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Jack Baker, Vice President, Energy/Business Services, Energy Northwest
Jack Baker, Vice President, Energy/Business Services, joined Energy Northwest in January 1982. In his current position, he is responsible for development of new business opportunities and the operation and maintenance of all non-nuclear generation resources. Prior to assuming his present position, Mr. Baker held the following positions: Training director, Columbia Nuclear Generating Station plant manager, Columbia Generating Station assistant plant manager, and WNP-1 Operations manager. Before joining Energy Northwest, Mr. Baker worked for Commonwealth Edison at Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Braidwood Nuclear Power Station, and Zion Nuclear Power Station in a variety of positions including: staff assistant to the plant manager, technical manager, and lead nuclear engineer. He has 37 years experience in the energy business sector. Mr. Baker holds a bachelor of science in engineering as well as a master of science degree in nuclear engineering from Northwestern University, Illinois. He is a certified professional manager and is a graduate of Harvard University's Advanced Management Program.
Christian Belady, P.E., Principal Power and Cooling Architect, Microsoft
A recognized leader in the industry, Christian recently moved to Microsoft as the Principal Power and Cooling Architect with responsibilities that include driving its efficiency and cost strategies in their data centers. Prior to Microsoft, Christian was a strategist for HP where his responsibilities included driving the technology direction in HP's server products as well as driving industry initiatives that benefit the customer environment. With over 60 US patents, Christian is an ASME Fellow, an IMAPS Fellow and a founding member of ASHRAE's TC9.9 which is responsible for developing data center guidelines. He is also one of the early architects of the Green Grid and works closely with government agencies globally in defining efficiency metrics for data centers and servers. Over the past decade, he has given many invited presentations on power and cooling trends as well as the industry’s need for engineering efficient computing environments.
Steven Buchsbaum, Ph.D., M.P.I.A., Senior Technology Strategy Officer, Global Health Discovery, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Steven Buchsbaum received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, San Diego and a masters in Pacific International Affairs from the Graduates School International Relations and Pacific Studies. He has held positions at the Marine Physical Laboratory of Scripps Institute of Oceanography, the Institute for Nonlinear Science at University of California, San Diego and at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and at the Center for Material Science at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Science Applications International Corporation, Bermuda Associates and Draper Laboratory. Buchsbaum has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Environment and Development. He has also served in the U.S. State Department as the Science and Technology Officer for South Asia, as a Program Manager in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and as the Founding Director of the Office of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive Defense in the Homeland Security Advance Research Projects Agency of the Department of Homeland Security. Buchsbaum has been selected and has served as an American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science and Diplomacy Fellow, and was also selected as an American Physical Society Congressional Fellow, and has also been registered into the U.S. Foreign Service. He is currently a Senior Program Officer in the Global Health Technologies program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Areas of focus at the foundation include, statistical and modeling issues, vaccine delivery technologies, diagnostics platform technologies, technologies for etiological surveillance and TB vaccine and drug discovery.
Michael Butler, Chairman and CEO, Cascadia Capital, LLC
The co-founder of Cascadia Capital, Michael Butler leads the firm and is an emerging thought leader in the New Energy Economy. His recent focus on sustainable technology has helped propel Cascadia into some of the most important transactions in this market. Prior to co-founding Cascadia Capital, Butler served as a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers responsible for global equity sales and equity syndicate. He also served on the firm's Equity Commitment Committee, Equity Syndicate Committee and Private Equity Commitment Committee. Before joining Lehman Brothers, Butler was a Principal with Morgan Stanley & Company, where he was responsible for divisional global product and risk management and was a member of the division's Operating Committee. He has been involved in numerous equity financing transactions for both public and private companies. Butler holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. in International Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
John R. Castle, Sc.D., Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington
John Castle teaches Entrepreneurship at the University of Washington Business School and advises companies on how to turn their technologies into profitable businesses. He previously was co-founder and CEO of Cantametrix, a music software company, CEO of Hamilton-Thorn, a medical electronics and diagnostics company; Executive VP and co-founder of Seragen, a biotechnology company, and a partner in Washington Biotechnology Funding, a seed venture capital fund specializing in medical technologies. In addition he has been a principal, director or advisor to many other early-stage companies including, Biohesion, Savtech, Goodwell Technologies, YourSports, Sunriver Specialties, Microgreen Polymers, Cyberspeed Technologies, Point B Solutions, Sharebuilder and American BioDesign, and is a member of the Keiretsu Forum which provides financing to early-stage companies. He has provided leadership or guidance to several large companies including Danaher Corp., FMC Corp., Procter & Gamble, Penwest, Johnson Controls, Washington Dental Service, Eldec, Arthur D. Little and the Harris Group. He has been an expert witness in matters related to management and director responsibilities in entrepreneurial ventures. Dr. Castle’s innovative methods help students and clients focus on the elements of the venture that are essential for success. His practical classes have spawned several new companies and he has coached several prize-winning teams in national business plan competitions and in the UW Business Plan Competition. He has been honored several times as one of the University of Washington’s outstanding business professors and has been an invited speaker at numerous events for entrepreneurs. He serves on the boards of non-profits Encompass, MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest and the Northwest Entrepreneur Network and is a graduate of MIT in Chemical Engineering, and the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
Lee Cheatham, Ph.D., Executive Director, Washington Technology Center
Lee Cheatham was appointed Executive Director of Washington Technology Center in 1998. During his tenure, Washington Technology Center has expanded its interactions with companies and communities within Washington state to encourage technology development and job growth. Prior to his position at Washington Technology Center, Mr. Cheatham founded the Strategic Projects Group, a startup software and information services company. In addition, he has held several senior management positions including a 17-year commitment with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. In each of his assignments, Mr. Cheatham has focused on the impact of innovation and collaboration. Mr. Cheatham received a bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University and a master’s degree from Washington State University, both in electrical engineering. He has a doctorate in electrical engineering with specialization in optical computing from Carnegie-Mellon University.
Harold Collins, Ph.D., Soil Microbiologist, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture; Adjunct Professor, Washington State University
Dr. Hal Collins is a research soil scientist/microbiologist at the Vegetable and Forage Crops Research Unit in Prosser, Washington. Current research emphasis is oriented to the development of new knowledge and technology for the USDA-National Program of Agricultural System Competitiveness and Sustainability, in the areas of soil microbial mediated processes, plant-microbe interactions and soil organic matter dynamics within irrigated production systems. Research evaluate the production of biomass and oilseed crops for an emerging bioenergy market, how they fit into high value irrigated vegetable cropping systems and what impacts they may have on soil resource quality.
Robert W. Cremin, Chairman, President, and CEO, Esterline Technologies
Mr. Cremin is Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Esterline Technologies and has been with the company since 1976. In over three decades with Esterline, he has served in virtually all its major operating areas. He began his tenure with Criton Technologies before the company became Esterline. At Criton, he served as Director of Program Analysis, Group Executive, and Group Vice President. He joined Esterline in 1987, was appointed President and CEO in 1999, and became Chairman in 2001. Mr. Cremin began his career at General Electric, where he was an Advanced Process Development Engineer, and at Omark Industries, where he held a number of executive roles including Director of Marketing. Mr. Cremin holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from Polytechnic University of New York. He serves on the Board of Directors of Dover Corp. (NYSE) and the Pacific Northwest Ballet.
John DesRosier, Ph.D., Director of Programs, Life Sciences Discovery Fund
John DesRosier has spent over 30 years in research and technology commercialization. He received his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Washington and was on the faculty at Ohio Wesleyan University and Middlebury College. He worked at the University of Washington for eleven years where he commercialized biomedical technologies and served as a liaison to industry. Prior to that he was at the start-up company, BioControl Systems in Bothell, WA, where he was part of a team that launched four diagnostic products for detecting pathogenic bacteria in foods. Before his present position, he spent six years consulting in the areas of commercialization of early stage technology and economic development. Currently, John is Director of Programs for the Life Sciences Discovery Fund, where over the next ten years three hundred fifty million dollars will be received from tobacco settlement bonus payments for grant making to Washington State life science researchers. These grants are expected to advance health and health care and promote economic development within Washington State, as well as to enhance the competitiveness of our life sciences sector.
Thomas Eckmann, Founder and CEO, Greenwood Technologies, LLC
Tom has more than 30 years experience as a consultant, executive, entrepreneur, teacher and author. He was a consultant with A.T. Kearney, Arthur D. Little, and PRTM (an affiliate of KPMG Peat Marwick), and VP of Operations for Anova Electronics (Dart & Kraft) and Digital Systems (Lucent). As an entrepreneur, Tom started and sold two software and one business services companies. Most recently, he founded Greenwood Technologies, a clean tech company focused on renewable energy heating solutions for home and business. Tom authored An Interpreneur’s Journey, a true-to-life story of how to use the Internet to re-invent a traditional business. He also teaches innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Washington. Tom earned Bachelors and Masters degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley. He is immediate past Board Chair of Northwest Entrepreneur Network and serves on several early stage advisory boards.
Aaron Feaver, Ph.D., Vice President, Research & Development, EnerG2
Aaron Feaver received his BS from the University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign in Structural Engineering in 1997. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Seattle to work for Boeing. During a six-year stint there he gained an appreciation for materials through working in Production Liaison Engineering, Design for Manufacturability, and Design for the Environment. He left Boeing in 2003 to pursue a PhD in Materials Science Engineering with a focus on energy storage. While at UW, he developed a new carbon material with many useful applications including: methane storage, hydrogen storage, electric double layer capacitors (EDLC), and water purification. During his PhD, Aaron co founded EnerG2 to commercialize these novel carbon materials. With funding from DOE, NSF, PNNL, UW Center for Nanotechnology, and the Washington Technology Center, Aaron has steered research at EnerG2 towards commercialization of these carbon materials with primary emphasis on EDLCs for industrial, consumer electronic, and automotive energy storage.
Jim Fleming, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, GenPrime
Jim Fleming is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of GenPrime, Inc., a biotechnology company in Spokane, WA. He is an inventor of the company’s rapid microbe detection technologies, which include the TBAK, Yeast Activity Monitor™, Prime Alert™ and BacSTAT products. Previously, Mr. Fleming was employed as a Research Scientist for the NASA Ames Research Center. In 1985, he was appointed as the Director of the Sasakawa Research Center at the Linus Pauling Institute in Palo Alto, CA. Prior to founding GenPrime, he was a Research Professor at Eastern Washington University. He has published numerous scientific papers, many in the fields of aging and biotechnology, and holds a number of life science patents. In 1993, he received the Glenn Foundation Award for his research in the biology of aging. He has served on the editorial board of biology journals and sits on the boards of several organizations.
Chris Gregoire, Governor, State of Washington
As Washington's 22nd Governor, Chris Gregoire has delivered real results to the people of Washington. Combining effective leadership with a tireless work ethic, she has shown time and again that she has the courage and independence to stand up and fight for individuals and families. Facing a $2.2 billion budget shortfall, Governor Gregoire balanced the state's budget as she expanded health care coverage to more than 73,000 low-income children, led an effort to make government more efficient and accountable and introduced a plan to help struggling students graduate from high school. She has continued to invest in education, expand health care coverage to those most in need and worked to create family-wage jobs. Governor Gregoire in 2005, introduced and won approval for a landmark transportation package to create jobs and address critical challenges with our roads and bridges. She established a dedicated fund to reduce class sizes, helped increase enrollment opportunities at our colleges and universities and protected vital social services for the state's most vulnerable families.
Roger Gulrajani, Senior Director, Windows Core Operating System Division, Microsoft
Mr. Gulrajani is a Senior Director in the Windows Core Operating System Division (COSD) at Microsoft. He leads a product development team to enable seamless integration between Windows and OEM’s PCs. Prior to this role, Mr. Gulrajani lead Microsoft’s WinHEC trade event and managed the Windows Logo Program. Mr. Gulrajani has held a variety of management positions at Microsoft, including Chief of Staff of the Mobile Platforms Division, Product Unit Manger of the DirectBand product group and Director of Marketing for the Smart Personal Objects Team (SPOT). Prior to joining Microsoft, Mr. Gulrajani held senior management positions with Aldus, MediaLink Technologies and RealNetworks. He has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry and is a graduate of the University of Washington.
Robin Halliday, Chair, Board of Directors, Washington Technology Center
Ms. Halliday has more than 25 years of senior management and project management experience in small technology companies. She retired at the end of 2006 after 25 years with DIS Corporation, the leading provider of business systems to agricultural and construction equipment companies in North America. She most recently managed as Vice President of Network Services and continues to serve on their Board of Directors. From 2001 to 2006, she was CEO of Rivetek, a network services subsidiary of DIS. Ms. Halliday was founding president and currently serves as President of TAG (Technology Alliance Group), a trade organization for technology companies in Northwest Washington. Halliday is a Rotarian and serves on a number of other education and technology focused boards including Junior Achievement, Skagit Valley College and Western Washington University. She is also President of the Bellingham Whatcom County Public Facilities District. Ms. Halliday is a graduate of the University of Washington and has a post-graduate degree from Western Washington University.
Burton Hamner, Founder and Owner, Puget Sound Tidal Power LLC
Burton Hamner, founder and CEO of Puget Sound Tidal Power LLC, directed and authored Tacoma Power’s feasibility study of tidal energy generation in the Tacoma Narrows of Puget Sound. He is also the founder of two other new companies developing river and ocean energy. He is a Seattle resident with extensive experience with marine technology, environmental studies and permitting, and clean technology. He has worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Washington Department of Ecology, the City of Seattle, the US Agency for International Development and the United Nations among others. Burton worked on clean technology for international development from 1992-2004 and has experience in 15 countries. He has a BA from Harvard and Masters degrees in Business Administration and in Marine Affair from the University of Washington.
Charles L. Henry, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, University of Washington Bothell
My emphasis in research and teaching for the majority of the last 25 years has been on sustainable practices and environmental science. I have been heavily involved in compost and the use of organic residuals, and have won a number of local and national awards for research and innovative demonstrations. Currently, my passion is installation and education of composting toilets in developing countries, and small scale systems for food waste composting in the U.S.
Harvey Hoyt, M.D., Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Blood Cell Storage
Dr. Hoyt is the founder of Blood Cell Storage, Inc. (“BCSI”). His responsibilities include business and financial planning, fund raising, business and commercial development and clinical and regulatory strategy. He has extensive knowledge of the blood storage and diagnostics industries, based on thirteen years at Baxter International, followed by nine years at a number of other medical diagnostics and supply companies. Dr. Hoyt also has had a wide variety of experience in the pharmaceutical industry (therapeutics, in vitro diagnostics, and biologics) in R&D, technical development, business development, and general management at the COO and CEO levels, both in major corporations and start-up companies. He has had P&L responsibilities, formulated strategic and operational business plans, developed organizations, partnered with industries and universities, licensed products in and out, and raised investments for start-ups, having been involved in over $250 million of private and public equity funding. Dr. Hoyt has played key roles in gaining FDA approval of eighty 510k and nineteen New Drug and PMA Applications. These products had annual sales exceeding $seven billion.
Edward A. Kesicki, Ph.D., Co-Founder, Afya World Medicines
Dr. Kesicki is an organic chemist by training and has over 11 years of experience in small-molecule drug discovery. He is a co-founder of the not-for-profit Afya World Medicines and was able to obtain seed funding and equipment from Eli Lilly and Company in the wake of their purchase and subsequent closure of Icos Corporation. Afya, now a division of the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI), is focused on the discovery of new treatments for tuberculosis, a serious global threat. Prior to this, he spent 9 years at Icos and was involved in several successful medicinal chemistry projects that resulted in compounds entering human clinical trials. He is an inventor on over 20 patents in 5 target areas, an author on numerous peer-reviewed articles, and was an invited speaker at several national meetings. Dr. Kesicki is fluent in Spanish, and his extensive travels in Latin America have inspired him to work towards solutions to problems of global health and third world diseases. He received a B.S. from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of California, San Diego. Before joining Icos in 1997, he worked as a scientist at Prolinx Inc., a Seattle-area biotech startup, where he was an inventor of a key molecule in the Linx® affinity chromatography system, later distributed by Invitrogen Corporation.
Kevin Klustner, President and CEO, Verdiem
As President and CEO of Verdiem Corporation, Kevin Klustner is a technology industry veteran bringing over 20 years of experience leading and growing organizations to achieve their strategic objectives. He is responsible for overseeing the company's daily operations including product development, sales, solutions delivery, marketing, and administrative functions along with his executive team. Prior to joining Verdiem, Kevin was the Managing Director of Coastal Environmental Systems and President and CEO of Sightward, a venture backed software startup in Bellevue. As CEO of Sightward, Kevin raised three rounds of venture financing and built a technical, marketing and sales team that developed and launched enterprise data analysis software. Kevin has also served as the Chief Operating Officer for WRQ, a PC network software company and held various management positions at Hewlett Packard. He has worked and lived extensively in Europe and Asia throughout his career. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from Stanford University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
Vipin Kumar, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Engineering, University of Washington
Professor Kumar graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, India with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical engineering in 1970. After getting an M.S. and an M.B.A. from University of Rhode Island, USA, he worked in the nuclear piping systems industry for 10 years. In 1984 he joined the MIT mechanical engineering department and graduated with Ph.D. in 1988. Since that time he has been on the mechanical engineering faculty at the University of Washington at Seattle, USA. Kumar’s professional interests lie in areas of design, manufacturing, and technology transfer to industry. His research efforts have primarily focused on microcellular foams processing, characterization, and applications development. He holds three patents and has authored or co-authored over 100 publications in this area. Professor Kumar is a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers.
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