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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 Director operating in the Energy space. If you think a Director 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.
John Krenicki, Jr.
Director of Hess Corporation
Krenicki joined CD&R in 2013 after a 29-year career at the General Electric Company. He is a former vice chairman of GE and former president and CEO of GE Energy. His responsibilities included oversight of GE’s oil & gas, power & water, and energy management businesses, which employed more than 100,000 people in more than 165 countries and represented more than $50 billion in revenue. Krenicki held several leadership roles with GE prior to leading GE Energy, including president and CEO of GE Plastics and GE Transportation, and served as a director of GE Capital. Krenicki also serves as independent director of Devon Energy Corporation.
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About CD&R LLP, Hess Corporation: Hess Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and drilling company.
Thomas J Walker
Partner, Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Walker is a Partner of Riverstone and serves as the Chief Financial Officer. He is based in New York. Prior to joining Riverstone, Mr. Walker was a Principal at The Carlyle Group serving as the Carlyle/Riverstone Fund Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Carlyle, he held similar positions at Hampshire Equity Partners, a middle market buyout fund managing approximately $900 million of capital commitments; and Ripplewood Holdings, a private equity firm managing approximately $4 billion of capital commitments in the U.S. and Japan. Prior to joining Ripplewood, Mr. Walker was the Director of Financial Reporting and Planning at Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE: ABG), a Ripplewood portfolio company. He started his career in Arthur Andersen’s Metro New York office. Mr. Walker earned a B.S. degree in Accounting and Finance from Binghamton University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr.
Founder & Senior Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Prior to founding Riverstone, Mr. Lapeyre was a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs in its Global Energy & Power Group. Mr. Lapeyre joined Goldman Sachs in 1986 and spent his 14-year investment banking career exclusively focused on energy and power, particularly the midstream/pipeline and oil service sectors. Mr. Lapeyre’s responsibilities included client coverage and leading the execution of a wide variety of M&A, IPO, strategic advisory and capital markets financings for clients across all sectors of the industry. Mr. Lapeyre received his B.S. in finance/economics from the University of Kentucky and his M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Lapeyre serves on the Boards of Directors of Dynamic Industries, Enduro, Enduro II, EP Energy, Fieldwood, Legend, Meritage II, Quorum Business Solutions, Sage Midstream, Three Rivers II, and Venado. He also serves on the Board of Visitors of the MD Anderson Cancer Center and is a Trustee of The Convent of The Sacred Heart.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Christopher Barton Hunt
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Christopher B. Hunt is a Partner of Riverstone based in London. Mr. Hunt joined Riverstone in 2008. Through his more than thirty-year career, he has primarily specialized in renewable energy, conventional power, and natural gas projects. Mr. Hunt has developed, constructed, financed and operated energy businesses in over 25 countries across North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. He has completed several hundred facilities totalling more than 35 gigawatts of power capacity and several million gas customers. Prior to joining Riverstone, Mr. Hunt ran international power development and generation businesses for both BP and Enron. He was also responsible for various commodity trading and finance businesses. Prior to that, Mr. Hunt developed a wide range of international energy assets, serving in capacities ranging from Chief Executive, President or Board member. Mr. Hunt currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Enviva, Pattern Energy, Silver Ridge, Velocita and NTR. He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University and his M.B.A. from Columbia University. He has also completed various post-graduate training at Harvard, Stanford, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Oxford Universities.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
N. John Lancaster, Jr.
Partner & Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Lancaster joined Riverstone in 2000 and is responsible for the sourcing and management of investments across the energy industry, with a particular emphasis on the oilfield service and exploration and production sectors. Prior to joining Riverstone, Mr. Lancaster was a Director with The Beacon Group, LLC (“Beacon”), a privately held firm specializing in principal investing and strategic advisory services in the energy and other industries. Mr. Lancaster began his career at Bankers Trust and later at CS First Boston, spending time as an investment banker and equity research analyst focused on the oil service and unregulated gas transmission sectors of the energy industry. Mr. Lancaster received his B.B.A. from the University of Texas, where he serves on the McCombs School of Business Advisory Council, and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Kenneth Ryan
Partner & Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Ryan is a Partner of Riverstone and is responsible for business development. He is based in New York. Prior to joining Riverstone in 2011, Mr. Ryan worked for Gleacher & Company / Gleacher Partners in both London and New York, most recently as Managing Director and Co-head of Investment Banking. Prior to Gleacher, Mr. Ryan worked for Goldman Sachs in the European Financial Institutions Group in London, the U.S. Financial Institutions Group in New York, and the European Advisory Group. Mr. Ryan also co-founded UCTX, a European Internet/media company, which he sold in 2001. Mr. Ryan serves on the Board of Directors of TrailStone. He received an LL.B. from University of Dublin, Trinity College.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
E. Bartow Jones
Partner & Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Jones is a Partner of Riverstone. He is based in New York. Since joining Riverstone in 2001, Mr. Jones has been active across a variety of sectors in the energy industry, with significant experience in midstream, mining, and exploration and production. His specific transactional experience includes investments in PVR, Vantage, Quintana Shipping, Foresight, Niska, Buckeye, Magellan, and Legend. Mr. Jones also has investment experience in the renewable sector through Riverstone’s investments in CODA Holdings and Kramer Junction. Prior to joining Riverstone, Mr. Jones was an Associate in the M&A group at J.P. Morgan in New York. Mr. Jones received his B.S. in Commerce with concentrations in both Finance and Accounting from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Jamie M Brodsky
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Brodsky is a Managing Director at Riverstone, focused on credit and capital markets activities. He is based in New York. Prior to joining Riverstone in 2014, Mr. Brodsky was a Managing Director and head of energy leveraged finance at Nomura Securities International. Prior to Nomura, Mr. Brodsky was an Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank in Leveraged Finance Origination, a group in which he was a founding member. Mr. Brodsky began his career as an analyst at UBS in 2000 and has primarily served as a natural resource-focused leveraged finance professional throughout. Mr. Brodsky holds a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia and London Business Schools through the EMBA Global Program.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Christopher A Abbate
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Managing Director at Riverstone.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Jim McGee
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Global Head of Private Equity Fundraising – Senior Managing Director at Cerberus Capital Management.
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About Advent International, Cerberus Capital Management, Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Andrew J Karian
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Karian is a Managing Director of Riverstone. He is based in Houston.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Brett S Staffieri
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Staffieri is a Managing Director of Riverstone. He is based in New York. Prior to joining Riverstone in 2006, Mr. Staffieri was a Senior Analyst at DLJ Merchant Banking Partners. Previously, Mr. Staffieri worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions group at Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Staffieri serves on the Boards of Directors of Abaco Energy Technologies LLC, Fieldwood Energy LLC, Hudson Products Corp., Kerogen Exploration LLC, Liberty Oilfield Services LLC, Liberty Resources II LLC, Permian Tank & Manufacturing, Inc., Rover Petroleum, UTEX Industries and Wayne Fueling Systems. He received his B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and his M.B.A. from The Wharton School, where he graduated with honors.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Peter R Coneway
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Coneway is a Managing Director focused on sourcing, structuring and executing energy investments. He is based in Houston. Prior to joining Riverstone, Mr. Coneway served as United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein from 2006-2008. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co., and Head of the Houston office, which he founded in 1975. Having started at Goldman in 1969, he was named a General Partner in 1978 and established Goldman Sachs’ Equities Sales, Trading and Research Division in Tokyo in 1987. Mr. Coneway received his M.B.A. from Stanford University. He received a B.B.A. from the University of Texas.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Stephen S Coats
Partner, Managing Director & General Counsel of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Coats is a Partner of Riverstone, serving as General Counsel. He is based in New York. Prior to joining Riverstone in April 2008, Mr. Coats was a Partner at Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., a law firm specializing in the energy sector. While at Vinson & Elkins, he focused on domestic and cross-border M&A work in the energy sector. Prior to joining Riverstone, Mr. Coats was outside counsel to Riverstone in several transactions including, among others, Niska Gas Storage, Frontier Drilling, Red Technology Alliance, and Phoenix Exploration Company. He received his B.A. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993 and his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1997. Mr. Coats is licensed to practice law in the states of New York and Texas.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Andrea Gomez
Director of Account Executives of Workrise
Andrea Gomez is the director of account executives at RigUp, a technology company that develops a platform to support the energy workforce.
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About Workrise: Workrise is a marketplace for on-demand services and skilled labor in the energy industry.
John Gass
Board Of Director of Southwestern Energy Company
Mr. Gass retired in 2012 as Vice President of Chevron Corporation and President of Chevron Gas and Midstream. In this role, he was responsible for Chevron’s global natural gas marketing and trading activities, as well as Chevron’s pipeline, power and worldwide shipping operations. Mr. Gass began his career in 1974 in Chevron’s Gulf of Mexico business unit in New Orleans, and over the next 38 years held positions of increasing responsibility, including heading the company’s exploration and production operations in southern Africa and in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Mr. Gass served as a director of Sasol Chevron Holdings Ltd and GS Caltex. Mr. Gass has been a director of Weatherford International, Ltd. since June 2013 and serves on the Compensation and the Health, Safety and Environment Committees. He became a director of Suncor Energy Inc. in February 2014, where he serves on the Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainable Development Committee and chairs the Human Resources and Compensation Committee. Mr. Gass received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Vanderbilt University and a master’s degree in civil engineering from Tulane University. For the past two years, he has served as Chairman of the Board of Visitors for the Vanderbilt School of Engineering and also serves on the Advisory Board for the Vanderbilt Eye Institute. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
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About : Southwestern Energy is a production company that engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas.
Matthew Nordan
Managing Director of Prime Impact Fund
Matthew joined Venrock in 2009 and focuses on energy, environmental and materials technologies. He is a board observer at OnChip Power and Boston-Power, and has been closely involved with portfolio companies Phononic Devices and Nest Labs. Prior to Venrock, Matthew was President of Lux Research, an advisory services firm for science-driven innovation that he co-founded in 2004. Under Matthew’s leadership, Lux Research became a widely recognized authority on energy and materials innovation, counseling corporations, investors and governments. Earlier, Matthew served in a variety of management roles with technology advisor Forrester Research in the United States and Europe. Matthew holds a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University, where he conducted cognitive neuroscience research on the neural pathways mediating emotion and memory.
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About MNL Partners, Prime Impact Fund: Prime Impact Fund invests in transformative technology companies with the potential for gigaton-scale climate impact.
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.
Lance Dailey
Director of Sales of Shift Energy
Lance has been creating profitable, memorable sales experiences for customers and partners since the 1990’s in B2B technology sales & business development. Based out of the Chicago area, he is SHIFT’s first US employee bringing the leading-edge EOS software solution and persistent savings of the Intelligent Live Recommissioning approach to America. Most recently, Lance headed up national channel sales at SCIenergy focusing on both energy saving technology and capital-preserving solutions to optimize buildings on a large scale. Prior to joining SCIenergy in early 2013, he championed direct & channel sales teams at eSight Energy, Macrovision (now Rovi), and InstallShield (now Flexera) to consistent success.Lance is excited to help customers reduce costs and consumption automatically for building owners via world-class technology delivered through ground-breaking methodologies.
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About Shift Energy: Shift Energy is focused on providing innovative energy efficiency technology and services.
Edward Gordon
Midwest Director of Sales of Power Kiosk
Power Kiosk helps property and energy managers to procure energy and suppliers to price deals in deregulated market place. Using a clearinghouse model, Power Kiosk is disrupting the old-fashioned energy industry. With Power Kiosk, building owners, suppliers and utilities simply connect to one energy market place (clearinghouse) and do business together. We help the users by providing efficiency, technology and data intelligence via the SaaS platform.
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About Power Kiosk: Connecting Buyers And Sellers Of Gas And Electricity
Edward Gordon
Midwest Director of Sales of Power Kiosk
Power Kiosk helps property and energy managers to procure energy and suppliers to price deals in deregulated market place. Using a clearinghouse model, Power Kiosk is disrupting the old-fashioned energy industry. With Power Kiosk, building owners, suppliers and utilities simply connect to one energy market place (clearinghouse) and do business together. We help the users by providing efficiency, technology and data intelligence via the SaaS platform.
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About Power Kiosk: Connecting Buyers And Sellers Of Gas And Electricity
Douglas Warner
Corporate Director of General Electric
Following graduation from Yale University in 1968, Warner joined Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, a wholly owned subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (formerly J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated). He was elected president and a director of the bank and its parent in 1990, serving as chairman and chief executive officer from 1995 to 2000, when he became chairman of the board of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company until his retirement in 2001. Warner is chairman of the board of managers and the board of overseers of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, chairman of the Yale Investment Committee and a trustee of Yale University. Warner also served as a director at Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., Motorola Inc. and Motorola Solutions Inc. during the last five years.
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About General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
James Mulva
Member of the Board of Directors of General Electric
James Mulva is a Member of the Board of Directors at General Electric and General Motors (since June 2012. James is a US citizen. James was President and Chief Executive Officer at Houston-based ConocoPhillips from 2002 until retirement in 2012. From 2004 to 2012 James also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to ConocoPhillips James was Chairman of the Board of Directors President and Chief Executive Officer at Phillips Petroleum from 1999 to 2002. James started his career in the oil and gas industry with Phillips Petroleum Company in 1973 and held positions within the finance area, being Chief Financial Officer from 1990 – 1993. James served as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for all operations including refineries, offshore and onshore activities from 1994 to 1999. James formerly served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Statoil ASA. James served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at American Petroleum Institute in 2005 and 2006 and is Chair-elect of the Board of Visitors for the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. James received a BBA and an MBA in Finance from the University of Texas.
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About : General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Matt Schnugg
Senior Director, Data & Analytics, ML/AI of General Electric
Matt Schnugg is a Senior Director, Data & Analytics for GE Power Digital, where he is responsible for the development and productization of analytics across all of GE Power. Matt focuses on delivering best in class outcomes to utility customers using the breadth of their data, with an emphasis on leveraging both GE’s domain expertise and a wide variety of advanced analytical and data science-based tactics. Matt is passionate about finding elegant solutions to complex problems. Matt comes to GE from Microsoft, where he held leadership roles in Marketing and Engineering for the Cloud + Enterprise (C+E) organization. He was most recently a Principal in the C+E Growth + Ecosystems group, where he led a team leveraging Experimentation, Analytics, and Data Science across the Azure platform. He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, where he was also a fellow at the Tauber Institute for Global Operations. Matt earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond.
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About General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Sam Olstein
Executive Director, Corporate Marketing of General Electric
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About General Electric, General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Matt Merchant
Global Managing Director, DevOps of General Electric
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About General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Robert Gates
Sr Director Customer Success Leader – Manufacturing of General Electric
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About General Electric, General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Jennifer Flonacher
Director of Regulatory Affairs of DroneSeed
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About DroneSeed: DroneSeed is paid per acre to plant tree seed vessels after a wildfire — using heavy-lift Drone Swarms
John-Paul Clarke
Co-Founder, Chief Innovation Officer, and Member of the Board of Directors of Universal Hydrogen
20 years of highly regarded publishing in the field of operations research and control theory. Professor at Georgia Tech and highly regarded consultant.
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About Georgia Tech College of Engineering, Universal Hydrogen: Universal Hydrogen is the company fueling carbon-free flight by making hydrogen-powered commercial flight a near-term reality.
Jonathan Schalliol
Director of Corporate Development of The Heritage Group
Since joining THG, Jonathan Schalliol has performed multiple corporate development roles, most recently as Director, Strategy + M&A. Prior to THG, he served as Global Business Strategist for Plug & Play after serving for seven years as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Business Development for WisdomTools, an early leader in geospatial data and augmented reality technology. Jonathan has also worked in investment banking for Merrill Lynch, management consulting for Ernst & Young, and marketing for Apple. He is an active member of the local entrepreneurial community and has been a board member of TEDxIndianapolis, a member of HALO Capital Group, the Association for Corporate Growth and the Indiana Venture Club, and periodically lectures at the Kelley School of Business. Jonathan received an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation from the Kelley School of Business with honors, and he received a BS in Business from the Kelley School of Business, where he was named Chancellor’s Scholar.
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About HG Ventures, The Heritage Group: Privately owned large conglomerate in energy, refining, chemicals, construction, environmental and recycling sectors seeking opportunities
Daniel Rappaport
Board of Directors of Connecticut Innovations
Mr. Rappaport served as Chairman of the Board/CEO of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) from 1993 through March 2001. Mr. Rappaport also served as a member of the Board of NYMEX from May 2006 through August 2008 where he participated in the process that led to an IPO that valued NYMEX at approximately twelve billion dollars. As a NYMEX board member, Mr. Rappaport was also involved in the negotiations that resulted in the acquisition of NYMEX by the CME Group. Mr. Rappaport served as an independent director on the board of GreenX and was Chairman of the Regulatory Oversight Committee. Mr. Rappaport was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Energy to serve as a member of the National Petroleum Council (NPC) and he was also appointed to serve as a member of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Global Markets Advisory Committee. He served as a board member of the Futures Industry Institute, a trustee on the Board of Trustees of New York Law School, and as an appointment of the Governor of the State of Connecticut on the board of directors of Connecticut Innovations. Mr. Rappaport is a graduate of New York Law School and is licensed to practice law in the State of New York. He also holds an MBA from Baruch College and is a graduate of Syracuse University.
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About : Connecticut Innovations provides strategic capital and operational insight to to companies in high-tech industries
Patrick O’Neill
Managing Director, Venture Capital Investments of Connecticut Innovations
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About Connecticut Innovations: Connecticut Innovations provides strategic capital and operational insight to to companies in high-tech industries
Matthew D. Storeygard
Managing Director, Venture Capital Investments of Connecticut Innovations
Matt Storeygard joined Connecticut Innovations as Managing Director, Venture Capital Investments in 2019
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About Connecticut Innovations, Hubbub: Connecticut Innovations provides strategic capital and operational insight to to companies in high-tech industries
Kevin Crowley
Senior Managing Director, Investments of Connecticut Innovations
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About : Connecticut Innovations provides strategic capital and operational insight to to companies in high-tech industries
Peter V. Longo
Senior Managing Director of Connecticut Innovations
Peter Senior Managing Director of Connecticut Innovations, oversees the organization’s investment and loan portfolios, and is responsible for the overall investment strategy.
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About Connecticut Innovations: Connecticut Innovations provides strategic capital and operational insight to to companies in high-tech industries
Pauline M. Murphy
Senior Managing Director of Connecticut Innovations
Pauline Murphy joined Connecticut Innovations as Senior Managing Director in 2002.Pauline is responsible for initiating and closing deals and managing the investment associates and investment team support staff at CI. Pauline has extensive experience in both manufacturing and service organizations. She was controller of an early-stage software development company and launched her career at Ernst & Young, LLP. Her career milestones with CI include leading investments in deets, Environmental Energy Services, etouches, FMP Products, New Ortho Polymers, Premise Corporation, XLerant and Zadspace. Three of the former CI portfolio companies that Pauline was involved with have been acquired: CGI Pharmaceuticals, Nufern and Premise Corporation. A fourth company, CiDRA Corporation, has successfully sold its oil and gas metering business segment. Pauline graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Connecticut and is a registered certified public accountant in the state of Connecticut.
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About Cadenza Innovation, CiDRA, Connecticut Innovations, Ernst & Young: Connecticut Innovations provides strategic capital and operational insight to to companies in high-tech industries
Daniel Wagner
Sr. Managing Director, Investments of Connecticut Innovations
Daniel Wagner joined Connecticut Innovation as Managing Director, Investments in 2018
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About Connecticut Innovations, Connecticut Innovations: Connecticut Innovations provides strategic capital and operational insight to to companies in high-tech industries
Douglas J. Roth
Managing Director of Connecticut Innovations
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About Connecticut Innovations: Connecticut Innovations provides strategic capital and operational insight to to companies in high-tech industries
Matt Bloom
Director of Investments of Connecticut Innovations
Matt Bloom is the director of investments at Connecticut Innovations.
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About Connecticut Innovations: Connecticut Innovations provides strategic capital and operational insight to to companies in high-tech industries
Kimberly Peretto
Director of Information Technology of Connecticut Innovations
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About : Connecticut Innovations provides strategic capital and operational insight to to companies in high-tech industries
Reginald Chatman
Senior Director, Customer Experience of Bloom Energy
Reginald Chatman serves as senior customer experience director at Bloom Energy.
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About Bloom Energy: Bloom Energy offers on-site power generation systems that can use a wide variety of inputs to generate electricity.
Robert Littles
Director of Projects of Rolls-Royce
Robert is responsible for strategic initiatives in Engineering, Software, Predictive Maintenance and Cyber Security. He is experienced in applying Data Analytics, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cognitive and Big Data to various applications. He has over 20 years of experience in Project Management, ERP Systems(SAP, Maximo, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Asset Suite), Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Energy, Software Development and Consulting Rob earned a Master of Science in Engineering degree and the Wharton Business School, both at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelors’ degree in Organizational Management from Cabrini University. Robert attended Drexel University where he studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Robert also pursued an International Supply Chain and Logistics Certification from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology after spending a semester in China to achieve it. He holds several certifications.
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About Rolls-Royce: Rolls-Royce is an industrial technology company that provides integrated power and propulsion solutions.
Charles Moorman
Member of the Board of Directors of Chevron
Moorman is retired Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Norfolk Southern Corporation, a freight and transportation company. He served as Chairman of Norfolk Southern from 2006 until 2015, as Chief Executive Officer from 2004 until 2015, and President from 2004 until 2013. Prior to that, Moorman was Senior Vice President of Corporate Planning and Services from 2003 until 2004 and Senior Vice President of Corporate Services in 2003. Mr. Moorman joined Norfolk Southern in 1975. Other Directorships and Memberships: Hampton Roads Community Foundation; National Academy of Engineering; Nature Conservancy of Virginia (Chair); University of Virginia Medical Center Operating Board; Virginia Business Council.
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About : Chevron is an integrated energy and technology company with subsidiaries that conduct businesses under Chevron, Texaco and Caltex brands.
Sean Tippett
Director of Business Development for Smart Cities & IoT of Silver Spring Networks
Sean Tippett is the Director of Business Development for Smart Cities & IoT at Silver Spring Networks.
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About Silver Spring Networks: Silver Spring Networks offers Smart Energy Platform™, enabling utilities to improve energy efficiencies, enhance services, and reduce costs.
Nicolas Sauvage
Managing Director of TDK Ventures
Managing Director of TDK Ventures. TDK Ventures is a technology-focused venture fund, investing globally in early-stage startups that leverages fundamental material science to unlock an attractive and sustainable future for the world. TDK Ventures goal is to help every start-up we invest to achieve their full potential for positive world impact. He was previously responsible at InvenSense for all strategic ecosystem relationships, including Google and Qualcomm, and other HW/SW/System companies. Before that, Nicolas was part of NXP Software management team, responsible for worldwide sales, and later P&L and product management of the OEM Business Line. Nicolas is an alumnus of Stanford, INSEAD, Institut supérieur d’électronique et du numérique and London Business School
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About TDK Corporation, TDK Ventures, TDK Ventures: TDK Ventures is the Corporate VC arm of TDK Corporations that invests globally in hard-tech entrepreneurs.
Fred Poses
Independent Director of Chesapeake Energy
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About Chesapeake Energy: Chesapeake Energy is a petroleum and natural gas exploration and production company.
Donald L. Evans
Board Of Director of Energy Future Holdings
Donald L. Evans was the 34th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Secretary Evans was a core member of President George W. Bush’s economic team, advising the President on many issues, including pro-growth and job-creating economic policies, international trade and energy policy. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1946, Mr. Evans attended the University of Texas at Austin, receiving a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1969 and an M.B.A. in 1973. In 1975, Secretary Evans moved to Midland, Texas from Houston and began his career as a “roughneck” working on oil rigs for Tom Brown, Inc, a public energy company. Ten years later, he took the helm of the company as CEO, continuing in that position until being tapped by the President to lead the Commerce Department. Evans previously served as CEO of the Financial Services Forum, an economic policy association comprised of the CEOs of 20 of the largest and most diversified financial services institutions doing business in the United States. Evans resigned his post as CEO of Financial Services Forum at the end of 2007 in order to take on his current role as Chairman of the private utility company, Energy Future Holdings, formerly known as TXU Corporation. Evans also serves as Chairman of the George W. Bush Foundation for the George W. Bush Presidential Center located at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Secretary Evans has been very active in community service over the years. In 1995, Governor Bush appointed him to the Board of Regents of the University of Texas; he was elected Chairman of the Board in February 1997 and served two consecutive terms. Evans was a board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation for eight years and was a driving force behind Native Vision, a program that provides services to about 10,000 Native American children. He was involved with the United Way for many years, serving as President of the Midland branch in 1989 and Campaign Chair in 1981.
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About Energy Capital Partners: Energy Future Holdings Corp. is a Dallas-based, privately held energy company.
James W. Stewart
Board Of Director of Baker Hughes
(Director since 2010) Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of BJ Services Company from 1990 until its acquisition by the Company in 2010. Prior to 1990, Stewart held various management and staff positions with BJ Services Company and its predecessor company. Mr. Stewart is a member of the Board of Directors of Delta SubSea LLC, Aereon, Pipe Pros LLC, The Alley Theatre of Houston, a Trustee of the Menil Collection and Chair of the Finance Committee of the Menil Collection.
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About : Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Claire W. Gargalli
Board Of Director of Baker Hughes
(Director since 1998) Former Vice Chairman, Diversified Search and Diversified Health Search Companies (executive search consultants) from 1990 to 1998. Gargalli served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Equimark from 1984 to 1990. During that period, she also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Equimark’s two principal subsidiaries, Equibank and Liberty Bank. Gargalli is a director of BioMotion Analytics. She is also a trustee emeritus of Carnegie Mellon University and Middlebury College. Within the past five years, Gargalli served on the Board of Directors of Praxair, Inc.
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About : Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Larry D. Brady
Board Of Director of Baker Hughes
(Director since 2004) Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Intermec, Inc. (industrial technologies). He served as Chairman of Intermec from 2001 to 2007 and as CEO from 2000 to 2007. Brady served as President of Intermec from 1999 to 2001 and as Chief Operating Officer from 1999 to 2000. At FMC Corporation, he served as a director from 1989 to 1999, President from 1993 to 1999, Executive Vice President from 1989 to 1993, and Vice President from 1984 to 1989. Brady is a life member of the Advisory Board of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Within the past five years, he served as a director of Pactiv Corporation.
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About : Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
William Easter
Board Of Director of Baker Hughes
(Director since 2014) Former Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of DCP Midstream LLC (natural gas gatherers and processors, and marketers of natural gas and natural gas liquids) from 2004 to 2008. Easter worked for ConocoPhillips for more than twenty years where he held senior leadership, operating, and commercial roles in areas of natural gas and natural gas liquids, crude oil and refined products. He served as a director of Sunoco, Inc. from 2011 to 2012 and Sunoco Partners, LLC during 2012. Easter is a director of Concho Resources Inc., Delta Airlines Inc. and Memorial Hermann Health Care System.
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About : Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Charles L. Watson
Board Of Director of Baker Hughes
(Director since 1998) Chairman of Twin Eagle Resource Management (energy Marketing) since 2010, Chairman and CEO of Advanced Blast Protection Systems since 2015, Chairman of Wincrest Ventures, L.P. (Private Investments) since January 1994 and senior energy advisor to GSO/Blackstone since 2014. Mr. Watson was Chairman of Eagle Energy (wholesale energy) from 2003 to 2009 and Chairman of Sigma Chi Foundation from 2005 to 2012. He served as a Senior Energy Advisor to Carlyle Investment Management Fund (investment) from 2011 to 2014 and as Senior Advisor to EDF Trading North America LLC (wholesale energy) and Electricite de France (electric utility) during 2008 and Managing Director of Lehman Brothers (financial services) from 2007 to 2008. He was the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dynegy Inc. (diversified energy) and its predecessor companies from 1985 to 2002. Watson is a board member of Mainstream Renewable Power, Baylor College of Medicine, serves on the board of Advisors for Angeleno Investors, L.P., and serves on the Advisory Council for DocuSign.
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About : Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Anthony G. Fernandes
Board Of Director of Baker Hughes
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About : Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Ron Reis
Service Director & General Manager of Baker Hughes
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About Baker Hughes: Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Raymond Gerald Bailey
President & Director of Petroteq Energy
Dr. Bailey has over 50 years of experience in the international petroleum industry in all aspects, both upstream and downstream with specific Middle East skills and U.S. onshore/offshore sectors. Along with being the CEO of MCW Energy Group, he is currently the Chairman of Bailey Petroleum, LLC, a consulting firm for major oil and gas exploration/development corporations. In addition, Bailey is Chief Operating Officer of Indoklanicsa, Nicaragua, Vice Chairman, Trinity Energy Group, Inc., Chairman of American Impact Energy and CEO of American Dakota Refinery, LLC. Dr. Bailey is retired from Exxon, lastly as President, Arabian Gulf. During his Exxon career, he also served as the Assistant General Manager, Administration & Commercial, Abu Dhabi Onshore Oil Company; Operations Manager, Qatar General Petroleum Corp., Dukhan Operations and the Operations Manager, Qatar General Petroleum Corp., Umm Said Operations. He was also the Operations Superintendent, Exxon Lago Oil, Aruba and has spent time in Libya as Operations Superintendent for Esso Standard, Libya, Brega, with experience in LNG and oil field production. His earlier career included service with Texaco where he gained skills in oil additives and petrochemicals manufacturing. Dr. Bailey holds a BS Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, an MS Degree in Chemical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, a PhD Degree from Columbia Pacific University, San Rafael, CA and is a graduate of Engineering Doctoral Studies from Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. He has written many articles, papers and studies on the oil industry, and has been a keynote speaker of many international industry conferences including the Money Show conference with his address, “The Future of Oil & Gas Developments,” and FreedomFest Conference, “Investing In Oil,” and also has appeared recently on national Chinese television discussing the “World Energy Outlook.” He is a member of the Middle East Policy Council, Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
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About Petroteq Energy: Petroteq Energy focuses in the development and implementation of environmentally friendly oil processing and extraction technologies.
Alan Boeckmann
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of BP
Alan Boeckmann retired as nonexecutive chairman of Fluor Corporation in February 2012, ending a 35-year career with the company. Between 2002 and 2011, he held the post of chairman and chief executive officer, and was president and chief operating officer from 2001 to 2002. His tenure with the company included responsibility for global operations. As chairman and chief executive officer, he refocused the company on engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services. After graduating from the University of Arizona with a degree in electrical engineering, he joined Fluor in 1974 as an engineer and worked in a variety of domestic and international locations, including South Africa and Venezuela. Alan was previously a non-executive director of BHP Billiton and the Burlington Santa Fe Corporation, and has served on the boards of the American Petroleum Institute, the National Petroleum Council and the advisory board of Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business. He led the formation of the World Economic Forum’s ‘Partnering Against Corruption’ initiative in 2004.
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About : BP delivers heat, light and mobility products and services to people all around the world.
John E Welsh, III
Board of Director of General Cable
Mr. Welsh is the President of Avalon Capital Partners LLC, an investment firm focused on private equity and public securities investments. From October 2000 to December 2002, he was a Managing Director of CIP Management LLC, the management company for Continuation Investments Group Inc. From November 1992 to December 1999, he served as Managing Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of SkyTel Communications, Inc. (“SkyTel”) and as a Director of the company from September 1992 until December 1999. During that period, he served as Chief Financial Officer and President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Division. Prior to 1992, Mr. Welsh was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division of Prudential Securities, Inc., and served as Co-Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions Department. Mr. Welsh has served as a director of various public companies, including Spreckels Industries, Inc., SkyTel, York International and Integrated Electrical Services (NASDAQ: IESC). He currently serves on the board of Liberty Broad Band (NASDAQ: LBRDA).
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About : General Cable develops, designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes copper, aluminum, and cable products.
Gregory Lawton
Board of Director of General Cable
Mr. Lawton has been a consultant since March 2006. From October 2000 to February 2006, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. From January 1999 until September 2000, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Johnson Wax Professional. Prior to joining Johnson Wax, Mr. Lawton was President of NuTone Inc., a subsidiary of Williams plc based in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1994 to 1998. From 1989 to 1994, Mr. Lawton served with Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) where he was Vice President and General Manager of several consumer product groups. He is also a director of Stepan Company (NYSE: SCL).
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About : General Cable develops, designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes copper, aluminum, and cable products.
Sallie Bailey
Board of Director of General Cable
Ms. Bailey has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE: LPX), a leading manufacturer of engineered wood building products for residential, industrial and light commercial construction, since December 2011. Ms. Bailey previously served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ferro Corporation (NYSE: FOE), a global specialty materials company, from January 2007 to July 2010. Prior to that, she held senior management positions of increasing responsibility with The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR), a global producer of engineered bearings and alloy steel from 1995 to 2006, lastly as Senior Vice President, Finance and Controller. Earlier in her career, she was an audit supervisor for Deloitte & Touche and Assistant Treasurer at Tenneco, Inc.
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About : General Cable develops, designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes copper, aluminum, and cable products.
Robert Mosbacher Jr.
Board of Director of Devon Energy Corporation
Mr. Mosbacher became a director of Calpine on Feb. 11, 2009. Mr. Mosbacher is the Chairman of Mosbacher Energy Company, a privately-held independent oil and gas exploration and production company located in Houston, Texas. Prior to that, Mr. Mosbacher was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2005 as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), an independent U.S. government agency that helps small, medium and large American businesses expand into developing nations and emerging markets around the globe; he served in that position through January 2009. From 1986 until 2005, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mosbacher Energy Company. From 1995 to 2003, Mr. Mosbacher also served as Vice Chairman of Mosbacher Power Group LLC. From August 1999 to October 2005, Mr. Mosbacher served as a Director of the Devon Energy Corporation. He also served on Devon’s Compensation Committee from June 2003 to October 2005. In April 2009, Mr. Mosbacher resumed his role as a director of Devon, and, in June 2009, he resumed his role as a member of Devon’s Compensation Committee. Mr. Mosbacher obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctorate from Southern Methodist University. Mr. Mosbacher is Chair of Calpine’s Compensation Committee and a member of its Nominating and Governance Committee.
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About : Devon Energy is oil and natural gas exploration and production company.
Lou Salkind
Managing Director of D. E. Shaw & Co.
Lou Salkind is the Board Member of Schrodinger. Lou Salkind is a Managing Director of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. and a member of the Executive Committee of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., a global investment firm whose activities center on various aspects of the intersection between technology and finance. Dr. Salkind received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1978, where he studied mathematics and physics. His Ph.D. in 1990 from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, where he studied computer science and robotics. Dr. Salkind also serves on the board of the Union of Concerned Scientists, a non-profit organization that provides independent scientific analysis on a range of public policy issues.
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About D. E. Shaw & Co.: The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm.
Darcy Bradbury
Managing Director of D. E. Shaw & Co.
Darcy Bradbury is a managing director of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., responsible for managing government and regulatory affairs and global communications. Ms. Bradbury worked in public finance investment banking until 1990, when she was appointed Deputy Comptroller for Public Finance for the City of New York. She then joined the U.S. Department of the Treasury, serving as Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets. After returning to New York in 1997, she was a managing director at Bankers Trust, Mezzacappa Management, LLC., and Blackstone Alternative Asset Management L.P., prior to joining the D. E. Shaw group in 2007. Ms. Bradbury received an M.B.A. with honors from Harvard Business School and an A.B. in social studies, magna cum laude, from Harvard University. She is vice chair of the board of trustees of the Population Council and a trustee of the Educational Alliance. Ms. Bradbury is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, The Economic Club of New York, and the U.S. SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee.
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About D. E. Shaw & Co.: The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm.
Bryan Martin
Managing Director of D. E. Shaw & Co.
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About D. E. Shaw & Co.: The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm.
Charles Ardai
Managing Director of D. E. Shaw & Co.
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About D. E. Shaw & Co.: The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm.
Carol Murin
Director of Finance and Controller of Lightning eMotors
Carol Murin is the director of finance and controller at Lightning Systems.
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About Lightning eMotors: Lightning eMotors is an automotive research and manufacturing company that develops zero-emission all-electric powertrains.
Robert Dwyer
Board of Directors of Mastec
Mr. Dwyer has been a member of the Board of Directors since June 2007. He retired from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in 1999 as Executive Vice President-National Sales Director, having served in that role from 1990 until his retirement. Prior to that, Mr. Dwyer was Director of Taxable Fixed Income for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Bank of New York Ivy Multi-Strategy Hedge Funds.
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About : MasTec is an infrastructure engineering and construction company.
Ernest Csiszar
Board of Directors of Mastec
Ernest N. Csiszar joined our Board of Directors in October 2005. Mr. Csiszar is currently a private investor and serves as Director of Insurance for Bridge Strategy Group, LLC, a management consulting firm, and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Guarantee Insurance Company, a provider of workers’ compensation insurance and services. Mr. Csiszar also serves as a Director of PHTS, Inc. a health care risk management company, and is a visiting professor at the University of South Carolina. From September 2004 until his retirement in September 2006, Mr. Csiszar was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, the property and casualty insurance industry’s principal trade association. Mr. Csiszar was the Director of Insurance for the State of South Carolina from February 1998 to August 2004 and also served as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in 2004. Mr. Csiszar also served as the president and chief executive officer of Seibels Bruce Group, Inc., a property and casualty insurance company, from 1995 to 1998. Previously, he was a visiting professor at the School of Business at the University of South Carolina and served as managing co-director of Holborn Holdings Corporation, a European investment banking firm. Mr. Csiszar brings to our Board of Directors his extensive experience in insurance and risk management, executive leadership and his advisory experience in financial matters.
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About : MasTec is an infrastructure engineering and construction company.
Frank Jaumot
Board of Directors of Mastec
Frank E. Jaumot, joined our Board of Directors in September 2004. Mr. Jaumot has been the Director of Accounting and Auditing for the certified public accounting firm of Ahearn, Jasco and Company, P.A. since 1991. From 1979 to 1991, Mr. Jaumot was associated with Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Jaumot is a certified public accountant in Florida and Ohio and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also is a member of the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement of South Florida (a not-for-profit charity), and Bimini Capital Management, Inc. Mr. Jaumot brings to our Board of Directors his extensive experience in accounting, financial and internal controls, auditing and SEC reporting and is considered an “audit committee financial expert” under applicable SEC rules.
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About : MasTec is an infrastructure engineering and construction company.
Jose Sorzano
Board of Directors of Mastec
Jose S. Sorzano has been a member of our Board of Directors since October 1995. Mr. Sorzano has been Chairman of The Austin Group, Inc., an international corporate consulting firm, since 1989, a director of Securiport LLC, a privately held biometric company, and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Free Cuba Committee since 2000. Mr. Sorzano was Special Assistant to President Reagan for National Security Affairs from 1987 to 1988; Associate Professor of Government, Georgetown University, from 1969 to 1987; Ambassador and U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1983 to 1985; and Chairman of the Board of Visitors, U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation from 2003 to 2006. Mr. Sorzano brings to our Board of Directors significant experience in governmental and international affairs, international business and a historical perspective on our growth and operations having served as a director since 1995.
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About : MasTec is an infrastructure engineering and construction company.
Julia Johnson
Board of Directors of Mastec
Julia L. Johnson has been a member of our Board of Directors since February 2002. Since January 2001, Ms. Johnson has been President of NetCommunications, L.L.C., a regulatory analysis and public policy consulting firm specializing in the communications, energy, and information technology public policy arenas. Ms. Johnson served on the Florida Public Service Commission from January 1992 until November 1999, and served as chairwoman from January 1997 to January 1999. Ms. Johnson also chaired Florida’s Information Service Technology Development Task Force, which advised then Florida Governor Jeb Bush on information technology policy and related legislative issues, from November 1999 to July 2001. Ms. Johnson also serves on the Board of Directors of each of First Energy Corp., NorthWestern Corporation, and American Water Works Co., Inc. Ms. Johnson brings to our Board of Directors extensive extensive knowledge with respect to the regulatory process and policy development in several of our industries, many years of service on the boards of several other public companies and a deep understanding of corporate governance.
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About : MasTec is an infrastructure engineering and construction company.
Javier Palomarez
Board of Directors of Mastec
Mr. Javier Palomarez is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (“USHCC”), which promotes the economic growth, development and interests of Hispanic-owned businesses, advocates on behalf of American corporations and serves as the umbrella organization for local chambers and business associations nationwide. Mr. Palomarez also serves on the National Advisory Council on Minority Business at the Department of Commerce, the Comcast NBCUniversal Joint Diversity Advisory Council, the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Advisory Board, and the Senate Task Force on Corporate Diversity and Inclusion. Mr. Palomarez is the recipient of the Bnai Zion “Humanitarian of the Year” award, and in 2015 Mr. Palomarez was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Medallion from the National 4-H Council and was recognized by the Government of Mexico with the Ohtli Award. Prior to joining the USHCC, Mr. Palomarez served in various executive capacities with Allstate Insurance Corporation, Sprint, Inc. and Bank of America.
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About : MasTec is an infrastructure engineering and construction company.
John Van Heuvelen
Board of Directors of Mastec
John Van Heuvelen has been a member of our Board of Directors since June 2002. Mr. Van Heuvelen spent 13 years with Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter Reynolds in various executive positions in the mutual fund, unit investment trust and municipal bond divisions before serving as President of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Trust Company from 1993 until 1999. Since 1999, Mr. Van Heuvelen has been a private investor based in Denver, Colorado. His investment activities have included private telecom and technology firms, an area where he still remains an active investor. In addition, Mr. Van Heuvelen was owner of a construction company for six years. Mr. Van Heuvelen currently serves on the Board of Directors of Hallador Energy Company and Orchid Island Capital, Inc. and was a member of the Board of Directors of LifeVantage, Inc. from August 2005 through August 2007. Mr. Van Heuvelen brings to our Board of Directors extensive executive leadership and management experience, many years of serving on the boards of several other public and private companies, experience in our industries, significant experience with respect to capital markets, strategic planning, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions and is considered an “audit committee financial expert” under applicable SEC rules.
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About : MasTec is an infrastructure engineering and construction company.
George Kuo
Sr. Director of Products & Solutions, Product Management of Canadian Solar
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About Canadian Solar: Canadian Solar designs, develops, manufactures and sells solar cell and module products that convert sunlight into electricity.
Konrad Augustin
Investment Director and Head of ECI US of Future Energy Ventures
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About Future Energy Ventures: Future Energy Ventures is a Venture capital and collaboration platform that brings together corporate partners and start-ups.
John Skolds
Member of the Board of Directors of Nextera Energy
Skolds is retired. He served as executive vice president of Exelon and president of Exelon Energy Delivery from December 2003 until his retirement in September 2007. He also served as president of Exelon Generation from March 2005 to September 2007. From March 2002 to December 2003, Skolds served as senior vice president of Exelon Corporation and president and chief nuclear officer of Exelon Nuclear. He also served as president and chief operating officer of Outer Banks Ocean Energy Corporation from October 2009 to March 2010.Skolds was a director of Constellation Energy Group from 2007 until its merger with Exelon in March 2012.Skolds has been a director of NextEra Energy since 2012.
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About : NextEra Energy is a publicly-traded electricity generation, transmission, and distribution company.
Naren Gursahaney
Member of the Board of Directors of Nextera Energy
Gursahaney is the president and chief executive officer, and a member of the board of directors, of The ADT Corporation, a leading provider of electronic security, interactive home and business automation and monitoring services for residences and small businesses in North America. Prior to ADT’s separation from Tyco in September 2012, he served as president of Tyco’s ADT North American Residential business segment and was previously president of Tyco Security Solutions, then the world’s largest electronic security provider to residential, commercial, industrial and governmental customers.Gursahaney joined Tyco in 2003 as senior vice president of operational excellence. He then served as president of Tyco Engineered Products and Services and its Flow Control business. Prior to joining Tyco,Gursahaney spent 10 years in leadership roles at General Electric, including general management, marketing, business development and information technology. He was president of GE Medical Systems Asia, chief information officer of GE Medical Systems and vice president of service for GE Medical Systems Asia. Before GE, he served with global consulting firm Booz Allen & Hamilton and began his career as an engineer with Westinghouse Electric in the U.S. and Israel.Gursahaney has been a director of NextEra Energy since July 2014
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About : NextEra Energy is a publicly-traded electricity generation, transmission, and distribution company.
Amy Lane
Member of the Board of Directors of Nextera Energy
Lane, 62, retired in 2002 as managing director and group leader of the global Retailing Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 1997, she was a managing director at Salomon Brothers, Inc., where she founded and led the retail industry investment banking unit, having joined Salomon Brothers in 1989.Lane is a director of The TJX Companies, Inc. (since 2005), GNC Holdings, Inc. (since 2011) and is a trustee of Urban Edge Properties, an equity real estate investment trust (since January 2015).Lane has been a director of NextEra Energy since February 2015.
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About Merrill Lynch: NextEra Energy is a publicly-traded electricity generation, transmission, and distribution company.
Toni Jennings
Member of the Board of Directors of Nextera Energy
Jennings has served since 2007 as the chairman of the board of Jack Jennings & Sons, Inc., a family-owned construction business which provides general contractor, construction manager and design builder services. She served as the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Florida from March 2003 through December 2006. Prior to serving in that role, she was a member of the Florida Senate from 1980 until 2000, including two consecutive terms as Senate President, and a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1976 until 1980. From 1983 until she became Lieutenant Governor, she also served as president of Jack Jennings & Sons.Jennings is a director of Brown & Brown, Inc. (since 2007) and of Post Properties, Inc. (since May 2013).Jennings has been a director of NextEra Energy since 2007.
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About : NextEra Energy is a publicly-traded electricity generation, transmission, and distribution company.
Kirk Hachigian
Member of the Board of Directors of Nextera Energy
Hachigian has been chairman and chief executive officer of JELD-WEN, Inc., a manufacturer of windows and doors, since April 1, 2014. He served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Cooper Industries plc (“Cooper”), a publicly held electrical equipment and tool manufacturer, until Cooper’s acquisition by Eaton Corporation in November 2012. He had been named chairman of Cooper in 2006, chief executive officer in 2005 and president in 2004. Hachigian was retired during the period between his departure from Cooper and the assumption of his current positions with JELD-WEN, Inc. He is a director of PACCAR, Inc. (since 2008) and of Allegion plc (since November 2013).Hachigian has been a director of NextEra Energy since October 2013.
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About : NextEra Energy is a publicly-traded electricity generation, transmission, and distribution company.
Hansel Tookes
Member of the Board of Directors of Nextera Energy
Tookes is retired.Tookes served in senior executive positions with Raytheon, a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, security and civil markets throughout the world, from 1999 until December 2002. He joined Raytheon in 1999 as president and chief operating officer of Raytheon Aircraft Company, was appointed chairman and chief executive officer of Raytheon Aircraft Company in 2000, and became president of Raytheon International in 2001. From 1980 until joining Raytheon,Tookes held a variety of leadership positions with United Technologies Corporation, including serving as president of Pratt & Whitney’s Large Military Engines Group. He is a director of Corning Incorporated (since 2001), Harris Corporation (since 2005) and Ryder System, Inc. (since 2002).Tookes has been a director of NextEra Energy since 2005.
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About Raytheon: NextEra Energy is a publicly-traded electricity generation, transmission, and distribution company.
Rudy Schupp
Member of the Board of Directors of Nextera Energy
Schupp has been the president and chief executive officer, and a director, of 1st United Bank, a banking corporation located in Boca Raton, Florida, and chief executive officer and a director of its publicly-held parent company, 1st United Bancorp, Inc., since mid-2003. He was the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Republic Security Bank in West Palm Beach, Florida from 1984 until March 2001, and the chairman, president and chief executive officer of its parent company, Republic Security Financial Corporation (“RSFC”), from 1985 until March 2001, when RSFC was acquired by Wachovia Corporation. Following the acquisition, he served as Chairman of Florida Banking of Wachovia Bank, N.A. until December 2001.In March 2002,Schupp became a managing director of Ryan Beck & Co., an investment banking and brokerage company, a position he held until March 2003. He is a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.Schupp has been a director of NextEra Energy since 2005
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About : NextEra Energy is a publicly-traded electricity generation, transmission, and distribution company.
Sherry Barrat
Member of the Board of Directors of Nextera Energy
Barrat is retired. She served from March 2011 until her retirement in 2012 as vice chairman of Northern Trust Corporation, a financial holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and as a member of Northern Trust’s Management Committee. Prior to being appointed as vice chairman,Barrat had served as president of Personal Financial Services for Northern Trust since January 2006. She served as chairman and chief executive officer of Northern Trust Bank of California, N.A., from 1999 through 2005, and as president of Northern Trust Bank of Florida’s Palm Beach Region from 1992 through 1998.Barrat joined Northern Trust in 1990 in Miami. Mrs.Barrat is a director of Arthur J. Gallagher & Company (since July 2013) and serves as an independent trustee or director of certain Prudential Insurance mutual funds (since January 2013).Barrat has been a director of NextEra Energy since 1998.
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About : NextEra Energy is a publicly-traded electricity generation, transmission, and distribution company.
Robert Beall
Member of the Board of Directors of Nextera Energy
Beall is chairman of Beall’s, which operate retail stores located from Florida to California. Until August 2006, he was also chief executive officer of Beall’s.Beall is currently, and has been since 2004, a director of SunTrust Banks, Inc., and is currently a director of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida and the National Retail Federation. He is also past chairman of the Florida Chamber of Commerce.Beall has been a director of NextEra Energy since 1989.
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About : NextEra Energy is a publicly-traded electricity generation, transmission, and distribution company.
Frank Cassidy
Lead Independent Director of Calpine
Mr. Cassidy became a director of Calpine on Jan. 31, 2008, and has served as lead independent director since May 2014. He previously served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee. Prior to his retirement in 2007, Mr. Cassidy was employed at Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (“PSEG”), an energy and energy services company, where he had worked since 1969. From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Cassidy served as President and Chief Operating Officer of PSEG Power LLC, the wholesale energy subsidiary of PSEG. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Cassidy was President and Chief Executive Officer of PSEG Energy Technologies, Inc. Prior to 1996, Mr. Cassidy held various positions of increasing responsibility at the Public Service Electric and Gas Company. Mr. Cassidy obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration degree from Rutgers University. Mr. Cassidy is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee.
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About : Calpine Corporation is America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources.
Bruce L Lybbert
Director of CleanSpark
A seasoned veteran of the brokerage industry and Wall Street has served on the Board of Directors in several Companies in the public and Private sectors. Mr. Lybbert co-founded Tel America, Inc in 1982, growing it into a successful communications giant, which became the largest regional long distance carrier in the western United States. Mr. Lybbert holds a B.A. in finance and marketing from Weber State University and pursued post-graduate studies in finance at New York University.
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About CleanSpark: CleanSpark is the developer of a patented and revolutionary “stratified” downdraft gasifier.
Daniel Daniel Brdar
Chief Commercial Officer and Director of Ideal Power
Daniel Brdar has over 25 years of experience in the power systems and energy industries and has held a variety of leadership positions during his career. From 2006 through 2011, he was President and CEO of FuelCell Energy Inc., a NASDAQ-listed company with a market cap of over $250 million. During his tenure, the company’s revenues increased 235%, to $100 million, manufacturing production increased by over 200% and over $100 million was raised from institutional and strategic investors. Prior to joining Ideal Power Inc., Daniel Brdar served as the Chief Operating Officer of Petra Solar, a privately held, venture funded solar and smart grid company, where he held full P&L responsibility and led a cross-functional management team across several international markets. From 1997 to 2000, Daniel Brdar held management positions, including Gas Turbine Product Manager, for GE’s Power Systems Division, a world leader in power generation systems and products. Additionally, Daniel Brdar has extensive research and development experience at the U.S. Department of Energy through various roles at the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown, WV and Pittsburgh, PA. Daniel Brdar has a BS in Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
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About Ideal Power: Ideal Power is a power conversion technology company that delivers innovative cleantech solutions.
Saad Youssefi
Director of Corporate Development of HST
I am a business strategist with strong exposure to finance, statistics, economics and strategy. I worked in consulting and served clients in various industries with focus on technology and energy and covered all major global markets to ensure that their strategies create long term value. I have experience in economic consulting, investment, venture capital, finance, and corporate development.
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About HST: We drive the world forward towards its clean energy future.
Alaeddine Mokri
Director of Web Products of HST
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About HST: We drive the world forward towards its clean energy future.
Jason Spokes
Director of Electrical Engineering of HST
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About HST: We drive the world forward towards its clean energy future.
Albert Gore III
Deputy Director, Policy & Electricity Markets – Finance of SolarCity
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About SolarCity: SolarCity provides solar energy services to homeowners, businesses, government, and non-profit organizations.
Brian Hutchinson
Director of Shopper Marketing of Georgia-Pacific
Brian Hutchinson has been leading Shopper Marketing for the corrugated display division of Georgia-Pacific for the past 4 years. He currently works with some of the largest brands and retailers (including e-commerce) in the world. Prior to joining GP, Brian worked for nearly a decade at Saatchi & Saatchi X, one of the best and most awarded Shopper Marketing agencies in the world.
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About Georgia-Pacific: Georgia-Pacific creates long-term value by using resources efficiently to provide innovative products and solutions.
Batool Hassan
Director, Acumen Academy of Acumen
Batool initially joined Acumen Fund in the Pakistan office as a Knowledge and Communications Consultant working on various insight pieces and knowledge sharing initiatives around the Pakistan investments. She is now working as the Pakistan Business Development Associate managing fundraising and communications initiatives. Prior to joining Acumen Fund in Pakistan, she worked in the US in the consumer banking sector and has experience consulting in microfinance. Batool holds a Masters of International Affairs in Economic Development from the School of International Affairs, Columbia University.
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About Acumen: Acumen is a non-profit venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty.
Catherine Casey Nanda
Director, Acumen America of Acumen
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About Acumen: Acumen is a non-profit venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty.
Duncan Onyango
East Africa Director of Acumen
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About Acumen: Acumen is a non-profit venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty.
Yasmina Zaidman
Director of Communications & Strategic Partnerships of Acumen
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About Acumen: Acumen is a non-profit venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty.
Milan Ilic
Sr. Director of Engineering, NA of SolarEdge Technologies
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About Empower Microsystems, SolarEdge Technologies: SolarEdge provides module-level electronics for solar power harvesting and monitoring systems.
Magnus Asbo
Senior Director of Technical Marketing of SolarEdge Technologies
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About SolarEdge Technologies: SolarEdge provides module-level electronics for solar power harvesting and monitoring systems.
Tom Wasserman
Managing Director of Constellation Technology Ventures
Mr. Wasserman is a Managing Director of HPS. At HPS, Mr. Wasserman focuses primarily on investments in communications, IT and media. Prior to joining HPS in 2008, Mr. Wasserman was a Managing Director with Bear Stearns. He currently serves as chairman of the board for Bridgevine, Inc. and previously held the same role for GamerDNA Media. Additionally, Mr. Wasserman is currently an active member of the boards of Zakiris (a joint venture with Cirque du Soleil), Hibernia Atlantic, OnePhone AB, LiveGamer, Bridgevine and MTM Technologies. Previously, Mr. Wasserman served as a board member or observer for SAVVIS, Origin Digital, the Gospel Music Channel and Vivid Logic, each of which was successfully exited. Previously, Mr. Wasserman worked in the Corporate Development group at 360Networks, a global telecommunications service provider. Mr. Wasserman began his career as an investment banking analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette and also served as an associate with the private equity fund, Charterhouse Group International. Mr. Wasserman received a BA in Business Administration from the University of Michigan, graduating with distinction.
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About Altimar Acquisition Corporation, Constellation Technology Ventures: Constellation Technology Ventures, the venture capital arm of Exelon Corporation
Scott Dupcak
Managing Director of Constellation Technology Ventures
Scott leads Constellation Technology Ventures, the venture capital investing arm of Exelon Corp, overseeing the CTV investing strategy the management of the CTV portfolio and the commercialization of new energy technologies within Exelon. Prior to working with CTV, Scott was part of the Strategic Systems and Business Operations group where he led a team responsible for market data management, IT governance, and integration projects. He worked within the Constellation wholesale commercial organization prior to that, holding several different jobs. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Fairfield University and an MBA from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
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About Constellation Technology Ventures: Constellation Technology Ventures, the venture capital arm of Exelon Corporation
Laney Brown
Director – Smart Grid Planning of Iberdrola
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About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is a producer and distributor of energy services.
Laney Brown
Director – Smart Grid Planning of Iberdrola
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About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is a producer and distributor of energy services.
