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US Renewables Group

Lee Bailey
Chairman of the Board
Managing Director

Mr. Bailey is a founder and Managing Director of US Renewables Group (“USRG”)...prior to founding USRG, Mr. Bailey was a partner with Rustic Canyon Partners...

General Counsel for Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (“ECD”) (NASDAQ:”ener”) a publicly traded renewable energy development company...

Founding director of the US Israel Fund, a $60 million joint US/Israeli government fund to commercialize technology in the areas of energy, information and biotechnology.

White House Director of International Science and Technology Commercialization initiatives for Russia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and South Africa.

Founder and CEO of the Rural HEALTH CARE CORPORATION.

JAMES MC DERMOTT
Managing Director
US Renewables Group
Public power banker with Credit Suisse First Boston’s Municipal Finance Group in New York City.

Clients included Southern California Public Power Authority (“SCCPA”), Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (“LADWP”), Washington Public Power Supply System (“WPPSS”) and Salt River Project (“SRP”), Intermountain Power Authority (“IPA”) and several other West Coast municipal utilities.

Founded Stamps.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: “STMP“)

Vincent P. Fandozzi
Managing Director
Head of Citi Holdings Alternative Investments
Citigroup, Inc.

Mr. Fandozzi has been with CITIGROUP for the past 16 years, joining the Investment Bank’s Mergers & Acquisitions group in 1994.

In 2009, Vince took over as Head of all the Alternative and Private Equity activities for Citi Holdings. Prior to this, Vince was GLOBAL HEAD of M&A for all of Citigroup’s corporate M&A activities for three years.

Vince currently serves on the Board of Directors of WNA Inc., MSX Inc., Uplogix Inc., SOLAR RESERVE Inc., Great Point Energy, Socie World Co., MBA Polymers Inc., Wild Bunch SA and Continental Films SAS.

John Breckenridge

GOOD ENERGIES (Solar Reserve Investor – affiliated with SWITZERLAND)

John Breckenridge is the LEADER of the Good Energies North American Development Equity and Infrastructure team.

John’s Good Energies portfolio responsibilities have included board memberships at SAGE Electrochromics, Ice Energy, 3-Tier, SEQUOIA ENERGY, Solarfun Power, and SOLAR RESERVE, ATLANTIC WIND CONNECTION, and Champlin Energy, among others. He joined Good Energies from CCMP CAPITAL ADVISORS (FORMERLY KNOWN AS J.P. Morgan Partners) where he served as Operating Partner and Managing Director in both Tokyo and New York. Portifolios in the USA, Asia and Europe. While at JP Morgan’s he INVESTED in the renewable energy, traditional energy, industrial service, automotive, manufacturing and chemicals sectors, among others. He also provided guidance to western companies expanding into China or other Asian countries.

Prior to joining JP Morgan Partners in Tokyo, John was Chief Operating Officer of Densei Lambda KK, a publicly traded Japanese corporation with 8 factories located around the world and over 4,000 employees. He was also a LEADER of several large divisions of INVENSYS plc (Alistir Jessop from Solar Reserve Management also worked at INVENSYS) and Exide Electronics in the US.

ADDITIONAL RENEWABLE BOARD PARTICIPANTS:

DAVID NAZARIAN
Chief Investment Officer
NIMES CAPITAL (SOLAR RESERVE INVESTOR)

David Nazarian is the Chief Investment Officer of Nazarian Enterprises, and Qualcom Inc.

JASANDRA Nyker
Senior Vice President, Clean Energy and Technology
PACIFIC CORPORATE GROUP ASSET MANAGEMENT (INVESTOR)
Prior to joining PCG AM, Ms. Nyker worked for Booz Allen Hamilton in London. She also worked at LEHMAN BROTHERS along with Leon Black, Silver etc at the time of their demise.

Ryan Smith
Vice President
Credit Suisse (INVESTOR)
Ryan is a Vice President of the Customized Fund Investment Group located in New York. Ryan joined CREDIT SUISSE in 2001. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of RNT and as an Observer to Crystal IS, HelioVolt, SolarReserve and ZeroPoint. Ryan is a founding member of the New York Chapter of the Renewable Energy Business Network (REBN). He serves on the credit committee at the Lower East Side PEOPLE’S FEDERAL CREDIT UNION.

Steve Mitchell
Managing Director
Argonaut Private Equity (Solor Reserve Investor)
Steve Mitchell is Managing Director of ARGONAUT Private Equity, a venture capital and BUYOUT FIRM (KAISER will get Solyndra if they have no buyers) dedicated to financing and growing emerging market leaders. Mr. Mitchell currently sits on the Boards of Directors of: Global Client Solutions, Westec Intelligent Surveillance, Yulex Corporation, SOLYNDRA, Stepstone Group, Southwest United Industries, Green Hills Software, Newmans Valve, and Aspen Aerogels.
More here:
http://www.solar-reserve.com/index.html

Citigroup:
The Citi SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT portfolio includes companies ranging from water desalination project developers, like Stamford, Conn.-based POSEIDON RESOURCES Inc., and new recycling companies, like Richmond, Calif.-based MBA Polymers, to SOLAR RESERVE LLC, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based utility-scale solar energy storage company, and Cambridge, Mass.-based coal-gasification technology developer GREATPOINT ENERGY Inc.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/citi-sustainable-development-investments-looks-to-spin-out

Emerging Energy Graft: US and SPAIN project pipelines by 2012:
http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/emergingenergyresearchcsp1.jpg

Tony Lent is never mentioned yet he was a founder of US Renewables Group (“USRG”)...

USRG ASA, LLC (A subsidiary of US Renewable Group)

TONY LENT:

Mr. Tony Lent is the Senior Managing Director at WOLFENSHON & Company, L.L.C. Mr. Lent is also a Managing Director of Critical Resources Management. He is also an Advisor and Member of Investment Committee at SEA CHANGE MANAGEMENT, LLC. Mr. Lent was the Managing Director, President, and CO-FOUNDER at US RENEWABLES GROUP, LLC.

He has also worked as an ADVISOR to the:

National Renewable Energy Lab,

DOE,

EPA,

Duke Energy,

AEP,

AND World Bank’s Prototype Carbon Fund.

Mr. Lent headed up EA’s contribution to the development of the WORLD BANK’S PROTOTYPE CARBON. Prior to EA, he was a Co-Founder and Vice President of EcoTimber International.
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=8157390
http://sec.edgar-online.com/asalliances-biofuels-llc/s-1a-securities-registration-statement/2006/11/08/section53.aspx

From post 30:

http://www.brettonwoods.org/index.php/179/Leadership_Staff
http://www.brettonwoods.org/index.php/180/Bretton_Woods_Institutions
http://www.brettonwoods.org/members/#International_Council_Members

Click the first link and you’ll find his boss - Wolfenshon. Click the other links and find the rest. One wonders if the TARP money and the Stimulus money went to the banks in order to provide Guaranteed loans for this energy caper - since we don’t know where the money went one can speculate. The DOE are already out front, in saying, that their records of who got what, are messed up.

And then there’s USRG’s powerful partner United Techologies and their powerful leaders, Jamie Gorelick et al, and their lobbyists (one of which is Steve McBee...). Most are retread Administration and Political workers who have an open door to the DOE. The fix was in and planned for a long time and not only by this administration. One can’t forget that GW Bush started the DOE just as one can’t forget that it was Richard Nixon who started the EPA. The EPA that the Clintonites funded with multi-millions as soon as they hit the WH.

OCTOBER 7, 2008: SOLYNDRA...VCs including Redpoint Ventures, RockPort Capital, Argonaut, CMEA Ventures and U.S. Venture Partners. The startup also has several especially well-heeled backerss like the Walton family fund Madrone Capital, Abu Dubai’s MASDAR and Richard Branson’s Virgin Green Fund.
http://gigaom.com/cleantech/solyndra-amasses-600m-for-totally-tubular-thin-film-solar/

AUGEST 21, 2011: “SOLYNDRA raised about $1 billion in equity from investors including Redpoint Ventures, RockPort Capital, Argonaut, CMEA Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, the Walton family fund Madrone Capital, Abu Dubai’s MASDAR and Richard Branson’s Virgin Green Fund. That financing makes Solyndra one of the most well-funded tech companies out of Silicon Valley”

Redpoint Ventures (Mr. John Walecka - Director of the Stanford Business School Venture Capital Trust),

RockPort Capital (David J Frend - also serves on Aerogel board w/ Steven Mitchell),

Argonaut (George Kaiser - Foundation etc),

CMEA Capital, (Thomas R. Baruch also serves on Wildcat Technologies),

U.S. Venture Partners (Dr. Winston S. Fu),

the Walton family fund Madrone Capital (Mr. Jameson J. McJunkin),

Abu Dubai’s MASDAR (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company),

Richard Branson’s Virgin Green Fund (Mr. Anup M. Jacob also serves on Wildcat Technologies).
http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-story-behind-solyndras-rise-and-fall/

Directors of Solyndra:

Christian Gronet 2005 Chief Executive Officer, Director
Wilbur Stover 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President

Benjamin Bierman 2009 Executive Vice President - Operations and Engineering

Kirk Roller 2009 Vice President - Worldwide Sales

James Truman 2005 Vice President - Marketing and Business Development

Thomas Baruch 2006 Director

Winston Fu 2006 Director

James Gibbons 2005 Director

Anup Jacob 2007 Director

Dan Maydan 2006 Director

Jameson McJunkin 2009 Director

Steven Mitchell 2008 Director

Alex O’Cinneide 2007 Director

David Prend 2006 Director

Raymond Sims 2008 Director

John Walecka 2006 Director

BIOGRAPHIES:

Dr. Christian M. Gronet is the Chief Executive Officer, Director of Solyndra, Inc.

He has served as Chief Executive Officer and as a director since he founded Solyndra in May 2005. Previously he spent 11 years at APPLIED MATERIALS, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturing equipment company, most recently as Vice President and General Manager of the Transistor, Capacitor and Gate product group. Dr. Gronet founded G-Squared Semiconductor Corporation (acquired by Applied Materials). Dr. Gronet also worked at SERA Solar Corporation, where he pioneered new photovoltaic technologies. Dr. Gronet holds over 20 U.S. patents in thin film and related technologies. He holds a B.S. in materials science and a Ph.D. in semiconductor processing, both from Stanford University.

Mr. Wilbur G. Stover, Jr. is the Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Solyndra, Inc., since December 2007.

From June 1989 until August 2007, Mr. Stover served in various capacities at Micron Technology, Inc., a manufacturer of semiconductor devices, most recently Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Stover holds a B.A. in business administration with an accounting emphasis from Washington State University.

Mr. Benjamin B. Bierman is Executive Vice President - Operations and Engineering of Solyndra, Inc.

He joined the company in August 2006 and has served in positions of increasing responsibility since that time, most recently as Executive Vice President, Operations and Engineering since October 2009. Prior to joining the company, from March 2005 until August 2006, Mr. Bierman served as the Vice President-Business Management of Coherent, Inc. Mr. Bierman served as Managing Director at Lam Research Corporation from December 2003 to March 2005. Previously, during an eight-year tenure at APPLIED MATERIALS, Mr. Bierman served as Director of Engineering and Technology and Managing Director of two product units. Mr. Bierman holds an associate’s degree in Engineering Technology from SUNY Farmingdale.

Mr. Kirk R. Roller is Vice President - Worldwide Sales of Solyndra, Inc., since June 2009.

Mr. Roller was previously Vice President, Sales at SunEdison LLC, a solar integrator, where he was responsible for sales of photovoltaic projects, sales operations, and sales of renewable energy credits from July 2008 until June 2009. Prior to SunEdison, from April 1998 until July 2005, Mr. Roller was President and Chief Operating Officer of Emulex Corporation, a fiber channel based networking storage solutions company. At Emulex, he held various positions including Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Sr. Vice President, Sales and Marketing, prior to becoming President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Emulex, Roller held various positions at Compaq Computer Corporation before taking the position of General Manager of the networking components division, which provided networking design support and sales for all network interface components. Prior to Compaq, Mr. Roller held the position of Sr. Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Advanced InterConnections Corp., and Vice President, Worldwide Sales for Thomas-Conrad Corporation. Mr. Roller holds a B.A. in business management from the University of Texas.

Dr. James K. Truman is Vice President - Marketing and Business Development of Solyndra, Inc.

Dr. Truman was previously Vice President, Marketing at ReVera Incorporated, a provider of metrology used to monitor and control films and critical layers deployed in the semiconductor manufacturing process, from 2004 until 2005. Prior to ReVera, Dr. Truman was Director, Advanced Research Programs while on the Research Faculty, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, at the University of Florida from 2003 until 2004. From 1995 until 2003, Dr. Truman served in a number of executive capacities at APPLIED MATERIALS, Inc., including General Manager of the Wet Clean Division and Chief Marketing Officer and Director of Strategic Technology & Marketing for the Transistor Gate and Substrate division. Dr. Truman holds a B.S. in metallurgical engineering and material science from the University of Notre Dame, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the University of Florida.

Mr. Thomas R. Baruch is Director of Solyndra, Inc., since February 2006.

Mr. Baruch is the founder and a managing director of CMEA VENTURES, a venture capital firm that was established in 1989 as an affiliated fund of New Enterprise Associates. Mr. Baruch is currently on the board of directors of Entropic Communications, Inc., and several private companies. Before starting CMEA Ventures, Mr. Baruch was a founder and Chief Executive Officer of Microwave Technology, Inc., a supplier of gallium arsenide integrated circuits. Prior to his employment with Microwave Technology, Inc., Mr. Baruch managed a dedicated venture fund at Exxon Corp, and was President of the EXXON Materials Division. Earlier in his career, Mr. Baruch worked as a patent attorney and remains a registered patent attorney. He is also both a MEMBER of the Executive Committee of the Council of Competitiveness and a MEMBER of the Steering Committee of the ESIS Initiative (Energy, Security, Innovation and Sustainability) of the Council on Competitiveness. Mr. Baruch is a member of the board of trustees of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the board of trustees of the Berkeley Institute of Synthetic Biology. Mr. Baruch holds a B.S. in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a J.D. from Capital University.

Dr. Winston S. Fu is Director of Solyndra, Inc., since February 2006.

Dr. Fu is a Managing Member of several venture capital funds commonly referred to as U.S. VENTURE PARTNERS, or USVP. He joined USVP following his selection as a Kauffman Fellow in Venture Capital in 1997. Previously, Dr. Fu served in technical and marketing roles at Vixel Corporation from 1991 until 1995. Previously, Dr. Fu researched and developed technologies in the areas of semiconductors, lasers and superconductors at Stanford University, Sandia National Laboratories and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - (how many stats did they wee wee up...). He serves on the board of directors of Active-Semi International, Inc., CFX Battery, Inc., Maskless Lithography, Inc., Redwood Systems, Inc. and Teknovus, Inc. Dr. Fu holds a B.S. in physics from MIT, a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University and a M.S. in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Dr. James F. Gibbons is Director of Solyndra, Inc., since December 2005.

Dr. Gibbons is currently Professor (Research) in Electrical Engineering at STANFORD University (how many stats did they put out on greenie stuff). He joined the Stanford faculty in 1957 and served as the Dean of the School Engineering from 1984 to 1996. He was the founder of SERA Solar Corporation, and he also co-founded G-SQUARED Semiconductor Corporation (which was acquired by APPLIED MATERIALS, Inc.). Dr. Gibbons has served on boards of directors for both private and public companies, including LOCKHEED- MARTIN Corporation, CISCO Systems, Inc., El Paso Energy, SRI International and Raychem Corp. He has also served on committees working with the Presidential Science Advisor in the Nixon, Reagan and Bush Administrations. Dr. Gibbons is a Life Fellow of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Gibbons holds a B.S. from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Mr. Anup M. Jacob is Director of Solyndra, Inc., since July 2007.

Mr. Jacob is a Founding Partner of VIRGIN GREEN FUND. Prior to Virgin Green Fund, Mr. Jacob was a partner in TPG’s Aqua Fund, which focused on late stage INVESTMENTS IN WATER in water, clean technology and renewable resources companies, from 1999 until 2007. Mr. Jacob has served on the board of directors of several public and private companies, including Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc., Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd, Metering Technology Corporation and Scanship Environmental Solutions. Prior to TPG, Mr. Jacob was an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. in the Global Power and Merchant Banking groups. Mr. Jacob holds a B.A., with honors, in economics from the University of Chicago.

Dan Maydan is Director of Solyndra, Inc., since June 2006.

Dr. Maydan was President of APPLIED MATERIALS, Inc. from 1994 to 2003 and a MEMBER of that company’s board of directors. Before joining Applied Materials, Dr. Maydan spent 13 years managing new technology development at Bell Laboratories. In 1998, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Maydan serves on the board of directors of Infinera Corporation and Electronics For Imaging, Inc. Dr. Maydan holds a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Mr. Jameson J. McJunkin is Director of Solyndra, Inc., since September 2009.

Mr. McJunkin is a Founding Partner at MADRONE CAPITAL Partners, L.L.C., an investment firm based in Menlo Park, CA that was formed in 2005. Mr. McJunkin leads Madrone’s efforts in sustainability and alternative energy, and currently serves on the board of directors of Achates Power Inc., Enphase Energy, Inc., Fluidic Energy, and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Prior to Madrone, he was a technology growth capital investor at TA Associates, Inc., a private equity firm, from 2000 until 2005. Mr. McJunkin holds an A.B. with honors from the WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the STANFORD University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.

Mr. Steven R. Mitchell is Director of Solyndra, Inc., since November 2008.

Mr. Mitchell is Managing Director of ARGONAUT Private Equity, a venture capital and buyout firm dedicated to financing and growing emerging market leaders. Mr. Mitchell currently sits on the Boards of Directors of Global Client Solutions, LLC, Westec Intelligent Surveillance Inc., Yulex Corporation, Solyndra, StepStone Group LLC, Southwest United Industries, Inc., Green Hills Software, Inc., Newmans Valve, Ltd. and ASPEN AEROGELS, Inc. Prior to joining Argonaut in November 2004, Mr. Mitchell was a Principal in both Radical Incubation LP and 2929 Entertainment, where he led acquisitions and investments primarily focused in the media, sports and entertainment sectors. He previously was a corporate attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP SPECIALIZING IN MERGERS AND ACQUISIONS. Mr. Mitchell is a graduate of Baylor University and the University of San Diego School of Law.

Mr. Alex O’Cinneide is Director of Solyndra, Inc., since July 2007.

Mr. O’Cinneide is the Head of Venture Investments of the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (MASDAR). Prior to joining Masdar in January 2007, he was a Managing Partner in Quorum European Partners (since changed names), an energy technology focused venture capital firm, from 2004 until 2007. He also worked at Unisys Corp. in the Business Transformation group. He started his career in two technology companies before joining KPMG Consulting (???Pakistan group), where he was a director in the Strategy and Private Equity Advisory group (London & New York). He presently serves on the board of directors of EnerTech Environmental, Inc., DuraTherm, Inc. and Enviromena Power Systems LLC. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from Trinity College Dublin, a MSc. in Philosophy from the London School of Economics and a MSc. in Finance from the London Business School.

Mr. David J. Prend is Director of Solyndra, Inc., October 2006.

Mr. Prend is the Managing General Partner of RockPort Capital Partners, a venture capital firm. Prior to founding RockPort Capital Partners, Mr. Prend held the positions of Director and Managing Director at SALOMON BROTHERS from June 1990 until January 1997, and headed the Global Energy Investment Banking Group. Previously, he served in a number of executive capacities for SHEARSON LEHMAN’S NATURAL RESOURCES INVESTMENT BANKING GROUP, Amoco and Bechtel Corporation. Mr. Prend currently serves on the boards of directors of Achates Power, Inc., ASPEN AEROGELS, Inc., Aspen Products Group, Inc., Hycrete Technologies, Inc., Satcon Technology Corporation and SustainX, Inc. He is also a member of the board of directors of the National Venture Capital Association. Mr. Prend holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Raymond J. Sims is Director of Solyndra, Inc., since December 2008.

Mr. Sims is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Financial Engines, Inc, an independent registered investment advisor. Prior to joining Financial Engines, he served at RAYCHEM Corporation, a technology company, as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 1993 until 1999, as Vice President and Treasurer from 1985 to 1993 and as Director, Internal Audit from 1982 to 1984. Mr. Sims holds an M.B.A from the Harvard Business School and a B.S. in business and economics from Lehigh University.

Mr. John Walecka is Director of Solyndra, Inc., since February 2006.

Mr. Walecka is a founding partner of Redpoint Ventures, which was established in 1999. Prior to founding Redpoint Ventures, Mr. Walecka was a general partner with Brentwood Venture Capital, a firm he joined in 1984. Mr. Walecka has also served as a member of the board of directors of Entropic Communications, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, since September 2001. Mr. Walecka served as director of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists (WAVC) and is currently a director of Fortinet, Inc. and the STANFORD Business School Venture Capital Trust. Mr. Walecka holds a B.S. and an M.S. in engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as Stanford Business School or Stanford GSB).

Solyndra LLC Insiders on Board Members

Dr. Christian M. Gronet, Chris served as Chief Executive Officer of Solyndra, Inc. Dr. Gronet founded Solyndra, Inc.

Other Board Members on Board Members

Name (Connections) Relationships Type of Board Members Primary Company Age

John Walecka II 52 Relationships — Redpoint Ventures 50

Thomas Baruch J.D. 56 Relationships — CMEA Capital 71

Dan Maydan Ph.D. 93 Relationships — Silicom Ventures LLC 75

Winston Fu Ph.D. 39 Relationships - U.S. Venture Partners -

Dr. Winston S. Fu is a General Partner at U.S. Venture Partners. He joined the firm as an Associate in 1997 and is based at Menlo Park. Dr. Fu is serving at this position since 2000 and leads the firm’s activities in CHINA. His focuses on investments related to information technologies (both software and hardware solutions), energy efficiency, and adaptation to climate change sectors. Prior to joining the firm, Dr. Fu served in technical and marketing roles at Vixel ... Corporation. As a Director of Product Marketing, he was responsible for developing new applications for the VCSEL device product line at the firm. Dr. Fu serves on the Board of Active-Semi International, Contour Energy Systems, CFX Battery, Redwood Systems, CiraNova, Solyndra, Maskless Lithography Inc., Xicato, Princeton Lightwave, and Superprotonic, Inc. From 1999 to 2004, he served on the Board of New Focus. During the past decade, Dr. Fu also served on the Board of Ponte Solutions, Alchemy, Clear Shape Technologies, Brion Technologies, and Teknovus. He is an Advisor to Front Range Volleyball. Dr. Fu has researched and developed technologies in the areas of semiconductors, lasers, magnetic materials, and superconductors at Stanford University, MIT, Sandia National Laboratories, and 3M Company. He regularly speaks at conferences in China on the experiences of venture-backed companies in Silicon Valley. Dr. Fu is a Kauffman Fellow in Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University; an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was an Austin Scholar; and a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from MIT.David Prend 56 Relationships — RockPort Capital Partners —

Alex O’Cinneide 44 Relationships - Masdar Venture Capital -

Mr. Alex O’Cinneide is the Director and Head of Investments at MASDAR Venture Capital. Previously, Mr. O’Cinneide was the Chief Executive Officer and Partner at QUORUM European Partners (now known as Sefton Partners LLP - these guys change names like the weather). He was also Managing Partner at the firm. Mr. O’Cinneide has worked on a number of investments for over four years and has extensive experience in European market. He was appointed in JANUARY 2007 to manage the MASDAR CLEAN TECH FUND (ADFEC) and ABU DHABI FUTURE ENERGY. Mr. O’Cinneide started his career in two venture capital backed technology companies. Previously, as a Principal and Director in the KPMG Consulting’s Strategy and Private Equity Advisory Group (London and New York), he was in charge of finding investments in business services throughout the region. Mr. O’Cinneide is an ADVISOR of ENERTECH Capital. He serves on the Board of SOLYNDRA, Inc., Enertech Environmental, Inc., Enviromena Inc, and Duratherm, Inc.; and is an Observer to the Board of NanoGram Corporation. Mr. O’Cinneide was a Director of Unisys Inc. and a Member of Investment Committee of Masdar Clean Tech Fund, L.P. He holds an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, a Masters in Finance from London Business School, and an M.A. and B.A.from Trinity College, Dublin.

MASDAR VENTURE CAPITAL IS A VENTURE CAPITAL ARM OF ABU DHABI FUTURE ENERGY COMPANY specializing in direct and fund of funds investments. The firm invests in clean technology and renewable energy, energy and material efficiency, carbon management, environmental resources and services, monetization, water usage, and desalination. It prefers to invest in North America, Europe and Asia. The firm seeks equity investments between $5 million and $35 million. It takes both controlling and non-controlling stakes. The firm seeks to exit its investments after a period of five to six years. Masdar Venture Capita was founded in 2006 and is based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber is the Chief Executive Officer.

Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber’ other affiliations:

Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Director
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC
Chairman of the Board
Abu Dhabi Ports Company
Director
Advanced Technology Investment Company LLC

RYAN SMITH, Director of SOLAR RESERVE serves on the Masdar Venture Capital Board:

Mr. Ryan Smith is employed at CREDIT SUISSE since 2001. He currently serves as a Director of Europlasma SA and as an Observer at ZeroPoint Cleantech Inc., Crystal IS, and HelioVolt. Mr. Smith is a Member of Investment Committee at Masdar Clean Tech Fund, L.P. He volunteers and serves on the Board of Directors at the Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union and is a Member of the Advisory Board at Cristo Rey New York High School in East Harlem. Mr. Smith received ... a B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1998.

Michael Asprey from the **CARLYLE GROUP** serves on MASDAR Venture Capita board:

Michael W. Arpey background:

Mr. Michael W. Arpey, J.D. serves as Head of Investor Relations Management and Managing Director at Carlyle, Inc. Mr. Arpey serves as Managing Director and Co-Head of Indiana Future Fund I, L.P. He serves as Managing Director and Member of the Operating Committee of The Carlyle Group. At Carlyle, he is responsible for strategic planning and business development. He is responsible for fund formation strategy, new investor products and coordination of investor relations. ...

John Major (UK ex-PM from CREDIT SUISSE is on the board at Carlyle with Asprey):
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=3553669&privcapId=23333&previousCapId=84647135&previousTitle=Masdar%20Venture%20Capital