Clean Tech is one of the few industries growing in the Bay Area right now. The Clean Tech industry is poised for explosive growth across Solar, Wind, Electric Vehicles, Biofuels, and even Nuclear.
We've assembled a world-class panel of Clean Tech Investment Analysts / Journalist, Clean Tech Venture Capitalists and CEOs.
Join us at Club AutoSport's gorgeous automotive enthusiast club in San Jose to ferret out where to invest in the Clean Tech industry and how to position your next career move to capitalize on this exciting opportunity!
Event Detail
Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010
Time: 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Location:
Club Auto Sport
521 Charcot Ave
San Jose, CA 95131
A unique commercial condominium car facility and club, purpose-built for racing and car enthusiasts.
http://www.clubautosport.net
Cost:
Open
General Registration Fee: $25.00
Early Registration Fee: $15.00 before 2/12/2010
Walk-in Registration Fee: $40.00
Hosted By: Kellogg Alumni Club of San Francisco/Bay Area
Contact:
Alexander Kent
Phone: 650-793-0541
alex.kent@symphonic-inv.com
Registration: http://cleantechgoldrush.eventbrite.com
Panelists:
Andrew Friendly - Co-Lead, Advanced Technology Ventures - Clean Tech Practice
Andrew joined venture capital firm, Advanced Technology Ventures, in 2007 and focuses on investments in clean technology companies in the firm's Waltham, MA office. He represents the firm on the boards of AltaRock Energy and Solar Junction, and is an observer on the boards of Rive Technology and Wakonda Technologies.
Andrew co-leads the Renewable Energy Business Network (www.rebn.org), and also co-leads the New England Clean Energy Council's Clean Energy Fellowship Program (www.necec.org).
Previously, Andrew was a director at Idealab in Pasadena, CA, where he evaluated energy and clean technologies for possible investment and company creation. He focused on various areas including solar PV and thermal, fuel cells, hydrogen generation, flywheels, small-scale wind, advanced batteries, and new transportation concepts. He played an active role with Idealab companies, serving on Boards, assisting with strategy, developing partner and customer relationships, and securing venture capital.
Prior to Idealab, Andrew was a Partner at Clean Edge, a strategic consulting practice for the cleantech sector and senior manager of Business Development & Strategy at Zambeel, Inc. Andrew also spent five years at The White House in a variety of positions including Personal Aide to President Clinton and Senior Advisor to the Special Envoy for the Americas where he worked with Congress to design trade legislation and assisted U.S. companies in gaining access to Latin American markets.
Andrew holds an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.A. from Middlebury College.
Representative Investments:
AltaRock Energy, Rive Technology, Solar Junction, Wakonda Technologies
Kelsey B. Lynn - Principal, Firelake Capital Management - Clean Tech Practice
Kelsey is a principal at Firelake Capital Management, where she focuses on private investments in the clean tech sector.
Kelsey leads Firelake’s efforts in the energy storage, smart grid and carbon mitigation sectors, among others.
She serves on the board of EOS Climate and is a board observer with EnerG2, Simbol, Zeachem, and Thin Silicon. As part of her investment strategy, she looks for game-changing technologies backed by smart, savvy entrepreneurs dedicated to improving the status quo.
Kelsey has worked in the energy sector since 2003, when she joined the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University. As a technical researcher at GCEP, Kelsey focused on large-scale energy storage technologies and their potential to mitigate carbon emissions.
She also worked at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and in Google’s green energy strategy group. She has served on the judging committee for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s venture competition and is the co-president for the Bay Area chapter of Young Professionals in Energy (YPE).
Kelsey graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with her bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. She also played women’s rugby while at Stanford, leading her team to the national championship as MVP. She returned to Stanford for a master’s degree in engineering focused on energy systems analysis. Kelsey holds an MBA from Stanford, where she was president of the GSB Energy Club and she currently serves as an external career advisor for Stanford MBA students. Originally from Colorado, Kelsey’s favorite activities include hiking in the mountains, playing pickup basketball, trying to outrun her dog (always unsuccessful), funny costume parties, and anything else that makes her laugh.
Bob Garzee - Founder & CEO Clean Tech Energy and Transportation
Bob founded Synergy EV, Inc. in 1994 and the Electronic Transportation Development Center (ETDC) in 2003. He became the Senior Board Member of the Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition in 2005. He founded and has managed the ETDC since it inception and considers it the Silicon Valley’s “Center of Excellence of Green Transportation”. He recently incorporated Silicon Valley Edition, Inc. that will be the ETDC’s investment arm into Silicon Valley Green Transportation firms.
Bob earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from California State University in Arcata and a Masters of Business Administration from Cal State one year later. He then joined the IBM Corporation as a Systems Engineer and went on to hold the positions of Marketing Representative, National Industry Consultant and Silicon Valley Area Manager in Palo Alto.
Bob has over 40 years experience in executive management in the technical and transportation and engineering fields. He became the CEO of a $70M firm in the Bay Area and then the founder of two Silicon Valley software development firms. He was Congressman Richard Pombo’s Technical Advisor in Silicon Valley and received the American Lung Association and Breathe California Clean Industry Transportation Leadership awards.
Bob has participated in numerous radio and television programs on why Silicon Valley can be the Americas Leader is Alternative Fuel Development and after 6 years in downtown San Jose recently opened a new ETDC Business Support Center at Club Auto Sport. His ETDC organization has been patterned after the Center of Excellence structure including Public-Private groups including Technology companies, Health Organizations, Clean Cities Coalitions, major Municipalities, Order Financing Firms, San Jose State University, and major prototyping facilities, etc.
Bob is the Silicon Valley HD Project Manager for the California Energy Commission Grant proposal and will run the Proterra, AAraya-Optony and Energy Sales shop location at the current Electronic Transportation Development Center in San Jose. He is the HD Grants Silicon Valley Industry Interface to the General Services Fleet (Box Truck), School Bus Districts and Refuse Truck Operators project. He is the Manager of the Center of Excellence facility.
Eric Wesoff - Moderator
Eric Wesoff is the Chief Analyst at Greentech Media and Author of the Greentech Innovations Report.
Prior to joining Greentech Media, Eric founded Sage Marketing Partners in 2000 to provide sales and marketing – consulting services to venture – capital firms and their portfolio companies in the alternative energy and telecommunications sectors.
Eric Wesoff has become a well – known, respected authority and speaker in these fields. He also was the publisher of the Venture Power newsletter, a subscription – only newsletter covering venture – capital investment in renewable energy.
Eric Wesoff’s expertise covers solar power, fuel cells, biofuels and advanced batteries. His strengths are in market research and analysis, business development and due diligence for investors. He frequently consults for energy startups and Silicon Valley’s premier venture capitalists.
He has consulted for Merck, JDSU, Coherent, IBM and scores of other firms, governments and organizations.
