| John Woolard |
John Woolard co-founded Silicon Energy, one of the first successful clean tech companies, focused on enterprise energy management, 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. Prior to BrightSource Energy John was an Executive-in-Residence in VantagePoint Venture Partner’s CleanTech Group and remains an advisor to the firm. With over twenty years in the energy technology field, John has worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, PG&E;, and Alpine Software. John is co-author of a patent for web-based Energy Management systems and has been a member of several executive sessions on National Energy Policy in Washington D.C. John is a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and has served on the Board of the California Clean Energy Fund, the Tuolumne River Preservation Trust, and the Strategic Advisory Board for Xcel Energy and currently serves on the Lester Center Advisory Board-Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley. John holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley, a Masters in Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia. |
