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Felipe has been around energy since childhood due to his father being an Exxon executive as well as an innovator in the oil field industry across the world.
After completing his studies in Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Cano moved back to his native country of Colombia to work as vice-president for Latin America Regions, a business development of DRILLEXCO (a family owned drilling oil & gas company). During his time at Drillexco, Felipe mastered closing land concessions (leases) with multiple Latin American governments and private parties, garnering him with the expertise in complex polices, form- outs and lobbying. During Felipe’s involvement, the company acquired over 1 MM hectares of land with a contract to drill 2500 wells.
After the 5-year experience in the oil, gas and energy industry, Mr. Cano moved back to the US to found and manage Sterling Securities, an equity market hedge fund. Sterling Securities managed private wealth portfolios for Latin America, Caribbean and European clients as a registered broker-dealer regulated by the SEC (Security Exchange Commission). As CEO, Felipe Cano oversaw the raising of investment capital; transaction control of trading desk reports; compliance issues; aspects of technology and connectivity transactions; and trading floor management. This experience provided Felipe the entry point to the creation of Eurolink Network in Madrid, Spain.
In 1998, Mr. Cano moved to Spain to take a new step forward, having the vision to connect and unify both European and United States stock exchanges under one platform and protocol, targeting to create the smart grid of the equity market and stock trading in a bilateral, single network. In 2000 Mr. Cano co-founded ECN Access Europe S.A. in partnership with Island ECN, today, a Reuters company. ECN Access was the first technology hub in Europe to route the first block of institutional order flows from a European Bank directly to the NASDAQ electronic exchange without intermediaries: “the first smart grid ever built”. The ECN (Electronic Communication Networks), of the 90’s was and are today, places in which traders of all levels, (private and institutional), match equity and other financial products within their own order books. This was the democratization of the stock exchange.
Today, in a similar manner, Community Electricity.IO, Inc. is building “the NASDAQ ” of the clean energy field. In 2003, Eurolink Network Inc., (an ECN Access Europe S.A. spin-off), was acquired by NYFIX (NYFX), a leading Wall Street listed company with a market cap of 1.2 billion dollars. Eurolink’s network order flow account handled more than one billion shares per day, equivalent to 30% of the total volume of the institutional European equity order flow to the USA markets, all built under one platform and the “FIX” protocol: (Financial Information Exchange).
Following his vision to create a digital market for the energy sector, Felipe moved to Barcelona and founded Eco&Urbana targeting to develop a platform to start the experimentation of what are today’s microgrids. Felipe Cano spent two years aggregating the most talented team in the industry to co-develop company products and services which integrate smart energy education, smart mobilization and smart finance, in combination with energy software, hardware and network solutions, specifically, microgrid schemes: an open and transparent transformation of the energy industry.
Since 2010 until today, Felipe has been developing a Community Low Carbon Development Protocol and is the founder of CommunityElectricty.IO, Inc., the company which will implement the first version of the protocol in partnership with top energy companies around the world. Today, CommunityElectricity has co-designed with The Energy Coalition, a master implementation plan and has been awarded a grant by the California Energy Commission to implement the largest and the first-of-its kind decarbonization by electrification protocol using distributed electricity resources, carbon emissions management, blockchain, AI and IoT all connected under one plug-and-play platform that produces and broadcasts impact in real time: the future of the digital prosumer decarbonization economy.
Felipe graduated with honors from Valley Forge Military Academy, later acquiring an M.S. (Master of Science) from Cambridge College in Boston, Massachusetts. He had the opportunity to live in a dozen cities around the world, making him an extraordinary visionary with a real pulse of the planet’s social, environmental and economic behavior, as well as its future needs.
David Moss is a visionary leader in the blockchain space. David is currently CEO of StrongBlock.io, a Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) company he founded in 2018 to work with clients from startups to enterprises. StrongBlock’s BaaS platform provides fast, affordable and reliable blockchain creation, allowing companies to focus on their business instead of using expensive and scarce blockchain resources.
In the blockchain space, David held two prominent roles in the creation of EOSIO, the 3rd-generation blockchain operating system that raised $4b in its Initial Coin Offering (ICO):
David’s other roles include:
David is regularly engaged as a strategic blockchain consultant across many disciplines including Automotive, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Energy, Banking, Entertainment, Sports and Health Care, and is a sought-after blockchain keynote speaker, with talks in South Korea, Italy, Switzerland, UK, NY, SF, LA, Seattle, and Portland to date.
Craig Perkins provides leadership, oversight and strategic input at TEC for all contracts, programs and policy work. Prior to joining TEC in 2008, he was Director of Environmental and Public Works Management for the City of Santa Monica, where he served for over 25 years. Craig has extensive experience designing and implementing energy programs and policies, which involve outreach strategies to key stakeholder groups, including creation of the Regional Energy Networks, implementation of Energy Upgrade California in Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles County Southern California Regional Energy Center Pilot, directing Santa Monica’s award-winning Sustainable City Plan, Solar Santa Monica Program, and Energy Independence Plan.
John is an energy innovator and thought leader with 30+ years experience in entrepreneurial, consulting, business development, sales, marketing, political, and research roles. Key consulting clients have included Austin Energy, Tropos Networks, Cellnet, the City of San Marcos, Xtreme Power, the Pecan Street Project, Sharp Labs of America, Grid Net, Enerjisa Baskent, New Brunswick Power, Tucson Electric and Tritium Technologies. As a nationally-recognized innovator in energy (FierceEnergy: list of the 15 most influential players in the energy industry in 2011, GreenTech Media: The Networked Grid 100: The Movers and Shakers of the Smart Grid in 2012), John recently launched a new consulting firm Tetra Innovations Group to accelerate the Transportation Electrification Transformation (Tetra).
John concluded an engagement with EV DC fast charging innovator Tritium Technologies in May 2020. Prior, he explored microgrid innovation in 2017 & 2018 with his startups MAAS Energy and Nextenergi. From 2014-2016, John was a principal in the launch of Siemens US Business Transformation Services efforts. In 2013, John served as a management consultant and smart grid subject matter expert at the Siemens North American Smart Grid Center of Competence in New Brunswick, Canada. Earlier that year, John worked with Actionable Strategies on a Smart Grid Roadmap project with Enerjisa Baskent in Ankara, Turkey. In 2012, John worked to create industry-specific solutions for commercial building owners by applying new business models (e.g., nanogrids, microgrids) while at NextWatt Solutions. In 2010 and 2011, John worked with Grid Net, a pioneer Smart Grid software company, and with Sharp Labs to develop business models for virtual power plants. In 2009, John helped his client Xtreme Power, an advanced lead acid energy storage company, to secure a multi-million-dollar federal loan guarantee to implement the first energy storage for renewable energy integration on a wind farm in Maui. Also in 2009, John was a leader in the Pecan Street Project, leading the Smart Grid committee and writing the final technical report. Earlier at Austin Energy, John ran the GENie Project in 2004 and 2005, leading utility management to explore broadband options for utility operations and launching the groundbreaking Smart Grid program. From 2003-2008, John was a Smart Cities consultant, focused on developing and implementing Smart City applications leveraging new wireless technologies. John’s early career in electricity (1996-2000) featured work on pioneer wireless AMR and energy data software at CSW Communications, a subsidiary of Central and South West (now AEP), including one of the first city-wide wireless meter reading projects in the world. John helped launch the Texas Senate Research Center in 1986, serving as director from 1987-1994.
John authored two chapters recently: Quintessential Innovation for Transformation of the Power Sector in Innovation & Disruption At the Grid’s Edge (2017) and The Innovation Platform Enables the Internet of Things in Future of Utilities – Utilities of the Future (2016), John was invited to speak on innovation at OMIE headquarters in Madrid in 2016. John authored two white papers on business transformation while at Siemens: The Art of the Managed Transition and DER Resiliency. John is co-author of the industry best seller The Advanced Smart Grid: Edge Power Driving Sustainability (1E, 2011 & 2E 2015). In 2011, Smart Grid News called The Advanced Smart Grid “…far and away the best book yet about the smart grid.” John’s 2008 book The ABCs of Community Broadband is a guidebook on smart cities for community leaders. John is an accomplished public speaker and has published numerous articles on electricity and broadband innovation in traditional and new media. John has an MBA with honors and a BA in Government from the University of Texas at Austin. John currently resides in Austin, Texas.
Austin Davis is a Founder of Plouton Group Renewable Datacenter, Blockchain Beach and other technology ventures. Expertise in building technology companies, consulting & education in digital media & blockchain technology space. The primary focus is on real-world use cases for blockchain technology, such as supply chain, robotics, decentralized transportation protocols, smart cities, manufacturing, retail & POS, inventory control, identity, human resources, immigration & refugee population management, agriculture, etc. He is a strong proponent of all digital technology ventures and has driven successful fundraising and revenue deals. Austin has also structured corporate partnerships with early stage tech companies such as Uber and Lemonade Insurance.
Austin is a community leader in the development of LA Blockchain Week with local venture studio Draper Goren Holm, and also hosts events and conferences in Southern California and beyond – bringing blockchain entrepreneurs together for events, networking, media, strategy and team building experiences. He spearheaded development of the largest community organization in SoCal and one of the most engaging and vibrant communities in the world – We have helped many projects build innovative tech platforms, raise capital and form powerful teams & partnerships. He is also well versed in Smart Contracts, Java, Node.js, C++, React Native, Protocol(s), DApps & DLT.
Austin also spearheaded the Costa Rica Blockchain Alliance: working with the government, banks & corporate partners to stimulate GDP, tech job creation and economic growth. Related to his background & experience in the corporate world, Austin is hosting corporate wellness and green living experience retreats on Catalina, such as the “Island Adventure Summit – Camp Xanadu”, also including blockchain technology workshops with hands-on interactive experience.
He holds a Masters in Materials Science Engineering + Bachelors in Industrial & Information Systems Engineering from North Carolina State University. An avid entrepreneur with proven experience and passion for efficiency driven technology and renewable energy solutions to benefit all humanity.
Eduardo J. Muñoz servs as the CEO of ArqBravo Group, Inc. and EVShare Foundation.
EVShare Foundation is a solution for smart cities which integrates technology for the creation of community owned assets in the areas of Mobility, Energy and Coliving/Coworking. EVShare Foundation is a non-for-profit spinoff created by the founders of Bravo Motor Company. www.evshare.com
ArqBravo Group, an Applied Innovation company, leads the development of new products and services around sustainability, electric vehicles for Mobility as a Service, EV Charging Systems, Lithium Batteries, Distributed Renewable Energy Generation and Storage Systems, Integrated Satellite Communication Systems, Early Wildfire detection and deforestation monitoring.
Eduardo is the Chairman of the Advisory Board at the UC Merced Venture Lab. https://venturelab.ucmerced.edu/ He also led the electromobility and Renewable Energy Content of the No Planet B Summit at the COP25 in Madrid, with focus in decarbonization. He is carrying out an active work, with trips and meetings between USA, Latin America and the Caribbean pursuing the Deployment of 500 Climate Solutions backed by the 5 Billion+ Fund, announced by Arnold Schwarzenegger`s R20, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation and the CC35. The projects are related to the integration of Electric Shared Mobility, Renewable Energy Distributed Generation and The Energy Grid. EVShare is leading the Electric Taxi Program of the City of Belem in the Brazilian Amazon Region. The project with signature from the Mayor of Belem, is about 5,000 taxis to be replaced by EVs and use EVShare platform as service management and digital payment system. Another relevant project under development is the replacement of 100% of City of Santarem Bus service fleet by Electric Buses, operated by EVShare in a PPP with City Government.
Sebastián is the first Secretary General of the Coalition of Capital Cities of the Americas facing Climate Change (CC35) representing 35 mayors who have achieved climate integration in the hemisphere through local diplomacy. Among his most relevant actions promoting the sub-national agenda; has created the Summit of Mayors process against the Climate Crisis in Latin America with the support of the European Union, promoted the Federal Climate Parliament in Argentina as a unique model of replication for the COP24, and from the CC35 leads in the field of financing together with the R20, the organization of the former Governor of California-Arnold Schwarzenegger-, the first Global Subnational Climate Fund of 750M with the support of the Green Climate Fund succeeding in pushing for a new financial architecture that will increase financial resources to comply with the Paris Agreement and has presented with the support of the presidency of the COP25 of the government of Chile together with the High Level Champion, Alcaldes por el Clima, the most ambitious initiative in the history of UNFCCC climate negotiations where more than +20 000 mayors from 19 Latin American countries will commit to carbon neutrality by 2050 under binding local climate emergency legislation towards COP26.
Dr Morales have an intense experience in the telecommunications industry since 1976. Speaker at over 1,200 courses, seminars and conferences nationally and internationally. His professional work has been recognized, among others, by the “Ethernet Academy”, the “New York Academy of Sciences” and “Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering”.
Dr. Morales is member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and, as a “balloting group member,” he works on Ethernet development as part of the LAN MAN Standards Committee P802.3 of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE–SA).
Also Dr, Morales is the Inventor of the new Communications Architecture “UETS” (Universal Ethernet Telecommunications Service), a radical technological innovation that overcomes the limitations of the current Internet, making possible its extension to the areas of Security, Energy and Industry.
Javier Rosero Garcia was born in Potosí, Colombia, in 1978. He received his BSC in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad of Valle, Cali, Colombia, in 2002. He worked for construction and maintenance of power systems and substations in Bogotá, Colombia, between 2002 and 2004.
He received a PhD degree from the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) in 2007. Dr Rosero received the IEEE AESS Harry Rowe Mimno award for excellence in technical communications for 2007 from the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) IEEE 2007.
He worked with Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), Barcelona, Spain, from 2007 to 2009 providing service and technical support for drives for industrial and windmill systems. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Universidad Nacional de Colombia’s Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department in Bogota. Dr. Rosero has published more than 60 referred journal and conference papers.
His research interests are focused on the areas of modelling, diagnosis and control of electrical machines and drives, electric mobility, microgrids and smart grids.
Steve graduated Cum Laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY in 2000 with a Bachelor´s in Mechanical Engineering. He attended RPI on a 50% merit-based scholarship in recognition of his math and science performance in high school. Starting during his third semester, Steve participated in R&D activities at the Center for Automation Technologies as a paid undergrad research assistant. He also spent every summer in different internships, including at Electric Boat in Groton, CT (one of the two US nuclear submarine shipyards) and Boeing Commercial Aircraft in Seattle, as well as a longer (Co-op) positions at NASA´s Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA, where he spent a total one year at a half in a planetary robotics development group working on a wide range of projects on mechanical design, finite element analysis, and experimental work. His first patents and publications date to his JPL stay.
After finishing college, he moved to Georgia Institute of Technology to obtain a Master´s in Science of Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Controls Engineering as an RA in the Intelligent Machine Dynamics Lab. His Master´s thesis on controls strategy for a novel haptics display called “Digital Clay”. One of the reasons he chose GATech that they offered him the chance to complete the first year of the masters in France, in an exchange program with the Ecole Superior des Arts et Métiers in Paris. Not only did he get a chance to travel around Europe, but also met his future wife, who is from Spain.
After presenting his Master dissertation in summer of 2003, he moved with his wife to Los Angeles to join The Aerospace Corporation, where he formed a part of the Guidance and Navigation Dept, performing analysis of internal navigation systems for launch vehicles, both for ongoing military launches, as well as helping to evaluate upgrades the Atlas V INU.
However, this was not as fulfilling as hoped, and he began to form an interest in renewable technologies. At the end of 2006 he decided to change industries completely move to San Francisco to work for a VC funded CPV startup, SolFocus, as employee 25. He worked there until 2008 in “Design Engineering” role that encompassed both mechanical design of the actual panels, as well as characterization and data analysis tasks, and leading the engineering team that built the first solar simulator (flasher) for CPV, in collaboration with a group at the Instituto de Energía Solar of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), who had originated the technology, and installing that critical equipment in the first SolFocus production line at Moser Baer, near New Delhi.
In 2008, the solar “boom” in Spain was well underway, and SolFocus was making inroads into that market both with their proprietary CPV technology and as a 2-axis solar tracker manufacturer, having acquired the Spanish company Inspira. With Spanish operations ramping up, Steve, who (thanks to his wife) was now fluent in Spanish language and culture, was asked if he would like to transfer to Madrid to act as primary contact between the engineering team in Mountain View and the new tracker engineers in the Madrid office, and decided that this might be an interesting professional opportunity, as well as a sure fire way to make his wife happy. The couple made the move in mid-2008, not aware that in a few short months SolFocus´ founding CEO would be ousted and replaced with a Lockheed Martin alum, whose first order of business was reducing staff levels (which had grown to about 150 people) worldwide, leading to the evaporation of Steve´s new position in September.
While Steve had an offer to return to SolFocus USA, as well as to work for other bay area CPV companies, for personal reasons he and his wife were not ready to move back, and he chose to join the CPV team at UPM, where he has stayed for the last decade. As the only staff engineer in a ~10 person group composed of faculty members, doctoral students, and post docs, Steve plays an important role in the interface with industry, and is responsible for all industrial collaborations. Steve is responsible for negotiating, closing, and delivery contracts for characterization, design, and consulting work for companies involved in CPV worldwide, as well as technology transfer, including CPV solar simulator of which 15 units (worth 4.5 M€) have been installed worldwide. In his time at the UPM, Steve has become recognized as an expert in CPV systems and design through his participation in scientific conferences and standardization activities of the IEC TC82 WG7. He authored the Chapter on CPV Module Design in the Handbook of Concentrator Photovoltaic Thechnology (Wiley, 2016). Recently he has also become an important part of forming consortia and preparing proposals for EU and national funding, and was an instrumental part of a recent successful bid for a 15M€ EU project for a micro-CPV pilot line (to be announced in September) of which the UPM budget is 1.1M€ (over 3 years).
Mr. Winn has developed a detailed understanding of the technical, regulatory and financial issues involved and possesses the knowledge and capabilities to develop and implement cyber secure command, control, communication, and metering for energy retrofit projects to ensure technical and financial viability with Measurement and Verification performance reporting..
Mr. Winn has been responsible for the identification and development of many metering and conservation or cogeneration projects with commercial, industrial, institutional and government clients. Mr. Winn has developed and implemented many utility grade metering and sub-metering projects along with the real-time two-way cyber secure communications to metering and supervisory control and data acquisition systems. Results from these projects allowed end-clients to maximize overall benefits to clients ranged from energy saving techniques to design, construction and implementation of real-time metering and building automation systems. In fulfilling these responsibilities, Mr. Winn has directed a multi‑discipline team of engineers to design the hardware, firmware, cyber secure communication and HMI software to provide the complete ADRES Control solution.
Alex Ricklefs is a Project Manager at The Energy Coalition (TEC) who supports program development and implementation, project management, and business development. With 7 years of experience in the clean energy sector, Alex has been integral in a wide range of energy projects from design to post-implementation evaluation. Prior to TEC, Alex worked as a commissioning and building energy analyst for Paladino and Company, working on energy efficiency development and optimization for new construction and existing buildings. Alex received a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA in 2016 and conducted research on experimental building materials for energy efficient designs. He then went to work at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability under Dr. Pincetl, investigating how Californian disadvantaged communities are vulnerable to climate change and high heat events through an analysis of community level energy consumption data and energy policy. Alex has continued to focus disadvantaged communities through is work at TEC through energy efficiency projects, research projects, and program development initiatives. Alex played a key role in the development of the Advanced Energy Community design and will continue to be a central figure in the implementation of the Bassett Avocado Advanced Energy Community project.
Juan Manuel is the director of the Transactive Energy Colombia Initiative at the EIA University in Medellin, Colombia leading two of the first P2P energy trading and community solar pilots in Latin America. Launched alongside EPM, ERCO Energy and UCL (UK), this program is the first of its kind in the region and lays the foundations for the energy transition in Colombia trough applied research, industry cooperation, and entrepreneurship (more info transactive-energy.co). Juan Manuel is advisor for several energy startups and has been working at EIA university as professor and researcher for the last 3 year. He is also a guest lecturer at several universities in Colombia. Juan Manuel’s focus is on innovation, digital technologies and energy prosumers.
Prior to EIA University, Juan Manuel worked as project manager for ME Solshare, the German-Bangladeshi startup that deployed the first commercial P2P energy trading microgrids in rural Bangladesh. During his time at ME SOLshare, Juan Manuel led the development of the digital solutions to enable P2P energy trading and integrate the platform with digital cash solutions. Later, he moved on to leading the fundraising efforts of the company and achieving important milestone such as the Startup Energy Transition Award, the GSMA M4D Grant, Elsevier Renewable Transformation Challenge Award, the UN DESA 2017 grant, the Microsoft Affordable Access Initiative and the Free Electrons Accelerator. Juan Manuel also worked as a consultant and project manager for the German Consutancy MicroEnergy International GmbH, focusing on business modeling and strategic consulting for energy access in the global south. Juan Manuel took part in projects around the world. Juan Manuel started his career in Canadian engineering multinational, SNC Lavalin, as a design engineer and holds a Master’s in International Management from the European School of Management and Technology (Berlin). He also holds a bachelor in Electrical Engineering and another one in Electronics from Los Andes University in Colombia. Juan speaks German, French, Spanish and English.
Mark Chasan is a whole-systems visionary integrator and regenerative practitioner with a track record as 1) a lawyer with over 30-years of experience in corporate, finance, business, media, technology and renewable energy (Chasan & Associates, Exemplar), 2) an Internet entrepreneur & innovator with a public exit (Founder & CEO of Emusic) and two M&As (Sharecomm and Publex Ventures); 3) a Fortune 25 executive (Leader of IBM’s Digital Media Consulting Practice); 4) a renewable energy structured finance executive (VP of Business Development and General Counsel for Clean Fund); and 5) a financial advisor who has participated in over $500 million of financial transactions.
As CEO of Transformative, Inc. and AWE Global, Inc. (“AWE”), Mark is devoted to his mission of advancing the “Regenerative Economy” – an economy devoted to ecosystemic thriving for people and planet.
Transformative helps socially & ecologically conscious entrepreneurs and businesses get the resources they need to succeed including financing, team-building, marketing, sales, technology and capital assets. Transformative is also spearheading innovations in finance to accelerate the Regenerative Economy.
AWE’s mission is to create an Abundant, Well & Empowered world that fosters ecosystemic thriving through the development of regenerative communities and robust local living economies, as well as immersive programs that promote optimal wellness, individual and organizational empowerment, evolved consciousness and living systems technologies.
Juan Pablo is an electrical and electronics engineer with over 10 years experience developing and manufacturing embedded systems. His vast range of knowledge includes: start-up development, bootstrapping, scaled lean manufacturing, and cloud computing as well as, software development in C++, Java, Verilog, LabVIEW and Python. He is an member of IEEE Power & Energy Society and a Rockstart Smart Energy alumni in the Netherlands where he collaborated with leaders in AMI from Belgium, Germany, and The Netherlands . He is involved in several distributed smart grid projects in Latin-America as a consultant and infrastructure provider.
Since 2014 Juan Pablo has served as chairman and CEO of eGEO Tech, an IOT AMI 2.0 infrastructure company. eGEO has become a preferred option for open distributed metering in various research groups and real-estate developers in Colombia, Mexico, Chile and Spain. A recent eGEO project that has risen to prominence is Isla Mucura, which provides the infrastructure for a real-time micro- ESCO distributed solar grid for over 1.300 inhabitants in Colombia, South America who had previously been living off grid.
VICENTE LÓPEZ-IBOR MAYOR, married to painter Queca Lobato, father of two children, was born in Madrid in 1959. Lawyer, entrepreneur and writer, he is one of the most reputed international experts on Clean Energy and regulation. Nephew of Federico Mayor Zaragoza (former Director-General of UNESCO), he is a PhD in Law; Harvard Business School (OPM 50) Graduate; Superior Studies Business Institute (IESE) AMP Graduate and MBA for the High Centre of Business Administration. Regarding his legal and regulatory functions, he is the President of the European Federation of Energy Law Associations (EFELA), President of AEDEN (Spanish Energy Law Association), and member of the ASIDE Board (Latin American Energy Law Association). In 1994 he was appointed Special Advisor to the Commissioner for Energy and Transport of the European Union, and in 2000 Commissioner of the National Electric System Commission and Commissioner of the National Energy Commission in Spain, being is as well member of the Board of Directors of EURELECTRIC and co-founder of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER).
In the business field he was the Managing Director of Spanish infrastructures and environmental services business listed group FCC, currently under the control of businessman Carlos Slim and businesswoman Esther Koplowitz. He also co-founded Lightsource Energy Renewables Ltd. (the largest European utility solar developer sold BP) and served as President of the said company until 2015. Afterwards, he decided to launch other renewable ventures in solar development, clean energy analytics and energy storage (https://ampere-energy.com/es; http://ffsventures.com; https://foqum.io). He is also President of the Science and Innovation Committee of the Circle of Entrepreneurs (Círculo de Empresarios) of Spain.
In 2014, more than 50 personalities from the energy, economic and political world, including former prime ministers, European commissioners, energy ministers from different countries and leading academics, signed a declaration supporting his candidacy as Executive Director of the International Energy Agency.
His conviction and commitment to clean energy, climate change and law have led him to write several books and articles for the international press, having an active leading role in the international debate on energy transition and circular economy (among others, Newsweek, Financial Times, Le Monde, The Guardian, CNN, BCC, CNBC).
Chief Operating Officer
Expert in government affairs, regulatory matters, and policy making
Dan has had a passion for solar energy and environmental issues since early adulthood. While in college he worked on solar energy policies with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Energy. He majored in Environmental Studies in college, and then joined an energy and environmental consulting firm, where he worked on legislative and regulatory matters. Later, Dan obtained a law degree and continued pursuing his passion by working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Dan had a full career with the EPA, where he developed and implemented a broad range of environmental policies and programs Most recently, Dan was a Business Resiliency Advisor with Southern California Edison (SCE) in Los Angeles, CA. Over the decades Dan has developed extensive expertise in analyzing federal and state energy programs, laws, policies, and regulations, and grid-related resiliency issues.
As Chief Operating Officer, Dan is responsible for managing Community Electricity’s daily activities while co implementing the company’s domestic project’s portfolio programs, strategies and certifications.
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
EDUCATION
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law – New York, NY
Juris Doctor
George Washington University – Washington, D.C.
Bachelor of Arts;
Environmental Studies
Liza Milagro is a subject matter expert in sustainable resource management and provides oversight of EF Block’s Sustainable Management Plan with a concentration on materials and waste management from all cross functional EFBM departments including design, environmental certifications, sales, marketing, and logistics. She has conducted extensive research on the feasibility of a state of the art full-stream recycling facility including ATL’s hallmark project located on a 39 acre tract of the airport campus.
Green Acres ATL Energy Park is a cutting edge, first of its kind facility that will allow the airport to process their entire waste stream on campus, create ‘Green Jobs’, educate everyone from 1st graders to post-graduate students, and set the standard of excellence for sustainable airport operations globally. Other programs she was responsible for include deploying include Recycling Containers in the CPTC, Sustainable Food Court Initiative and Vendor Fair, Airborne Kitchen Grease Recovery, DOA Annual Sustainability Week, the GreeningATL Excellence Awards, and brand architect for GreeningATL, the airport’s sustainability brand.
With a passion for sustainability , Liza is a volunteer environmental science teacher, has developed and maintained school gardens for farm-to-table use, advocated for education with the integration of innovative sustainable initiatives into the curriculum, and initiated the STEM accreditation program for the Benjamin E. Mays cluster of schools located in Atlanta, Georgia.
Liza received her MSM-PM from Boston University with a degree in Project Management and a concentration on Sustainable Program Management and BA from the HBCU Dillard University in Sociology & Criminal Justice with a minor in Japanese Language and Cultural Studies.
Filipe Moura is a creative, innovative technologist, with nearly twenty years experience – from Telefonica’s R&D department, through Financial solutions in London to founding Brazil’s first crowdfunded company and managing tech of one of the world’s leading activist organisations.
Experienced in the full cycle of product development, from leading the ideation, through the technical development, strategy, and launch of innovative products.
Currently specialising on Blockchain solutions.
Holding a degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of São Paulo, and specialisations in Leadership Towards Sustainability from the Swedish Blekinge Institute of Technology, Product Management from Stanford University, and currently attending a Msc in Human-Computer interaction at the UCL – University College London. Filipe provides a unique skill set that fits perfectly in technology, innovation and environmental projects.
Throughout his career, Filipe co-funded multiple ventures – from a software house and technology consultancy, to Brazil’s first 3D printers start-up, Metamáquina – consulted to multiple companies – such as Ello Político, a unique platform which monitors Brazil’s legislative activity, by merging social sciences with the latest trends of statistics and artificial intelligence and providing a unique set of predictive and qualitative “political econometric” analysis, Filipe restructured the tech team and its management processes and was the main decision point on technical decisions.
At Metamáquina, a particularly unique experience, Filipe worked on all phases of the business and product, from conceptualisation, development, production, management, sales and marketing.
Metamáquina is credited for kickstarting the Brazilian makers scene and was the country’s first crowdfunded company. It developed Brazil’s first 3D printer, built on 100 percent free hardware and software. Internationally recognised, Metamáquina developed projects in partnership with London’s Architectural Association School of Architecture, Itaú, SESC and Fundação Banco do Brasil, Graded and St. Paul’s International Schools (in a partnership with CLWB, an UK-based edutech company) and researches with São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).
Later on, Filipe came to manage and develop multiple project for Avaaz, a global civic organisation that promotes activism on issues such as climate change, human rights, animal rights, corruption, poverty, and conflict. With over forty million members in 194 countries, The Guardian calls Avaaz “the globe’s largest and most powerful online activist network”.
And more recently took positions of Business, Innovation, Technology Advisor and CTO at two blockchain companies, Ehab and EVShare.
EVShare Foundation is a technology partnership to create sustainable, accessible and comfortable autonomous ride-sharing powered with clean, renewable energy. This advance in transportation is made possible with 21st-century IoT information technology, including the RSK blockchain and smart contracts. Based in Gibraltar, with offices in Merced and Los Angeles, California, EVShare Foundation and partners make it easy for people, goods and power to “go” green. By making ride-sharing dramatically cleaner, more energy efficient and enjoyable, EVShare enables commuters to regain time, communities to reach jobs more easily and us all to have a healthier future.
Ehab is a decentralised blockchain based platform which empowers people to come together to collaboratively create affordable, sustainable and customisable housing projects, and to share in the profits from these developments. As a CTO at Ehab I’m directly involved in the business development and strategic planning. I provide technical leadership and product development support, from ideation, to prototyping and implementation, and guiding the development team.
CommunityElectricity creates advanced electricity communities that are smart, connected, self-sufficient and socially inclusive. Community electricity is an advanced energy community developer; it is a digital 21st-century micro utility that designs, finances, bills, and manages virtual power plants, micro grids, community solar, EV mobility and community carbon management. A key innovation – a first in the industry – is interconnecting the systems to a blockchain middleware to certify and mine data at the point of origin on behalf of its customers. At CommunityElectricity I’m responsible for the development of its blockchain platform.
Antonella Cano is a rising senior at Otis College of Art and Design, where she is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree of Fine Arts in Architecture, Landscape, and Interiors with a minor in Sustainability.
Antonella chose this field as she is passionate about everything that encompasses design. Antonella champions creativity and one of her extracurricular hobbies is photography. The photographs that Antonella captures coincide with her architectural vision, as she is drawn to capture the beauty found upon the foundation of buildings and landscapes. Antonella is driven by collaboration and leadership, given that she honors working with others, as she believes collectivity embodies the pursuit of good leadership. Antonella is responsible, motivated, dependable, ambitious, and innovative.
The skills that Antonella has acquired during her education include proficiency in multiple computer programs: Rhinoceros 3D, Revit, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Softwares. Antonella was raised in Spain, where she had the opportunity to develop inspiration through architecture she had never seen before. To be exposed to different cultures while growing up has allowed Antonella to develop a diverse lens that she includes in her work.
The time and detail that Antonella incorporates into her work demonstrate her ethics of commitment. Antonella will be graduating in the Spring of 2021, in which she plans to seek a position as a Designer. Antonella is fully dedicated to any opportunity to expand her architectural knowledge.
