Bio
John Bissell
John Bissel is CEO of Micromidas Inc.
John received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California - Davis. He completed the UC Davis Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy and several other advanced entrepreneurial leadership programs in recent years. After raising seed funding for Micromidas, John led the company to numerous successes in regional and national green technology competitions, including the UC Davis "Big Bang" Business Plan Competition, The California Business Ascent Competition, the US Environmental Protection Agency's People, Prosperity, and the Planet Sustainable Design Competition, and most recently, the National Clean Tech Open. John brings a wealth of experience in technology management, chemical research and development, numerical modeling of complex systems, and scaling of industrial processes. Prior to Micromidas, John was employed by Ampac Fine Chemicals working with diverse teams of chemists, engineers, and operators as a functional liaison between R&D, manufacturing, and management teams.
Krisztina "Z" Holly
Krisztina "Z" Holly is Vice Provost of Innovation at the University of Southern California.
Scott Painter
Scott Painter is the founder and chief executive Officer of TrueCar.
K R Sridhar
KR Sridhar is founder and chief executive officer of Bloom Energy.
Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran
Vijay Vaitheeswaran is an award-winning correspondent for The Economist. In his two decades on staff, he has covered development issues, energy and environment, health care, and innovation. He is an expert advisor to the World Economic Forum/Davos and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He also teaches at NYU's Stern Business School. Mr. Vaitheeswaran has addressed groups ranging from the U.S. National Governors' Association and the U.N. General Assembly to the TED, AAAS and Aspen Ideas conferences. His most recent special reports for The Economist were on innovation and on technology in health care. His latest book, ZOOM, was named a Book of the Year by the Financial Times. Mr. Vaitheeswaran is also the author of Power to the People, a book on the future of energy.
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- Economist, The
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