Speaker Bios
David Auston
Acting Executive Director
Institute for Energy Efficiency
Gui Bazan
Production & Storage Solutions Group Head
Institute for Energy Efficiency
Daniel Blumenthal
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
UC Santa Barbara
John Bowers
Director and Electronics & Photonics Solutions Group Head
Institute for Energy Efficiency
Fred Chong
Computing Solutions Group Head
Institute for Energy Efficiency
Brent Dehlsen
Co-Founder and CEO
Ecomerit Technologies
Steve DenBaars
Lighting Solutions Group Head
Institute for Energy Efficiency
TJ DiCaprio
Sr. Director, Environmental Sustainability Initiative
Microsoft U.S.A.
Jed Dorsheimer
Principal, Senior Equity Analyst
Canaccord Adams
Jon Guice
Managing Director of Research
AltaTerra Research
Jeffrey Henley
Global Advisory Board Chair
Institute for Energy Efficiency
Takashi Hikihara
Professor of Electrical Engineering (Power Conversion & System Control Lab)
Kyoto University
Robert Karlicek
Director, Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tim Keating
Vice President of Marketing
Skyline Solar
Michael Lebby
President and CEO
Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA)
Dina Lozofsky
Vice President, Corporate Development
Solarmer
Igor Mezic
Buildings & Design Solutions Group Head
Institute for Energy Efficiency
Richard Newell
Administrator
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Marti Ogram
Global Sales Business Development Manager
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Mario Paniccia
Director, Photonics Technology Lab
Intel
Michael Peevey
President
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Joe Pettus
Senior Vice President of Fuel and Energy Operations
Safeway
Dan Reicher
Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives
Google
Alexis Ringwald
Co-Founder and Director of Business Development
Valence Energy
Gene Rodrigues
Director of Energy Efficiency
Southern California Edison (SCE)
Mark Rodwell
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
UC Santa Barbara
William Sisson
Director of Sustainability
United Technologies Research Center
Kelly Smith
Manager of Sustainability Programs, Building Efficiency
Johnson Controls
James Speck
Professor, Materials Science
UC Santa Barbara
Robert Sproull
Vice President and Director
Sun Labs, Oracle
Cary Vandenberg
Chief Executive Officer
Agilewaves, Inc.
Howard Wenger
President, Utility & Power Plants
SunPower Corp
Rich Wolski
Chief Technology Officer
Eucalyptus Systems
Henry Yang
Chancellor
University of California, Santa Barbara
Katherine Yelick
NERSC Division Director
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Walter Yuen
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
