Developing a new class of affordable, energy-efficient, sustainable cooling systems for commercial and residential applications.

EFI (Entrepreneurs for Impact) is North America’s top peer group community for growth-stage CEOs, founders, and investors in climate tech, sustainability, and clean energy. With monthly group meetings, annual retreats, guest speakers, and executive coaching calls, our members help each other boost revenue, impact, capital raised, clarity, confidence, work-life integration, and team effectiveness. Today’s members are creating billions of dollars of market value and millions of tons of greenhouse gas reduction.

Teaching a design, experimentation, and hands-on prototyping course with focus on product designs for emerging markets.

• Advising students on the opportunities & challenges in emerging economies• Developed teaching curriculum and co-taught Impact Ventures course at Legatum Center• Prepared and delivered workshops and guest lectures on entrepreneurial topics such as primary market research, product development, fundraising, team building and global operations.• Hosting a radio show on WMBR featuring conversations with entrepreneurs from around the world. Listen live in Greater Boston area at 88.1 FM or online at wmbr.org every other Wednesday at 2 pm.

• Co-founded the company in 2007 and served as its CTO and first CEO• Wrote the business plan, raised three rounds of funding and closed first customer orders• Led the team that brought Promethean's product from market research to commercialization• Invented and patented a thermal energy storage device for refrigeration systems• Developed embedded control system software for machine automation and remote monitoring• Principal investigator on four government grants totaling over $2 million• Lived and worked in India for 3 1/2 years while commercializing Promethean's first product• Successfully transitioned day-to-day responsibilities to successor CEO in India

• Co-founded Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech incubator in the United States• Initiated the concept of a cleantech-focused space in an abandoned warehouse near MIT• Raised the initial funding that allowed Greentown to expand into a new space in Boston• Signed up Greentown's first industrial sponsor and mentored younger entrepreneurs

• Taught a project-based course on Inclusive Innovations (products/services with a social impact)• Mentored students through the process of discovering & validating customer needs• Assisted students in designing and validating technology-based solutions to meet those needs

• Co-owner of a systems integration & consulting business with two other partners• Developed hardware and software for test, measurement and automation projects• Implemented control systems for semiconductor, biotech, aerospace and telecom clients• Responsible for all aspects of a project from sales to delivery of the final product• Developed company-wide engineering standards and procedures• Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD)Sample projects:• Production Test System for a High-Bandwidth Optical Network Switch• Semiconductor Wafer Cleaning Machine Control• Automated Test System for Implantable Insulin Pump• High-Channel Data Acquisition System for Aircraft Turbine Validation• Visual Inspection System for Telecommunication Satellite

• Developed and managed accounts in large geographical territory in Northern California• Advised prospective customers on test, measurement and automation products • Responsible for developing a regional sales plan and achieving sales quota• Organized & presented technical seminars; taught training classes in controls & instrumentation• Provided technical support and design assistance on academic, science and engineering projects

• Developed test programs for high-speed integrated circuit test systems• Wrote C programs to automate data analysis processes for QA