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Speakers 
Mr. David Aslin,
Partner,
3i Ventures
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 Mr. Raj Atluru,
Managing Director,
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Raj Atluru is a Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson where he serves on the boards of Great Point Energy, Konarka Technologies, SeventyMM, PAR3 Communications, Ping Identity, and Solicore. In addition, he led the firm's investments in EnerNOC, CoalTek, Cerox, Miartech, Pantero, SOA Software, and Roving Planet. Previous investments include ViaFone which was acquired by Extended Systems (XTND). Mr. Atluru currently focuses on emerging clean technologies, business and consumer services and wireless technologies and he has over 13 years of venture capital, private equity and leveraged finance experience both domestically and in emerging markets with a specific focus on India. As one of the leading venture capitalists focused on the CleanTech sector, Mr. Atluru is frequently cited in leading industry and national publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sierra Club Monthly, SiliconIndia, Nanoinvestor News and the Venture Capital Journal. Mr. Atluru also spent three years with TL Ventures where he focused on early stage software, wireless communications and energy technologies. In addition, Mr. Atluru worked in the Leveraged Finance and Asian Corporate Finance groups at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. Mr. Atluru received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Stanford University where he taught the solar and wind energy lab and was a full time research assistant on the Waste Isolation Pilot Project for Sandia National Labs (Department of Defense Nuclear Repository Study). In addition, he received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Mr. Lee Bailey,
US Renewables Group
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 Mr. Tom Baruch,
Founder & Managing Director,
CMEA Ventures
Tom Baruch founded CMEA Ventures to pursue a lifelong fascination with how investment discipline and
strategy can nurture investment success in the application of exponential new technologies, such as
Moore's Law and genomics, to building breakthrough companies that will transform markets.
Tom honed his early-stage investment skills beginning at the Battelle Development Corporation in the
late 1960's and then at Exxon Corporation in the 1970's and early '80's. At Exxon, he managed
investments and created several early-stage technology companies applying materials science and
semiconductor-industry technologies such as Supertex (SUPX).
Tom formed CMEA Ventures with New Enterprise Associates (NEA) in 1989 after previously having
founded and served as CEO of Microwave Technology, Inc., a supplier of GaAs integrated circuits and
value-added sub-systems. Tom was one of the original investors in Aclara Biosciences (which merged
with Monogram Biosciences - NASDAQ: MRGM), Flextronics (FLEX), Netro (NTRO), Silicon Spice (acquired
by BRCM), and Symyx Technologies (SMMX). He currently serves on the boards of Alien Technology,
Entropic Communications, Foveon, NewPath Ventures, Raven Biosciences, RF Magic and Symwave.
Tom currently heads up the firm's energy & materials investments to include fuel cells, solar power
generation and management, biofuels, and rechargeable batteries, among others. He continues to
engage in his passion for early-stage investments by serving as Chairman of the Board of materials and
energy companies including: Codexis, Inc., Intermolecular, Superprotonic and Wildcat Discovery
Technologies. He currently also serves on the board of Solyndra.
Mr. Baruch holds an engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Juris Doctor degree from Capital University. He is a registered patent attorney and is also a member of the Board of
Trustees of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Board of Trustees of the Berkeley Institute for
Synthetic Biology (BISB).
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Mr. Christopher Carr,
Partner,
Morrison Foerster
Mr. Carr is a partner in Morrison & Foerster’s San Francisco office. He represents public agencies, landowners, private individuals, non-profits, and business concerns in all areas of natural resource law, including forestry, agriculture, mining, endangered species, water quality, coastal and ocean, fisheries, land use and real property law. Mr. Carr has extensive experience in permitting and litigation under the federal Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act and their California counterparts. He regularly advises clients on investigations and administrative actions by federal and state agencies that regulate endangered species and water quality impacts, including Regional Water Quality Control Boards, the California Department of Fish and Game, the California Department of Forestry, the California Board of Forestry, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and NOAA Fisheries (formerly National Marine Fisheries Service).
Mr. Carr’s natural resource policy experience includes:
• Special Assistant to Joseph L. Sax, Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Interior, Washington, D.C. (1995): Prepared policy documents, congressional testimony and other materials concerning “takings” legislation, Endangered Species Act, and other natural resource and public land issues.
• Fisheries Officer and Fellow, Office of Marine Conservation, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. (1994): Prepared congressional testimony and other materials regarding fisheries conservation and management and represented the United States at international fishery conferences and negotiations.
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Mr. Peter Castellas,
Managing Director,
Clean Technology Australasia
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 Ms. Michele Corash,
Partner,
Morrison Foerster, LLP
Michèle Corash is a partner in the firm’s environmental law practice group. She served as General Counsel of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 1979 to 1982 and previously as Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Energy and special assistant to the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.
Ms. Corash represents companies on a broad range of state, national, and international environmental issues and claims regarding exposure to toxic substances. She works regularly with government agencies and legislatures in the development and implementation of environmental laws and programs. She has defended clients in numerous enforcement and private actions brought under state and federal environmental and toxics laws, and has also brought and defended cost recovery actions. She defended one of California’s largest environmental criminal actions. She helped draft the original superfund statute in 1980, and many of the federal regulations under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and Resources Conservation and Recovery Acts.
Another significant component of her practice has been actions brought under state consumer and competition protection statutes, including false advertising and false claims statutes. Ms. Corash is considered one of the nation’s leading experts on Proposition 65 and has defended hundreds of cases under that law, including Dowhal v. SmithKline that resulted is a unanimous California Supreme Court decision for her client.
Ms. Corash is again recommended by the 2006 Chambers USA and is selected annually for listing in Best Lawyers in America as a leader in the field of environmental law. She is named as the country’s #1 environmental lawyer on the “Top Ten Lawyers for Environmental Law,” US Lawyer Rankings 2007 . California Lawyer Magazine cited her as one of the “Best of the West” lawyers because of landmark wins in two environmental court decisions. She is listed among Northern California’s top 50 female Super Lawyers, as well as top 100 overall. For the last five years she has been named to the Top California Women Litigators List by the Daily Journal . Ms. Corash was listed in Euromoney Legal Media Group’s “The Best of the Best.” (Euromoney’s LMG identifies the world’s leading 20 practitioners across 10 areas of law based on peer nomination.)
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 Mr. Philip Deutch,
Managing Partner,
NGP Energy Technology Partners
Philip J. Deutch is Managing Partner of NGP Energy Technology Partners (“NGP ETP”). Prior to forming NGP ETP, Phil was a Managing Director at Perseus, L.L.C. where he led, or co-led, the firm’s energy investing activities and was on the firm’s Executive Committee. Phil is one of the earliest private equity investors to focus on energy technology in the United States and since 1997 has led investments in energy companies in the areas of renewable energy, power quality/reliability, distributed generation, energy management and control, and power electronics. Phil is a member of the Board of Directors of REG, Inc. and ISE Corp. and a former member of the boards of Evergreen Solar (NASDAQ: ESLR), Beacon Power (NASDAQ: BCON), Northern Power Systems and International Marketing Concepts. He is a former board observer to Encorp, Vision Solutions, SatCon Technology, and Proton Energy. Phil has spoken at energy conferences held by Goldman Sachs, Banc of America, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Bear Stearns, Montreux Energy, and the University of Virginia and Phil served on the Advisory Committee for the 2005 and 2006 Energy Venture Fairs and the selection committees for the 2005 Cleantech Venture Forum and 2005 and 2006 NREL Industry Growth Forums. Articles written by Phil have appeared in Public Utility Fortnightly, Power Finance and Risk, and Foreign Policy. Phil holds a J.D. with distinction from Stanford Law School and a B.A. from Amherst College where he majored in Economics and was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Phil is a director of the International Center for Research on Women.
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 Mr. Neal Dikeman,
Partner,
Jane Capital Partners
Neal Dikeman is a Founding Partner of Jane Capital Partners. Formerly, Mr. Dikeman was a Director of Business Development at Globalgate, an e-commerce holding company, and an Associate at Doyle & Boissiere LLC, a private equity firm backed by CalPers. Mr. Dikeman has extensive experience with distressed and special situation transactions and financings. He has been involved in the acquisition and oversight of several businesses in the technology, aerospace, semiconductor, and manufacturing sectors. Mr. Dikeman began his career with the energy group of Bankers Trust, working on M&A, financing, and distressed situations in the oil & gas and energy service sectors. He holds a B.A from Texas A&M.
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 Mr. Ira Ehrenpreis,
General Partner,
Technology Partners
Ira Ehrenpreis is a General Partner with Technology Partners. He has been with the firm since 1996. Ira leads Technology Partners’ Cleantech investment practice, investing in Energy Technology, Water Technology, and Materials Science opportunities. He has worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Juniper Partners venture capital firm. Ira has established himself as a leader in both the venture capital industry and the Cleantech sector. In the venture community, Ira serves on the Board of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and on the Board of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists (WAVC). He is also the Co-Chairman of both the VCNetwork and the YVCA, two non-profit organizations comprising more than 1,000 venture capitalists. In the Cleantech sector, Ira has served as on several industry Boards, including the Cleantech Venture Network (Chairman), Clean-Tech Investor Summit (2005, 2006, and 2007 Conference Chairman), Energy Investors Forum (2004 Conference Chairman), Energy Venture Fair, and California Climate Change Advisory Board. Recently, Ira was featured as the Keynote speaker at both the Cleantech Venture Forum VI and the Cleantech Venture Forum V. He has also served on the Advisory Boards of the Southern California Tech Coast Alliance, Golden Capital Network, Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE), and the Comerica Venture Capital Advisory Board. Ira is also an active leader at Stanford University, where his contributions have included teaching the course on Venture Capital and serving on the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School. Ira is also a Contributor to Nimmer on Copyright, the leading copyright treatise. Ira received his JD/MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Law School, where he was an Associate Editor of Stanford Law Review. He holds a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude.
Technology Partners is a 23 year venture capital firm that has managed more than $750 million of investment capital with current investments being made from Technology Partners Fund VIII. Technology Partners has invested in more than 100 companies in a variety of industries serving principally as a lead investor. The majority of investments are in early stage companies. The firm invests approximately half of its capital into Cleantech (Energy Technology, Water Technology, and Materials Science) companies and the other half into companies focused on the Life Sciences.
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 Mr. Chris Erickson,
Partner,
Pangaea Ventures
Chris Erickson is a Partner and founder of Pangaea Ventures Ltd., a venture capital firm based in Vancouver, BC that invests in early-stage advanced material companies, including energy, environmental and nanotechnology companies. Chris has considerable experience in advising private and public corporations on structuring investments, financings, strategic alliances, mergers, divestitures and other business transactions. In addition to managing Pangaea’s investment operations, Chris works closely with a number of Pangaea's investee companies and sits on the board of NanoBC and on the advisory board of the Canadian Nanobusiness Alliance.
Prior to starting Pangaea, Chris was a business law partner in Toronto and Calgary with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, one of Canada's pre-eminent business law firms. In the 90s he was a staff member on The Toronto Stock Exchange Committee on Corporate Governance.
Chris received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Toronto in 1989 and his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary in 1986. He is a competitive runner and avid skier.
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Ms. Joyce Ferris,
Founder & Managing Partner,
Blue Hill Partners
Joyce M. Ferris, Founder and Managing Partner, has over 20 years of experience in the GreenTech sector as an entrepreneur and an investor. Her experience includes management, development and financing of energy and industrial technology companies and renewable energy projects. Ms. Ferris has a unique set of skills combining demonstrated leadership with hands-on transaction and management experience in the energy industry. She has had principal roles as an investor, technology and equipment provider, a financial advisor and as a project developer. Ms. Ferris’ project experience includes biomass and agricultural waste fired energy projects, industrial waste disposal facilities, waste-coal fired power plants, geothermal, and hydroelectric projects. Ms. Ferris was a senior founding executive and Director of Project Finance for Reading Energy Company where she managed financial transactions totaling over $500 million. After a management buy-out in 1988, Ms. Ferris became a principal shareholder of the company. After leaving Reading Energy Ms. Ferris led the acquisition of Energy Products of Idaho (“EPI”), a combustion technology firm specializing in the conversion of a wide variety of biomass and solid waste material. Ms. Ferris was a major shareholder, board member and Director of Business Development for EPI until she sold her interest in 1998. In January 1999 Ms. Ferris co-founded Blue Hill as the US subsidiary of a London based firm, Impax Capital. In January 2000 Ms Ferris led the purchase of the US subsidiary and changed the name to Blue Hill Partners. Ms. Ferris has held numerous board positions and is currently on the board of Princeton Energy Systems and Encelium Technologies. She has been a speaker at industry conferences in the US and Europe. Ms. Ferris currently serves on the Pennsylvania Climate Change Working Group and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Energy Advisory Board. Ms. Ferris is also a member of the Advisory Boards of the Cleantech Venture Network, and the WilderHill New Energy Global Index. She holds a B.A. from Reed College and an M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in Energy Management and Policy.
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Ms. Jill Fishbein,
Partner & Co-chair, Corporate & Securities Practice Group,
Carr & Ferrell
Jill Fishbein is partner and co-chair of the Corporate Practice Group of Carr & Ferrell. Ms. Fishbein's practice focuses on corporate and securities work for both public and private companies, as well as venture capital firms and other financial institutions, with particular emphasis on the representation of growth technology and life science companies.
Ms. Fishbein has extensive experience with venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions and domestic and international joint ventures. She also is one of the firm's attorneys focusing on the developing areas of clean technologies. Ms. Fishbein has represented numerous companies in the fields of Internet, e-commerce, software, multimedia and data communications.
Prior to joining Carr & Ferrell, Ms. Fishbein worked in New York as a commercial banker in the areas of leveraged buyouts and project financings. Additionally, having practiced corporate law at leading Silicon Valley firms and served as General Counsel and Senior Vice President of several publicly traded companies, Ms. Fishbein's corporate clients benefit from her extensive industry experience.
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 Ms. Nancy Floyd,
Managing Director,
Nth Power
Nancy Floyd is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Nth Power, a venture capital firm that pioneered investment in energy technology. Nth Power has $400M under investment and its portfolio of 38 companies includes the market leaders in renewable energy, energy intelligence, power quality, advanced materials and clean transportation. Ms. Floyd has led Nth Power’s investments in Silicon Energy (Nasdaq: ITRI), Northern Power (Nasdaq: DESC), Smartsynch, Serveron, SpectraSensors and Imperium Renewables. Furthermore, Ms. Floyd sits on the boards of the Cleantech Venture Network, Center for Resource Solutions, ACORE, and Portland Family of Funds.
Prior to founding Nth Power, Ms. Floyd founded, managed and negotiated the sale of one of the country’s first wind development firms, and a network management company for private voice and data. Ms. Floyd holds a masters degree in political science from Rutgers University where she was an Eagleton Fellow, and a bachelor’s degree from Franklin and Marshall College where she currently serves as a Trustee.
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Mr. Peter Fratus,
Senior Vice President,
Macquarie Funds Management Inc
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 Mr Ivor Frischknecht,
Executive Director,
StarFish Ventures
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 Mr. Winston Fu,
General Partner,
US Venture Partners
Winston Fu is a general partner at USVP. Winston’s investments focus is on the application of technologies in areas such as renewable energy, environmentally sustainable products, and semiconductors (and areas related to semiconductors). He also leads the development of USVP’s investment strategy in China.
Prior to joining USVP in 1997, Winston served in technical and marketing roles at Vixel Corporation (NASDAQ: VIXL), which was acquired by Emulex (ELX) in 2003. As director of product marketing, he was responsible for developing new applications for the VCSEL device product line at Vixel. Winston researched and developed technologies in the areas of semiconductors, lasers and superconductors at Stanford University, Sandia National Labs and MIT.
Winston holds a bachelor's degree in Physics from MIT, a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, where he was an Austin Scholar. He is a former NCAA volleyball player and junior’s volleyball coach. Winston is married and has two children.
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 Mr. Michael Gallagher,
President,
Westport Innovations
Michael Gallagher has been Chief Operating Officer of Westport since January 6, 2003, and in October 2004 was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer. He is responsible for Westport’s technology development, demonstration and commercialization operations worldwide. Prior to joining Westport, Dr. Gallagher was Senior Vice-President, Americas, for Fluor Corp, a $10 billion global engineering and project management company headquartered in California. He also held senior executive officer positions with the Bechtel Group in San Francisco and London-based Kvaerner Group. He obtained his PhD in Mechanical-Nuclear Engineering from Stanford University and Master of Science degrees in both Engineering Economics Systems and Mechanical Engineering from Stanford, as well as a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Physics/Math) Phi Beta Kappa from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana. Dr. Gallagher is a member of the Boards of Cummins Westport Inc., BTIC-Westport, Inc., the California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership, WestStart-CALSTART, The Canadian Centre for Policy Ingenuity/Climate Change, the Canadian International Trade Ministerial Strategic Advisory Group, Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Canada, and the Vancouver Opera Association.
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 Mr. John Geesman,
Commissioner,
State of California, California Energy Commission
John L. Geesman was originally appointed to the California Energy Commission on July 18, 2002, to fill an un-expired term. He was reappointed to a full five-year term by Governor Gray Davis on December 31, 2002, and was confirmed by the Senate. By law, four of the five members of the Energy Commission are required to have professional training in specific areas - engineering or physics, environmental protection, economics, and law. One commissioner is appointed to represent the public-at-large. Commissioner Geesman fills the Attorney position.
Commissioner Geesman serves as Presiding Member of the Renewables Committee and the Facility Siting Committee.
Commissioner Geesman, of Orinda, California, rejoined the Commission after originally serving as its Executive Director from 1979 to 1983. From 1983 to 2002, he was an investment banker specializing in the debt markets. During this time, he served as Chairman of California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the California Power Exchange, and as a member of the Board of Governors of the Independent System Operator.
Commissioner Geesman earned a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University, and a juris doctorate degree from Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley.
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Mr. Keith Gillard,
President,
BASF Venture Capital America
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Mr. Peter Grubstein,
Managing Partner,
NGEN Partners
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Mr. James Hansel,
Managing Director,
Eight Winds Capital
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 Mr. Peter Holland,
Associate,
Carr & Ferrell
Peter L. Holland is an associate in the Intellectual Property Group of Carr & Ferrell. Mr. Holland specializes in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications and strategic IP counseling. He has prepared applications covering mechanical, electronic, semiconductor, optical and software technologies. Mr. Holland has experience in several areas of science, engineering and technology development including laser physics, electro-optical systems, remote sensing laser radar (lidar) systems, thermal and visible imaging systems, real-time operating systems, and mechanical systems controlled by computers. In addition, Mr. Holland has extensive field test experience in test and evaluation of remote sensing systems. Mr. Holland also has extensive experience as a business, technology and investment analyst focusing on smaller companies.
Prior to joining Carr & Ferrell, Mr. Holland's professional background includes experience as a senior research engineer at an international R&D organization in Silicon Valley, as well as business experience as a general partner and investment manager of several investment partnerships focused on technology companies.
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Mr. James Horn,
Managing Director,
Noventi
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Mr. Matt Horton,
Principal,
@ Ventures
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Mr. Dave Jones,
COO,
LiveFuels
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 Mr. Dallas Kachan,
Publisher/Acting Editor,
Inside Greentech
Previous editor and reporter for Canada's national news service the Canadian Press, with a background covering science, environmental and business issues in print and broadcast. Fifteen year career in high tech in Canada and California, including top marketing jobs at enterprise software and networking startups such as SoftArc (acquired by OpenText), Caspian Networks and Ambient Software. Senior consultant to dozens more with Silicon Valley's famed Regis McKenna, and with own practice. Board member of publicly-traded Centrinity (TSX) and other private companies.
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Mr. Samir Kaul,
Partner,
Khosla Ventures
Samir joined Khosla Ventures as a founding partner focused on alternative energy and biotech investments. Samir has led the firms investments in Altra Biofuels, Amyris Biotechnologies, Cilion, Great
Point Energy, Range Fuels, Mascoma, and Stion. He is also the founding CEO of LS9 a new venture focused on commercial applications of biological engineering in the alternative fuels and bio-energy fields.
Samir joined Khosla Ventures after spending nearly four years at Flagship Ventures, most recently as a Partner focusing on early stage biotechnology investments. He was the founding CEO of Codon Devices, the first venture backed synthetic biology company, where he built the Scientific Advisory Board, raised over $13M in financing, and secured revenue bookings of over $1M within the first six months of operations. He was also a co-founder and ran business development at Helicos
BioSciences, a single molecule sequencing company which has raised nearly $70M in financing. He led the firms investments in Morphotek and Epitome Biosystems.
Previously, Samir worked at the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) with Craig Venter. At TIGR, Samir led the Arabidopsis thaliana sequencing project, the first plant genome to be completely sequenced, and was an invited lecturer and keynote speaker at a number of
international conferences. His work led to numerous publications in peer reviewed journals such as Science, Nature, and PNAS. He was also Chairperson of the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative and led the publication
of the genome paper that appeared in Nature in 2000
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Mr. Wayne Keast,
CEO, Environmental Group,
Consensus Environment
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Mr. Jonathan Lash,
President,
World Resources Institute
Jonathan Lash is president of the World Resources Institute (WRI), a global environmental think tank that goes beyond research to provide practical solutions to problems of environment and development. During the past ten years under his leadership, WRI has pioneered the use of digital technologies to solve environmental problems, engaged the business community in helping to foster development that is sustainable, and created new mechanisms to empower civil society groups.
From 1993 until 1999, Mr. Lash served as co chair of the President's Council on Sustainable Development, a group of U.S. government, business, labor, civil rights, and environmental leaders that developed visionary recommendations for strategies to promote sustainable development.
Mr. Lash is a member of the board of the Institute for Sustainable Communities, the Avina Foundation, and the Heinz Center, and of the advisory board of Generation Investment Management.
He has served on a broad range of national and international groups, including: the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Round Table on Sustainable Development; the Tata Energy and Resources Institute (India); the Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation (Japan); the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development; and the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (Japan).
Before joining WRI, Mr. Lash directed the environmental law and policy program of the Vermont Law School. From 1987 to 1990, he headed the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, having served the previous two years as Vermont's Commissioner of Environmental Conservation. During his tenure in Vermont government, Mr. Lash helped write a score of innovative statutes on issues ranging from pollution prevention and solid waste management to protection of pristine streams. In 1990 he became director of the Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School.
A former Peace Corps volunteer and a former federal prosecutor, Mr. Lash also worked as a senior staff attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) from 1978 to 1985, litigating on issues related to public lands, federal coal leasing, strip mining, and energy conservation, and authoring two books.
Mr. Lash earned his baccalaureate degree from Harvard University and his masters and law degrees from the Catholic University of America
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Mr. Jack Levy,
General Partner,
Israel Cleantech Ventures
Jack S. Levy, General Partner, 36, is a corporate lawyer and executive with experience in building high-growth companies and leading management teams through successful capital raising, international expansion and acquisition processes. From 1999 through 2003, Jack was Vice President and General Counsel of Register.com, a leading provider of internet services. As a key member of Register.com’s senior management team, Jack helped build the company from $9m to over $100m in revenues, guiding the firm as it expanded operations into five countries and multiple business lines and successfully grew to become a leader in its market. Jack played a central role in the company’s successful initial public offering, in its three acquisitions and multiple investments and joint ventures and in its successful defense of a threatened hostile takeover attempt.
Previously, Jack served as a corporate attorney for New York firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, serving top-tier clients including Teva Pharmaceuticals (acquisitions, financings and commercial agreements), Warburg Pincus (venture capital and buy out transactions) and many others (primarily financings, mergers and acquisitions). Prior to founding Israel Cleantech, Jack qualified to practice law in Israel and served as a corporate attorney at Tulchinsky Stern in Tel Aviv. In this capacity, Jack represented Teva, Israeli venture capital and investment firms Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Bank Hapoalim and Clal, and a number of start-up companies.
Jack holds a B.A., magna cum laude from Harvard College and a J.D. from Columbia Law School where he was a Stone Scholar.
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Mr. Jack Levy,
General Partner,
Israel Cleantech Ventures
Jack S. Levy, General Partner, 36, is a corporate lawyer and executive with experience in building high-growth companies and leading management teams through successful capital raising, international expansion and acquisition processes. From 1999 through 2003, Jack was Vice President and General Counsel of Register.com, a leading provider of internet services. As a key member of Register.com’s senior management team, Jack helped build the company from $9m to over $100m in revenues, guiding the firm as it expanded operations into five countries and multiple business lines and successfully grew to become a leader in its market. Jack played a central role in the company’s successful initial public offering, in its three acquisitions and multiple investments and joint ventures and in its successful defense of a threatened hostile takeover attempt.
Previously, Jack served as a corporate attorney for New York firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, serving top-tier clients including Teva Pharmaceuticals (acquisitions, financings and commercial agreements), Warburg Pincus (venture capital and buy out transactions) and many others (primarily financings, mergers and acquisitions). Prior to founding Israel Cleantech, Jack qualified to practice law in Israel and served as a corporate attorney at Tulchinsky Stern in Tel Aviv. In this capacity, Jack represented Teva, Israeli venture capital and investment firms Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Bank Hapoalim and Clal, and a number of start-up companies.
Jack holds a B.A., magna cum laude from Harvard College and a J.D. from Columbia Law School where he was a Stone Scholar.
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 Mr. David Lincoln,
Managing Partner,
DFJ Element
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 Mr. Peter Liu,
Initial Founder & Vice Chairman,
New Resource Bank
Peter Liu is the initial founder and vice chairman of New Resource Bank, an innovative community bank in San Francisco started by leading entrepreneurs that also has a specialized focus on green businesses and projects. Peter currently serves on the Clean Technology Investment Advisory Boards of the California Public Employees Retirement System and the California Teachers’ Retirement System, respectively the largest and the 3rd largest pension funds in the Unites States. He previously was an energy sector banker at Credit Suisse First Boston and the Chase Manhattan Bank, where he completed over $8 billion in energy project financings. He has also been an engineer for the Chevron Corporation and the California Air Resources Board. Peter did his undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley and graduate studies at Princeton.
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 Ms. Susan MacCormac,
Partner,
Morrison Foerster, LLP
Susan Mac Cormac is a Partner in the Corporate Group of Morrison & Foerster’s San Francisco office. She currently serves as a co-chair of the Venture Capital/ Emerging Companies Group and the Renewable Energy/ Cleantech Group for the firm worldwide.
Ms. Mac Cormac has extensive experience representing start-up to late-stage private companies primarily in the Sustainable space. She provides corporate and finance advice in connection with mergers, acquisitions, asset purchases and sales, reorganizations, joint ventures, and equity and debt financings. She regularly advises boards of private and public companies, special committees, and CEOs on corporate governance and Corporate Social Responsibility issues. Ms. Mac Cormac also represents non-profit corporations involved with Sustainability and CSR, providing advice to their boards on fiduciary issues, conflicts of interest, and other corporate matters.
Further, Ms. Mac Cormac represents both general partners and limited partners in connection with venture fund formation and investment in other funds and portfolio companies.
Ms. Mac Cormac’s representative private clients include Revolution Foods, inDplay, CleanEdge, Earth Action Summits, Veristeel, SPUD, Berkeley Advanced Biomaterials and Scout Labs. Her non-profit and social enterprise clients include Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council, Business for Social Responsibility, the Court Committee for the Fujitsu Settlement Fund and Intelligent Capitalism. Her venture fund clients include Pacific Community Ventures and Darwin Venture Fund-of-Funds.
After working in New York for three years, Ms. Mac Cormac joined the firm as an associate in 1997 and became a partner in 2001. Ms. Mac Cormac was born in Davidson, North Carolina, and graduated in 1988 from Williams College with a degree in Political Economy. She received her J.D. and LL.M. degrees from Duke University School of Law in 1993. Ms. Mac Cormac lives in the Presidio National Park with her husband and two young boys (Eddie and Alex).
Ms. Mac Cormac has recently been appointed to the Northern California Advisory Board of the Nonprofit Finance Fund. Further, she has served as a judge for the semi-finals of the Berkeley Social Venture Competition.
Ms. Mac Cormac is admitted to practice in both California and New York.
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 Mr. Scott MacDonald,
Emerald Technology Ventures
Scott MacDonald is an Investment Director with Emerald Technology Ventures and is a key member of the North American investment team. Emerald is a global leader in cleantech venture capital. Founded in 2000 under the name SAM Private Equity, Emerald is a pioneer in this rapidly emerging sector and is focused on innovative technologies in energy, materials and water. From offices in Zurich, Switzerland and Montreal, Canada, Emerald manages three venture capital funds and two venture capital portfolio mandates totaling over US$300 million. Emerald is currently investing out of its latest fund and is looking for energetic and passionate entrepreneurs with the vision to build world-class clean technology companies.
Prior to joining SAM, Scott held the position of Managing Director at OPG Ventures Inc., the venture capital subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation (“OPG”) and was responsible for leading and managing equity investments in privately held energy technology companies.
Previous to OPG Ventures, Scott worked for a Toronto-based corporate finance and investment banking firm assisting a number of energy technology companies secure financing, negotiate strategic joint ventures, and has advised on initial public offerings and merger and acquisition transactions. In addition, Scott worked for ACF Equity, an early-stage venture capital company focused on investing in information technology companies.
Scott graduated with a Bachelors degree from McMaster University and an MBA from Dalhousie University. He currently serves as Chairman of RuggedCom and as a Director of Solicore and SoftSwitching Technologies. He is a member of the North American Advisory Board for the CleanTech Venture Network, an industry association that brings together all stakeholders in the area of cleantech, a volunteer director of Gymnastics Canada and is an elected voting member of the Canadian Olympic Committee for the 2005-2009 quadrennial.
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 Mr. Peter Martenson,
President,
Macquarie Funds Management
Mr. Martenson is a Division Director with the Macquarie Group and President of Macquarie Funds Management (USA) Inc. based in the United States. He is primarily responsible for the firm’s investment activities in primary funds, secondary funds and co-investments in the United States and Europe. This includes sourcing, due diligence, negotiating terms and researching industry trends and opportunities. During his career, Mr. Martenson has been directly responsible for over $5 billion of investments via fund investments, co-investments and direct secondary purchases. Mr. Martenson is focused on the application of “Best of Class” practices in an institutionalized approach to designing, implementing and managing robust private equity programs.
Prior to joining Macquarie, Mr. Martenson was a Director, member of the Investment Committee and Portfolio Manager at Pacific Corporate Group LLC, a private equity advisory group, working with large public pension plans in constructing their private equity portfolios and selecting private market managers. His areas of focus include energy, clean technology, venture capital, secondaries and special situations as direct, co-investment and partnership investments. While at PCG, Mr. Martenson led the Energy focus team as it canvassed the sector and led the investment of over $1.1 billion in eight Energy focused funds. In addition, Mr. Martenson co-led the Venture Capital focus team as it invested globally in both IT and Life Science. Mr. Martenson led the design, construction and implementation of the $200 million CalPERS Cleantech Program, which invests in funds and partnerships that focus on clean technologies, clean water, clean air and clean energy. This built upon Mr. Martenson’s original interest in the Cleantech space from 1992 when he authored the research paper Alternative Energies: A Look at the Future. Prior to joining PCG, Mr. Martenson was a U.S. Naval Officer attached to the National Security Agency and to the USS Valley Forge (CG 50) where he was involved in strategic consulting and operational management.
Mr. Martenson received his MBA from Yale University with dual concentrations in Finance and in Strategy, holds a BS in Oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy, and is a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College with concentrations in Policy and in Strategy.
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 Mr. Tom Martin,
Vice President,
PCG
Thomas Martin, Vice President, leads the identification, analysis and selection of private market investments in the clean technology, energy and infrastructure private equity markets. Prior to joining PCG in 2002, Mr. Martin was a Vice President at Laffer Associates, a boutique investment research and consulting firm where he was responsible for producing investment research and analysis for a global client base of institutional investors. Mr. Martin received a Masters of International Affairs from the University of California San Diego, a Masters of Science in International Economics and Business from the Stockholm School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Arts from Bucknell University. Mr. Martin also attended special educational programs at the London School of Economics and Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.
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Mr. Marko Maschek,
Partner,
3i
Marko Maschek is a partner at 3i and brings 10 years of experience in leading and managing both, early and late stage investments in Europe and in the US. He joined 3i in 1997 and has worked in various markets and geographies in which 3i has operations. His areas of focus include cleantech, renewable energy, semiconductors and advanced materials. Marko is known as a hands-on, proactive investor and board member who has invested more than $100 million for 3i. He has helped companies in Germany and Switzerland through their IPO, including Openshop Holding AG, Heiler Software AG, Actelion AG, a drug development company and web.de AG, a leading web portal in Germany. He currently serves on the boards of Mimix Broadband, DAFCA, Konarka Technologies, Amberwave Systems and Impact Rx. Marko’s most recent exits include Sychip, a leader in Radio Frequency Chip Scale Modules which was acquired by Murata in 2006. Sandburst, a fabless semiconductor company, was sold to Broadcom in 2006. Marko was also a board member of PHARMetrics, a healthcare IT company, which was acquired by IMS in 2005. He began his professional career as a technologist and business consultant at Cambridge Consultants Ltd (UK) and Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany) focusing on digital image and signal processing. He has filed several patents in the automotive domain. Marko holds a MSc from Karlsruhe University and an MBA from Cambridge. He is from Germany and also speaks fluent French.
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Mr. Colin McKay,
Piper Jaffray & Associates
Colin McKay is a Vice President and member of the Alternative Energy Investment Banking practice at Piper Jaffray. His experience includes public equity offerings, private placements, PIPEs and merger advisory. Prior to joining Piper Jaffray, McKay worked in the technology investment banking groups at C.E. Unterberg, Towbin and Robertson Stephens. He began his career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers in the leveraged finance group. McKay received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
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 Mr. Lewis Milford,
President,
Clean Energy Group
Lewis Milford, an attorney, is the founder of two national nonprofit clean energy organizations, Clean Energy Group (CEG) where he is President and Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) where he is Executive Director. Mr. Milford works to increase investment in low carbon technologies and to develop innovative approaches to accelerate commercialization of clean energy. His articles on climate and clean energy have appeared in national publications including the New York Times and the Boston Globe. He is frequently asked to speak on clean energy issues to national and international groups.
Prior to founding CEG and CESA, Mr. Milford was Vice President of Conservation Law Foundation, New England's leading environmental organization where he managed the Energy Project and negotiated electric restructuring laws that created new public clean energy investment funds. He previously was New York Assistant Attorney General representing the State of New York in the Love Canal hazardous waste case and was a law professor and Director of the Public Interest Law Clinic at the American University Law School. At the law school Mr. Milford represented Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange. He also is the co-author of Wages of War, a social history of American war veterans, published by Simon and Schuster in 1989. He has a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Rutgers College.
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 Mr. Alex O'Cinneide,
Investment Director,
Masdar
Alex is Head of the Masdar Clean Tech Fund (ADFEC), a US$250M venture capital vehicle investing globally. He is a senior member of management of the Masdar Initiative. Previous to joining Masdar he was Managing Partner for Europe in Quorum Funding Inc, an energy technology focused venture capital firm. He started his career in two VC backed technology companies before going on to join KPMG where he was a principal in the Strategy and Private Equity Advisory group (London & New York). He holds a BA and MA from Trinity College Dublin, an MSc from the London School of Economics and a Masters in Finance from the London Business School.
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 Mr. Nicholas Parker,
Chairman,
Cleantech Group
Nicholas Parker is Co-founder and Chairman of the Cleantech Capital Group LLC, incorporating the Cleantech Venture Network. He introduced the "cleantech" concept to the investment community in 2002. He previously accumulated over 15 years experience starting and investing venture funds worldwide through limited partnerships, family offices, corporate funds and endowments. In the 1990s, he also founded, built and sold a leading transatlantic environmental finance advisory and strategy firm. He has served as an advisor to multilateral agencies such as the World Business Council on Sustainable Development and the International Finance Corporation (World Bank).
Nicholas earned a BA Hons. in Technology Studies (Carleton University, Ottawa) and an MBA (City University, London), and has authored or edited ten publications related to technology, finance and international business. He serves as Chairman of E+Co, a public purpose investment company for clean energy enterprises in developing countries, has interests in property development and is a member of several academic and think tank advisory boards. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). He has lived and worked in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America and currently resides with his two children in Toronto.
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 Ms. Sunita Patel,
Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director, Venture Capital Group,
Comerica Bank
Sunita Patel is SVP and Regional Managing Director of the Venture Capital Group at Comerica Bank. She has extensive experience lending to venture backed early to late stage technology companies and leads a team committed to bringing value and financial intelligence to the venture community. Prior to Comerica, Sunita joined Imperial Bank in 1997 and was a Senior Vice President in their Emerging Growth Division. Sunita began her career in technology banking at Silicon Valley Bank in 1992. She holds a B.S. in Economics and Finance from Missouri State University. She sits on the advisory board for The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives and is routinely asked to participate on panels and speak at events as an industry expert.
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 Mr. Jan Paulin,
President & CEO,
Padoma Wind Power
Jan C. Paulin, J.D., LL.M, has more than 20 years of experience in the wind power industry. He is the co-founder, President and CEO of Padoma Wind Power, since July 2006 an NRG Energy, Inc owned and California-based wind farm developer which has co-developed and developed, financed and construction managed more than 500 MW of wind power projects in the 5 ½ years since the company was formed. Prior to founding Padoma, Mr. Paulin spent 9 years at SeaWest WindPower, Inc. (now AES Wind Generation, Inc.) where, as President and CEO, he oversaw the development of more than 1,500 MW of wind farm projects in the United States and Europe. Before that, Mr. Paulin was First Vice President and General Counsel to an international bank, where he specialized in corporate lending and project financing, including significant lending and restructuring of existing loans to the California wind industry. Prior to that, Mr. Paulin was a partner in a Danish law firm where, on behalf of a Danish turbine manufacturer, he assisted in the legal structuring of first generation wind projects in California.
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 Mr. Jack Pearce,
Managing Director,
Pearce Callahan & Associates
Jack Pearce consults to the Financial Services sector. Originally trained in mathematics and science, Jack chose to move to the commercial world in the late 1980’s. He joined the financial services industry full time in 1989 and has continuously been a proper authority holder since 1991 making him an early entrant to the world of financial planning and funds management.
After 5 years with a major mutual and fund manager, Jack moved to a boutique independent Licenced Dealer operating under an unrestricted Dealers Licence. As a Proper Authority holder he and his business partner Anne Callahan built a practice, which has the hallmarks of scholarship and a “broad curriculum”. Milestones include being a “Top ten” producer within the Lonsdale Network.
Jack enjoys investigating complex ideas and products and where appropriate he uses esoteric, boutique and complex products. He presents complex ideas lucidly and is a popular platform speaker. Jack’s practice is still operating today and now holds its own AFS Licence
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 Mr. David Pearce,
President & CEO,
Miasole
Mr. Pearce’s accomplishments include major breakthroughs in the production of hard disks for the data storage industry, low cost optical filters for fiber optic communications and now, thin-film solar cells that dramatically lower the cost of solar generated electricity. Mr. Pearce holds a BS in Industrial Management from Georgia Tech and an MBA from the University of Texas.
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Mr. Bill Prindle,
Deputy Director,
American Council for Energy Efficiency Economy
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 Mr. Nile Ramsbottom,
President & COO,
Renewable Energy Group
Nile Ramsbottom has over 35 years of experience in value added agriculture and serves as President of REG. Prior to REG, Mr. Ramsbottom served as Executive Vice President of Soy and Nutrition of West Central where he established West Central as a leader in the emerging biodiesel industry. Mr. Ramsbottom also oversaw the Nutrition and Soy businesses for West Central, which distributed more than 135,000 tons in 2005 to local Iowa producers. Furthermore, Mr. Ramsbottom led the production, sales and marketing efforts of the West Central's dairy industry products, SoyPLUS® and SoyChlor®, which represented over 250,000 tons sold in 2005. Sales growth of these divisions has averaged over 10% compounded annually during his tenure.
Prior to joining West Central, Mr. Ramsbottom spent 30 years with Ralston Purina and Purina Mills, serving as an Executive Vice President and Officer. Mr. Ramsbottom has extensive experience in the areas of value added agriculture, general management, sales, business development and commodities management. Currently, Mr. Ramsbottom serves on the Board of Directors of Simmons Foods, Inc. in Siloam Springs, AR, on the Board of Trustees for Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, and on the Board of Directors of Western Iowa Energy. Mr. Ramsbottom holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in Business Administration and Economics from Simpson College where he earned the prestigious Wall Street Journal award.
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Mr. Dan Reicher,
President,
New Energy Capital
David is the founder and Managing Partner of DFJ Element, a $292 million cleantech venture firm dedicated to investments in environmental efficiency and the economics of scarcity. With more than 15 years of venture capital experience, David has been a prominent investor in energy and other clean technology companies for over 22 years and as a founder of two leading funds in the space, is considered one of the pioneers of cleantech investing.
Prior to forming Element Venture Partners, David co-founded and was a Managing Director of EnerTech Capital Partners, a $290 million series of funds focused on energy, communications and other clean technologies. Previously, David also founded and served as President and CEO of Deven Resources, Inc., a private equity firm dedicated to the acquisition and development of energy properties, and from 1984 to 1991, was a partner with a Philadelphia-based private equity and financial services firm. David began his career with UGI Corporation, a diversified utility holding company where he was engaged in a number of roles with both the regulated and unregulated energy divisions.
David holds a BA with honors in Geology from Colgate University and a MS in Energy Management and Policy from the University of Pennsylvania. Previous investments led by David include Capstone Turbine Corp., Catalytic Solutions, Inc., Advent Solar, Comverge, Inc., Franklin Fuel Cells, Inc., FuelQuest, Inc., Intellon Corp., and Orcom Solutions, Inc. among others. David’s present areas of interest include renewable energy and energy storage technologies, advanced materials, resource optimization and the upstream energy sector.
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Ms. Rosemary Ripley,
Partner,
NGEN
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 Mr. Mark Shorrock,
CEO,
Low Carbon Accelerator
Mark Shorrock is the founder of Low Carbon Initiative, the investment manager of Low Carbon Accelerator.
Since 2003, Mark has worked with a group of advisers to identify business solutions to climate change seeking out fast growing businesses capable of reducing CO2 emissions immediately and uncovered numerous strong management teams and solid business models which, in many cases, were synergistic with other potentially fast growing businesses. It was this preparatory work which led to the formation of Low Carbon Initiative and Low Carbon Accelerator.
Mark was formerly founder and CEO of Wind Energy Ltd, the UK’s largest independent developer of wind farms with over 650MW of onshore wind power in planning in Scotland which has recently sold a majority stake to the US multinational AES, creating a substantial return on investment for its founder shareholders.
Mark also founded Living Places which, under the brand of Living Villages, is a developer of energy efficient houses and is currently seeking planning permission for c.500 houses in 3 separate developments in Scotland. Mark put together an experienced management team, finance and a Scottish network of landowners, land agents and planners in order to grow the brand on the back of the first successful Living Villages development in Shropshire.
Mark's early career was in the film industry where he produced a number of films and set up a number of drama and film productions.
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Mr. Alex Sloan,
Principal,
Expansion Capital Partners
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 Mr. Steve Taub,
Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing-Renewables,
GE Energy Financial Services
Steven Taub is Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing for renewable energy at GE Energy Financial Services of Stamford, CT. In this role he analyzes the global renewable energy industry to guide GE's investment activities along three dimensions: renewable energy resources and technologies, regional markets and value chain position. He also works closely with GE Energy Financial Services' investment professionals to evaluate specific investment opportunities and to create and develop new ones.
Prior to joining GE, Steve was with Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), where he was engaged in research and strategic consulting on energy technology and electric power for a wide range of clients worldwide. His responsibilities at CERA included coverage of the technology, economics, policies, markets, and industry dynamics of all forms of renewable power, as well as distributed generation (such as fuel cells and cogeneration), gasification, nuclear energy, and other power generating technologies. At CERA, Steve worked on policy issues including electric transmission, distribution, energy metering, wholesale market design, power market modeling, long-range scenario planning, and corporate strategy development.
Prior to CERA, Mr. Taub was with the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., where he served as a career employee in the office of the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management and the Office of New Production Reactors.
Steve earned master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University. He also completed a U.S. DOE engineering intern program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA.
Mr. Taub is a native of Hauppauge, NY and currently resides in Brookline, MA.
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Mr. Meir Ukeles,
Israel Cleantech
Meir Ukeles, General Partner, 34, brings extensive financial, market and strategic analysis, public and private equity deal execution and technology understanding to the ICV Fund. Meir began his career in 1996, working together with Glen Schwaber at Jerusalem Global Ltd., an Israeli merchant bank that was a leading source of private equity funding for Israeli tech companies during the 1990s. At Jerusalem Global, Ukeles led the angel financing of QXL Ltd., an investment which generated the highest IRR in the firm’s history. He also led the initiation and structuring of a joint venture between Jerusalem Global and CDC, Taiwan’s largest investment bank, which led CDC to become a major LP in the Jerusalem Global Ventures VC fund. Following his tenure at Jerusalem Global, Meir served for two years as an officer in one of the Israeli Defense Forces technology unit.
From 2000 to 2004, Meir worked in the investment banking and equity research groups at SG Cowen, a leading technology and healthcare investment bank. As a banker, he worked on M&A and public equity transactions for Israeli and US companies that raised in excess of $300 million. As a research analyst, Meir covered the defense technology and services sector, making recommendations regarding investment in consolidating industries that generated substantial returns to investors (including Veridian, Titan, SRA International, MTC Technologies, and Anteon). Following his return to Israel in 2004, Meir served as CFO of Sentry Technology Group Inc., an Israeli-US defense & homeland security startup, based in part on a broad JV with Israel Aircraft Industries.
Meir holds a B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia College in Political Science and East Asian Studies, and speaks Mandarin.
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Mr. Wal van Lierop,
President & CEO,
Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital
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 Mr. Tim Walsh,
Senior Relationship Manager,
Silicon Valley Bank
Tim Walsh, Silicon Valley Bank – Senior Relationship Manger. Tim has sixteen years of experience in financial services and has been with Silicon Valley Bank since 1997. At SVB, Tim is responsible for developing new relationships and structuring debt facilities for Technology and Clean Technology companies. Prior to SVB, Tim was a business development officer and managed a $200MM portfolio of asset-based credit facilities for NBD Bank in Detroit Michigan. Tim has a BA from Indiana University.
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 Ms. Marianne Wu,
Partner,
Mohr, Davidow Ventures
Marianne Wu leverages her broad business and technology background to identify new investments and work with portfolio companies at MDV. She focuses on energy and materials investments.
Prior to joining MDV, Marianne was vice president of marketing at ONI Systems where she was responsible for product strategy and market development. Earlier in her career, Marianne was a consultant at McKinsey and Company where she advised major technology clients on strategic and operational issues. Marianne has conducted state-of-the-art research in MEMS and optical devices at Stanford University and started her career as a design engineer at Nortel Networks where she developed high-speed networking technologies.
Industry Affiliations: Member of Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association (HYSTA) VC Group; Environmental Entrepreneurs and the China-US Energy Efficiency Alliance.
Education: Marianne earned both her doctoral and master's degrees from the School of Engineering at Stanford University and her bachelor's in Applied Science at the University of British Columbia.
Recent Events: International Congress of Nanotechnology (ICNT) (November 2006)
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