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Startup<br />
Rob Day<br />
Partner<br />
Black Coral Capital<br />
Rob Day has been a cleantech private<br />
equity investor since 2004, and<br />
has directed or advised multiple<br />
companies in energy tech, including<br />
Digital Lumens, Next Step Living<br />
and Powerit Solutions. He serves<br />
as the chairman of the Cleantech<br />
Open’s Northeast Region, was a<br />
co-founder of the Renewable Energy<br />
Business Network and authored<br />
the website Cleantech Investing on<br />
GreentechMedia.com.<br />
Lorie Wigle<br />
Eco-Technology General<br />
Manager<br />
Intel Corporation<br />
Lorie Wigle is the general<br />
manager of Intel’s Eco-Technology<br />
office, which is chartered to<br />
optimize the positive environmental<br />
impact of Intel’s products. She<br />
was named one of the three most<br />
powerful women in smart grid by<br />
Smart Grid Newsletter and one of<br />
the top 10 women in sustainability<br />
by PINK magazine. Recently<br />
she received the Sustainable<br />
Business Leadership Award from<br />
Sustainable Business Oregon.<br />
Jim Brown<br />
Director of Entrepreneurship<br />
and Innovation<br />
University of Texas at Austin<br />
As Director of Entrepreneurship<br />
and Innovation, Jim Brown identifies<br />
technologies suitable for new<br />
venture formation. He brings a<br />
successful track record in private<br />
equity, venture capital and as CEO<br />
in private companies. He holds an<br />
MBA from Harvard, a JD from NYU<br />
and a BS from West Point.<br />
Dan Watkins, PhD<br />
Co-Founder + Managing<br />
Director<br />
DFJ Mercury<br />
Dan Watkins is the co-founder and<br />
managing director of DFJ Mercury,<br />
where he focuses on commercializing<br />
physical and life sciences<br />
technologies from incubators.<br />
He received his BS in Materials<br />
Science and Engineering from<br />
Rice and his M.S. and Ph.D.<br />
in Materials Science and<br />
Engineering from Carnegie Mellon<br />
University.<br />
Blake English<br />
Senior Vice President + Deal<br />
Team Leader<br />
Silicon Valley Bank<br />
Blake English brings with him over<br />
12 years of banking experience.<br />
He assisted with establishing<br />
SVB’s national Accelerator practice,<br />
which is SVB’s early stage<br />
financial services platform for<br />
technology, life science and cleantech<br />
companies, and he currently<br />
oversees the management of<br />
SVB’s Central Texas and Gulf Coast<br />
technology focused commercial<br />
banking practice.<br />
Clark Jernigan<br />
Venture Partner<br />
Austin Ventures<br />
Clark Jernigan joined Austin<br />
Ventures in 2001 and focuses on<br />
hardware, cleantech and technology<br />
services investing. Previously, he<br />
held positions at Cirrus Logic and<br />
AMD. He received an MBA from<br />
the Kellogg Graduate School of<br />
Management at Northwestern and<br />
an MS in Electrical Engineering from<br />
Rice. He serves on the board of the<br />
Rice Alliance for Technology and<br />
Entrepreneurship.<br />
Kirk Coburn<br />
Co-founder + Managing<br />
Director<br />
SURGE<br />
An entrepreneur and start-up<br />
advocate, Kirk Coburn founded<br />
three successful companies<br />
before relocationg back to<br />
Houston — Chief Outsiders (acq.<br />
2010), The PGA TOUR Network on<br />
SiriusXM (acq. by SIRI) and Pure<br />
Golf. He received his MBA and BBA<br />
in finance and accounting from<br />
UT Austin.<br />
16 SXSW Eco | October 3-5, 2012 | sxsweco.com
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