Energy Conference Bio's
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Peter Beadle, CEO of GreenJobs |
Peter Beadle, CEO of GreenJobs - Mr. Beadle has over 25 years
experience in the energy industry, 20 of which were with BP. Mr. Beadle is
currently the CEO of Greenjobs, which aims to become the focus for
employment in renewable energies and currently provides recruitment services
at all levels, from simple job listing to recruitment. In addition, it
provides news on the RE sectors with a special focus on people and will also
provide analyses of employment and remuneration across the sectors.
Mr. Beadle’s BP career started in R&D but developed to include technology
assessment, management and control and culminated as President of BP Solar,
Inc. where he was responsible for establishing BP Solar’s North American
operations. He retained his interest in alternative energy after leaving BP
and worked on fuel cells/fuel processing for McDermott Technology as
Director Fuel Processing Business Development.
Peter recognized that nearly every aspect of renewable energy is expanding
so quickly that a lack of skilled people could limit growth and that this
offers an opportunity. He started Greenjobs at the end of 2004.
Greenjobs
Greenjobs is founded on the belief that the rapidly growing renewable energy
sectors will have an increasing need for skilled people to fuel their growth
and that Greenjobs can play apart in satisfying that demand.
Greenjobs aims to become the focus for employment in renewable energies and
currently provides recruitment services at all levels, from simple job
listing to recruitment. In addition, it provides news on the RE sectors with
a special focus on people and will also provide analyses of employment and
remuneration across the sectors.
From a job seeker’s perspective, in addition to job listings, Greenjobs
provides facilities for them to store and display their resume and resources
to attract new entrants and inform them of the opportunities in each of the
RE sectors. http://greenjobs.com
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Neal M. Dikeman |
Neal M. Dikeman is a co-founder and partner
at Jane Capital Partners LLC, a specialty merchant and investment bank
providing buy-side M&A and strategic advisory services, primarily in the
cleantech, information and energy-related technology sectors and with an
emphasis on cross-border transactions. Jane Capital represents Macquarie
Bank’s Technology group in the US.
Mr. Dikeman is the Head of Jane Capital’s Energy & Environmental Group, and
focuses on cross-border transactions for IT, energy & environmental
technology companies. Some of Mr. Dikeman’s recent credits at Jane Capital
include advising on the spin-out, creation and venture funding of Fideris,
Inc. in fuel cell test systems; the merger of @Pos with Symbol Technologies;
advisory to ConocoPhillips on its energy technology investment activities;
the creation of SC Power (formerly Australian Superconductors) in
superconductor technologies; the international launch and subsequent
acquisitions and financings of PalmTEQ Ltd, an Australian POS wireless
applications company.
Mr. Dikeman’s previous experience includes private equity and investment
banking. Prior to co-founding Jane Capital, he served as Director, Business
Development, responsible for M&A, for Globalgate, a software technology
holding company backed by strategic investors in the US and Asia, whose
assets included Annuncio Software (since acquired by PeopleSoft) and
Yellowpages.com (since acquired by an SBC/Bellsouth joint venture). Prior to
that, he worked for Doyle & Boissiere, a private equity fund backed by
CalPERS.
Mr. Dikeman began his career in investment banking in the energy & power
group of BT Alex. Brown/Bankers Trust (now Deutsche Bank). He holds a B.A.
from Texas A&M University and currently serves as a director of WaiterPad.
He is the founding contributor of
Cleantechblog.com, as well as speaks at
numerous conference events.
http://www.janecapital.com
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Toddington Harper |
Toddington Harper is President, Founder and CEO of Fuel Cell Markets Ltd. He
studied the commercialisation of Fuel Cell technologies in his thesis whilst
taking a BSc Honours degree from UMIST University & Manchester School of
Management (UK). Toddington is a qualified PRINCE2 practitioner (the
ultimate UK qualification for Project Management) and this combined with his
significant skills in utilising the internet and online communications as a
business tool led to the establishment of Fuel Cell Markets in 2002 to
assist with the development and integration of these technologies into
industry and society. Toddington is actively involved with many
organisations, steering groups and think tanks across the globe. These
include the European Commission’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology
Platform, the World Fuel Cell Council, Fuel Cell Europe, the London Hydrogen
Partnership, Scottish Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Association to name but a few.
About Fuel Cell Markets
Fuel Cell Markets Ltd (www.fuelcellmarkets.com) assists with the
development, commercialisation and introduction of fuel cell, hydrogen and
sustainable energy technologies into industry and society. Fuel Cell Markets
Ltd have developed and operate an advanced open industry web-based
communications platform to assist these emerging industries. The platform
highlights opportunities for development and growth, facilitates the
communication of information, and is used as a tool to promote hydrogen and
fuel cell technologies to traditional industry and consumers.
Fuel Cell Markets Ltd has become a globally recognised leading voice and
support mechanism for these industries. It’s unique business model has
positioned Fuel Cell Markets at the centre of numerous activities
world-wide, providing business development assistance to its partners as
well as unbiased and independent resource to governments, potential
adopters, OEM’s and those outside of the industry.
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Philip J. McPherson |
Philip J. McPherson is Director of Research
for C. K. Cooper & Company, an investment banking boutique that focuses
almost exclusively on smaller independent oil and gas companies.
http://ckcooper.com
Mr. McPherson joined the firm in July of 2001 to initially augment the
firm’s Institutional Sales Group, and then joined the Oil and Gas Group in
December of 2001. Mr. McPherson assists in a wide range of research and
corporate finance related issues. In this role, Mr. McPherson is responsible
for assisting C. K. Cooper & Company in expanding its research coverage of
smaller exploration and production companies within the United States. Mr.
McPherson assists in identifying investment ideas, developing necessary
financial models, and recommendations in preparation of reports thereof. In
addition, Mr. McPherson will assist in adding to C. K. Cooper’s Watch List
of Companies of lesser-known issues.
Mr. McPherson brings an extensive background in servicing individual,
institutional, and corporate investors to the Oil and Gas Group at C. K.
Cooper & Company, Inc. Mr. McPherson works losely with various investment
banking projects at C. K. Cooper & Company, assisting in the formation of
capital for various corporate entities.
Mr. McPherson attended East Carolina University and received a degree in
Economics with a focus on macro-economic issues. He is a licensed NASD
Series 7 and Series 24 broker. Mr. McPherson is a regular speaker at various
investment conferences and educational seminars.
C. K. Cooper & Company is an investment banking boutique that focuses primarily in smaller exploration and production companies. In this role, the firm provides a wide range of investment related services to a wide range of institutional investors and provides corporate clients with services ranging from advisory on merger and acquisitions, valuation and fairness, strategic/joint partnering, and capital formation. |
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Richard Stuebi |
Richard Stuebi has nearly 20 years of experience as an executive,
entrepreneur and consultant in the energy industry, with most of the past
decade focused on advanced energy technologies and business opportunities.
Mr. Stuebi is currently the BP Fellow for Energy and Environmental
Advancement at The Cleveland Foundation, where he works with various public
and private sector stakeholders to promote commercial activity in advanced
energy in the Cleveland area.
On a part-time basis, he is also President of NextWave Energy, a firm he
founded in 1999 to provide professional advisory services oriented
exclusively to business opportunities associated with innovative energy
technologies. Since founding NextWave Energy in 1999, Mr. Stuebi has
assisted several emerging and established private-sector clients with
interests in the energy sector in various aspects of business development,
including strategy and capital formation. Reflecting NextWave Energy's
entrepreneurial interests, Mr. Stuebi has also participated directly in the
founding and management of certain energy-related ventures.
Previously, for over 6 years at McKinsey & Co., Mr. Stuebi was a management
consultant exclusively serving clients worldwide on energy-related topics.
During his tenure at McKinsey, Mr. Stuebi primarily assisted clients on
developing strategies and enhancing organizational capabilities to help them
prepare for the onset of deregulation and restructuring in the electricity
sector. He worked for extended periods with two of the five largest U.S.
electric utilities, helping them position for success in the increasingly
competitive industry. He also aided several other electric utilities, large
energy consumers, fuel suppliers, and independent power producers to
anticipate and capitalize on the major changes occurring in the energy
sector.
Before founding NextWave Energy, Mr. Stuebi was a Senior Vice President at
Louis Dreyfus, the global commodity trading firm. At Louis Dreyfus, he was
responsible for North American electric and gas business development
activities.
In the late 1980's, Mr. Stuebi spent nearly 4 years as an analyst of the
North American electricity and coal industries at ICF Resources, a leading
economic and environmental consulting firm based in the Washington DC area.
Mr. Stuebi's work in analyzing the economic impacts of alternative acid rain
legislation approaches was instrumental in the creation of sulfur dioxide
emission allowances as part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
From this long history of focused experience in the energy industry, Mr.
Stuebi has wide knowledge of energy sector participants, activities,
economics and regulations, and has formed strong business perspectives on
the energy sector's likely evolution and business strategies to capture
emerging opportunities in the evolving marketplace.
Mr. Stuebi has authored several articles that have appeared in such leading
industry periodicals as The Electricity Journal and Public Utilities
Fortnightly, and has presented at numerous major energy conferences. He also
contributes weekly on www.cleantechblog.com.
Before embarking upon his professional career, Mr. Stuebi earned degrees in
Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1984) and Stanford
University (1986).
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Robert Wilder, J.D., Ph.D. |
Rob is author of a recent Book, 'Listening
to the Sea,' that links marine biodiversity to smart and cost-effective
energy technologies that prevent pollution in the first place. His book
chapters and articles have appeared in Nature, National Academy of Sciences
Press, Engineering News-Record, UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy,
University of Chicago Press, the Journal of Alternative Investments, and
elsewhere.
His awards include a Fulbright Fellowship, an American Assn. for the
Advancement of Science / EPA Fellowship in Environmental Science &
Technology, and National Academy of Sciences Young Investigator Award
(twice). He recently served on the Board of Directors, marine section of the
Society for Conservation Biology, and sits presently on other Boards. He
previously was on the faculty at U.C. Santa Barbara, University of
Massachusetts at Dartmouth, and coordinated a national program for The
Nature Conservancy.
While a Fellow at the EPA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., he focused on
innovative technologies that prevent harm to ecosystems while being
profitable to boot. His work has highlighted smart policy solutions that
avoid harm- in place of older 'end-of-pipe' controls and waste remediation.
He has appeared frequently on radio and television.
More recently, Dr. Wilder was named to the "Fuel Cell 30", and he makes
frequent presentations on innovative environmental applications that make
both economic and ecological sense. He is originally from Baltimore,
Maryland; his 1-acre demonstration site in San Diego, California is
solar-powered
and a display of practical, innovative ecological solutions. |
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Mr. Jamie Wimberly |
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Jamie Wimberly founded and currently serves as the CEO of the Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG) LLC, a specialized consulting and financial services firm focused on distributed energy and energy technologies.
DEFG offers a suite of consulting products and services focused on commercialization and raises capital for energy technology firms and projects. †In addition to DEFG, Jamie Wimberly serves on the Board of the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (CAEM, a think tank in the energy sector that he also co-founded).
http://www.defgllc.com |
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Bruce Woodry, Chairman & CEO |
Mr. Woodry is Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sigma
Capital. Prior to founding Sigma Capital, Mr. Woodry held marketing,
engineering and executive management positions ranging from small companies
to General Electric. He is founded several startup companies, and sits on
the board of three entrepreneurial companies.
Mr. Woodry is active or has been involved in numerous community and pro-bono
activities that stimulate economic growth, including the Council for
Entrepreneurial Development of the North Carolina Research Triangle Area; is
a founding member of NCEITA and served on their Capital Formation Committee
and was Chairman of the Strategy Formulation committee. He also serves as an
advisor or board member to various business development committees in North
Carolina, including serving as the Chairman of the NCTDA Study Committee on
Venture Capital for the Governor's Entrepreneurial Development Board,
Council for Entrepreneurial Development's Venture Series, and the NCTDA's
Investment Advisory Committee and The Research Triangle Park economic
development initiative which catapulted the region into a technology hotbed.
Mr. Woodry is currently a chairman of the Michigan Public Service
Commission=s Michigan Renewable Energy Program, Finance Committee and is a
frequent speaker on renewable energy and finance matters.
Mr. Woodry holds a BSEE degree and has taken advanced management courses in
marketing and finance at General Electric where he was given the Peak Award
for outstanding contribution. www.sigmacapital.net |
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