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Chris Erickson, CEO | Chris@ClimateEarth.com
Chris is a serial entrepreneur and accomplished Fortune 500 executive. He founded Climate Earth to address corporate fossil fuel dependency and climate change.  Expand...
Chris brings experience as CEO of several venture-funded start-ups. He co-founded Cooler, the world’s first carbon-neutral online shopping mall. At Red Brick Systems, he led the company from $1M to $40M in revenue and a successful IPO. He also helped to shape Brightware into a market leader in CRM. Previously, Chris was Vice President at Tandem Computers, where he established an industry-focused strategy for global telecommunication, led an international staff of 600, and managed revenue of over $330 million. Chris holds a BA in Economics from UC Santa Barbara and an MBA from UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business. He serves as Chairman for ICEsoft Technologies, Inc., a leader in commercial Open Source software.
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Dr. Sangwon Suh, Chief Scientist | Sangwon@ClimateEarth.com
Sangwon is the creator of Climate Earth’s core database and is recognized as a top expert on the computational aspects of life cycle assessment. Expand...
He consults at the national policy level, and is a key contributor to the World Resources Institute’s standards on carbon emissions. He is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota and a research fellow at Leiden University, Netherlands. Sangwon earned his PhD at Leiden University (cum laude) with a thesis entitled, “Materials and Energy Flows in Industry and Ecosystem Networks.” As a research associate at Carnegie Mellon University, he further researched LCA and Material Flow Analysis. He is a subject editor of the “International Journal of LCA” and “Handbook of Input-Output Economics for Industrial Ecology.” He also co-authored the books, “The Computational Structure of Life Cycle Assessment” and “Handbook on Life Cycle Assessment.”
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Dr. Corinne Reich-Weiser, Vice President of Research | Corinne@ClimateEarth.com
Corinne is an expert on business appropriate life cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies. She defines the long term vision and research associated with Climate Earth's core LCA technologies. Expand...
Corinne is a mechanical engineer and PhD from UC Berkeley's Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability. Her specialty is supply chain decision making to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Corinne has authored numerous papers and reports, including:
- Greenhouse Gas Return on Investment: A New Metric for Energy Technology
- Metrics for Sustainable Manufacturing
- Supply Chain Optimization and Planning for the Environment (SCOPE) Tool
- Environmental decision making: supply-chain considerations
- Greenhouse Gas Return on Investment: A New Metric for Energy Technology
- Greenhouse Gas Calculator for Consumer Goods: A Case Study of the VW Golf
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Andrew Deitz, Vice President of Business Development | Andrew@ClimateEarth.com
Andrew has 15 years of experience in working with CEO’s and executives of fast-growing portfolio companies funded by influential venture capital firms. Expand...
As an executive recruiter, he worked closely with organizational leaders to identify strategic staffing needs and ensure that their visions resulted in growth and profitability. Andrew was instrumental in launching human capital services for a newly-created private equity fund, and he led business development efforts for the start-up phase of a diversified recruiting company. Mr. Deitz began his career as an environmental research scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratories. He is an active member with e2 (e2.org), which helps to shape energy policies that promote economic growth. He is also an urban farmer. |
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Frankie Ridolfi, Vice President of Marketing | Frankie@ClimateEarth.com
Frankie has 15 years of marketing and product management experience. He leads communications programs, including an educational webinar series with industry experts. Expand...
He was a founding employee of Integrity Interactive, a B2B firm that specializes in enterprise ethics and compliance solutions. He led the development of a SaaS platform for managing compliance programs in hundreds of major corporations. Frankie began his career at the intersection of marketing and science, handling PR for NASA, SETI and the National Observatories. Frankie received a BA in geology from Carleton College where he studied climate change and mass-extinctions in the field. He is pursuing an MBA in Sustainable Management at the Presidio Graduate School.
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Alistair Ono, Vice President of Sales | Alistair.Ono@ClimateEarth.com
Alistair helps executives communicate the business value of sustainable strategies. He has 5 years of experience as a Director of Sales and Marketing with a Japanese textile manufacturer. Expand...
Alistair has an MBA in Sustainable Development and Brand Management from UCLA Anderson School of Management. At UCLA, he helped to develop the Leaders in Sustainability inter-disciplinary program and worked on a Master’s Thesis project exploring new methods for creating carbon offsets. His interest in Green Building led him to receive LEED Accredited Professional status in 2009.
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Adam Grossman, Director of Client Services | Adam@ClimateEarth.com
Adam has 10 years of operational finance strategy and program management experience in Fortune 100 companies. He manages environmental accounting programs for clients. Expand...
Adam spent 6 years in the operational finance organization at Intel Corp. Through the company's rotation program, he held multiple roles throughout the organization working with senior management to implement strategic analyses and gaining in-depth expertise in enterprise financial systems. Adam holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management where he concentrated on Environmental Business Strategy and Operations Management. He also has a certificate from UCLA's multi-disciplinary Leadership in Sustainability program and a BA in Economics and Mathematics from Vanderbilt University.
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Tristan Fletcher, Director of Engineering | Tristan@ClimateEarth.com
Tristan is an expert in data-intensive technology solutions. He oversees the implementation of applications and database development for Climate Earth's environmental accounting systems. Expand...
Tristan is a published researcher on Life Cycle Assessment tools, which he conducted at the University of California, Berkeley's Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability. He is completing his BS in mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley. Tristan has taken first place and placed nationally in numerous engineering competitions. For fun, he is an official referee in the Alameda and Contra Costa county high school wrestling programs.
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Carter Brooks, Co-Founder and Senior Climate Advisor
Carter has a decade of climate experience, and technical expertise ranging from carbon offsets to database programming.
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Carter holds a MS in Energy and Resources from UC Berkeley and a BA in history from Yale University. Carter’s accomplishments include:
- “First 50” presenter for Al Gore’s The Climate Project
- Developed the first merchant-level climate calculator for e-commerce
- Developed criteria for “quality offsets” for the Environmental Defense Fund, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council and The Gold Standard
- Developed first online visual displays from NASA data to show climate trends by city
- Associate producer for John Quigley’s Spectral Q aerial art for climate awareness
- Author, “Imagination in Action: Responding to Climate Change” for L’ Autre Campagne
James is an Economic Consultant and Chairman of the Board of Redefining Progress, a leading public policy think tank...
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...dedicated to promoting a healthy environment, a strong economy, and social justice. Prior to joining Redefining Progress, he was an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, senior economist on the Democratic staff of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, and staff economist at the Center for the Advancement of Genomics and the Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives. Dr. Barrett earned his B.A. in economics from Bucknell University, and his MA and PhD in economics from the University of Connecticut.
Gerhard Eschelbeck, Webroot Software
Gerhard is the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Engineering at Webroot Software, Inc.
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He is responsible for the company’s Software-as-a-Service strategy and managing the development and research teams. Previously, Gerhard was the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering of Qualys, Inc., a Software-as-a-Service risk management platform. He was also Senior Vice President of Engineering for security products at Network Associates, Vice President of Engineering of anti-virus products at McAfee Associates, and founder of IDS GmbH, a secure remote control company acquired by McAfee. Gerhard is an expert in network security and has presented his research to Congress. He was named one of InfoWorld's 25 Most Influential CTOs in 2003, 2004, and 2006. Gerhard holds masters and PhD degrees in computer science from the University of Linz, Austria.
Chris Jones, Berkeley Institute of the Environment
Chris Jones is staff researcher and a doctoral candidate at UC Berkeley's Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory.
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He is lead developer of the
CoolClimate Calculator, an online tool that allows households and businesses to estimate their complete carbon footprints, compare their results to others, and develop personalized climate action plans to save money and greenhouse gas emissions. Versions of this tool have been adopted by the State of California, non-governmental organizations and communities throughout the United States. His primary research interests are industrial ecology, with an emphasis on life cycle assessment of products and services, behavioral psychology and climate policy. Mr. Jones holds an M.S. in Energy and Resources and an M.A. in Latin American Studies, both from UC Berkeley, and a B.A. from UC Santa Cruz.
Ann Edminster is an environmental design consultant and educator at Design AVEnues...
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...whose work focuses on investigation of building materials and systems. As a member and past co-chair of the US Green Building Council's LEED Homes Committee, she is one of the principal authors of "LEED for Homes." She also consults to the LEED for Homes Provider team in California, is a past member of the LEED Steering Committee, and a member and past co-chair of the USGBC's Materials and Resources Technical Advisory Group. She is co-author of "Efficient Wood Use In Residential Construction: A Practical Guide to Saving Wood, Money, and Forests," and numerous technical papers and articles. She has spoken at dozens of green building conferences over the past 15 years. Ann has both a bachelor's and a master's degree in architecture and won a green building award in January 2007.
