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Chief Executive Officer (Business Point of Contact)
Robert Black
Robert is a seasoned investment professional with over fifteen years of global investment experience. As an executive from Goldman Sachs Fixed Income division, and Portfolio Manager for SAEDF, Robert was responsible for severable strategic wins. His Wall Street successes in international markets gives him a global perspective on asset allocation and investment opportunities.
Robert has syndicated over $15B in structured securities and managed investments of over $70M in emerging markets. The acquisition of Alaris Medical by Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) and the listing of Telecom Network Malawi (Malawi:TNM) are examples of some of his major accomplishments.
Robert has led desks in Europe, America, Asia and Africa, giving him a worldwide reach in the financial industry. His passion and integrity focuses on the development of opportunity and capital for investors, corporations and the individual leaders in those ecosystems. Mr. Black holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from The Wharton School, as well a Juris Doctor from Penn Law.
Project Director of Science and Technology
Dr. Steven Hegedus
Dr. Hegedus has been involved in solar photovoltaic (PV) research and applications for over 35 years. In 1982, he joined the research staff of the Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC) at University of Delaware (UD). As of 2018 he has a split appointment as a Continuing Track Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and a Senior Scientist at IEC.
His research has encompassed all of the commercially active solar cell technologies including amorphous thin film and crystalline Silicon supported by both Department of Energy and industry funding. This included studies of device processing, device characterization, and accelerated stability. He is currently working on the application of microgrids and smart inverters to increase the contribution of solar on the grid while also increasing grid stability.
He teaches interdisciplinary classes in “Solar Electric Technology and Applications” and “Renewable Energy Microgrids” and has advised over 15 ECE graduate students. He co-edited the 1st and 2nd editions of the “Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering” (Wiley and Sons 2003, 2011). Dr. Hegedus serves on the Delaware State Renewable Energy Task Force and was the first resident of Newark DE to install a rooftop PV system. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.
Project Director of Finance
Samir Asadov
Samir is a world-leading financial modeler with financial knowledge, mathematical background, and programming skills. He achieved top three in Financial Modeling Case World Championship and top four in FMWC. Samir started his career in banking in the USA and has worked in multiple countries worldwide, primarily focusing on project financing and transactions. He is acting as M&A and project finance manager at Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd.
Director of Technology and Automation
Pedram Nimreezi
Pedram has several decades of experience in all areas of Information Science and Technology, He currently serves as the Head of Cybernetics at Florida Atlantic University in the Machine Perception Cognitive Robotics Laboratory and has reliably served as Chief Technology Officer.
His Artificial Intelligence and Systems experience covers Computer Vision AI, High Availability Distributed Systems, Enterprise Data Software, Blockchain Systems Integration, Network Architecture, Web Development, Databases, Quantum-proof Cryptography, and Self-Regulating Autonomous Systems built to run on Cloud, IoT, Wireless Edge Devices and Autonomously Guided Robotics.
Pedram is a Cybernetic Fellow at the Center for Future Mind and has developed his own philosophy of Control Systems, Neuroscience, Machine Learning, Cyber security and Physical security- with his years of experience from designing the world’s first Hybrid Dedicated/Cloud network infrastructure at Rackspace to his recent work with Quantum, Drones and Quadrupedal AI Robotics Systems.
Director of Corporate Development
Sam Waltz
Sam’s is a Futurist, Speaker, Writer & Philosopher. He was the a founding publisher of Delaware Business Times, a Vietnam-era Vet, and US Army CounterIntel. He has worked broadly over virtually every industry and every type of organization after nearly a half century to provide world-class Professional Services in Strategic Business Coach & Counsel, Strategic Capital Services (M&A), C-Level Executive Counsel, Strategic Advisory & Advocacy.
Also, Waltz is the founder in 2019 of Alliance1099.org LLC Professional Society for Independent Contractors, Entrepreneurs & Professional Services Providers, which he launched as its Founder and Chaplain to serve strategic senior level professionals working as Independent Contractors, for professional development, networking and social affinity, business development and legacy design and fulfillment.
Engineering, Procurement, Construction Manager
Robert Ober
Robert Ober & Associates, LLC. is a privately held San Antonio, Texas-based corporation, which acts as a specialty design-build firm employing industrial designers, industrial architects, systems- and material-handling engineers, and project management personnel in the role of owner’s representatives and consultants. The specialty contracting division of the company works with crafts persons and trades on both union and open-shop platforms delivering the highest quality onsite construction services. The company works in construction materials, mining, oil & gas, and also specializes in hydro and nuclear projects, tunnel concrete and concrete temperature control. Robert Ober & Associates works with most equipment manufacturers and automation providers allowing the firm to consult clients and to procure based on a best practices basis. The firm is also renowned for mixing technology advancements and works with many mixer manufacturers worldwide on developing the very latest advancements and Patented mixing, emulsifying, and blending and agglomeration machinery.
Chief Innovation Officer
Dr Pandwe Gibson
Dr. Gibson knowledge and experience spans real estate, energytech, R&D, AI & computer vision technology, operations, human resource management, business development, and ESG investing. She has spent the last two decades with the world’s leading theorist and practitioners on the frontiers of Green-Technology.
Dr. Gibson served as an ambassador for the White House and Department of Energy under the last three Presidential administrations advising on clean energy, ESG protocols, and entrepreneurship. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Scripps College, a Master’s from Claremont Graduate University, a Master in Leadership from Harvard, an MBA from MIT, and a PhD from Claremont Graduate University.