Think Green

Panelists

Deepak Ahuja, Chief Financial Officer, Tesla Motors

Deepak Ahuja, Chief Financial Officer of Tesla Motors, has more than 15 years of global automotive financial experience.

Prior to joining Tesla, Deepak was in various Finance positions at Ford including CFO for Ford of Southern Africa, and CFO for Auto Alliance International, a joint venture between Ford and Mazda. His career at Ford included assignments in all aspects of the business from Manufacturing, Marketing and Sales, Product Development, to Treasury and Acquisition and Divestitures.

Deepak also worked as an engineer for Kennametal, Inc. near Pittsburgh, PA for almost 6 years and developed ceramic composites cutting tools for machining of aluminum alloys in aerospace and automotive industries.

Deepak holds a Masters degree in Materials Engineering from Northwestern University, and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. He obtained his Bachelors degree in Engineering from Banaras Hindu University, India.

Alexei A. Andreev, PH.D., Executive Vice President / Managing Director, Harris & Harris Group

Prior to joining Harris & Harris Group, Mr. Andreev was an Associate with Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), a venture capital firm, where he was exclusively focused on nanotechnology and material science investment opportunities. While at DFJ, he played an integral role in sourcing and funding EoPlex, Intematix, Solicore and D-Wave Systems, for which companies he served as an active Board Director or Observer. Previously, he worked for TLcom Capital Partners, a London-based venture capital fund backed by Morgan Stanley. Prior to that, he was employed by Renaissance Capital Group/Sputnik Funds, a venture capital fund in Moscow, Russia. Before he started his business career, he was a researcher at the Centre of Nanotechnology, ISAN (RAS), in Troitsk, Russia, where he was focused on optical and electrical properties of Quantum Dot heterostructures. He was graduated from the Department of Theoretical Physics of Moscow Steel & Alloys Institute with a Ph.D. degree, where he was a recipient of the Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientists of Russian Academia of Sciences, the Scholarship from the International Center of Fundamental Physics and Soros Scientific Foundation. He also was graduated from Moscow Steel & Alloys Institute with a B.S. with honors in Engineering/Material Sciences and from Stanford Graduate School of Business with an M.B.A. He is a co-founder and Director of the American Business Association of Russian Expatriates (AmBar).

Portfolio responsibilities: CFX Battery, C-Switch, D-Wave Systems, Kovio, Molecular Imprints, NanoGram, NeoPhotonics, PolyRemedy and Xradia.

G. R. "Jack" Bailey, President, DesignLine USA, LLC & Chief Financial Officer, DesignLine International Holdings, LLC

DesignLine International is the world's premier manufacturer of "green" transit buses using proprietary technology to build clean buses for a variety of customers.

Jack has served in his present positions since January 2008 and served as Managing Director of DesignLine NZ before that. Jack has brought knowledge of the United States'transit bus industry to DesignLine - having previously served as President of Champion Bus and Vice President /General Manager of Glaval Bus. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tennessee and served Union Carbide Corporation in a variety of financial and management roles before joining the transit industry.

Julie Blunden, Vice President, Public Policy and Corporate Communications, SunPower Corporation

Julie Blunden joined SunPower in April of 2005 and serves as vice president, public policy and corporate communications. She is responsible for public relations, financial relations, public policy, and market development. Prior to SunPower, Ms. Blunden was a consultant at KEMA-XENERGY on energy markets, renewable resources and policy to industry, utilities and state and federal governments. In this capacity in 2004, Ms. Blunden supported the Schwarzenegger administration in developing the Million Solar Homes Initiative. In 1997, she co-founded Green Mountain Energy Company, a national retail electric supplier of renewable power. Ms. Blunden began her career doing development and acquisitions in the independent power generation business at the AES Corporation. Ms. Blunden received her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an AB from Dartmouth College majoring in engineering, modified with environmental studies. She serves on the board of directors at the Center for Resource Solutions and the Real Goods Solar Living Institute, as well as on the board of advisors for Vote Solar.

Yaron Brook, President and Executive Director, Ayn Rand Institute

Yaron Brook is president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute. He is a contributing editor of The Objective Standard and has contributed a series of columns to Forbes.com. A former finance professor, Dr. Brook's commentary been published in academic as well as popular publications, and his opinion-editorials appear in major newspapers. He is frequently interviewed on national TV and radio. Dr. Brook lectures on Objectivism, business ethics and foreign policy at college campuses, community groups and corporations across America and throughout the world.

Warren W. Byrne, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Foresight Wind Energy

Mr. Byrne is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Foresight Wind Energy. Founded in 2002, Foresight is now the most active wind developer in the Southwest, with over 3,000 megawatts of projects in progress across New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada. Foresight prides itself on building lasting relationships with landowners and communities based on mutual respect and shared land stewardship values. With its Southwest focus, Foresight also maintains well established relationships with regional utilities and an excellent understanding of regional power markets and transmission grids.

Mr. Byrne has 21 years experience in the energy industry, including positions with Caithness Resources, a leading global owner / operator of renewable power generation and with Booz, Allen & Hamilton's Utilities consulting group. He holds a BA in Liberal Studies from the University of California in Santa Barbara and a Master's in Environmental Management from Yale, where he was Switzer Environmental Leadership fellow.

Tom Carbone, Chief Executive Officer, Nordic Windpower

Prior to joining Nordic Windpower, Tom Carbone was founder and managing partner of Reliablenergy LLC, a renewable energy advisory firm specializing in business planning and implementation, power equipment sales and acquisition strategies, and securing investment for distributed and renewable energy companies and development projects.

In early 2003, Tom joined the Americas division of Vestas Wind Systems A/S, becoming its President in 2004. He led the company's sales, project and service business activities, tripling their annual order-intake from $300 million to more than $1 billion by forming relationships with new customers in the US and Canadian wind power industry.

Prior to Vestas, he was CEO of Wartsila North America, Inc. a division of Wartsila Corporation, a leading global company providing total ship power and distributed power generation solutions. During his tenure, the regional business grew to an installed base of 8,000 megawatts on land and at sea.

Tom Carbone is a graduate of Cornell University College of Engineering, School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering.

Robert M. Chiste, Chairman, President and CEO, Comverge, Inc.

Mr. Chiste has served as the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comverge, Inc. since September 2001. From 1998 to September 2001, Mr. Chiste was a private investor and co-founded three technology start-ups: TriActive, Inc., FuelQuest, Inc., and iMark, Inc. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Chiste served as Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allwaste, Inc., a publicly-traded provider of industrial, energy and environmental services. He received a B.A. in mathematics from the College of New Jersey and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees, cum laude, from Rutgers University.

David Dreessen, Partner, Battery Ventures

Battery Ventures Partner David Dreessen is a venture capital investor who has focused on the clean technology sector for the past decade. Before joining Battery in 2006, David was with Nth Power where his investments included Evergreen Solar, Northern Power, and Imara Corporation. Prior to his venture capital career, David was a founding member of the Structure Group, a consulting firm serving the power industry, and before that worked for Accenture, handling strategic, process and system consulting for the deregulating power markets. Earlier in his career, David was a Naval officer and engineering program manager for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Headquarters, which is responsible for all aspects of U.S. Navy nuclear propulsion plants.

Lee Edwards, President & Chief Executive Officer, Virent Energy Systems

Lee Edwards is the President, Chief Executive Officer of Virent Energy Systems, an advanced bio-fuels technology enterprise engaged in converting soluble biomass derived sugars into liquid hydrocarbons - gasoline, jet and diesel. The development of Virent's patented technology is supported through active investors including Cargill and Honda, and a strategic partnership with Royal Dutch Shell. The company has 80 employees and is based in Madison Wisconsin. In 2009, Virent was the recipient of the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer award.

In joining Virent, Lee brings 25 years of global energy leadership and petroleum industry experience. He was most recently President and CEO of BP Solar, part of BP's Alternative Energy portfolio with 2200 employees and $1 billion in sales. During this period, Lee also served as a director for Tata BP Solar, a joint venture in Bangalore, India with Tata Power. Mr. Edwards has also held a range of executive positions including Chief Information Officer for BP's downstream business, President for BP Pipelines North America, and Global Brand VP where he led the strategy, design, and launch of the current BP Helios brand, and Executive assistant for the CEO of BP plc.

Mr. Edwards is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a MBA in Finance. In addition, he holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Bucknell University and a graduate of the Stanford University Executive Program.

Charles R. (Chas) Eggert, President and CEO, OPX Biotechnologies

Charles R. (Chas) Eggert joined OPX Biotechnologies as President and CEO in September, 2008. At OPX he is applying over 30 years of experience in the global specialty chemical industry to the commercialization of biorefined fuels and chemicals from renewable resources using the OPX EDGE™ technology for metabolic engineering.

Prior to joining OPX, Chas was President of the Specialty Polymers Group, a $500 million revenue division of Akzo Nobel innovating and supplying natural and synthetic polymers to a broad range of industrial and consumer product customers. Earlier, he held top management responsibility for the Food Ingredients - Europe and global Personal Care business units of ICI / National Starch and Chemical Company prior to the acquisition of ICI by Akzo Nobel. While at ICI, he was a board director of the American Chemistry Council. Chas began his career with Monsanto Company, progressing through roles with increasing responsibilities in technology, manufacturing, business development, marketing, and general management. His work at Monsanto included an assignment as Vice President of Monsanto Venture Capital.

Chas earned an MBA in marketing and finance from Washington University in St. Louis and an MS in biochemical engineering from the University of Minnesota. He also holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from Washington University.

Bob Ford, President & CEO, Solaicx

Mr. Ford is a co-founder and has been the President and CEO of Solaicx since 2002. He is proud that he has driven the company's vision and has attracted and retained a diverse, highly experienced team at Solaicx. Mr. Ford was previously a co-founder, vice president of business development, and a board member for Waterfall, a medical technology company in Santa Cruz. Some significant accomplishments include: negotiating and closing a multi million complex strategic alliance with a pharmaceutical company; developing a joint marketing alliance with a Fortune 500 plastics manufacturer to create new distribution opportunities; and, presenting and participating in the acquisition of private placement financing.

Mr. Ford has a wealth of start-up and emerging growth business experience. He launched a logistics-support contractor division for a Saudi Arabian company that had sales of $7 million in the second year of business with profits exceeding projections. In ramping the division, Mr. Ford recruited 180 employees from around the world and managed the organization.

Mr. Ford is an entrepreneur, marketer, business developer and leader. He has significant experience in business formation and financing and creates and executes market driven strategies. Working with technology and service organizations, he has been able to design, negotiate, close, and manage complex deals.

Mr. Ford has an MBA from UCLA and a BA from St. Mary's College.

Gary Fromer, Chief Executive Officer, CPower, Inc.

As chief executive officer of CPower, Gary is responsible for advancing the company's product portfolio and continuing to expand its presence into new and current markets, as well as running the day-to-day operations of the company. Gary joined CPower in 2007. Prior to joining CPower, Gary served as senior vice president of SAP Managed Services, where he oversaw SAP's Hosting, Application Management and CRM on-demand businesses in the Americas. Gary also held various other roles at SAP including: senior vice president, SMB and Hosting; chief strategy officer for SAP Markets, Inc.; and vice president, new business and partner solutions for SAP America, Inc. Prior to joining SAP in 1998, Gary worked at Unisys Corporation. Gary earned a BS in Economics (Finance) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a BA in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania, and a JD from Columbia University Law School.

Damian C. Georgino, Executive Vice President - Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, PICO Holdings

Mr. Georgino has served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer since September 2007. Beginning in 2003, he was a partner with the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP. From 2000 to 2003 he was a partner with the international law firm of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae LLP (now Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP). Mr. Georgino also served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of United States Filter Corporation (also known as "USFilter") until 1999 when USFilter was sold to Vivendi, SA.

Lorne Gettel, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Advanced Lithium Power Inc.

Lorne Gettel is President, CEO and Director of Advanced Lithium Power Inc. (ALP), a leading developer and producer of advanced battery systems for next-generation automotive applications most recently named primary supplier for the innovative Fisker Karma hybrid platform. Dr. Gettel holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of British Columbia and has 25 years experience in the fields of clean energy technologies and alternate fuels, including the development and commercialization of low and ultra-low emission alternate fuel vehicles. He has extensive experience in all technical issues related to the use of compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and hydrogen as engine and vehicle fuels. He has worked with many of the major manufacturers in the clean energy field including IMPCO, Ballard Power, and Westport, and with major vehicle manufacturers, including: Caterpillar, Cummins, Waukesha, Navistar, Perkins, Saab-Scania, Hino, Hyundai, Ford, MAN and SAIC.

Keith Gillard, Principal, BASF Venture Capital America

Mr. Gillard is Principal of BASF Venture Capital America, based in Silicon Valley, California. Mr. Gillard has twenty years' experience as an investor and entrepreneur, with the past eight years focused on cleantech and advanced materials. Since joining BASF in March 2006, he has led investments into SDCmaterials Inc., Pangaea Ventures II Ltd., Luca Technologies LLC, Ultracell Corporation, ARCH Venture Fund VII, Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. and Sciona, Inc.

From 2001-2006, Mr. Gillard was with Mitsubishi Corporation and responsible for technology-related investment and business development activities in Canada, with a specific focus on cleantech. Mr. Gillard was the only non-Japanese member of the Mitsubishi Corporation Fuel Cell Business Development Office in Tokyo, and was instrumental in establishing Japanese markets and partners for several Canadian and American cleantech companies.

Prior to joining Mitsubishi, Mr. Gillard began his career in investment banking, structuring mergers and acquisitions as well as manufacturing technology joint ventures into China. In the late '90's, he had a five-year spell as an entrepreneur in IT, establishing three companies in succession and taking them from business plan through financing to completion of product and exit.

Mr. Gillard currently sits on the boards of ARCH Venture Fund VII, Chrysalix Energy Limited Partnerships I and II, Pangaea Ventures II Ltd., Sciona Inc., SDCmaterials Inc. and Ultracell Corporation, and is a board observer for Arcadia Biosciences Inc. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the National Venture Capital Association Corporate Venture Group, and is the co-author of "Inside the Minds: Energy Venture Capital Best Practices", published in 2008 by Aspatore Books. Mr. Gillard is a member of the selection committee of the Cleantech Venture Forum, advisory committees of the IBF Nanotech Conference, Larta Institute's Venture Forum and the Small Times NanoCon, and is a founding member of the Californian Consortium on Green Chemistry and the Synthetic Biology Industry Association.

Hank Habicht, Managing Partner, SAIL Venture Partners

Hank Habicht is Managing Partner of SAIL in the Washington, D.C. office. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Safety-Kleen, and served as Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Hank was a manager of Environmental Technologies Fund. He is a co-founder of the American Council on Renewable Energy and an advisor to the Secretary of Energy. Hank holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton and a law degree from the University of Virginia.

Trevor T. Hill, P.Eng., President & CEO, Global Water Resources, LLC

In 2003, Mr. Hill co-founded Global Water Resources, a company established to acquire regulated water and wastewater utilities in the arid Southwestern states and to advance the cause of water reclamation and reuse as a conservation methodology in the Southwestern United States. Global Water Resources is the fastest growing water and wastewater utility in the nation and has been recognized for its leadership in water conservation, environmental education and communications, receiving the 2008 Award of Merit from the WateReuse Association for commitment to water reuse and advancing the acceptance of water reuse through outstanding educational programs.

Prior to Global Water Resources, Mr. Hill cofounded Algonquin Water Resources of America, a division of the Algonquin Power Income Fund. In his role of Director of Operations for AWRA, he led the acquisition team, acquiring 6 utilities in three years and amassing 37,000 customers in Arizona and Texas. In 1994, Mr. Hill co-founded Hill, Murray & Associates, a design-build-operate firm specializing in the construction and operation of water reclamation facilities. Mr. Hill oversaw the design, construction, commissioning and operation of many "first-in-the-field" systems, including the first fully recycling commercial and school buildings in Canada. He was instrumental in developing water reclamation codes, rules and regulations for the Province of British Columbia.

He served with the Canadian Navy as an Engineering Officer retiring in 1994 after serving as Deputy Engineering officer in HMCS Huron in the Gulf War 1991 where he was decorated with the Gulf Kuwait Medal.

Mr. Hill graduated in 1987 from Royal Military College with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering. He completed his postgraduate studies at the Royal Naval Engineering College in Plymouth, England.

Walter Hornaday, President, Cielo Wind Power, LP

Mr. Hornaday founded predecessor companies to Cielo in 1993. During his tenure, Mr. Hornaday has managed every phase of the development, construction and operations of Cielo's wind power development track record of 1,148MW in WECC, ERCOT and SPP. Prior to forming Cielo, Mr. Hornaday worked for Bechtel Engineers, Morrison Knudsen and Jacobs Engineering on industrial construction projects. Mr. Hornaday received a BSAE and MSCE from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Hornaday is married to Raina and has three children in Austin, Texas.

Jim Imbler, CEO and President, ZeaChem Inc.

Jim is an accomplished senior executive with experience in directing multi-billion dollar energy, petroleum, refining, chemical, and trading operations. In addition, he is an entrepreneur who has led new businesses in startups focused on commodities, business services, and software. Jim has been President and CEO of FuelSpot, a venture-backed Internet trading platform for fuels; Fuels Management, a coal upgrading business; and CEO Equity, a leveraged buyout firm. Jim was also SVP of Business Development for Evergreen Energy, a publicly-traded company with technology for upgrading coal. Prior to these assignments, Jim was President of the Koch Petroleum Group, where he was responsible for the refining, pipeline, energy and petroleum, asphalt, and trading businesses. He started his career with FMC, where he held a variety of engineering and management positions. Jim holds a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MBA, both from the University of Kansas.

Gregory F. Jenner, Stoel Rives LLP

Gregory F. Jenner is a Member in the Tax practice group at Stoel Rives LLP, and formerly served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Tax Policy from February 2004, to December 2004. Greg was nominated by President George W. Bush to be Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy). Prior to his elevation to Acting Assistant Secretary, Greg served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, beginning in 2002.

As the Acting Assistant Secretary, Greg directed the Treasury's Office of Tax Policy, which is responsible for providing the Administration with policy analysis, advice and recommendations relating to all aspects of domestic and international issues of Federal taxation, including all legislative proposals, regulatory guidance, and tax treaties. The Office of Tax Policy is also responsible for providing the official estimates of all Federal Government receipts for the President's budget, fiscal policy decisions, and Treasury cash management decisions.

Greg has broad experience in virtually all Federal tax matters, with particular focus on planning and implementing complex tax-related transactions, partnerships and joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. He has worked extensively on energy, insurance-related and agricultural tax issues, and has successfully represented taxpayers in Federal and state tax controversies, in both audit and litigation. Greg has been active for many years in the Federal tax policy process, working closely with senior policy makers in Congress, the Treasury Department, and the Internal Revenue Service.

Roger Little, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Spire Corporation (SPIR)

Roger G. Little founded Spire Corporation in 1969 as a small research and development company. Since then, he has guided the commercialization of Spire's technology and directed Spire's growth from a government research and development operation to a diversified solar energy company with more than 250 employees. Spire is now a leading supplier of photovoltaic module manufacturing equipment, turnkey production lines, and solar energy businesses, with installations in more than 190 customers in 96 countries worldwide.

Mr. Little has served on many committees and advisory boards related to small business innovative research, the transfer and commercialization of technology, the worldwide growth of the photovoltaic industry, and the development of sound renewable energy policies. He has testified before Congress on these subjects on numerous occasions. As recognition for his contributions, Mr. Little has been honored with many awards and has shared his expertise by serving on several boards of directors.

Mr. Little received his B.A. in Physics from Colgate University in 1962 and his M.Sc. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964. He is the author of more than 40 technical papers and has been granted 21 patents on equipment and processes related to photovoltaics and semiconductor processing. Mr. Little was born in Adams, Massachusetts in 1940. He and his wife, Lyn, live in Bedford, Massachusetts. They have three grown children. He is an avid triathlete and will participate in his 12th World Championship Ironman triathlon this fall.

Gary J. Klein, Partner, DLA Piper

Gary Klein is a senior member of the firm's Federal Affairs and Legislative practice group. His practice includes the representation of alternative energy developers, oil, gas and biodeisel companies, investment banks, developers, and biotechnology firms before Congress, federal and state agencies, and the courts. Mr. Klein represents these entities primarily in legislative, regulatory, environmental, and trade matters. He also advises companies on large scale projects in developing countries.

Mr. Klein has long represented private sector clients in matters relating to energy and environment, tax and trade, appropriations, and health care/drug regulation. His federal administrative practice also includes representation in regulatory and enforcement proceedings at the Department of Energy, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Commerce, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation and US Trade Representative. He also represents clients on matters before the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, and the Senate and House Appropriations Committees.

Mr. Klein gained his early experience in energy and environmental and health care matters as a legislative assistant to Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) and as minority counsel to the Energy Subcommittee of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, where he drafted regulatory legislation and energy organization laws from 1973 to 1977.

Jose R. Mas, President & Chief Executive Officer, MasTec, Inc.

Jose R. Mas, 36, is President and Chief Executive officer for MasTec, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ) with over 9,000 employees in more than 200 locations.

With expected revenue of approximately $2 billion in 2009, MasTec is one of the largest U.S. infrastructure services providers. MasTec designs, builds, installs and maintains facilities for wind farm and other alternative energy, telecommunication, utility, industrial processing, natural gas, and satellite install-to-the-home customers.

Jose R. Mas is a graduate from the University of Miami, where he obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration with specialization in International Business.

Alan P. Niedzwiecki, President & CEO, Quantum Technologies, Inc.

Alan Niedzwiecki brings more than 25 years of experience in the alternative fuels industry in product and technology development and commercialization.

Mr. Niedzwiecki is President and CEO of Quantum Technologies, a Tier 1 supplier to the auto industry. Quantum is also a co-founder and original equipment manufacturer via its formation of Fisker Automotive, a joint venture with Fisker Coachbuild.

Mr. Niedzwiecki was appointed Chairman of the Hydrogen Storage Section of the DOE's National Hydrogen Roadmap by then U.S. Secretary of Energy, Spencer Abraham, and sits on several boards including Quantum Technologies, Fisker Automotive, Advanced Lithium Power, CALSTART/WESTSTART, Ohio Energy Institute, UC Irvine CEO Roundtable.

Peter Nieh, Managing Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Joining the venture capital industry in 1995, Peter is a co-founder of Lightspeed Venture Partners and spearheads the firm's cleantech initiatives. Lightspeed's cleantech investments include CoalTek (low-to-high grade coal), LS9 (biofuels), Mobius Power (lithium-ion batteries), Solazyme (algae-based biofuels), and Stion (high-efficiency, thin-film solar cells). Peter has also led investments in software and Internet companies such as Blue Nile, DoubleClick, Extensity, Informatica, KIVA Software, Phone.com, and TimesTen.

Previously, Peter worked in business development at General Magic, managed Acer's U.S. laptop business, and was a consultant at Bain. Additionally, he helped develop the power management system for Apple's first portable computer.

Peter holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Stanford University.

Mil Ovan, Co-Founder and Senior Vice President, Firefly Energy

Mil Ovan is a senior executive with more than 20 years of experience focused on introducing innovative high technology products and services and creating new market categories. Mil has built and run start-up companies, and has created new divisions at Fortune 500 companies.

Mil is currently co-founder and Senior Vice President of Firefly Energy, a Peoria, Illinois-based company which has developed a next generation battery technology that has the opportunity to address major portions of the $30 billion worldwide battery marketplace. Firefly's MicrocellTM foam-based battery technology can deliver a unique combination of high performance, extremely low weight and low cost, all in a battery which utilizes the best aspects of lead acid chemistry while overcoming the corrosive drawbacks of this same chemistry. The company was formed after its technology, technical founder, and initial seed funds were spun out of Caterpillar, Inc.

Prior to Firefly, Mil served as President and Co-founder of Verascape, a $10 million start-up providing voice recognition infrastructure to major enterprises and carriers. Prior to Verascape, Mil was Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for WarpSpeed Communications, a $30 million Bay Area start-up funded by AT&T, 3COM, and New Enterprise Associates, providing broadband-on-demand Wide Area Network services. Before joining WarpSpeed, Mil spent 12 years at Motorola, where he was at the forefront in the creation and/or advancement of new communications categories such as Cellular Telephones and Systems, Wireless Local Area Networks and Wireless PDAs. Just prior to leaving Morotola, he was the co-founder and executive director of the Wireless Broadband Systems division.

Mil received a Masters of Business Administration in Marketing from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business from Elmhurst College. A business innovator and pioneer, Mil is active in High Tech, education, civic and industry organizations, is a noted speaker on high technology issues at major industry conferences, as well as a quoted expert in high tech marketing in such media as Fortune Magazine and the Wall Street Journal. He is past President of Elmhurst College's National Alumni Association, and is the 2007 winner of the College's Alumni Merit Award.

Jonathan Pickering, Vice President, Global Marketing and Business Development, Solar Business Group, Applied Materials, Inc

Jonathan Pickering is the VP of Global Marketing and Business Development for the Solar Business Group at Applied Materials. Jonathan joined Applied Materials in 1989 and has held management positions in engineering, product management, business management and marketing in many of the key business units at Applied Materials.

In 2007, Jonathan joined the solar group to lead the business development organization and was instrumental in the acquisition and integration of several crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar equipment companies. For the last year, Jonathan was responsible for global marketing for the solar business group for both the thin film and c-Si products.

Jonathan completed his undergraduate work in the United Kingdom with work experience at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart. He holds a Masters of Engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Materials Science with thesis work and publications on silicon defects. Jonathan also holds several patents on CVD deposition technology.

Dr. Keshav Prasad, Vice President, Business Development, Signet Solar

Dr. Keshav Prasad joined Signet Solar from Applied Materials, Inc. a global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions, where he most recently was the Managing Director/General Manager of Applied Materials' subsidiary in India. Dr. Prasad was instrumental in establishing Applied Materials' Global Development Centers in India, China and Russia, transforming worldwide product engineering and software development capabilities. While at Applied Materials, Dr. Prasad served in multiple executive management positions spanning semiconductor manufacturing equipment design and development, product engineering, product support, global operations, and business transformation. Prior to this, Dr. Prasad was a scientist at IBM's Advanced Packaging Technology Development Center in New York. He earned both his Master's and doctorate degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Cornell University and attended the Stanford Executive Management Program. Dr. Prasad is an active supporter of the American India Foundation Digital Divide Program, dedicated to bridging the education and digital divide in India.

Lyndon Rive, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, SolarCity

Lyndon Rive is the chief executive officer of SolarCity. He co-founded SolarCity in July 2006 with the goal of significantly reducing the cost of solar power to increase adoption from thousands to millions of homes and businesses. 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 to serve 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, and in his spare time has been a member of the U.S. National Underwater Hockey Team.

Richard E. Saunders, Director, Project Development, GreenHunter Renewable Power, LLC

Richard E. Saunders serves as the Director of Project Development for GreenHunter Renewable Power, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GreenHunter Energy, Inc. (NYSE Alternext: GRH), a publicly-traded diversified renewable energy company active in wind and biomass power generation as well as renewable fuels production.

Mr. Saunders has been a renewable energy project developer for the past 17 years, working in a number of different energy markets. Prior to joining GreenHunter, Mr. Saunders served as the Director of Development for Gamesa Energy, an international leader in wind energy technology and development. In this role, Mr. Saunders responsibilities included management of project development of the southwestern part of the U.S. Under his guidance, Gamesa constructed its largest wind energy project in its international portfolio and expanded its project portfolio to 5000 MW.

From 1991 to 2006, Mr. Saunders was President of SNS Energy, an independent developer/consultant to the energy market. SNS supplied services to a number of independent power producers. The Company's main clients included NRG Energy, FPL Energy, NEO Corporation and Northbrook Energy. Mr. Saunders has successfully developed projects in the biogas/biomass, hydroelectric, cogeneration and wind markets.

Mr. Saunders holds a BS from Michigan State University and performed his graduate studies in Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Keith Schaefer, Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and President of BPL Global, Ltd.

Keith Schaefer, Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and President of BPL Global, Ltd., plans, directs and manages all aspects of the company's strategy, business development, joint venture partnerships and financing.

Over the past 24 years, Mr. Schaefer has held senior management positions with companies ranging from hyper-growth start-ups to Fortune 100s and a Global 500 company. He has co-founded or led more than ten start-ups and two buy-outs, and was instrumental in completing two Initial Public Offerings and nine trade sales.

Prior to BPL Global, Schaefer was Senior Partner at Constellation Partners and previous to that Executive Partner and member of the Executive Committee at US Web/CKS. He served as Executive Vice President at Viacom and President of Paramount Communications Technology Group, where he established and successfully led the Venture Capital Group and set up early initiatives and strategic alliances with Microsoft and AOL. Previously, Schaefer held presidential and CEO positions at Computer Curriculum Corporation, Worlds of Wonder, and NEC Technologies. He began his career in sales and marketing at Procter & Gamble, followed by Clorox, and then achieved the position of Executive Vice President at Atari Corporation.

Mr. Schaefer earned a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Pittsburgh and attended UCLA's Graduate School of Business. He is the immediate past President of the Alumni Association and a current Trustee of the University of Pittsburgh, and is actively involved with the University's $2 billion capital campaign. Schaefer co-founded and serves as a member of the Steering Committee of the Socrates Society at The Aspen Institute. Schaefer also co-authored the best-selling Internet marketing book Net Results, which is used as a reference text at leading business schools.

Jigar Shah, Chief Strategy Officer and Founder, SunEdison

A renowned visionary committed to renewable energy, Jigar Shah launched SunEdison in 2003 based upon a business plan he originally developed in 1999 for a university class. That plan became the basis of the SunEdison business model: Simplify solar as a service. This model changed the status quo, allowing organizations to purchase solar energy services under long-term predictably priced contracts and avoid the significant capital costs of ownership and operation of solar energy systems.

Under Shah's guidance, SunEdison pioneered the solar power services agreement (SPSA) model, which served as the foundation for much of the growth of the solar industry in the past five years. SunEdison now has more solar energy systems and megawatts under management than any other company. Customers include Public Utilities, Commercial National Accounts, Municipalities, States, and Federal facilities. In the process, Shah became an expert on energy project finance, changing energy policy, working with entrenched stakeholders, convincing different type of customers to embrace energy technology, and hiring over 500 of the most talented people to realize an improbable dream.

Today, Shah works closely with some of the world's leading influencers and guides policy makers around the globe on key issues surrounding renewable energy, global warming and sustainability. He continuously challenges his colleagues and the industry to move solar forward by creating new markets across the globe.

Prior to launching SunEdison, Shah managed mergers & acquisitions, corporate strategy, and sales efforts for BP Solar, specializing in national commercial accounts. He also worked as a contractor for the Department of Energy on alternative vehicles and fuel cell programs.

Shah holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and an MBA from The University of Maryland. He sits on the boards of the Prometheus Institute and Greenpeace USA.

Geoff Sharples, Principal Renewable Energy, Google

Geoff Sharples joined Google in April 2008. In his business development role, Geoff sources potential investments for the Climate Change initiative RE<C (Renewable Energy cheaper than Coal.)

Before joining Google, Geoff led sales of wind turbines and projects at Clipper Windpower bringing the innovative 2.5 MW machine to market in 2006. Prior to Clipper, Geoff led business development for the corporate venture arm of Électricité de France in the US with the primary focus being clean tech energy investments. Early in his career Geoff developed and project financed conventional power projects such as the 471 MW gas combined cycle plant in Tunisia.

Geoff holds an MBA from Cornell University with an Engineering degree from the University of Cape Town South Africa.

Frank Smith, CEO, Entech Solar

Dr. Frank Smith was named CEO in 2008. He formerly served as COO of WorldWater & Solar Technologies. Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Smith served as VP of Strategy and Business Development at EMCORE Corporation. Prior to this, Dr. Smith worked at JDS Uniphase, Lockheed Martin, and MIT's Lincoln Labs where he accumulated five patents under his name. Dr. Smith holds a B.S. in Engineering & Applied Science from Yale University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from MIT.

Dan Squiller, CEO, PowerGenix

Dan Squiller has over 25 years experience in building high technology companies and joined PowerGenix as CEO in 2003. PowerGenix develops and manufactures high-performance, nontoxic Nickel-Zinc rechargeable batteries targeting the market for cordless power tools, consumer electronics and electric vehicles. Previous to PowerGenix, he was President of Lambda Power, a leading global manufacturer of power supplies and division of Invensys, plc.

Mr. Squiller's prior experience with early stage companies includes Indyme Electronics, a provider of telecommunications equipment where he was general manager and St. Bernard Software a provider of enterprise network protection software where he was vice president of business development and sales.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Squiller spent ten years at the San Diego division of Scientific Atlanta that specialized in spectrum analysis and vibration health monitoring systems for commercial and Government business sectors. While at Scientific Atlanta, he held positions in general management, engineering, marketing, and operations.

Mr. Squiller holds a BSEE and MA in Organizational Communication from Ohio University.

Nick Sugimoto, Principal, Honda Strategic Venturing

Nick Sugimoto is a Principal of Honda Strategic Venturing (HSV), the corporate venture capital arm of Honda Motor Corporation based in Mountain View, California. HSV seeks investment opportunities in technology venture companies to establish the strategic foundation for collaborative partnership. Nick oversees a broad spectrum of technologies including alternative energy, advanced materials and information technologies. Previously, Nick has successful entrepreneurial experience in a series of technology start-ups both in the US and in Japan. Nick received his engineering degree from University of Tokyo in 1984 and MBA from Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley in 1996.

Hari Surapaneni, President and CEO, Solar Semiconductor

Under the guidance of Mr. Hari Surapaneni, Solar Semiconductor ("SSL") has become one of the preeminent solar module manufacturers and grown its revenues to ~ $ 100mm within the 1st full year of operations. Hari has been instrumental in nurturing and developing solar policies in several Indian states and has worked closely with the executives of several state governments to promote solar power in India. Hari has worked closely with the government of Andera Pradesh to transform India into a global solar production hub and his efforts resulted in SSL being the first company to begin production at Fab City, which is part of the Special Economic Zone ("SEZ") in Hyderabad, India. Hari has been a featured speaker and participant in various national and international forums in Solar Photovoltaics.

Hari has been a Silicon Valley veteran for over twenty years in the semiconductor technology industry. He worked in various engineering leadership positions in VLSI development of Communications and Processor products at National Semiconductor Corporation, Amdahl Corporation, and TRW Defense Systems before he founded Chiplogic in 1997. Chiplogic was a Network Processor company for the Customer Premises Equipment market. Its products were designed to carry multi-service traffic (voice, video and data) over broadband networks to the premises. After Chiplogic was acquired by Analog Devices, Inc ("ADI") in 2001, Hari joined ADI as Senior Product Line Director of the Network Media Platforms Product Line. In this role Hari developed the service provider focused business, addressing IP communications and Triple play strategies including IP STB strategies. Hari left ADI in 2006 to found SSL.

Hari holds an MSCS from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai and an MSCE from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.

Homayoun Talieh, CEO, SoloPower

Co-Founder and CEO, Homayoun Talieh brings over 20 years of technological and business leadership in photovoltaics and semiconductors to his role at SoloPower.

Mr. Talieh began his career at Monosolar Inc., a company that pioneered a revolutionary new electroplating technique for the deposition of CdTe solar cells on glass. Mr. Talieh then served as Vice President and General Manager of the CMP division of OnTrak Systems where he developed innovative semiconductor equipment that enabled the company to tap into a new multi-billion dollar market. He was also instrumental in helping OnTrak go public. After OnTrak, Mr. Talieh served as the General Manager of Applied Materials' track division, where he designed new thin film processing equipment. In 2000, Mr. Talieh cofounded and served as president and CEO of NuTool, a semiconductor electroplating and polishing equipment company. He oversaw the acquisition of NuTool by ASM International in June 2004 and subsequently served as General Manager of the new company, ASM NuTool. Mr. Talieh's founding of SoloPower brings him full circle, to focus once again on products that apply groundbreaking photovoltaic technology in new ways.

Mr. Talieh holds more than 63 patents in the areas of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD), Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) and photolithography and has authored numerous papers published in leading technical journals. He holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University and a master in material science from the University of Illinois.

Paul J. van der Wansem, CEO, BTU International, Inc.

Paul J. van der Wansem, Chairman of BTU International, Inc., Board of Directors since 1979, returned as Chief Executive Officer in October 2004 after a two-year hiatus. He previously served as CEO from 1979 to July of 2002. From December 1977 to 1981, he served as Vice President of Holec, N.V., a Dutch electronics company, and from 1978 through 1981 he was president of Holec (USA), Inc. From 1973 to 1977, Mr. van der Wansem worked as a Management Consultant for the Boston Consulting Group, Inc., and from 1970 through 1973, Mr. van der Wansem worked as an Adjunct Director of First National City Bank in Amsterdam and New York. Mr. van der Wansem received an undergraduate degree in automotive engineering from Bromsgrove College, England, and holds an M.B.A. from IMD, Switzerland.

Robert Walsh, CEO, Aurora Biofuels

Robert Walsh is the CEO of Aurora Biofuels. He brings over 28 years of global petroleum industry experience to the company, including 26 years at Royal Dutch Shell. His Shell experience included senior manufacturing, supply, distribution and strategic planning positions. From 2001 to 2005, he was General Manager Supply for Shell Europe Oil Products where he was responsible for $30 billion in annual revenue. Mr. Walsh has extensive Biofuels experience from leading Shell's introduction of ethanol in California and being the largest Biofuels supplier in Europe. Prior to joining Aurora, he served as Senior Vice President for Chemoil Corporation, the leading independent global marine fuel oil marketer and as President of LS9, a sugar based renewable fuels start-up. Mr. Walsh received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University.

J.S. Whang, President & Chief Executive Officer, Amtech Systems, Inc.

Mr. J.S. Whang has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Amtech Systems, Inc. since its inception in 1981, and was one of its founders. Mr. Whang's responsibilities include the sales effort for our solar and semiconductor equipment business and the development of new products and business opportunities in that industry. He has 35 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, including time spent in both processing and manufacturing of equipment components and systems. From 1973 until 1979, he was employed by Siltronics, Inc., initially as a technician working with chemical vapor deposition, and later as manager of the quartz fabrication plant with responsibility of providing technical marketing support. From 1979 until 1981, he was employed by U.S. Quartz, Inc. as manufacturing manager. In 1981, he left U.S. Quartz to form Amtech.

Stephen Wiley, President, GreenHunter Renewable Power, LLC

Stephen Wiley serves as the President for GreenHunter Renewable Power, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GreenHunter Energy, Inc. (NYSE Alternext: GRH), a publicly-traded diversified renewable energy company active in wind and biomass power generation as well as renewable fuels production.

For the past 18 years, Mr. Wiley's involvement in the independent power generation business includes various managerial positions in development, mergers and acquisitions, finance, asset management and investor relations. Prior to joining GreenHunter, Mr. Wiley served as the Director of Development for Gamesa Energy, an international leader in wind energy technology and development. In this role, Mr. Wiley responsibilities included management of development of the central and western part of the U.S. Under his guidance, Gamesa developed its largest wind energy project in its international portfolio, and furthered the development of other projects that were either subsequently sold or near construction. From 2000-2005, Mr. Wiley served as an independent consultant involved in project finance and M&A activity. He contributed a leading role in the sale of Counterpoint's Texas-based power assets to a consortium that included KKR, Texas Pacific and Blackstone. Furthermore, he provided finance oversight for several gas-fired facilities for El Paso Corporation and Calpine.

From 1991-1998, Mr. Wiley worked for Dynegy and its predecessor Destec Energy. During his tenure, Mr. Wiley provided a leading role in the acquisition of several power plants in California, finance of natural gas projects in the U.S., Latin America, and Asia and he led the asset management activities for three large natural-gas projects in various parts of the U.S. He began his career at the Texas Public Utility Commission as a Senior Financial Analyst during which time he testified in several telephone and electric proceedings on financial issues.

Mr. Wiley holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of North Texas and a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Jeffery D. Wolfe, P.E., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, groSolar

Mr. Wolfe, co-founded and is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of groSolar. Under his direction, groSolar has become a leader in residential and commercial system installation in the United States, and a top national distributor of solar equipment and systems.

Under Mr. Wolfe's leadership, groSolar has experienced rapid growth and has been instrumental in accelerating residential and commercial markets through innovative distribution and direct sale practices. Venture investment in the firm has assisted in accelerating the strong growth rates.

Mr. Wolfe has been active in overall industry development as PV Division Chair of the Solar Energy Industries Association, and is on the Union of Concerned Scientists National Advisory Board. He was a founder, former board member and Chair of Renewable Energy Vermont, and founder, former board member and Vice Chair of the New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association. Recently he was one of the thousand people in the US trained in presenting Al Gore's climate change presentation. In addition to presenting on climate change, Mr. Wolfe also frequently speaks on workforce development issues in solar energy.

Prior to forming groSolar, Mr. Wolfe was a Professional Engineer consulting on over 4,000,000 square feet of design, construction and renovation. He started and grew two engineering offices as a Partner in a national engineering firm.

John M. Woolard, CEO and President, BrightSource Energy, Inc.

John Woolard is CEO of BrightSource Energy. In this role, John brings more than two decades of experience in the energy technology sector as an executive, entrepreneur and investor.

Prior to joining BrightSource Energy, John co-founded Silicon Energy, one of the first successful clean tech companies, and was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board from 1997 to 2003. John joined the executive team at Itron, Inc. in 2003 following its acquisition of Silicon Energy, and was Vice President of Software Solutions and subsequently the Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. John previously held positions with VantagePoint Venture Partner's CleanTech Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, and Pacific Gas & Electric Company.

Don Young, CEO, Aspen Aerogels

Don Young has been the President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Aspen Aerogels since November 2001. Before joining Aspen, Mr. Young worked for almost ten years, both in the United States and abroad, in a variety of senior operating roles for Cabot Corporation, a leading global specialty chemical company. Prior to Cabot Corporation, Mr. Young worked for Fidelity Management & Research's venture capital group. Mr. Young brings a unique blend of expertise in leadership, operations, sales and marketing and finance to Aspen Aerogels. He is a graduate of Harvard College and earned an MBA at Harvard Business School. Mr. Young is on the CEO Council and Policy Committee of the New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC). The mission of the NECEC is to accelerate New England's clean energy economy to global leadership by building an active community of stakeholders and a world-class cluster of clean energy companies.

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