Ariel Lechter is the President and CEO of Clean Water Technology, Inc. (“CWT”), which is a leading manufacturer of industrial wastewater equipment. Since Mr. Lechter joined the company in 2002, CWT has become a full treatment solutions company in the wastewater field with offices in the US, Mexico, South America and China. 

Prior to CWT, Mr. Lechter cofounded Mexicompras Holdings LLC from which he served as the CEO of an innovative company servicing the wire transfer industry.  Mr. Lechter started his career in Private Equity, where he held key positions in portfolio companies in the industries of transportation, fast food, packaging and finance.
 

Mr. Lechter has an MBA from the Presidential Key Executive Program of Pepperdine University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Dick LeFave
Former Chief Information Officer, Sprint Nextel
Dick LeFave was the Chief Information Officer for Sprint Nextel, a role he previously held with Nextel Communications, Inc. He was responsible for the strategic deployment of IT resources throughout Sprint Nextel. Mr. LeFave joined Nextel in February 1999 and has more than 29 years of experience in IT, including more than 20 years as CIO for The Boston Company, Thomas Cook Travel of American Express Company, Southern New England Telephone and Sprint. Mr. LeFave serves as the Chairman of the CIO Council for the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) for 2007 and is the Co-Chair for the Technology Council of the Billions Minds Foundation. He has recently started a consulting company known as D&L Partners, LLC which is focused on IT strategy and synergy attainment. He is actively involved with technology programs that support not for profit organizations as well as promoting new technologies at the university level.

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Estelle Lloyd
Managing Director and Founder, Venture Business Research
(Clean Tech Summit Advisory Committee member)
Estelle Lloyd is the founder and Managing Director of Venture Business Research, a leading global source of research and deal flow intelligence on venture capital and private equity funds and their investments, M&A and the public capital markets in the Clean Technologies and Renewable Energy sector. By focusing on fundraisings currently marketed, acquisition targets, M&A opportunities and upcoming IPOs VBR delivers actionable intelligence that provides insight into tomorrow's industry leading companies. In addition, Venture Business Research’s research platform offers the most accurate and comprehensive databases of deals and investors analyzed by private placements, buyouts, PIPEs, M&A and IPOs to facilitate corporate finance decision-making. Members of Venture Business Resarch’s research services range from governments and multinational companies to investment banks, venture capitalists, private equity funds, hedge funds and law firms in over 55 countries.

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K.C. Mares
President and Chief Energy Officer, MegaWatt Consulting
K.C. Mares is President and Chief Energy Officer at MegaWatt Consulting. Previously, he was the Director of Data Center Strategy at Yahoo!, in which he negotiated and managed all global data center providers as well as developed greenfield data centers for the company. KC has also led these responsibilities and data center operations as well as energy consulting for Google, BEA Systems, Equinix, Exodus, Sun Microsystems and other data center developers. Mr. Mares specializes in utility rate and capacity negotiations for corporate and collocation data centers, as well as energy efficiency and renewable energy investments. He is experienced in supply-side, demand-side, power-reliability and power quality solutions. He has developed co-generation strategies and systems for large technology centers including data centers. He is currently developing a large-scale wind farm and other renewable generation projects.

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Jason Mark
U.S. Transportation Program Director, Energy Foundation
Jason Mark is the U.S. Transportation Program Director at the Energy Foundation. From 1995 to 2006, Mr. Mark worked for the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), ultimately as the national Director of the Clean Vehicles Program and as the organization’s California Director. He was the lead author on many UCS reports in the transportation and energy field. Before joining UCS, Mr. Mark worked as an independent consultant on transportation policy analysis as well as at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Princeton University. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Princeton University and a master's in energy and resources from the University of California at Berkeley.

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Rob McAndrew
Senior Vice President of Business Development and Managing Director of U.S. Carbon Markets for the Chicago Climate Exchange
Rob McAndrew is Senior Vice President of Business Development and Managing Director of U.S. Carbon Markets for the Chicago Climate Exchange.  He is responsible for developing liquidity and increasing trading in CCX and Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE) Carbon Financial Instruments (CFIs) and CFI-based products through recruitment of financial sector participants.  Rob also manages U.S. investor relations for CCX's parent, Climate Exchange, plc (CLE.L).  Prior to joining CCX, Rob worked in the capital markets as an institutional equity sales trader for ten years.  He is also a licensed attorney and practiced law for three years as a litigation associate.  A Rhode Island native, Rob received both his Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Science degrees from Boston College.

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Ben L. McMakin
Senior Director/Governmental Issues, Van Ness Feldman, PC
Ben L. McMakin is Senior Director of Governmental Issues at Van Ness Feldman in Washington, DC, where he lobbies on an array of issues including appropriations, transportation, defense, international trade, technology, and homeland security. Previously, he served as the Legislative Director for Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the senior Senator from Washington and a member of the Senate Democratic leadership team. In this position, Mr. McMakin developed and implemented the legislative agenda, including all of her work at the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee where she serves as the ranking Democrat. Furthermore, he worked extensively with the staffs and members of the Defense, Energy and Water, Commerce, Interior, Agriculture, Labor HHS, and Education subcommittees to successfully fund projects and programs of importance to the Pacific Northwest and the country. Before that, Mr. McMakin served as Legislative Director for Representative Ron Wyden (D-OR), where he worked on the 1996 Telecommunications Act as it was considered by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He also served from 1991 to 1994 as Legislative Director for Representative Mike Kopetski (D-OR), where he managed the Representative’s work at the House Ways and Means Committee on such issues as international trade, tax, and health care.

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Walter S. McManus 
Director, Automotive Analysis Division, University of Michigan
Walter S. McManus is currently the Director of the Automotive Analysis Division of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), a position he has held since 2005. The Automotive Analysis Division describes and analyzes the automotive industry's current developments and future directions and provides research and analysis, information resources, and communication forums that meet the evolving needs of the international automotive and related industries. The Division develops, disseminates, and applies knowledge to improve industry practices and government policies in manufacturing, supply chain relationships, responsiveness to consumers, and environmental impacts. Previously, he has served as the Executive Director, Forecasting and Analytics at J.D. Power and Associates, a market research firm, from 1999-2005. At J.D. Power, he developed a variety of forecasting auto sales models in most markets worldwide. Prior to J.D. Power and Associates, he worked for General Motors in forecasting, marketing, and product development. He conducts research on new automotive technologies and their impact on society and the environment, the market potential of alternative vehicle propulsion systems including, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and diesel-powered vehicles, and government policy toward the industry.

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Glenn Mercer
Former Partner, Automotive Senior Practice Expert, McKinsey & Co.
(Clean Tech Summit Advisory Committee member)
Glenn Mercer was a Partner and Senior Practice Expert of the automotive practice at McKinsey & Company from 1985-2006. Mr. Mercer has over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry. He has worked in private equity for the last few years and was a Director of several automotive firms and the International Motor Vehicle Program at MIT, Wharton, and Tokyo. At McKinsey, Mr. Mercer worked with the management of many American, European, and Asian car makers, suppliers, and aftermarket firms on topics including distribution strategy, product development processes, technology introductions, dealership relations, supplier management, and purchasing strategy and tactics. He has also worked with dealerships, automotive insurers, used car specialists, truck firms, car rental companies, and automotive finance companies.

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Garland A. Middendorf
President and Chief Executive officer, Wolf Lake Terminals, Inc.
Garland Middendorf is president, CEO and a major shareholder of Wolf Lake Terminals, Inc., a bulk liquid storage, blending and processing Company with offices in the Chicago, Illinois area. In addition to Wolf Lake Terminals, Mr. Middendorf owns and operates other liquid storage terminals and industrial warehouse facilities in the Midwest.  Mr. Middendorf also was the developer and a shareholder of Evergreen Renewables, LLC a 30 million gallon/year bio-diesel plant at the Wolf Lake Terminals Hammond, Indiana location.  Among other investments Mr. Middendorf is a shareholder in Global Clean Energy Holdings a Jatropha plantation company in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.  Mr. Middendorf is the founder and major shareholder of Jatropha Corp S.A. which is developing Jatropha plantations in the Mexico states of Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Tamaulipas. Mr. Middendorf has over 35 years experience in liquid and dry bulk logistics and has been in the biofuels and renewable energy field for 12 years. Other business activities include marketing fuel additives, sugarcane ethanol, and development of sweet sorghum for ethanol. Mr. Middendorf has a Bachelors of Science degree with a major in accounting from the University of Missouri.  He served 14 years as a board member and Chairman of the Independent Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA).  Mr. Middendorf has been an advisor and presented positions on biofuels and logistics to the National Biodiesel Board, Independent Lubricants Manufactures Association, the ILTA and APLA the Latin America Petrochemical Association.

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Ryan O’Connor, PhD
Managing Partner/CEO, O’Connor & Company
Ryan O’Connor, PhD, is the Managing Partner and CEO of O’Connor & Company. Dr. O’Connor is responsible for patent preparation and prosecution, as well as intellectual-property strategy consulting for chemicals, materials, energy, and biotechnology industries. Dr. O’Connor is concurrently serving as the Director of Intellectual Property for Range Fuels, a venture capital-funded cellulosic-ethanol company. Previously, he helped NatureWorks (Cargill) in inventing and commercializing new biorefining technologies to turn biomass into polylactide plastics, chemicals, and energy. Dr. O’Connor has more than a dozen years of R&D, IP, and business experience in the chemicals, energy, and biotechnology industries.

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Kelly Ogilvie
President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Marble Energy
Kelly is a co-founder and President of Blue Marble Energy. Based in Seattle, Blue Marble Energy is an algae biomass to energy company that is pioneering algae applicationsor petroleum displacement and other renewable products.

Kelly has a strong political and business background, with a wide range of experience extending from working for the Mayor of Seattle Greg Nickels, former Washington State Governor Gary Locke, national and local campaigns, Paul Allen's Vulcan, and the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Kelly has a passion for alternative energy and clean technology which led him to pursue the development of BME's algae to energy technology and business model with James

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Bruce Pasternack
Venture Partner, CMEA Ventures
Bruce Pasternack is a Venture Partner at CMEA Ventures in San Francisco, specializing in cleantech energy investments.  He served as President and CEO of Special Olympics from 2005-2007.  In that capacity, he led the worldwide Headquarters function of over 200 people and worked collaboratively with over 200 accredited programs in over 165 Countries.  He was responsible for strategic leadership, HR, finance, communications, brand management, government relations, special events, fundraising, and board management for this global movement which provides year-round sports training and competition to over 2.5 million children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

From 1976-2005, Bruce was a Senior Vice President and Managing Partner in San Francisco for the global management consulting firm of Booz Allen Hamilton.  He was managing partner of the firm’s global Energy, Chemicals, and Pharmaceuticals Practice and was the founding partner of Booz Allen’s global Organization and Strategic Leadership Center, and led the firm’s business in Silicon Valley.  He served in many governance roles, including the firm’s Board of Directors, Chair of its Personnel and Nominating Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee.

Previously, he served as Associate Administrator for Policy and Program Management of the Federal Energy Administration (now Dept. of Energy), where he led the energy policy process in the Executive Branch and was principal staff to the President’s Energy Resources Council, a Cabinet group assembled to coordinate energy policy.  He participated in the Camp David Energy Summit and testified many times in Congress.  Prior to FEA, he was a senior staff member of the President’s Council on Environmental Quality.

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Rituraj Pathak
Director, Vitale Nandan Bio-Pharma Sciences Pvt. Ltd.

Holding Masters in Business Administration (MBA), specializing in Finance, from a leading Institute of Management. Currently holding Director’s position in Vitale Nandan Bio-Pharma Sciences Pvt. Ltd.

Mr.Pathak has vast experience of international trade and practices. His specialization prevails in various areas of business defining, business development, financial management and management application skills have provided excellent policies for cost reduction and management programs.

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Richard A. Penna
Partner, Van Ness Feldman, PC
Richard A. Penna is a partner at Van Ness Feldman in Washington, DC, where he specializes in federal environmental law and regulation, an area in which he has practiced in both the public and private sectors for nearly thirty years. During that time he has represented clients in the motor vehicle, chemical and transportation industries on matters involving motor vehicle emissions, fuel economy regulations, climate change, plant sitings and operations, hazardous waste control, Superfund proceedings, permitting and enforcement matters and the environmental consequences of the acquisition and sale of real property. Mr. Penna has been active in numerous rulemaking actions that have resulted from the enactment of that law and has represented clients in enforcement actions brought by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Mr. Penna served in the Office of Enforcement and General Counsel of the EPA. He was involved in the development and litigation of State Implementation Plans for ozone (smog) and carbon monoxide reduction. Mr. Penna served as Assistant Director of the National Commission on Air Quality, a Congressionally mandated commission that was responsible for recommending modifications to the Clean Air Act. Mr. Penna has served as Vice Chairman of the American Bar Association Air Quality Subcommittee and is a frequent speaker on Clean Air Act and fuel economy programs.

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Carlos V. Pineda
Senior Development Officer, General Compression
Carlos Pineda has dedicated ten years to developing and financing clean energy projects, and over sixteen years to working in international economic development. Mr. Pineda leads General Compression’s project development group, focused on creating the next generation of wind energy projects.  GC’s projects utilize its proprietary Dispatchable Wind Power System (DWPS™), which combines wind and compressed air energy storage to generate firm and baseload wind power. Carlos previously was partner at Biofuels Capital Partners LLC, a private equity fund focused on clean fuels and renewable power, and currently sits on the Advisory Board of BCP. As Director of Development for Orion Energy LLC (now BP Alternative Energy), Mr. Pineda managed 550 MW of wind energy projects in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest, including the permitting and development of Oregon's 450 MW Biglow Canyon Wind Farm, one of the country’s largest wind projects. Prior to that, he was Director at AES Corporation, where he led the development of a $650 million liquefied natural gas receiving terminal and a 580 MW combined cycle gas turbine plant, designed to introduce natural gas and supply clean power to all of Central America. Also at AES, Mr. Pineda conducted pro forma modeling on the $728 million project financing of a 454 MW clean coal project in Puerto Rico.  Mr. Pineda began his career in the Energy and Natural Resources Project Finance Group at BNP Paribas and as Associate in the Environment Department of the World Bank.  He also taught high school biology for two years with Teach For America, Inc.  Mr. Pineda received a Bachelor’s in Human Biology with Honors in Latin American Studies from Stanford University, a MBA from the Yale School of Management, and a Master’s in Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

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Wes Raffel
General Partner, Advanced Technology Ventures
Wes joined ATV in 1999 and focuses on investments in cleantech and infrastructure.  His representative investments include Anagran, Apprion, CaliSolar, Omneon Video Networks, PacketDesign, Redline Networks (acquired by Juniper Networks NASDAQ: JNPR), and Sub-One Technology.

Prior to ATV, Wes served as vice president of sales and general manager at Informix Software where he was last responsible for the Company's Web and e-commerce business. He held positions as acting CEO and senior vice president of sales and marketing at AssureNet Pathways, which was acquired by Axent Technologies. He also was vice president of sales and marketing at Global Village Communications, where he grew revenue from zero to over $100 million in three years. Wes spent nearly 10 years of his career with 3Com in various sales and marketing roles, lastly driving the rapid growth of its non-European international business as the vice president of intercontinental operations.  He holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.A., Cum Laude, from Harvard College.

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David Raney
Senior Manager, Environmental and Energy Affairs, Honda North America, Inc.

David Raney is Senior Manager, Environmental and Energy Affairs for Honda in the United States, overseeing compliance and environmental and energy policy for all of Honda’s passenger motor vehicles, small power products and engines, and motorcycle and off-highway recreational vehicles. He has been involved in safety, environmental and energy policy and regulatory affairs in the auto industry for the majority of his career.  David began his professional career with Deere & Company in 1980 and continued at Saab-Scania of America from 1983 to 1993.  He has been with American Honda Motor Company, Inc. since 1993.  David graduated from The University of Oklahoma with a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 1980 and completed the Executive MBA program at UCLA’s Anderson School of Business in 2006.  He is a government appointee to the Federal Clean Air Act Advisory Committee and that Committee’s Mobile Source Technical Review Subcommittee. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Elementary Institute of Science in San Diego, Santa Barbara Community Environmental Council, the Supporting Council of Resources for the Future, Advisory Council of Rand’s Pardee Graduate School, and is a guest lecturer on environmental management and policy at Johns Hopkins University and UC Santa Barbara. He resides in Los Angeles, and is based at Honda’s North American corporate headquarters in Torrance, California.

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Glenn R. Rink
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of AbTech Industries, Inc.

Entrepreneur, Glenn R. Rink, founder of AbTech Industries, Inc., engineered its innovative Smart Sponge® technology to provide clean water solutions to the many serious community and industrial water-pollution issues. Since the Company’s inception in June 1995, Mr. Rink has led AbTech Industries, Inc. through its transition from a start-up R&D venture to an operating environmental technology company with more than $20 million invested to date. AbTech’s cornerstone patented technology, the Smart Sponge®, is deployed in 36 states and 8 countries in the Commercial, Industrial, Municipal and Aviation sectors. Under Mr. Rink’s leadership, AbTech Industries, Inc. was selected by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen Top 100 Company and the winner of their overall Water Technologies Water Management award. Mr. Rink recently appeared on Discovery Chanel’s Planet Green, Good Morning America and the Fox Business Report Network.  AbTech has been featured in numerous key water trade publications, the November 2008 issue of Inc. Magazine, and will be featured in an upcoming show on the Science Channel slated for Earth Day 2009.

From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Rink served as the President of HydroGrowth International, an agricultural products company that specializes in aqueous absorption polymer technology.  The advancement of this technology at HydroGrowth expanded into the development and application of polymer technologies to hydrocarbons and fostered the founding of AbTech.

Prior to founding HydroGrowth, Mr. Rink was involved in the restaurant industry where he participated in business acquisitions and expansions that resulted in the creation of a successful restaurant franchise business. 

Mr. Rink currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Waterkeepers Alliance, Inc., a non-profit organization known as the largest and fastest growing environmental group focused on Water.  He is a passionate advocate for the environment. 

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Peter Robertson
Partner, Crowell & Moring
Peter D. Robertson is a Partner at Crowell & Moring in Washington, DC, where he focuses in the area of public policy, especially environmental/energy law and policy. His work ranges from representing clients on energy and environmental policy matters to negotiating settlements of environmental enforcement cases to regulatory work in the energy and environmental arenas. Previously, he served as Acting Deputy Administrator and Chief of Staff of the US Environmental Protection Agency during the Clinton Administration. He provided policy guidance to the Agency and served as a liaison between the Agency and all stakeholders, including business, state and local governments, NGOs and others. Prior to his service at EPA, Mr. Robertson was in the private practice of law. He also served for more than six years on Capitol Hill as a staff member to the Committee on the Budget of the U.S. House of Representatives and as Legislative Assistant.

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Brian Sheets
CEO, SKYRON Systems Inc.
Brian Sheets is CEO of SKYRON Systems Inc., an emerging firm in the field of onsite generation.  His career as an operations executive includes senior management assignments in LCD technology, embedded computers, telecom, medical devices, and semiconductors.  Prior executive assignments include: Sarif Inc., Radisys Corporation, Ralin Medical, Bipolar Integrated Technologies, and Lattice Semiconductor.  Mr. Sheets holds both Bachelor of Science and Masters Degree’s in Business Administration, is a Beta Gamma Sigma graduate, and served six years on the Industry Board of Advisors for the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University.  He also serves as the Oregon Wing Leader for Angel Flight West, a charitable aviation organization that provides free transportation to patients requiring long distance medical care.  Mr. Sheets is a Vietnam-era veteran, having served as a combat engineer while in the Army.

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Laura Shenkar
Principal, The Artemis Project
Laura Shenkar is a principal at The Artemis Project. Her consulting practice combines business development for pioneering water technology projects with projects that apply water conservation approaches to large corporations. Ms. Shenkar's clients include Wal-Mart and Bain and Company. Additionally, she supports innovative government policy initiatives that drive efficiency for water resources. Ms. Shenkar co-authored Environmental Entrepreneurs' Water Policy paper, which has informed recommendations for achieving the reduction of greenhouse gases in California's landmark AB32 legislation. She has served on the senior executive teams of three start ups through their establishment as market leaders. Ms. Shenkar holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard University.

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Dr. Fatemeh Shirazi
Founder, President, and Chief Technology Officer, Microvi Biotech Inc.
Dr. Fatemeh Shirazi is the Founder and President of Microvi Biotech Inc., a leading clean water innovator formed in 2004. Prior to Microvi Biotech, Dr. Shirazi served for 10 years in research & development and management positions with A&E firms. She has over 16 years of experience as an environmental and chemical engineer and is an expert in biotechnology and clean water technologies. Dr. Shirazi’s research has led to a ground-breaking portfolio of intellectual property, including patents, materials, and process trade secrets. She has been the principal investigator of major research projects and has served multiple times as a technical committee reviewer at the National Institute of Health and Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Shirazi focuses on advanced biotechnologies and novel clean solutions for unmet needs in the water industry.

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Rahul Sood
Chief Technology, Voodoo Business Unit (VBU), Hewlett-Packard Company
Rahul Sood is the Chief Technology Officer of the Voodoo Business Unit (VBU) at Hewlett Packard. He is responsible for managing the technical strategy for consumer gaming and high performance devices. As a member of the Hewlett Packard research and development council he is also responsible for the development of the product vision and identifying relevant intellectual property within HP Labs and through other partners that can be commercialized via the gaming business. Previously, he was the Founder and President of VoodooPC, a manufacturer of high-end luxury and gaming computers. He was responsible for the development of innovative technologies such as fanless PC technology, liquid cooling and active liquid chilling and bringing them to market in the high-performance computing industry. HP acquired VoodooPC on September of 2006 and Voodoo became the third master brand of HP. He follows all major technology companies as he leads the architecture and product strategy for HP's high end devices.

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Daniel Sperling
Member, California Air Resources Board, Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, Professor of Transportation Engineering and Environmental Policy, University of California, Davis
Daniel Sperling is Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy, founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, and acting director of the Energy Efficiency Center at the University of California, Davis (ITS-Davis). In February 2007, Governor Schwarzenegger appointed Dr. Sperling to the “automotive” seat on the California Air Resources Board. Dr. Sperling is recognized as a leading international expert on transportation technology assessment, energy and environmental aspects of transportation, and transportation policy. He is author or editor of 200 technical articles and 10 books – including the forthcoming Two Billion Cars (Oxford University Press, 2009) -- and has testified ten times to the US Congress and California Legislature on alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technology. He was “lead author” of the transportation chapter in the 2007 IPCC report, “Mitigation of Climate Change” and is a a recent member of eleven National Academies committees on transportation, energy, and climate topics,  He was appointed co-chair of the Davos World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobility in 2008 and selected a National Associate of the National Academies in 2004; He earned his Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley (with minors in Economics and Energy & Resources) and his B.S. in Environmental Engineering and Urban Planning from Cornell University. Professor Sperling worked two years as an environmental planner for the US Environmental Protection Agency and two years as an urban planner in the Peace Corps in Honduras.

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Lawrence Sullivan
Chief Technology Officer, Kreido Biofuels Inc.
Lawrence Sullivan is the Chief Technology Officer for Kreido Biofuels, Inc. Mr. Sullivan has experience in managing petroleum projects in Europe, US, and Middle East. Mr. Sullivan also has experience in providing engineering and management consultancy services for upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas projects, biodiesel projects, and renewable fuels and chemicals. His experience includes working with Dresser Europe, ICI, Conoco UK, Dupont, and other leading firms in energy, chemical, engineering, biofuels, and consulting industries. Mr. Sullivan was the Principal of Lawrence D. Sullivan and Company, where he was responsible for providing consultancy on energy, oil and gas, chemical, and petrochemical business development and investment strategies to capital investment and private equity firms. Before Kreido, Mr. Sullivan led biodiesel development at Delta-T Corporation.

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Robert Syputa
Partner, Maravedis Telecommunications Research
Robert Syputa is Senior Analyst and Partner of Maravedis Telecommunications Research, a consulting services provider to wireless IC, equipment, network service provider companies and the financial community. He is a co-author of Maravedis' latest report "WiMax, LTE NGMN World-wide Industry Report, 5th Edition". Robert has consulted in WiFi, WiMax, LTE, and 3G mobile broadband wireless technology and market developments for leading firms including Intel, Nokia, Motorola, Qualcomm, Alvarion, Navini (now part of Cisco). Mr. Syputa speaks yearly at over 8 international forums including IEC, WiMax World, Interop, IPR Forum, and Mobile WiMax Global Forum. He is a speaker on topics including: WiMax and LTE Business Developments, and and IPR Positions and Strategies.

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Steve Taber
CEO, Nordic Windpower
Mr Taber is co-founder & CEO of Nordic Windpower, manufacturer of an innovative and
highly competitive wind turbine generator. Under his leadership, Nordic has completed two
rounds of private equity funding, accomplished a major acquisition, recruited a world-class
management team, expanded its IP portfolio, organized a robust and stable international
supply chain, built a strong quality organization, achieved market traction, and delivered a
very substantial increase in shareholder value. Nordic will enter commercial production in
late 2008.

Mr Taber was co-founder, Chairman, & CEO of the Princeton Energy Group, a leading developer
of renewable energy projects in various sectors and in markets throughout the world. The
group has led the industry in numerous areas of innovation, particularly innovation in
business models and financing techniques. From 1994 through 2003, he managed the
group's highly successful retail-side energy efficiency development activities, with programs
in its home market in North America as well as in Asia and Latin America. Princeton's
programs significantly outperformed their financial projections and have won the appreciation
of customers and utilities alike. Under his leadership, the group has also developed several
wholesale-side renewable energy projects. Mr. Taber has personally arranged complex and
innovative financings for many of these developments.

As an architect, Mr. Taber has designed many highly influential buildings, gaining
international recognition for innovation in energy efficiency. Among his projects were multifamily
housing, facilities for the elderly, research laboratories, office buildings, wineries,
religious buildings, major military installations, and projects in the US National Parks. Mr.
Taber's work has won national design competitions and has served as demonstration projects
in energy-efficient design for the U.S. and state governments. Through publications,
professional education, and policy initiatives, Mr. Taber's work has influenced the work of
countless architects and builders.

Mr. Taber has been a leader in the development of public policy for energy use. As Chairman
of the Professional Advisory Group to the California Energy Commission, he won an industrywide
consensus in support of regulations for responsible energy use in buildings. As
Committee Chairman of the CC/AIA, Mr. Taber led an influential policy-making activity which
called for incentive-based utility programs and internalization of environmental costs,
principles which have since become central to national and state energy policy. Mr. Taber
was one of the founding principals of the Pacific Environment, a non-profit corporation which
has led the environmental community in habitat protection and sound ecosystem
management in the former Soviet Union and around the Pacific Rim. He served as Chairman
of the Technical Advisory Committee to the California Board for Energy Efficiency.
Mr. Taber studied at Princeton, received the Master of Architecture degree Phi Beta Kappa
from U.C. Berkeley, and received an English-Speaking Union Fellowship for study in Great
Britain.

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Jeffrey Turner
Senior Partner, Patton Boggs L.L.P.
Jeffrey Turner is a senior partner in Patton Boggs' Washington, D.C., office. His practice focuses on public policy issues, including energy policy, tax policy, telecommunications and copyright policy, sanctions policy, homeland security, and a host of other public policy issues. As a member of the firm’s Public Policy Department, he helps clients block harmful legislation and regulatory policies and to chart a course for enactment of favorable legislation and regulatory policies. Mr. Turner has represented the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power with respect to the enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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Adam Umanoff
Partner, Chadbourne & Parke L.L.P.
Adam Umanoff is a Partner in the Los Angeles, CA office of Chadbourne & Park LLP , where he concentrates his practice on the development, financing, operation, disposition and acquisition of energy projects, with an industry focus on the renewable energy sector. He represents project sponsors and developers, lenders, equity investors and other participants in the sector. Mr. Umanoff formerly served as General Counsel and President and Chief Executive Officer of Enron Wind Corp., at the time the world's third largest wind turbine manufacturer and wind project developer, with annual revenues of approximately $800 million. His experience with Enron Wind Corp.  involved North American and European acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, all aspects of project development, technology transactions and debt and equity financings.

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Stefan Unnasch
General Partner, Life Cycle Associates
Stefan Unnasch is a General Partner with Life Cycle Associates, a consulting firm specializing in the analysis of fuels and clean energy technologies.  Over the past 25 years he supported state, Federal, and international efforts to examine the greenhouse gas impacts of conventional and alternative fuels including California's Zero Emission vehicle program and Low Carbon Fuel Standard.  His current work includes assessments of the process integration, cost, and market potential of cellulose based ethanol production and life cycle assessments of petroleum and advanced biofuels.

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Ravi Vora
Chief Executive Officer, TransWind Energy
(Clean Tech Summit Advisory Committee)
Ravi Vora is the Chief Executive Officer of TransWind Energy, a consulting firm offering a range of strategic advisory, project development, project financing, and industry advisory services in the renewable energy sector. Prior to founding TransWind Energy in 2004, Mr. Vora served as the CEO of North America for Suzlon Wind Energy, where he introduced Suzlon's wind turbine in the US market which led Suzlon’s IPO with market valuation in excess of $3 billion. Between 1999-2001, Mr. Vora was the Managing Director and Board Member of Ahmedabad Electricity Company in India, an investor owned publicly traded electric utility company. In the late 1990s, Mr. Vora served as the Managing Director of Reliant Energy Corporation/ Houston Industries where he led Asia 's largest petcoke cogeneration project.  Prior to his position with Reliant Energy, Mr. Vora served as the Group International Manager at Pace Consultants. Earlier corporate experience was with Gulf Oil Trading / Gulf Oil Corporation as Vice President. In addition to a Masters in International Management from Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management, He holds a BS and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

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Brian Wynne
President, Electric Drive Transportation Association
Brian Wynne was appointed President of the Electric Drive Transportation Association in April 2004. He acts as chief staff executive of this member-based international organization, which promotes battery, hybrid, plug-in and fuel cell vehicles and infrastructure. Mr. Wynne brings in-depth experience in transportation and technology applications gained in leadership roles in trade associations and public-private partnerships. Mr. Wynne previously served as Senior Vice President for business and trade at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America. Prior to that role, he led a global technology association as CEO of AIM International, Inc. Mr. Wynne started his career as a legislative assistant to US Senator Charles Percy and has served on several not-for-profit Boards. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Scranton and a Masters degree from the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. 

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