In 1998 he was named Renewable Energy Man of the Year of India for his work in brining financing to solar energy markets, and in 1999 formed a $50 million joint venture between Shell and ESKOM in South Africa which electrified 10,000 off-grid homes with solar home systems. He has over 25 years of experience in renewable energy, power generation, high technology, and finance. Previously, he was Chairman/CEO of United Power Systems, Inc.; Co-founder and Vice President of the venture capital firm Areté Ventures, Inc.; Manager of Strategic Planning for the Power Systems Sector of General Electric Company; and a Principal of Booz, Allen & Hamilton’s energy practice where he conducted many of the original national studies in the 1970s on emerging energy technologies including solar PV, solar heating & cooling, solar thermal-electric, windpower, hydropower, geothermal energy, cogeneration, energy storage, advanced coal combustion, gasification, liquefaction, synthetic fuels, and advanced nuclear. He served in the US Navy Submarine Service. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. |
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