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Moscow, Ru

Bright Capital is an international venture capital fund that invests in a broad range of breakthrough and platform technology companies in the energy, cleantech, efficiency, water, advanced materials and nanotech sectors. Bright Capital was named ‘Financial Cleantech Investor of the Year 2012’ by the Cleantech Group, and has been a sponsor of the ARPA-e Energy Innovation Summit from 2012 - 2015. Recent investments include solar PV, wind, green industrial biotech, alternative fuels, power transmission, power conversion, motors & generators, advanced building materials, energy storage, waste heat conversion, and advanced water treatment. In addition to helping management grow their company, Bright Capital is often able to assist its portfolio companies to extend their partnerships, market and business reach, especially into Europe and CIS. Investment Focus: Seed through later stage investment.

Golden, Co, Us

Advising NREL on commercialization and engagement with investors in energy technology with NREL. NREL advances the science and engineering of energy efficiency, sustainable transportation, and renewable power technologies, and provides the knowledge to integrate and optimize energy systems. NREL supports the clean energy innovation pipeline by accelerating the transfer of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies into the marketplace.

Woburn, Massachusetts, Us

Member Board of Directors December 2014 - August 2016, Board Observer August 2016 to Present. Agrivida is an agtech innovation company commercializing unique enzyme solutions and disruptive technology platforms to improve animal nutrition and productivity using the same or reduced resources, with significant sustainability impacts.

Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. an early stage company is commercializing its novel high efficiency heat engine into products for converting low-grade distributed waste heat into electricity for industrial processes, generator efficiency, anaerobic digesters, building efficiency, geothermal and solar thermal installations. With unsubsidized two-year payback for many applications, Ener-G-Rotors promises to open the vast market opportunity for below grid parity power generation from low grade distributed waste heat.

Albany, Ny, Us

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) funds and catalyzes the growth of innovative energy, energy efficiency and clean technology companies. Provide strategic business, finance and technology commercialization guidance to a broad range of early stage companies across NYS.

CEBIP - Clean Energy Business Incubator Program, a collaboration of SUNY Stonybrook and Brookhaven National Laboratories (BNL) supports start-ups and early stage technology growth companies.

iCLEAN (Incubators for Collaborating & Leveraging Energy And Nanotechnology) launches, grows and develops innovative technology-based energy and cleantech companies in collaboration with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE).

Manage and direct an international strategic advisory and consulting firm delivering to accelerate value generation for technology-based enterprises with a major focus in Energy, Cleantech, Nanotech, Materials Science, Biotech, and Sustainability. • Innovation / Strategy / Development: Add Value by Deepening, Broadening and/or Strengthening Vision and Strategy; Creating Strategic Pathways to Leverage Assets; and Developing Major New Growth Opportunities to Grow Shareholder Value. Board, CEO and C-Suite Advisory for Technology-Based New Ventures, Joint Ventures, M&A, Financing, Marketing and New Business Development.• Planning / Finance: Executing Strategic Vision: Venture and Project Business Plans and Proformas; Marketing Strategies; Coordinate with In-house and Outside Corporate & SEC Counsel; Strategic and Capital Raising Presentations for Investment Banks, Venture Capital, Private Equity, PIPEs, Debt Financing.• Intellectual Property / Licensing / Technology Commercialization: Innovation Management; Growing Intellectual Property Portfolios; Technology Commercialization Strategy; Tech Transfer; In and Out Licensing; Patent Prospecting; Monetizing ‘Orphaned’ IP; Management of Outsourced R&D and Development Programs (CRADAs), and Private Labs; Strategic Partner Identification and Negotiations.• Entrepreneuring / Marketing / Special Projects: Gatekeeper and Influencer Marketing – Corporate / Governmental; High-Level Opportunity Sourcing and Analysis; International Business Development; Conference Presentations, Panels, Keynotes.Advisory work with clients covers many industries including: renewable and alternative energy; cleantech; energy storage; nanotech; green building materials; biofuels; energy efficiency; biomass; healthcare and wellness; medical devices; electronics; satellite telecom; sustainable agriculture and aquaculture; SMEs in developing countries; waste management; covert brand identification; structural recycled plastics; and others.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

QM Power is commercializing proprietary and patented advances magnetic flux circuit design and motor control typologies in high performance electric motor, generator and actuator technologies, setting new efficiency and power density standards. Currently focused on Building efficiency and HVACR (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration), QM’s motors can achieve 30% - 60% improvements over incumbent technologies. QM’s technologies also have significant impacts in other sectors including industrial automation, power generation and traction. QM Power’s motive and powergen innovations have been validated by customers, National Labs and supported by grants from DOE, ARPA-e, DOD and other government agencies.

Utica, Ny, Us

At College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering (CNSE) of SUNY Polytechnic, provide strategic business, finance and technology commercialization guidance to university start-ups in fields of high energy electrolytes for ultracapactiors, medical nanogrid membranes for accelerated pharmaceutical development, and electron spin resonance testing for advanced solid state defect characterization.

APDG – Austin Praxis Development Group. Founded product development, design and technology incubation firm. Product design work won international awards and media recognition. Developed, patented and licensed process control technology; incubated and launched a start-up developer of sophisticated impact resistant green building materials.

After Scientific Imaging Instruments acquired TVR, became member of founding management team that lead to successful Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the medical laboratory device field using automated sample processing and image analysis. Developed robotic microscope with integrated solid state imaging for automation and computerized image analysis of medical specimens for this medical laboratory device technology company. Developed and wrote company business plan for IPO. Conducted medical market research in Tokyo hospitals for Japanese medical certifications. Managed subcontract software; electro-optics; custom-developed computer systems and mechanical engineering. Developed novel user interface. Managed outsourced design engineering; medical testing protocol development; and FDA approvals.

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