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Sergio Kapusta

Alex Rozenfeld — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:17:35 +0000

Dr. Sergio Kapusta has a distinguished career in both academia and industry. He achieved the highest rank in the Royal Dutch Shell scientific community, as Chief Scientist for Materials. He currently teaches at Rice University where he is also the Executive Director of the Rice Energy and Environment Initiative.

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Kala Marathi

Alex Rozenfeld — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:17:35 +0000

Kala Marathi has spent over 20 years in the technology investing and innovation space. As a Venture Partner at Climate Impact Capital, she facilitates investments in companies at the cutting edge of the energy transition. She has built and managed diversified portfolios of startup companies as Managing Director of the Cougar Venture Fund and as COO of Skypoint Capital.

In her role as Managing Director of the Houston Angel Network, Kala has facilitated over $30M in investments in 85 deals, and co-founded the Texas Halo Fund. She has more than 20 years of operating and financial experience. Kala was formerly with Reliant Energy where she was a founding member of the corporate venture group, Reliant Energy Net Ventures. At Reliant, she led several smart grid pilots and technology initiatives, and launched a subsidiary called Texas Star Energy. She also has extensive experience in strategy and corporate finance with such firms as the Continental Airlines and Chase.

Kala has served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Lyceum and the National Association of Women MBAs (Houston Chapter), and served as co-chair of the HX Cybersecurity Technology Committee. Kala has B.A. in Japanese and Economics from Wellesley College, and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

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Horkiz ROUZI

Alex Rozenfeld — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:17:35 +0000

Rouzi is the founder and CEO of RHIS Group (project development and project management) and co-founder of GRIDVISE (Micro-grid design and solutions). She is a project partner at Texas Innovates’ Carbon & Hydrogen Innovation and Learning Incubator (the CHILI). Through RHIS, Rouzi developed TotalEnergies offshore wind projects in the US. Currently, she is the strategic advisor to the US Business Council for Sustainable Development (US BCSD) and a mentor at United Ways women’s initiatives. Rouzi pursued her education in China (Peking University), Australia (South Australia University), and now in the USA (Harvard University). Worked and lived in 10 countries throughout … Continue reading "Horkiz ROUZI"

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Sid Vinyard

Alex Rozenfeld — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:21:17 +0000

Sid Vinyard is Chairman of Houston Technology – International which he founded in 2011, & serves as the Asia & Middle East Venture Partner Director at Climate Impact Capital.

Headquartered in Singapore, Bahrain, and the USA, with involvement in Thailand, Malaysia, India, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar & Europe, the two firms collaborate on sourcing & evaluating new & disruptive technology for major International energy companies engaged in the energy transition

From 2010-2017 Vinyard served on The Board of Directors of Houston Technology Center in Texas, which was founded in 1998 as a non-profit community organization to foster regional economic development. HTC supported start-up companies specific to Energy Technology, Life Sciences, & IT, including a NASA collaboration, & helped raise $2.8 Billion to assist 300+ start-ups.

Vinyard previously owned a software development company whose product was Globally licensed by a US Fortune 500 company, & a large US travel & transportation company. He continues to actively identify new & disruptive energy-focused technologies through an established global network.

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Mitchell Hauser

Paul Watson — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:40:29 +0000

Mitchell Hauser employs a unique combination of operational and financial advisory experience to help build and grow businesses. Most recently, Mitchell was a Managing Director with Corporate Fuel Advisors, focused on raising equity capital for technology companies with a specialty in Cleantech, Energy, and Sustainability industries. Prior to that Mitchell was a Managing Director with Cato Capital, a boutique investment bank providing direct investment opportunities in Social Impact companies and other alternative investments for its network of family office, institutions, and high net-worth individuals. He has held numerous C-Suite roles for advisory and telecom companies. Mitchell received his MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and graduated from Brandeis University with a BA in Economics and History. He is also an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the New York State Energy Research Development Agency (NYSERDA) and a mentor for Urban-X and 43North incubators.

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Emily Crose Cabaniss

Capital Impact Capital — Sat, 01 Feb 2020 21:38:15 +0000

Emily Crose Cabaniss has over a decade of experience in product development and strategic marketing in HVAC, aerospace, and oil and gas. Starting with residential heating and cooling product reliability design and manufacturing, she transitioned to aerospace, supporting NASA space exploration project as a systems lead. Subsequently back in energy, culminating as Innovation Manager at Baker Hughes, she connected the Houston ecosystem with new ideas in Silicon Valley. With a primary role to investigate innovative technologies, project areas included: cutting-edge multi-physics mathematical software for hydraulic fracture modeling, drilling and evaluation (both MWD and Wireline) tools, hydraulic fracturing combine services, IoT, Robotics, and clean technology and water management. She has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Rice University specializing in Marketing and Strategy.

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