| Timothy L. Newell Tim has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2009 and brings significant experience in the energy and clean technology industries, including investment and government experience. Tim has served as a Senior Advisor to US Renewables Group, a private equity firm, since 2009. Before joining US Renewables Group, Tim served as a Managing director and Head of the Clean Technology Strategy Group for Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., an investment banking firm. Prior to that, Tim served as a founding Managing Director for DFJ Element, a clean technology affiliate fund of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Previously Tim was Chief Operating Officer of Olympius Capital, a private equity firm, Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking for E*Offering, a technology investment bank, and Vice President and Principal of Robertson Stephens. In the public sector, Tim has held a number of positions with the U.S. government including Deputy Director for Policy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, under the Clinton Administration, and Washington Staff Director for then-U.S. Representative Norman Mineta. Tim holds a B.A. in Economics from Brown University. |