John Cooper
Director
John Cooper has over 30 years of experience in project finance and development, transaction structuring and execution, new venture funding and executive management. He was a founding management team member and chief financial officer of the PG&E National Energy Group and its predecessor companies, where he oversaw all aspects of structuring and arranging financing for electric generating and gas pipeline projects, and energy trading operations. He arranged more than $10 billion in structured and corporate financing, and he won ten “Deal of the Year” citations by the international financial community for innovative project financings. Cooper also spent eight years with Bechtel where he led a group that assisted Bechtel clients worldwide in structuring and arranging financing for large infrastructure and energy projects. Currently, he serves as Senior Vice President & CFO of Ocean Renewable Power Company, and is a Board Member of Environmental Power Corporation (EPG. NASDAQ), a developer and operator of biomass renewable natural gas projects, MachGen, LLC, a merchant electric generator and owner of 3200 MW of gas-fired generating capacity, and Tuusso Energy, a utility-scale solar developer. Mr. Cooper holds a BA from Trinity College, an MA in Development Economics and International Studies from the Johns Hopkins Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and an MBA in Finance from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Director
John Cooper has over 30 years of experience in project finance and development, transaction structuring and execution, new venture funding and executive management. He was a founding management team member and chief financial officer of the PG&E National Energy Group and its predecessor companies, where he oversaw all aspects of structuring and arranging financing for electric generating and gas pipeline projects, and energy trading operations. He arranged more than $10 billion in structured and corporate financing, and he won ten “Deal of the Year” citations by the international financial community for innovative project financings. Cooper also spent eight years with Bechtel where he led a group that assisted Bechtel clients worldwide in structuring and arranging financing for large infrastructure and energy projects. Currently, he serves as Senior Vice President & CFO of Ocean Renewable Power Company, and is a Board Member of Environmental Power Corporation (EPG. NASDAQ), a developer and operator of biomass renewable natural gas projects, MachGen, LLC, a merchant electric generator and owner of 3200 MW of gas-fired generating capacity, and Tuusso Energy, a utility-scale solar developer. Mr. Cooper holds a BA from Trinity College, an MA in Development Economics and International Studies from the Johns Hopkins Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and an MBA in Finance from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
John Miner
Director
Mr. Miner is a Managing Director at Pivotal Investments, a cleantech-focused venture capital firm in Portland Oregon. Previously, Mr. Miner was the President of Intel Capital and an Intel Corporate Vice President. Mr. Miner was central to new opportunity formation in many markets around the world. Prior to Intel Capital, Mr. Miner has been instrumental in leading Intel's entry into new market segments as an Intel Vice President and General Manager of the Communications Products Group, the Enterprise Server Group, and General Manager of Intel's desktop motherboard and PC building-blocks business. Mr. Miner joined Intel in 1983. He is also an investor in and advisor to numerous early stage enterprises, including SeQuential Biofuels, and a Trustee for the Providence St. Vincent Medical Foundation.
Director
Mr. Miner is a Managing Director at Pivotal Investments, a cleantech-focused venture capital firm in Portland Oregon. Previously, Mr. Miner was the President of Intel Capital and an Intel Corporate Vice President. Mr. Miner was central to new opportunity formation in many markets around the world. Prior to Intel Capital, Mr. Miner has been instrumental in leading Intel's entry into new market segments as an Intel Vice President and General Manager of the Communications Products Group, the Enterprise Server Group, and General Manager of Intel's desktop motherboard and PC building-blocks business. Mr. Miner joined Intel in 1983. He is also an investor in and advisor to numerous early stage enterprises, including SeQuential Biofuels, and a Trustee for the Providence St. Vincent Medical Foundation.
Mark Liffmann
Advisor
With nearly 10 years experience in senior positions in the CleanTech industry, Mark Liffmann leads the business development efforts for EnerG2. Prior to EnerG2, he co-founded the largest business unit at SunPower and led business development to grow sales from inception to over $500 million in annual revenue. Prior to SunPower, Liffmann was VP Business Development and Chief Operating Officer at Solar Depot, where he led the doubling of revenue in 2 years. Prior to Solar Depot, he was an associate at the law firm of Gunderson Dettmer, specializing in the financing of emerging growth companies. Liffmann holds a BS in Physics and a BA in Public Policy from Stanford University and a J.D. and an MS in Economics from Harvard University.
Advisor
With nearly 10 years experience in senior positions in the CleanTech industry, Mark Liffmann leads the business development efforts for EnerG2. Prior to EnerG2, he co-founded the largest business unit at SunPower and led business development to grow sales from inception to over $500 million in annual revenue. Prior to SunPower, Liffmann was VP Business Development and Chief Operating Officer at Solar Depot, where he led the doubling of revenue in 2 years. Prior to Solar Depot, he was an associate at the law firm of Gunderson Dettmer, specializing in the financing of emerging growth companies. Liffmann holds a BS in Physics and a BA in Public Policy from Stanford University and a J.D. and an MS in Economics from Harvard University.