Tim is a Principal of R. W. Beck, a member of its Board of Directors, where he consults with clients in utility operations and strategic planning; market assessments and competitive positioning; electric, natural gas, and water rates and cost-of-service analyses; and power supply, economic, and financial feasibility studies, and has provided expert testimony before numerous state and federal regulatory bodies.
Prior to joining R. W. Beck, Mr. Corrigan was employed by a municipal electric, natural gas, and water utility in the Midwest, where he was directly involved in a wide range of utility operations and management matters.
Mr. Corrigan is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Professional Engineers of Colorado, and the American Consulting Engineers Council. He also has served on several American Public Power Association and state-level public power committees.
Ring McAfee & Co. Inc. is a New York-based merchant bank and financial advisory firm specializing in project finance, mergers and acquisitions, and alternative energy development. Prior to forming RMC, Merrill was a founding partner of Private Capital Partners, Inc. (1986-1991) and a senior vice president of Bank of America in San Francisco (1964 -1986) where Merrill was the executive director of the Public Finance Department and a director of the bank's Capital Markets Group.
Merrill serves as financial advisor to Alchemix Corp. (www.alchemix.us) and board member of R.W. Beck Inc. (www.rwbeck.com). He earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University in New York.
Board Observers
Dave co-founded Greenwood Technologies LLC in 2005 to help advance the next generation of wood-fired central heating. His passion for people, combined with a deep appreciation of process, allows Dave to create programs attuned to the needs of customers adopting this new technology.
He was founder and CEO of a land development/homebuilding company, and a company to export non-prescription pharmaceuticals to Russia and other republics of the former Soviet Union. Dave was also a founder and director of Absolute Business, a business acceleration and consulting firm.
Dave is currently an active member of the Northwest Entrepreneur Network and MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest. He holds a B.A. degree from Duke University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Prior to Copia, Mr. Aggarwal was a Managing Director of Alvarez and Marsal, a nationwide management consulting firm. In that capacity, he was CEO of Ancora, a mail presort company with $110 million in gross revenues. He led the turnaround, growth, and ultimately the sale of Ancora to Pitney Bowes in 2004.
Sudhir also served as CEO of National Pen Corporation, a $100 million manufacturer and marketer of promotional products; In addition, He was also CFO of Beaver Creek Holdings, a private investment fund of Alvarez and Marsal.
Previously, Sudhir was Senior VP and Manager of the Restructuring Finance Group at Bank of America. Prior, he was a Managing Director in the National Banking-Asset Recovery Group at Bank of Boston, handling the workout of a number of multi-lender, problem LBO loans and several equity positions.
Sudhir has served on the Board of Long Agribusiness and the Advisory Board of Exed LLC. He received his B.A. from Dartmouth College and his MBA from Stanford University.
His passion for public education reform efforts includes deep involvement in the LEARN initiative in Los Angeles, as well as California's charter school movement. He is also currently a member of the Board of Directors of Unity Charter High School.
Michael is a management consultant specializing in companies in transition: assisting start-ups in establishing the infrastructure needed to manage growth and supporting companies undergoing a turnaround. Engagements include interim management roles as Division President, Chief Operating Officer as well as specific project based assignments in business planning, operations reviews, product proof-of-concepts and outsourcing both to domestic and international subcontractors.
He was Chief Operating Officer of Ancora, a $110 million in gross revenues, 900-employee corporation, in the mail presorting industry. Michael has operational experience on both the buy and sell sides of M&A transactions. Prior to joining Ancora, he was President of Modular Devices, a manufacturer of custom power supplies and Iwerks Attractions and Technologies, a provider of large custom entertainment systems for the amusement park industry.
Michael has over 30 years of operational experience with such companies as AST Computers, Schlumberger, and Arthur Young. He holds a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Martin is an investor in Greenwood and advisor in the area of renewable fuels and technologies. Imperium Renewables is the leader in biodiesel production. Martin joined Imperium Renewables to drive strategic direction in May 2005, following a multiyear search for the right alternative energy investment.
Previously, Martin spent 15 years in operating roles in technology companies: he was the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of Loudeye Technologies, Inc. (now part of Nokia , a pioneer in digital media production, distribution, and applications. Under his leadership, the company raised more than $175M (including an IPO) and grew to be one of the largest providers of digital media enabling solutions for the Internet. Prior to Loudeye, Martin spent six years with Microsoft in operational management roles and four years with Andersen Consulting (Accenture).
Martin received his bachelor's degree in marketing and computer science from Oregon State University. He holds two technology patents.
Prof. Kramlich serves as the Principal Investigator on Greenwood's WTC grant-funded research projection at the University of Washington. His research interests involve the problems of chemistry in combustion, generally with an environmental focus. He spent 12 years in contract research and development working on both fundamental studies and on research supporting the development of new processes at Energy and Environmental Research Corporation in Irvine, California.
Since joining the University in 1991 his work has continued along these same lines. His principal research funding is from National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Office of Naval Research, Gas Research Institute, Weyerhaeuser, and NASA. He is world-renowned expert in the problems of NOx and N2O generation and control from combustion systems.
Assistant Director of the Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology
NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred New York
Licio is helping Greenwood develop our next generation of biomass boilers using leading-edge ceramics technology. He has more than 30 years experience in research and application of combustion and ceramics technology. For the past 8 years he has served as Assistant Director of the Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology at Alfred University. He also works as a consultant to industry specializing in combustion, safety systems, automated controls, and ceramics processing and fracture analysis. Licio has published numerous technical papers and holds several patents.
Byron is an investor in Greenwood and advises the company in the area of fund raising. He is a founding partner of Ascent Partners, a M&A firm specializing in IT companies, and has initiated and completed mergers between public and private firms such as Amazon, Computer Associates, Omnicom, and Microsoft.
Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer of Lone Wolf, Inc., a Paul Allen funded company focused on multimedia networking technology. He also was co-founder and COO of genSoft, producers of the first Windows database software application, which was acquired by Computer Associates. Previously, he was Chairman/CEO of IQ Technologies, a computer peripheral manufacturer. He was also Vice President/General Manager of Pacific Communications/Cable Advertising Network, which was acquired by Tele-communications, Inc. He formerly was a senior telecommunications consultant for Ernst & Young with clients such as IBM and Xerox.
He has an undergraduate degree cum laude from Harvard College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
