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Bill Gross
is the Founder and CEO of Energy Innovations, an original concept developed at Idealab. Bill also founded Idealab and has served as its Chairman of the Board and CEO since its formation in March 1996. In the intervening time, Idealab founded more than 40 companies. Prior to Idealab, he started a number of companies, including GNP Development Inc., which he sold in 1985 to Lotus Development Corporation, where he subsequently served as a software entrepreneur. In 1991, Bill started Knowledge Adventure, an educational software publisher that was eventually sold to Havas Vivendi. Bill has a BS in engineering from Caltech and currently serves on the board of that institution.Erik Straser
is General Partner with Mohr Davidow Ventures. Erik joined MDV in 1998 and specializes in investing in and building energy, materials and software companies. Prior to MDV, Erik worked at Interval Research Corp., a technology incubator funded by Paul Allen, and at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a technical staff member. He also consulted to several seed and early stage venture capital firms. While pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering at Stanford, Erik led an interdisciplinary project between the electrical, mechanical, and civil engineering departments to develop a next-generation monitoring system for critical facilities. He holds a U.S. patent from his research work. From 1996 to 1998, he served as president of the Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students (BASES), Stanford's largest student group focused on entrepreneurship and technology management.Howard Morgan
, Ph.D. has been a Director of Idealab since March 2002. Dr. Morgan was President, Idealab New York from March 2000 to June 2001 and was a Vice Chairman until December 2002. Since 1989, Dr. Morgan has served as President of Arca Group, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in the areas of computers and communications technologies. Dr. Morgan was a Professor of Decision Sciences at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Professor of Computer Science at the Moore School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1972 through 1986. He serves as a Director for a number of public companies, including Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., Predictive Systems and Segue Software, Inc. Dr. Morgan received his Ph.D. in operations research from Cornell University and his B.S. in Physics from the City University of New York.© Copyright 2003-2008 Energy Innovations, Inc. All Rights Reserved. All trademarks are
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