From Gasoline-powered cars to
Energy Saving
Light Fixtures and from energy efficient homes,
to
energy-efficient data centers…. So much have been talked
about energy efficiency over the past two decades, but
the impact of the innovations in the energy efficiency
space is yet to deliver its true promise.
Utility Providers and Energy companies has said
that the most efficient way of conserving energy is not
using too much energy and while we are doing all we can
to conserve energy, the question still remains if these
actions are enough to make meaningful change or drastic
new technology and innovation is needed. Join a panel of experts as
they discuss and debate issues including:
- What have been the biggest accomplishments over the
past decade and what's yet to be done?
- Where are the investors focused on? Where are they
putting their money?
- What opportunities exist for 'green' entrepreneurs
in the energy efficiency space?
- What role does energy efficiency play on President
Obama's agenda and what's its impact to entrepreneurs,
consumers and businesses?
We've assembled a terrific line
up of panelists including:
- Subodh Bapat, Vice President, Energy Efficiency, SUN
Microsystems
- Micah Myers, Claremont Creek Ventures
- Barbara Grant, American River Ventures
- Jim Parks, Program Manager - Energy Efficiency, SMUD
- Mike Kanellos, Editor-in-Chief,
GreenTech Media
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Suboth Bapat,
Vice President, Sun Microsystems
Subodh Bapat is a vice president and
distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems, responsible
for driving Sun's systems level energy strategy. This
includes energy management architectures,
specifications, tools and standards for the entire
stack, from the microprocessor and system level up
through the system software, including the
virtualization and operating system layers. Mr. Bapat
has served as CTO for Sun's volume systems division, in
which role he drove the expansion of Sun's product
portfolio to include Opteron-based systems. He was
responsible for the overall technology direction for
Sun's blade servers, rack-mount servers,
telecom-optimized servers, technical compute servers and
workstations. In that role, he drove architectures and
strategies for next-generation system architectures,
interconnects, and networking standards. Most recently,
he also served in Sun's software division as CTO for
Sun's systems management and connected services product
line.
Micah Myers,
Claremont Creek Ventures
Micah joined Claremont Creek Ventures as
Energy Associate in 2009. Prior to joining, Micah worked
as an Analyst with the Energy team at Passport Capital,
a $2B Global Hedge Fund, and as a Product Manager at
Clean Power Finance, a leading provider of residential
solar loans and industry sales tools. A veteran
contributor to energy startups, Micah has experience in
two renewable energy startups, the most recent being a
company that will provide software and sales tools to
the energy efficiency retrofit industry. Active in
operational roles for over 15 years, has worked in both
small and large organizations, and has experience in
renewable energy, software and finance. As a United
States Marine Corps officer, Micah served as a fighter
pilot flying the F-18 in numerous combat missions in
Iraq and Afghanistan 2000-2003. He holds a Bachelor’s
degree in Physics from the University of California at
Davis and an MBA from Stanford University's Graduate
School of Business.
Barbara
Grant, American River Ventures
Dr. Barbara Grant joined American River
Ventures in 2004. Over the past several decades, she has
acquired management, operational and technology
development experience working in both start-up
companies and major corporations. Barbara was most
recently CEO of Siros Technologies, (where she raised
$60M) a Silicon Valley start-up that developed
innovative optical components and subsystems for the
storage and communications markets. Prior to
joining Siros, Barbara was at IBM for 21 years where she
held several executive positions. Her last position was
as a Vice President and General Manager in the Data
Storage Division, responsible for a $1B line of
business. Barbara is passionate about the challenge to
utilize technology to solve the world’s energy problems.
She is active in the energy efficiency community and
participates routinely on energy related panels in this
market. She has spoken as an energy efficiency expert at
Astia Cleantech Panel 2008, UC Santa Barbara Energy
Summit 2008 conference, and UC Davis Energy Efficiency
Center Summit 2008. She brings to these endeavors her
experience as a leader of teams who have introduced
products into the enterprise, commercial, manufacturing
and industrial markets. In 1996, Barbara was recognized
for her accomplishments and elected to the inaugural
group of the Women in Technology Hall of Fame.
Jim
Parks, Program Manager – Energy Efficiency, SMUD
Mr. Parks was responsible for developing the Sacramento
Municipal Utility District's (SMUD) retrocommissioning
program in 1999. He has been an active member of the
California Commissioning Collaborative since its
inception and currently serves as President and
Treasurer. Mr. Parks has worked as an electrical
engineer, Energy Specialist, and as a planning
supervisor, responsible for developing SMUD's energy
efficiency programs. He currently supervises SMUD's
Energy Efficiency and Customer Research and Development
group. This group is responsible for energy efficiency
and transportation research and development activities
and promoting emerging technologies.
Michael Kanellos, Editor in Chief,
Greentech Media , Moderator
Michael Kanellos is the Editor in Chief at Greentech
Media, where he covers emerging technologies and
companies in the green world. Prior to joining the
company in 2008, he worked for CNET Network's News.com
for eleven years. Among other jobs at CNET, he launched
the company's push into clean technology. He has
appeared on NPR, CBS, CNBC, Fox News and other media
outlets and has spoken at CES, the Japan Business
Strategy Summit, Ceatec, the Irish Software Association,
Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, the Flash Memory Summit and
Clean Energy Venture Summit. A graduate of Cornell
University and the University of California (Hastings),
he has worked as an attorney, a travel writer and a
busboy at a pancake house.
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