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The MITCNC Semiconductor & Clean Tech Entrepreneur Series Presents:

Accelerating the Rollout of Energy Management Solutions in Homes and Buildings

Thursday May 14, 2009
6:30pm Networking & Refreshments
7:00pm Event Starts

PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE

**OPEN TO THE PUBLIC*

Location:
Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP
3175 Hanover St.
Palo Alto, CA 94301

 The built environment is said to account for over half of global energy consumption. Energy management in homes and buildings therefore represents a major leverage point for addressing the energy and climate problems the world faces today.

Small gains in efficiency and the ability to adjust one’s energy usage patterns can have a massive impact on overall energy consumption, costs, and greenhouse gas emissions. This is driving large and growing interest in technologies and businesses that can address this space. Adding to the excitement is the fact that many solutions can be implemented largely by bringing together known and available technical capabilities.

For more information and opinions on policy, technology, and implementation of smart grids, homes and meters, please follow the links on our Clean Technology page.

But what about the “smart grid” and “smart meter” deployments? Large amounts of public and private investment, as well as extensive media coverage, have driven widespread awareness of the smart grid and smart meters, and their potential for transforming energy generation, distribution, and use. But to what extent will this really affect how people in homes and buildings use energy? Deployments of these technologies have faced challenges and criticisms relating to the

  1. Achievable rate of penetration.
  2. Lack of in-building instrumentation, connectivity, and intelligence needed for effective measurement and control (including connected smart plugs and smart appliances, in-home networking, and display and control hubs).
  3. Absence of compelling value propositions for the consumer.

 This panel discussion will explore

  1. What is required to deliver compelling consumer value propositions, and to achieve rapid roll-out and adoption of energy management solutions?
  2. Can substantial deployment occur separately from utility-led smart-meter deployments, and how can ultimate integration be ensured?
  3. What are potential business/investment models, go-to-market approaches, ecosystems and partnering strategies?
  4. What are the critical technical issues?

 Moderator:  Matthew Denesuk, Partner, Venture Capital Group, IBM

 Panelists: 

  • Matt Smith, VP Marketing, Greenbox Technologies
  • Peter Sharer, CEO, Agilewaves
  • Linda Hanson, Echelon, VP Corporate Marketing
  • Sumeet Jain, Senior Partner, CMEA Capital
  • Bill Shetti, Managing Director Storm Ventures and Board Member Demi Energy

 Bios:

 Matthew Denesuk

Matt Denesuk is a Partner with the IBM Venture Capital Group, where he focuses on new businesses and technologies related to cleantech and to business services. He was previously the leader for efficiency and measurements in IBM’s Global Technology Services business, and for global strategy for IBM’s technology-based services transformation. Prior to that, he held various positions in IBM Research focused on incubations and spin-outs, in such areas as advanced sensors, medical diagnostics, portal technology, and text analytics. Before joining IBM, Matt co-founded and managed several companies, including a globally integrated consumer products company and a biodegradable plastics company. He has also led fundamental research into intelligent window technologies for green buildings, and served for many years as a consultant specializing in IP strategy & litigation and product liability. Matthew received a B.S. from MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Arizona in Materials Science and Engineering.

 Jim Kim

Jim joined CMEA Capital in 2007 and is a Senior Partner. Previously, Jim was a Vice President at GE Commercial Finance where he led technology venture investments in the cleantech, advanced materials, and digital media sectors. Jim helped found the Energy Technology Ventures group at GE Energy Financial Services, where he also worked on domestic and foreign renewable energy structured finance opportunities. Earlier in his career, Jim was an Analyst with GCI Partners in Boston, an early stage IT venture capital consulting firm.  Jim holds B.S. degrees in Computer Science & Electrical Engineering and Political Science from MIT, and a M.S. in Quantitative Methods and an MBA from Columbia University. He continues to work as a research assistant on projects with Columbia Medical Center and the Earth Institute.

Peter Sharer

Peter is the Chief Executive Officer and a founder Agilewaves, a startup that applies science quality data systems to building performance monitoring. Agilewaves Building Optimization Systemä transforms building data into actionable information to power efficiency improvements of more than 20%.  Peter has over twenty-five years of experience in science data systems, software development and IT, primarily in leadership roles. Prior to founding Agilewaves, he led a team at MW2 Consulting, a pioneer in SOA (Service Oriented Architecture), deploying Business Service Management solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to that, his career highlights include work at NASA leading the software team developing the Mission Control System for the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, writing a data analysis application in atmospheric science, and at Stanford University where he led a team building a data system for tagging pelagic marine life. Peter earned a B.S. degree in Physics from The Colorado College.

Linda Hanson

Linda Hanson joined Echelon in 2009. Hanson has held a variety of senior marketing positions including Vice President, Corporate Marketing at SkyPilot Networks and Director, Desktop (iPod, iMac, AirPort, e-commerce Apple Store) Product Marketing at Apple in addition to product marketing roles at QMS and Computer Associates. Hanson earned B.S. degrees in Commerce and Finance from Santa Clara University.

Matthew Smith

Matthew Smith, leader of Greenbox’s business, marketing and channel strategies, has over 13 years of startup business experience in the home computer, consumer electronics, broadcast video, and internet music industries. He is the former Vice President of Product Marketing at Liquid Audio, which was acquired by Anderson Merchandisers, music distributor for Wal-Mart. Matthew was responsible for marketing, product management, technical support, key partnerships and operations for the digital music distributor whose solutions helped establish the market for digital music in the United States.
Prior to joining Liquid Audio, he spent ten years with Sony Electronics, where he held various product marketing and management positions, most recently Director of Marketing for the launch and establishment of the VAIO Personal Computer business. Matthew holds an MBA in Sustainable Management from the Presidio School of Management, and a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh.