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Los Angeles, California, United States

Angeleno Group (“AG”) is a pioneer in providing growth capital for next generation clean energy and climate solutions companies. Since its founding in 2001, AG has become one of the USA's largest dedicated clean energy and sustainability investment firms , making growth investments globally.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Management & Technology mentoring and coaching for CEOs of startup to medium sized high tech companies. Work with investors, owners, boards and executive management to turn concepts into successful products, grow companies through the critical "chasm" phase and put in place company-wide execution processes to ensure long-term success. Fund raising strategies, preparation and pitches, including seed, VC, angel and grants. Develop, negotiate and execute M&A and exit strategies. I pitch-coached over 2 dozen startup companies in 2014, who collectively raised over $15MM from early-stage investors.Experience assisting early-stage startup clients in the following markets:Mobile Apps, Robotics, Photonics, Personal Productivity, Wearable Electronics, Solar Energy, Water Treatment, Automotive, Wellness, Test&Measurement, Recyclables, Internet-Of-Things, Smart Home, Lubricants, Electric Vehicles, Energy Conservation.Specializing in facilitating growth or turnaround through efficient market-driven product development practices and processes, and incubation of early stage startups.Extensive global experience in marketing, sales, product development and manufacturing in North America, Europe, China, Japan and India.

Provide strategic advisory services to Kinematics management, Board and Investors.

Kinematics LLC ("KMI")is the preeminent innovation, design, manufacturing and service company of worm gear and slewing solutions worldwide. Kinematics' products are used extensively in solar tracking, mobile cranes and lifts and industrial applications.Kinematics is the highest volume global supplier of drives to the solar power plant market (>33% global market share), and the largest volume supplier of slew drives to the industrial market in North America.KMI drives are the critical connection between the rotating and non-rotating elements of our customers' products, providing precision powered rotation of the payload for the lifetime of the product.It’s Kinematics’ mission to provide customers best value products based on extensive research, development and proprietary intellectual property. KMI is an American company, and does all its own manufacturing at a wholly-owned 10,000sq m factory in China and a 4,000sq m factory in Mexico. KMI uses intensive customer interaction to engineer the best products, and the team delivers outstanding worldwide service and customer support.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Mentor and advise CEOs of LACI portfolio companies. Develop portfolio company coaching guidelines and metrics.LACI is an UBI Global Top 10 Incubator.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Mentor and advise CEOs of PortTechLA portfolio companies. Coach PortTechLA 2014 Pitch Competition contestants.

First Solar is a vertically integrated PV company and builds utility-scale solar power generation plants globally.I was responsible for global technical product management, integrating the company's technical roadmaps, including tracking systems, fixed rack systems, and the roadmaps for FSLR's proprietary CdTe PV module technology.RayTracker, a company I was a founder of in 2008, was acquired by First Solar in 2011 to leverage the solar tracking technology, team and tools RayTracker developed in the quest for lowest cost solar energy. First Solar deployed over 3.5GW of this technology globally in 2012-2017.

Founded RayTracker in 2008 - we designed and sold the world's most reliable solar tracking systems - which produce the most cost effective solar energy of all solar technologies. RayTracker systems have been deployed into 35 solar generation projects in Europe and the USA..RayTracker was an Idealab company, and was acquired by First Solar in January, 2011.

Energy Innovations (an Idealab company) is on a mission to build affordable renewable energy systems. Led the product development effort to create the Sunflower rooftop concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system, including world's first UL approval of such a system.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Chief Operating Officer, OEwaves Inc., a JPL/Caltech spin-off startup• Reduced burn-rate to zero , increased productivity, converted from R&D to market-driven product development• Worked with board to secure successful second round of VC funding (2003, $6M)• Managed strategic IP portfolio including 40+ patents, trade secrets, licenses etc.• Established commercialization partnerships with four global, multi-billion dollar companies• Managed development of patented photonics-on-CMOS custom integrated circuit and micro-optic laser oscillators

• Grew company revenues from $30M to $50M, consistently achieved EBIT above 60% while growing company• Established direct global distribution channel, recruited sales, marketing and development staff to fuel growth• Increased product breadth through extensive marketing and formal new product development process• Following telecom crash in 2001, restructured company to $8M, and profitable

- Director of development team in excess of 50 people- Managed development of new generation telecom test product to enable pre-IPO company to continue aggressive growth well beyond IPO (product achieved over $100M in revenues over its lifetime)- Performed initial feasibility study for Eagle STP, Tekelec’s major product today

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