affiliates, including Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Australia from January 2011 to December 2012, Chief Executive Officer of Prime Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. from March 2010 to December 2010, and Chief Financial Officer of Brookfield Multiplex from January 2008 to March 2010. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2001, Mr. Kingston worked for Ernst & Young in Audit and Advisory Services. Mr. Kingston received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University.
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About Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Property Partners: Brookfield Asset Management is a Canadian asset management firm focused on property, renewable energy, infrastructure, and private equity.
Craig Noble
Managing Partner, CEO Alternative Investments of Brookfield Asset Management
Craig Noble is a Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Alternative Investments at Brookfield Asset Management. Noble joined Brookfield in 2004 and has held a variety of senior roles, including CEO of Brookfield’s Public Securities business and various investment roles in the private and public markets. Prior to Brookfield, Noble spent five years with the Bank of Montreal, focused on credit analysis, corporate lending and corporate finance. Noble holds a Master of Business Administration degree from York University, a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Mount Allison University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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About Brookfield Asset Management: Brookfield Asset Management is a Canadian asset management firm focused on property, renewable energy, infrastructure, and private equity.
Christopher Hopper
Co-Founder and CEO of Aurora Solar
Christopher Hopper is the Co-Founder and CEO at Aurora Solar.
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About Aurora Solar: Aurora Solar is a SaaS company that uses aerial imagery to assess solar installation projects.
Tim Reeser
CEO & Co-Founder of Lightning eMotors
Tim Reeser is CEO and Co-Founder of Lightning eMotors. Lightning designs and manufactures zero-emission all-electric powertrains for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including delivery trucks, shuttle buses, passenger vans, chassis-cab models, and transit buses. Lightning Systems investors include BP Ventures, DHI, Aravaipa, and others, and OEM partners include Ford, GM, and Isuzu. Tim has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from CSU, and has been involved with alternative transportation technology since 1990, when he helped design the first dedicated CNG truck for General Motors while at Colorado State University. Prior to co-founding Lightning eMotors, Tim served as Vice President of Colorado State University Ventures, where he spun out clean-tech companies and built the framework to support accelerated growth of spin-outs and spin-ins at CSU. Prior to working at CSU, Tim founded, ran and successfully exited multiple software and IT infrastructure companies. Tim is an award-winning speaker and technical author and speaks regularly at industry conferences and events.
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About Lightning eMotors: Lightning eMotors is an automotive research and manufacturing company that develops zero-emission all-electric powertrains.
Mark Herrema
Co-Founder & CEO of Newlight Technologies
As CEO and co-founder of Newlight, Mr. Herrema has over a decade of industrial experience in chemical, biological, and process engineering, intellectual property development, polymer functionalization, private equity finance, and strategic business development. Mr. Herrema has invented a range of proprietary carbon capture and conversion systems and materials, receiving numerous associated US and international patents, steering Newlight through multiple private placement offerings, executing a range of strategic partnerships, and leading the engineering, construction, optimization, and expansion of Newlight’s carbon capture platform. Mr. Herrema graduated magna cum laude High Honors from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Political Theory, with additional work in Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry.
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About Newlight Technologies: Newlight Technologies is a biotechnology company producing advanced sustainable materials.
James Hill
President and Chief Executive Officer of Vulcan Materials Company
Tom Hill was elected chairman of the board for Vulcan Materials Company in December 2015, and president and chief executive officer in July 2014. Mr. Hill has been with Vulcan for more than 25 years, serving in a variety of operations and general management assignments of increasing responsibility since first joining the Company in 1979. Prior to being named CEO, Mr. Hill was executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Company, having previously served as senior vice president of Vulcan’s South Region. Mr. Hill has also served as president of Vulcan’s former Florida Rock Division, as well as the Company’s Southwest Division. Mr. Hill worked for Redlands Stone Products from 1990 to 1996 in sales and operations management, before rejoining Vulcan as vice president and general manager of the Company’s Southwest Division. Mr. Hill is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and the Wharton School of Business, Executive Management Program.
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About Vulcan Materials Company: Vulcan Materials Company is the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates, primarily crushed stone, sand and gravel.
Vic Shao
Founder and CEO of Amply Power
Vic is Chief Executive Officer of Green Charge Networks. Vic is the visionary and driving force behind the company’s overall direction and product strategy. He leads the development of its core technology and system infrastructure. Since 2009, Vic has been collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy and Fortune 500 companies on a ROI-driven energy storage appliance for the private sector, complementary to solar PV. With more than 15 years experience in software development and complex system implementation, Vic is passionate in applying software to improve power efficiency. He started his high tech career with Oracle Corporation, eventually leading engineering and product teams in Oracle’s middleware division. Prior to co-founding Green Charge Networks, Vic held engineering and management positions at several cloud computing software companies. He holds more than 12 published / granted patents in cloud computing and power efficiency. Vic holds a Master of Business Administration degree from UC Berkeley and an engineering degree from the University of Virginia, magna cum laude.
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About Amply Power, Music Intelligence Solutions: Amply Power provides commercial fleet operations a charging-as-a-service approach to help fleets transaction to electric vehicles.
Aram Shumavon
Co-Founder & CEO of Kevala
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About Kevala: Kevala provides data-driven insights for an evolving energy market by combining proprietary analytics with advanced grid mapping.
Erik Birkerts
CEO of Clean Energy Trust
Erik is CEO at Clean Energy Trust (CET). CET is an impact investor that fuels early stage clean energy innovation in the Midwest.
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About Clean Energy Trust: Evergreen Climate Innovations supports entrepreneurs and startups that are bringing impactful climate technologies to market.
Jagdeep Singh
Founder & CEO of QuantumScape
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About QuantumScape: QuantumScape is a renewable energy company that develops solid-state battery technology to increase the range of electric cars.
Zachary K. Bradford
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of CleanSpark
Zach has acquired over five companies, doubled revenue and quadrupled CleanSpark’s workforce since becoming chief executive officer in 2019. He was CleanSpark’s chief financial officer from 2014 to 2019 before taking on his current role as chief executive officer. Since 2013, he has been a partner in a public accounting and consulting firm in Henderson, Nevada. Zach holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting and a Master of Accountancy from SouthernUtah University. He enjoys building teams, strategic thinking, and mountain biking.
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About CleanSpark: CleanSpark is a sustainable bitcoin mining and energy technology company that is solving modern energy challenges.
S. Matthew Schultz
Executive Chairman and Director of CleanSpark
Matt brings over two decades of business and market development expertise to CleanSpark. Before taking the role of executive chairman, Matt served a sCleanSpark’s chief executive officer from 2014 to2019. He has helped numerous startups secure financing and expedite growth since 1999, including during his role as president of Wexford Capital Ventures, Inc. While serving as the chairman of Pali Financial Group, Inc., he led market development for dozens of public corporations. Matt is a founding member and former vice president of the Utah Consumer Lending Association.
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About CleanSpark: CleanSpark is a sustainable bitcoin mining and energy technology company that is solving modern energy challenges.
Reza Mirza
CEO of Icelandic Glacial
Reza Mirza brings 20 years of consumer product experience to the Imagine Chocolate Advisory Board. His is CEO of Icelandic Glacial, a leading super-premium natural spring water. Prior to Icelandic Glacial, Mirza was President of Activate Drinks where he grew the company in key markets through increased distribution while driving double digit same store sales and increased brand awareness. Under his leadership, Activate gained new distribution in key retailers across the US while significantly growing the brand at Southern California retailers who experienced double digit growth in same store sales. Mirza has also held several management positions at Nestle Waters North America where he managed a portfolio of brands with $1bn in sales and successfully led company-wide initiatives to drive growth. Prior to Nestle, he held numerous marketing positions with Colgate-Palmolive where he managed and grew sales of the toothbrush business. He also worked at Bosch in his native India, helping to launch Blaupunkt car audio into the Indian market.
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About Icelandic Glacial: Icelandic Glacial is a brand of bottled water from the Ölfus spring in Iceland.
Matthew Scullin
CEO of MycoWorks
Matthew L. Scullin is the CEO of MycoWorks.
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About MycoWorks: MycoWorks is a biotech company that delivers commercially viable non-plastic and non-animal materials to the market.
Lyndon Rive
Co-Founder & CEO of SolarCity
Lyndon Rive is the co-founder and CEO of SolarCity. He co-founded SolarCity in July 2006 with the goal of significantly reducing the cost of solar power and building a trusted national brand adopted by millions of homes. In its first full year of operation, SolarCity became the largest residential solar power provider in California, and by early 2008, SolarCity was a full-service solar power company—providing design, financing, installation, monitoring and services. Lyndon has grown SolarCity has grown to over 300 employees , serving more than 300 communities in three states in its first two years of existence. Prior to SolarCity, Lyndon founded Everdream, an industry leader in software and services for large-scale distributed computer management. Lyndon negotiated the company’s partnership with Dell Computer, which acquired Everdream in 2007. A lifelong entrepreneur, Lyndon founded his first company at the age of 17 in South Africa, and in his spare time has been a member of the U.S. National Underwater Hockey Team.
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About SolarCity: SolarCity provides solar energy services to homeowners, businesses, government, and non-profit organizations.
JB Straubel
Co-founder & CEO of Redwood Materials
JB Straubel is the Co-Founder and CEO of Redwood Materials, a Nevada-based company building a sustainable future by creating circular supply chains, turning waste into profit and solving the environmental impacts of new products before they happen. Prior to founding Redwood, JB spent 15 years at Tesla as Co-founder and CTO. JB built one of the best engineering teams in the world at Tesla and among many topics, he led cell design, supply chain and led the first Gigafactory concept through the production ramp of the Model 3. JB had a direct role in both R&D, team building and operational expansion from prototype cars through to mass production and GWh-scale. JB holds a Bachelor of Science in Energy Systems Engineering and a Master of Science in Energy Engineering from Stanford University.
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About Redwood Materials, Straubel Foundation: Redwood Materials is a battery recycling startup that makes electric vehicles and sustainable materials for circular supply chains.
Sujeet Kumar
CEO, Co-Founder of Zenlabs Energy
Dr. Sujeet Kumar is the founder and CEO of Zenlabs Energy, a company developing high-energy fast-charging lithium-ion batteries for Electric and Aerial Vehicles. Before Zenlabs, Dr. Kumar served as CTO of Envia Systems where he developed high-capacity manganese-based cathode and won several DoE awards. Dr. Kumar worked as a senior scientist for Greatbatch, leading the development of cathode materials for implantable medical batteries. Dr. Kumar started his career at Nanogram Corp as its first employee where he led several energy storage projects. Dr. Kumar has won the R & D 100 award for developing high energy lithium-ion batteries and is the inventor of over 60 patents. Dr. Kumar has a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Rochester and a B.Tech from IIT, Varanasi.
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About Envia Systems, Greatbatch, Zenlabs Energy: Zenlabs Energy has developed high energy density lithium ion batteries for ground and aerial electric vehicles.
Jacob DeWitte
CEO & Founder of Oklo
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About Oklo: Making reactors people want.
Dennis Lacey
CEO of RGS Energy
Dennis Lacey came to RGS Energy with over 25 years of executive leadership experience. Prior to RGS Energy, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Imperial Bancorp, a $6 billion publicly traded commercial bank. Before Imperial Bancorp, Dennis was president and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Associates, a publicly traded equipment leasing company. His experience also includes serving as Chief Financial Officer for CKE Restaurants and TeleTech, one of the largest customer experience management companies in the United States, and as head of capital markets for a private alternative asset investment and management firm.
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About RGS Energy: RGS Energy customers making a positive impact on the planet by choosing a cleaner energy source that gives them real savings.
Kang Sun
Chief Executive Officer of Amprius
Kang Sun, Ph.D. serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Amprius Inc. Kang Sun is a Venture Partner at WI Harper Group. He has over 20 years business creation and management experience in various industries and also has experience in developing businesses and building strategic alliances worldwide and also in capital investment and enterprise management. Kang Sun has led business at Fortune 500 companies as well as startup ventures. He founded RayTracker, Inc. and served as its Chief Executive Officer since March 2009. Kang Sun served as Chief Operating Officer and President of JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (alternatively JA Solar Ltd) from September 2007 to August 2008. He served as a Managing Director of New Business Development and Chief Strategy Officer of new business and new product group at Applied Materials Inc. since 2005. From 2002 to 2005, Kang Sun served as the President and Vice President of Business Development of Microfabrica Inc. Before joining Microfabrica, he was responsible for business development and marketing at a semiconductor technology startup FlexICs. Kang Sun served as a Vice President of New Venture Business at Honeywell, General Manager of Optical Devices Business at AlliedSignal and Vice President of New Business and Technology at Oce Group, where he developed and executed financing, licensing, partnership, joint venture and acquisition deals. He also held senior management and engineering positions with Polaroid and IBM. Kang Sun served as a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Index Capital Group in the U.S., since 2002. He founded and served as President of Index Technologies Inc. Kang Sun served as the Vice President at Microfabrica, Inc.
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About Amprius, Index Capital, RayTracker, WI Harper Group: Amprius develops an anode out of silicon nanowires for lithium-ion batteries.
Philip Asherman
President & CEO of CB&I
Philip Asherman is President and Chief Executive Officer of CB&I. Mr. Asherman was named to this position in 2006. Philip has more than 35 years of experience in the engineering and construction industry. Philip began his career in 1979, serving in a variety of project operations, business development and senior management positions, including a number of regional executive positions in Europe, South America and Asia. In 2001, Philip joined CB&I as a Senior Executive in Amsterdam and was promoted to Executive Vice President that same year, reporting directly to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Philip was elected to his current position by the Board of Directors in February 2006 and was elected to the Supervisory Board of Directors in July 2006. Philip is a Member of the Board of Advisors for The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and serves as an Advisor for the university’s Council on Emerging Market Enterprises. Philip is a Member of the Board of Directors at American Petroleum Institute and the National Petroleum Council. Philip also serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Arrow Electronics Inc. and the National Safety Council. Following active duty in the United States Air Force from 1970 to1974, Philip graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of South Florida. Philip earned a Master’s degree from the Fletcher School at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, and he has completed advanced management programs at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France and at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona.
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About CB&I: CB&I provide technology and infrastructure for the energy industry, focusing on safety and quality standards.
Siyu Huang
Founder and CEO of Factorial Energy
Siyu Huang is the Founder and CEO of Factorial Energy.
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About Factorial Energy: Factorial Energy focuses on sustainable future with safe, high performance batteries for EVs, homes, and critical applications.
Sai Shivareddy
CEO and Co-Founder of Nyobolt
Sai Shivareddy is the CEO and Co-Founder at Nyobolt.
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About Nyobolt: Nyobolt is a developer of high-power battery technology used to serve automotive applications.
Abhay Gupta
Founder & CEO of Bidgely
Abhay Gupta founded Bidgely with the mission to accomplish energy efficiency at a massive scale. He’s worked at a combination of energy and technology companies including Grid Net, Echelon and Sun Microsystems. He holds a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, M.S. from University of Southern California and MBA from Santa Clara University. Abhay is passionate about music and travel!
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About Bidgely: Bidgely leverages the power of AI to optimize utility customer engagement and is the choice of leading utilities
Cole Walker
Chief Executive Officer & Investor of Energy Surety Partners
Cole is a Partner in ESP, located in Huntsville, Alabama, with extensive development experience including new emerging markets, large scale project financing, renewables, real estate, and technology. He is the 2014 recipient of the Energy Innovator of the Year Award, and a recent TedX and GovCon guest speaker. As a founder of Redstone Energy Group, he worked locally to develop solar and microgrid solutions for federal and commercial customers. Prior to Redstone, Cole partnered in COMAR Energy, an Atlanta based renewable energy company focused on bio fuels. Cole co-founded ESP and was one of the first investors in the company. He is respected regionally for his participation in energy initiatives including Energy Huntsville, a mayoral task force established to focus on the emerging energy technology industry, and as co-founder of the Nexus Energy Center. Under his guidance, the organization received program implementation funds from the Departments of Energy and Labor. ??
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About Energy Surety Partners: ESP has developed the first turnkey, modular low voltage solar microgrid on the market. This system is based on bankable, proven solar.
Dan L. Batrack
Chairman, CEO, President of Tetra Tech
Batrack joined our predecessor in 1980 and was named Chairman in January 2008. He has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a director since November 2005 and as our President since October 2008. Batrack has served in numerous capacities over the last 30 years, including project scientist, project manager, operations manager, senior vice president, and president of an operating unit. He has managed complex programs for many small and Fortune 500 clients, both in the United States and internationally. Batrack holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington.
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About American Environmental Group, Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech provides innovative solutions focused on water, the environment and energy for the government and commercial clients.
Christophe Schilling
Co-Founder, President & CEO of Genomatica
Christophe co-founded Genomatica and has served as our Chief Executive Officer since May 2009. Christophe holds a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego where he was a Powell Foundation and Whitaker Foundation Fellow.He received a B.S. in biomedical engineering from Duke University where he was a Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellow. Christophe’s awards include the Top 100 Young Innovators from MIT’s Technology Review, R&D100 for the SimPheny part of the company’s technology platform, and the Distinguished Young Alumnus from Duke University’s Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering.
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About Genomatica: Genomatica manufactures sustainable chemicals from renewable feedstocks.
Patrick R. Gruber
Chief Executive Officer of Gevo
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About Gevo: Gevo focuses on the production of isobutanol, thereby bringing renewable and cost-effective fossil fuel alternatives to consumers worldwide.
Amit Narayan
Founder / CEO of Autogrid
Amit Narayan is the Founder and CEO of AutoGrid, Inc. From 2010 to 2012, he was the Director of Smart Grid Research in Modeling & Simulation at Stanford University, where he continues to lead an interdisciplinary project related to modeling, optimization and control of the electricity grid and associated electricity markets. Prior to founding AutoGrid, Dr. Narayan was the Vice President of Products at the publicly traded company Magma Design Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), where he led the product development and product management teams responsible for Magma’s flagship product in the design implementation area. Over one third of all semiconductor chips used in consumer electronic devices — such as smart phones, blue-ray players and video games — were designed using products developed by Dr. Narayan’s team at Magma. Prior to joining Magma, Dr. Narayan founded Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. (BDA), a venture-backed company in analog and radio-frequency semiconductor design software and served as its founding CEO and later Vice President of Engineering, responsible for all research and product development activities, as well as customer engagements. Under Dr. Narayan’s leadership, BDA saw its products adopted by over 100 semiconductor companies in the world (including 20 out of the top 25). For his work at BDA, Dr. Narayan’s received the EDN’s “Innovation for the Year” award in 2006.Dr. Narayan received his B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur and Ph.D. from University of California at Berkeley. He has published over 25 papers about design automation, holds seven U.S. patents and is an active advisor to several startup companies in the Bay Area.
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About Autogrid, Berkeley Design Automation: AutoGrid Systems organizes energy data and employs big data analytics to generate real-time predictions that create actionable data.
Alexandra Rasch Castillo
Founder and CEO of Caban Systems
Alexandra Rasch Castillo is founder and CEO at Caban Systems.
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About Caban Systems: Caban Systems designs a software enabled energy storage solution for telecom infrastructure providers worldwide.
Adam Paxson
President & CEO of DropWise Technologies
Adam Paxson is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and President of DropWise Technologies Corp.
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About DropWise Technologies: DropWise provides a breakthrough coating technology invented at MIT to protect industrial equipment from fouling and corrosion.
Sam Steyer
Co-Founder and CEO of Greenwork
Sam Steyer is the co-founder and CTO of Greenwork.
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About Greenwork: Greenwork helps government-funded training programs find jobs for their graduates.
James Mennell
Founder and CEO of Biogenic Reagents
Developer, board member, investor and advisor for more than fifty successful and currently operational renewable energy projects in North America; founder and former president of the biofuel business unit of a multi-national public company (NYSE: CLF); founder and managing partner of the Environmental Law Group; former partner at Oppenheimer, Wolff and Donnelly; lead and co-inventor on multiple patent-pending biobased products technologies. Currently serves on the board of directors of biofuels, green software and wind energy companies; B.S. University of South Dakota (University Scholar – highest honor), J.D. Duke Law School (with honors), M.A. Duke.
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About Biogenic Reagents: Biogenic Reagents produces low cost, high-performance carbon products made from renewable resources.
Christian Fong
Chairman, President and CEO of Spruce Finance
Christian Fong, CFA has been the CEO and President of Fong Management LLC since 2008. In addition to Fong Management LLC, Christian Fong serves as Independent Director at Terraform Power (NASDAQ: TERP) and at privately held Spruce Finance, Inc. Previously, he co-founded Renewable Energy Trust Capital, Inc (RET) in 2010, where he served in multiple executive roles, including COO, CIO, CFO and Director. Prior to founding RET, Christian Fong served as a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Capital Markets at AEGON / Transamerica, as CEO of Corridor Recovery, Inc., as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and as a candidate for Governor of Iowa. (Connect with him on LinkedIn for more details.) Christian Fong holds an M.B.A. with High Distinction from Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business, and a B.S. in Statistics, summa cum laude, from Creighton University. He has earned the CFA and CCIM designations. Christian Fong and his wife Jenelle have three children: Luther, Ty Anders and Elsa. He was an award-winning varsity cross-country runner at Creighton and remains an avid endurance and snow-sports athlete.
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About Spruce Finance: Spruce provides consumer financing for residential solar systems, water conservation upgrades and energy-efficient home improvements.
Henry D. Fahman
Chairman and CEO of PHI Group
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About PHI Group: PHI Group, Inc. is a U.S. publicly traded company (trading symbol: PHIL) primarily focusing on energy and natural resources.
Paul Hanrahan
CEO of Globeleq
Mr. Hanrahan has been the Chief Executive Officer of American Capital Energy & Infrastructure Management, LLC, an investment company formed to raise, invest and manage funds in the energy and infrastructure industries, since September 2012. Mr. Hanrahan served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of The AES Corporation, one of the world’s leading independent power producers, from June 2002 to September 2011. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The AES Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of AES China Generating Co., Ltd., a public company formerly listed on NASDAQ, from 1993 until June 2002. Mr. Hanrahan served as a director of The AES Corporation from June 2002 to September 2011. He also previously served on the boards of other major publicly listed utilities in Brazil, Chile and Venezuela. In 2009 Mr. Hanrahan was appointed by the White House to serve on the U.S.- India CEO forum. Mr. Hanrahan serves as a director of Arch Coal, Inc., a top five global coal producer and marketer; AquaVenture Holdings, LLC, a maker of water management systems; Azura Power Holdings Limited, an electric power generation company in Nigeria; and GreatPoint Energy, Inc., a producer of clean, low-cost natural gas from coal, petroleum coke and biomass. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.
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About American Capital Energy & Infrastructure, BMR Energy, Globeleq: Globeleq Generation Limited develops, builds, and operates renewable power projects in Africa and the Americas.
Jordan Ramer
Founder and CEO of EV Connect
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About EV Connect: EV Connect provides enterprise-class, electric vehicle charging software, and solutions.
Sandeep Ahuja
CEO, Co-Founder of Covetool
Sandeep Ahuja, co-founder of cove.tool, brings her experience of building a successful sustainability consulting firm Pattern r+d (the consulting arm of cove.tool). Most recently, Sandeep presented at the UN environment assembly, with 1500 global delegates, on the impact of building on climate change, showcased at the Tedx Atlanta, won the Atlanta Startup Battle and the 30 under 30 award for developing cove.tool, the automated sustainability consultant. Multiple publications have written about Sandeep’s impact in the AEC industry including Architect magazine, Tech Crunch, Site Selection, ArchDaily and more. With her desire to bring automation into the AEC world, she is pioneering the integration of building performance into the design and construction process by developing and using intelligent technology and software.
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About Covetool: Covetool is a B2B SaaS company that helps make buildings energy efficient while saving on construction cost.
Spencer Angerbauer
President & CEO of Evelar Solar
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About CSAA Insurance Group, Evelar Solar, Joonto, Venture Slopes: Evelar Solar is a renewables & environment company offering solar energy and saving solutions.
Rick Luebbe
CEO and Founder of Group14 Technologies
Rick is the CEO and co-founder of Group14 Technologies, a nano-materials company specializing in silicon-based, lithium battery technology helping usher in the electrification of everything. Before founding Group14, Rick co-founded and led EnerG2 as its CEO from 2003 until its acquisition by BASF in 2016. Rick held the position of Co-CEO at EnerG2 – as a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF – from 2016 to 2018. Rick began his career as an Army aviation officer, leading an aeroscout platoon in Desert Storm, where he was awarded the Bronze Star and two Air Medals in recognition for performance in combat operations against the Iraqi Republican Guard. Rick later flew Apaches as commander of an Attack Helicopter Company. Prior to co-founding successful startups EnerG2 and Group14 Technologies, Rick was the co-founder and CEO of Hubspan, one of the most successful integrators of web-based B2B transactions. At Hubspan, he raised the company’s first two rounds of funding and secured several partnerships. Rick also served as a management consultant with Booz Allen, where he specialized in operations, manufacturing efficiency, and developing and implementing lean manufacturing. Rick holds a B.A. in Biology from Cornell University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About EnerG2, Group14 Technologies: Group14 Technologies is a battery storage technology company that develops silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets.
Stuart Subotnick
President & Chief Executive Officer of Metromedia Company
Stuart Subotnick, also known as Stu, serves as Managing Director of Kluge & Co. Mr. Subotnick served as the Chief Executive Officer and President at Metromedia Company, Inc. He served as Executive Vice President and General Partner at Metromedia Company, Inc. since July 1986. He serves as a Member of Board of Managers for Spot On Networks, LLC. He served as Senior Vice President of Finance of Metromedia Inc. since October 1983 and served as its Member of the Office of the President since 1982. Mr. Subotnick served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Metromedia International Group, Inc. from December 4, 1996 to November 2001. He co-founded Big City Radio Inc.
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About Metromedia Company: This company has put its brand on both the dining and the energy sector.
Tom Buttgenbach
Founder and CEO of 8minute Solar Energy
Tom Buttgenbach is co-founder and president of 8minutenergy. He has over 15 years of experience in large-scale project development, entitlement, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, and capital structuring and origination. Tom has successfully managed over $1 billion in transactions in the solar energy and electric utility industry. Tom has also worked in the clean-tech, high-tech, large-scale real estate project, land development, asset management, private equity and financial services sectors. He is responsible for the land entitlement process for over 2,000 megawatts of 8minutenergy’s solar projects, and for becoming the first solar PV project in California’s Imperial County to complete the land entitlement process.
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About 8minute Solar Energy: 8minute Solar Energy is the nation’s largest independent developer of solar PV and energy storage projects.
Arcady Sosinov
CEO & Co-Founder of FreeWire Technologies
Founder at FreeWire Technologies
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About FreeWire Technologies: FreeWire Technologies is a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and power solutions.
Robyn Beavers
Co-Founder & CEO of Blueprint Power
Robyn started her career off as an energy efficiency consultant and then joined Google in 2004 as a direct report to the co-founders to help support on strategic initiatives as they took the company public. With the founders’ support, Robyn went on to found Google’s Green Business and Operations Strategy Group, the first business unit focused on sustainability strategy at the company. During her 3 years in this role, she spearheaded the approval and installation of the 1.7 MW solar PV project on the rooftops of the Mountain View HQ, created progressive green building guidelines for global Google offices, kick-started the corporation’s renewable energy project finance strategy, and served as a sustainability advisor on Google products. In 2008, she returned to Stanford for graduate school, during which she served as a Recovery Act Fellow for the Department of Energy in 2009. Robyn has since lived in Denmark, where she helped create a global NGO called WindMade on behalf of Vestas Wind Systems, and also served as Director of Commercialization for Distributed Power & Water products for Dean Kamen’s DEKA research. In 2013, Robyn joined NRG Energy to create the Station A Group, an internal innovation team focused on advancing microgrid strategy for NRG. In 2012, Robyn was selected to be featured on Makers.Com: Women Who Make America, a PBS/AOL video archive showcasing the stories of women from a diverse set of experiences and professions. Robyn has served as a board member for GridAlternatives.org, the US chapter of the UN Women organization, and also for the Carbon Lighthouse Foundation. She holds both a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an MBA from Stanford University.
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About Blueprint Power, NRG Energy: Blueprint Power is a real estate and energy tech company that turns buildings into urban power plants.
Michael Garland
President & CEO of Pattern Energy Group
Mr. Michael M. Garland is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Pattern Energy Group Inc. Mr. Garland will serve as President and Chief Executive Officer upon the completion of this offering. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Garland served as Chief Executive Officer of Pattern Energy Group LP (“Pattern Development”) since June 2009. Prior to joining Pattern Development, Mr. Garland was a partner of Babcock & Brown from 1986 to 2009, where he initiated and managed project finance activities, energy development and energy investment, and led Babcock & Brown’s North American Infrastructure Group. Prior to that, Mr. Garland worked for the State of California as Chief of Energy Assessments from 1975 to 1986. Mr. Garland currently serves on the board of directors of SteelRiver Infrastructure Fund North America, GP. We believe Mr. Garland’s extensive leadership experience enables him to play a key role in all matters involving our board of directors and contribute an additional perspective from the energy industry.
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About Pattern Energy Group: Pattern is a premium independent power company. We own and operate eight wind power projects in the United States, Canada and Chile that
Apoorv Bhargava
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of WeaveGrid
Apoorv Bhargava is the CEO and Co-founder of Weave Grid.
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About WeaveGrid: WeaveGrid develops electrification software for the scalable deployment of electric vehicles on the electric grid.
Jeff Quiram
President & CEO of Superconductor Technologies
Jeff Quiram is the President & CEO at Superconductor Technologies.
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About Superconductor Technologies: STI has pioneered the development of superconducting materials and manufacturing processes, developing numerous patents.
Frank van Mierlo
CEO of CubicPV
Frank van Mierlo is the CEO of 1366 Technologies, a solar technology company he started together with a team of engineers from RPI and MIT in 2008. The goal of 1366 Technologies is to make silicon based solar competitive with coal generated electricity. Van Mierlo’s previous venture was Bluefin Robotics Corp., a company that enjoyed double digit growth and was always profitable under his leadership. Bluefin became the leading robotics company in its field and is known for its technical competence and a customer-centric approach. The company maintained a strong balance sheet, a healthy cash flow and a team of highly qualified engineers. In May 2005 the company was sold to Battelle. Frank holds engineering degrees from MIT and Stanford and a business degree from Insead.
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About CubicPV: CubicPV is a solar industry relies on legacy technologies with inherent limitations.
Nate Lowery
Chief Executive Officer of LEX TM3 SYSTEMS
Mr. Lowery has experience investing in, managing and developing alternative and clean energy solutions. Mr. Lowery holds a Masters’ of Business Administration from the Harvard BusinessSchool and a Bachelors’ of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University.
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About Foresight Wealth Management, LEX TM3 SYSTEMS: LEX TM3 SYSTEMS is a manufacturer of heavy-duty connectors.
Bob Luther
CEO at Lex Products Corp of LEX TM3 SYSTEMS
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About LEX TM3 SYSTEMS: LEX TM3 SYSTEMS is a manufacturer of heavy-duty connectors.
Ken Ogata
CEO and Co-Founder of TeraWatt Technology
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About TeraWatt Technology: We engineer ultra-high energy density lithium-ion rechargeable batteries
Eric Dresselhuys
Chief Executive Officer of ESS
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About Enian, ESS: ESS is a provider of long-duration energy storage solutions ideally suited for C&I, utility, microgrid, and off-grid applications.
Craig Evans
CEO of ESS
Craig Evans is Founder at Energy Storage Systems.
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About ESS: ESS is a provider of long-duration energy storage solutions ideally suited for C&I, utility, microgrid, and off-grid applications.
Lee M. Tillman
President & Chief Executive Officer of Marathon Oil Corporation
Lee M. Tillman is president and chief executive officer of Marathon Oil Corporation and a member of the Marathon Oil Corporation Board of Directors. He joined the Company in August 2013. Immediately prior to this, Mr. Tillman served as vice president of Engineering for ExxonMobil Development Company where he was responsible for all global engineering staff engaged in major project concept selection, and front end engineering and design. He began his career in the oil and gas industry at Exxon in 1989 as a research engineer. He has extensive operations management and leadership experience that has included assignments in Jakarta, Indonesia; Aberdeen, Scotland; Stavanger, Norway; Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; Dallas and New Orleans. Mr. Tillman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering with honors from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Auburn University. He is a board member of the American Petroleum Institute (API), American Exploration & Production Council (AXPC), a member of the University of Houston Energy Advisory Board and the Chemical and Engineering Advisory Councils of Texas A&M University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
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About Marathon Oil Corporation: Marathon Oil Corporation is an international independent energy company engaged in exploration and production.
Bill Grinstead
Co-Founder and CEO of Orenda
Bill Grinstead is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Orenda. Prior to founding Orenda, he gained extensive experience in both the public and private financial markets researching and advising on various technologies, including renewables. He previously worked at Marlin Equity Partners, a $7B tech-focused private equity firm, as well as Susquehanna International Group, a global technology, and trading firm. Mr. Grinstead earned a B.S. in Finance from the WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. He also studied Sustainable Finance and Real Estate Investing at Harvard University.
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About Orenda: Orenda is a renewable energy technology company that develops and operates utility scale energy storage assets.
Stephen Ellis
Co-Founder & CEO of Vutility
Stephen Ellis is a Co-Founder of Vutility.
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About Visible Divers, Vutility: Vutility gathers and provides real-time information on utility usage.
Jereme Kent
CEO of One Energy
Jereme Kent is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of One Energy Enterprises Inc. Jereme has the complete set of skills necessary to develop, design, and build a wind project from a blank piece of paper. He is a recognized expert in utility scale wind turbine construction and all aspects of distributed wind energy projects. Prior to founding One Energy, Jereme ran construction of several of the world’s largest wind projects for utility-scale construction firms including RMT, M.A. Mortensen, and D.H. Blattner, and has overseen more than half a billion dollars in wind turbine construction projects. Jereme developed several safety, quality, and production methods that are considered standard within the utility-scale wind industry. He also pioneered the concept of just-in-time construction for utility-scale wind turbine projects. Jereme holds three wind energy related patents including both structural and electrical designs. He has developed innovative cyber security systems and protocols for installing large distributed generation systems on-site at critical infrastructure facilities. Jereme was a 2019 Peer Reviewer for the Wind Energy Technology Office Bi-Annual Project Peer Review. He has also developed and taught wind energy development and design courses at the University of Michigan and other universities. Jereme studied Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering. He dropped out with one class left to help run what was, at the time, the largest wind project in the world. He is a Certified Tower Rescue Instructor and Instructor Trainer, a Certified Crane Operator, a Certified Crane and Rigging Inspector, and an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician.
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About One Energy: One Energy is decarbonizing manufacturing, enabling customer control, and building the customer-centric power grid of the future.
John Belizaire
CEO & Co-founder of Soluna
John Belizaire is an accomplished enterprise software entrepreneur with a track record of new venture development and management success. Prior to co-founding FirstBest, he was senior director of business development and strategic planning for BEA’s Ecommerce Applications Division, where he grew annual revenue to over $150 million. Before BEA, John co-founded The Theory Center, a leader in Java-based component software for enterprise applications. As CEO, he grew the company from inception to $10 million in revenue. BEA Systems acquired the company in 1999 for over $160 million. He was previously lead architect for Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group, where he was responsible for the industry’s first implementation of network quality-of-service technology for personal computers.
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About BanQu, Center for American Entrepreneurship, Pilot Growth Equity, Soluna: Soluna is a blockchain company powering the blockchain-economy with low-cost renewable energy.
Duncan Earl
Founder & CEO of Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Earl has over 20 years of experience developing optical technologies for both private businesses and government organizations. As a former staff member at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Dr. Earl was a researcher with ORNL’s Cyber Warfare group and Quantum Information Sciences team. During his 18 years with ORNL, Dr. Earl’s research focused on quantum encryption solutions and the integration of this technology with the emerging smart grid. He holds numerous patents and research publications and is the inventor of GridCOM’s principle IP. Dr. Earl is also the former founder and CEO of Sunlight Direct, Inc., an ORNL spin-off that commercialized a passive, fiber optic solution for delivering sunlight to the interior of commercial buildings to reduce energy consumption. Dr. Earl invented the technology, founded the company in 2004 and secured $1M in federal funding and $1.2M in private seed investment from the California-based Tech Coast Angels. He oversaw the evolution of the product from a laboratory prototype to a commercial product with over 80 installation sites before returning to ORNL in 2009.
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About Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Qubitekk: Oak Ridge National Laboratory holds a range of R&D assignments, from fundamental nuclear physics to applied R&D on advanced energy systems.
Sean Luangrath
CEO of Inergy Solar
Sean Luangrath is the Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Inergy Solar.
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About Inergy Solar: The leader in portable, consumer energy storage solutions.
Stan Herasimenka
CEO & Co-Founder of Regher Solar
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About Arizona State University, Regher Solar: Regher Solar is developing cutting edge silicon solar panels to power the future space economy.
Allen Leverett
President & Chief Executive Officer of WEC Energy Group
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About WEC Energy Group: WEC Energy Group is one of the nation’s largest electric and natural gas delivery companies.
Gale Klappa
CEO of WEC Energy Group
Gale Klappa is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wisconsin Energy Corporation, a Milwaukee-based holding company with subsidiaries in utility and non-utility businesses since 2004. Gale Klappa has more than 20 years of experience working at a senior executive level in the public utility industry, including service as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of The Southern Company. In connection with his service to Wisconsin Energy Corporation, Gale Klappa also serves as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wisconsin Energy’s public utility subsidiaries, Wisconsin Electric Power Company, and Wisconsin Gas LLC. Gale Klappaalso serves as a director of Badger Meter, Inc.
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About The Southern Company, Inc., WEC Energy Group, WEC Energy Group: WEC Energy Group is one of the nation’s largest electric and natural gas delivery companies.
Patrick Sherwin
Founder and CEO of GoSun
Driven by passion and purpose, Patrick brings to the table decades of experience in solar energy, electric vehicles and youth wilderness education. His favorite GoSun recipe is a medley of seasonal root veggies with a light seasoning.
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About GoSun: GoSun offers solar technology that provide fuel-free cooking, cooling, charging, lighting and water purification and more!
Ravikant Barot
Founder and CEO of OxiCool
Ravi is a former merchant marine oil-tanker Captain. During his over ten years of sailing career, Ravi served as an Officer on many different types of ocean-going ships including as Chief Officer on modern fully refrigerated ships. He has sailed to over hundred countries around the globe. Prior to founding OxiCool, Ravi gained valuable banking experience when Ford Motor Company asked him to go to India on an expat assignment as Chief Financial Officer of ~$1.0 billion Ford Credit joint ventures in Mumbai. Previously, Ravi also had profit leadership on a $12 billion global new car program in Cologne, Germany – joint between Ford, Volvo, and Mazda. Ravi is a hands-on leader who has been fortunate to lead an invigorating childhood growing up in a small town in India with his auto enthusiast father learning to repair and maintain their collection of English motorcycles and a Ford Falcon when no spare parts were available. Ravi is passionately committed to OxiCool and his mantra for OxiCool – ‘let us leave a better environment for future generations’.Ravi holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, a Pre-MBA from the University of Dallas, and a Master Mariner’s license (B.Sc) from LBS College of Advanced Maritime Research and Studies, Mumbai, India.
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About OxiCool: OxiCool develops environmentally-friendly cooling units and air conditioning technologies.
George A. Hamalian
Chief Executive Officer of United Scientists Association of Technology
With more than 30 years of corporate experience, George Hamalian has broken through countless barriers to take many companies through to commercial success. During these years, George has established a unique approach through which he opens doors to the private sector by building on government relationships and minimising red-tape obstacles along the way.
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About United Scientists Association of Technology: USAT is an australian organisation utilising blockchain-enabled technology to store, fund, develop & commercialise intellectual property.
Shawn Murphy
Founder | Chief Executive Officer | Chief Technology Officer of Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
Shawn Murphy is the co-founder, CEO, and CTO of Titan Advanced Energy Solutions.
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About Titan Advanced Energy Solutions: Titan Advanced Energy Solutions is a provider of ultrasound-based battery management solutions
Jack Fusco
CEO of Cheniere Energy Inc
Jack Fusco is a Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cheniere Energy, Inc., the leading exporter of U.S. liquefied natural gas. Previously Mr. Fusco served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Calpine Corporation from August 2008 to May 2014 and as Executive Chairman from May 2014 through May 11, 2016. Mr. Fusco’s career of over thirty years in the energy industry has included employment at Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Goldman Sachs, Orion Power Holdings, which he helped found, and Texas Genco LLC.
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About Cheniere Energy Inc: LNG Terminals. Cheniere is among the leading companies in North America strategically pursuing the development of LNG terminals.
Matthew R. Potere
CEO of Sunlight Financial
Matthew R. Potere is the chief executive officer of [Sunlight Financial](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/sunlight-financial), a residential solar finance company. He was previously the vice president of Bank of America. Potere has also been employed as the chief operating officer of Swift Financial. Potere holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware.
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About Sunlight Financial: Sunlight Financial is a premier, technology-enabled point-of-sale financing company.
Ben Peterson
CEO of Blue Raven Solar
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About Blue Raven Solar: We are a full service, end to end solar company that offers BluePower™ and BluePowerPlus+™ as the most innovative solar financing products.
Jeffrey A. Miller
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Halliburton
JEFFREY A. MILLER, President and Chief Health, Safety and Environment Officer of the Company since August 2014; joined the Halliburton Company Board in 2014. Current director of Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (since 2013).
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About Halliburton: Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry.
Peter H. Diebel
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Zipline Green
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About Zipline Green, Zipline Performance: Zipline Green’s Oasis Smart Guideway is the world’s most intelligent transit guideway providing low carbon transport and infrastructure.
Emily Kirsch
Founder and CEO of Powerhouse
Emily Kirsch is the Founder and CEO at Powerhouse.
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About Powerhouse, Powerhouse: Your partner in building the future of energy and mobility.
Bill Lenihan
CEO of Zola Electric
Bill Lenihan joined ZOLA Electric in March 2015 and currently serves as CEO where he oversees product, operations, finance, expansion and corporate development. Under Bill’s leadership, ZOLA has expanded from 1 to 7 countries, 200 to over 1000 employees and now provides energy access to over 1 million people. Bill brings a strong background to ZOLA, with experience at companies including Goldman Sachs, Bain & Company and Calera Capital.
As Managing Director at Calera Capital, a private equity firm managing $2 billion of capital, Bill led the firm’s investment efforts in the consumer and industrial sectors. His experience includes efforts around geographic expansion, channel development, new product introductions, efficiency improvements, acquisitions, and financial planning. Prior to joining Calera Capital, Bill was with Goldman Sachs & Co. where he managed and pursued investment opportunities within the Principal Investment Area.
He began his career with Bain & Company, Inc. and CS First Boston. Just prior to joining ZOLA, Bill served as Executive Vice President, International for Switch Lighting where he launched Switch’s Japan business and initiated early-stage development of Europe. He received a B.A. cum laude in Business and Economics from UCLA and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a dual degree in Strategic Management and Finance.
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About Zola Electric: ZOLA Electric is the leading renewable energy technology company solving Energy Access and Energy Equality in emerging markets.
Founded in 2011, ZOLA Electric began by providing solar home solutions to off-grid rural communities in Tanzania and has now evolved into a technology company whose products can solve any energy access problem, be it off- or on-grid, rural or urban, residential or commercial.
ZOLA Electric has expanded distribution across three continents and today, powers over 1.5 million people and more than 300,000 homes and businesses.
ZOLA Electric is a recipient of the UN Momentum for Change Award and the Zayed Future Energy Prize.
Hasty Granbery
Founder and CEO of Currant
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About Currant: Currant creates smart home products that enable people to control their homes and their energy bills.
Wil Ralston
Chief Executive Officer of SinglePoint
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About SinglePoint: SinglePoint is a manufacturing company focused on providing renewable energy solutions to small to mid-sized companies.
David Velazquez
President & Chief Executive Officer of Pepco Holdings
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About Pepco Holdings: Largest energy delivery companies in the Mid-Atlantic region
Jonathan P. Carroll
Chief Executive Officer and President of Blue Dolphin Energy
Jonathan Carroll is currently Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Blue Dolphin. He is also a Director, President and Majority Owner of Lazarus Energy Holdings, LLC (“LEH”). LEH owns eighty percent (80.67%) of Blue Dolphin’s issued and outstanding Common Stock. In addition, Jonathan Carroll sits on the Board of Trustees of the Salient Fund Group. In January 2014, Jonathan Carroll was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of the General Partner of LRR Energy, L.P. (NYSE: LRE). Jonathan Carroll earned a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University and has completed a Directed Reading in Economics at Oxford University.
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About Blue Dolphin Energy: Blue Dolphin Energy Company operates as an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products.
Jorg Heinemann
Chief Executive Officer of EnerVenue
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About EnerVenue: EnerVenue provides metal-hydrogen batteries for large-scale renewable and storage applications.
Dan Foley
CEO, Founder of Glidepath Power
Dan is Founder and CEO of GlidePath Power. Dan has over 25 years of energy sector experience, particularly in developing, building, owning, and operating traditional and renewable energy projects throughout North America. Prior to founding GlidePath Power, Dan served as COO for Lincoln Renewable Energy and CEO of ACCIONA Energy North America. His efforts have led to the construction of 1GW in power projects. Dan earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Master of Engineering degree from the State University of New York-Buffalo, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago.
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About Glidepath Power: Glidepath Power develops solutions for the energy markets.
Bryce Smith
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of LevelTen Energy
An industry professional with nearly 20 years’ experience evaluating renewable energy trends, technologies, and projects,Bryce has demonstrated success designing and leading new ventures. In 2009, Bryce co-founded OneEnergy Renewables, a leading national developer of utility-scale solar projects, raising seed, Series A, and Series B rounds, and guiding the company to profitability. Prior to founding OneEnergy, Bryce led the Bonneville Environmental Foundation’s nationwide investment in clean power projects, developing more than 160 solar projects in 16 states and establishing the highly acclaimed Solar 4R Schools program.
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About LevelTen Energy: LevelTen is a safe and cost-effective way for C&I customers to purchase renewable energy.
Kelcy L. Warren
Chief Executive Officer of Energy Transfer Partners
Mr. Kelcy L. Warren serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co LP. Mr. Warren has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Le Gp LLC – General Partner of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. since August 15, 2007. Mr. Warren has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Energy Transfer Partners LLC since August 15, 2007. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Southern Union Co. He serves as a Member of the Management Council at ETP Enogex Partners LLC. He is a Founding Principal of Energy Transfer Company, an energy investment firm, which was formed in 1996. He has been Co-chief Executive Officer of the general partner of ETC OLP, and as Co-chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board of the general partner of La Grange Energy since 2002. He also served as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board of Energy Transfer Partners LLC, the general partner of Energy Transfer Partners L.P. since January 2004. He has more than 25 years of business experience in the energy industry
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About Energy Transfer Partners: Energy Transfer is a Texas-based company that began in 1995 as a small intrastate natural gas pipeline operator
