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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top San Francisco based CEO’ operating in the GreenTech space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Eli Goldstein
Co-Founder & CEO of Skycool Systems
Eli received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Eli has a passion for energy systems and thermal science. He worked with two energy startups, ZERE and Clean Power Solutions (CPS) and lead thermal modeling/testing for a team on the Gates Foundation’s Reinventing the Toilet Grand Challenge.
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About Skycool Systems: Skycool Systems is improving the efficiency of all cooling systems by harnessing an untapped renewable resource: the sky.
Brandon Alexander
Co-Founder & CEO of Iron Ox
Brandon Alexander is the CEO and cofounder of Iron Ox, a company building robotic greenhouses to make premium produce accessible to everyone. Inspired by his family farm and his career in robotics, Brandon sought to find a sustainable approach to feeding the world’s growing population in an industry that’s challenged with a declining labor force and extreme weather conditions. With his cofounder Jon Binney, he traveled all across California to talk with local farmers about the challenges facing the industry and how robotics can provide modern solutions. Brandon has a track record of laying the groundwork for successful robotic deployment. He previously played a key role in Google[x]’s drone delivery program, Project Wing, where he developed the flight mission control software. He has also worked at the robotics think tank Willow Garage.
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About Iron Ox: Iron Ox operates autonomous robotic greenhouses that grow every plant at its best from seed to harvest.
Muhammad Huzaifa
Founder & CEO of ChargeWheel
Founder & CEO at ChargeWheel
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About ChargeWheel: ChargeWheel operates an on-demand charging solution for operators of electric vehicles and micromobility fleets in California.
Ryan Everton
Chief Executive Officer of Turn
I care deeply about the Environment and Business. In 2012, I founded Globelet, and since then I lead a team to build it into the largest reusable systems providers in the APAC. I love the ocean and world-changing ideas that make money. My dream is end single-use waste globally. Some people say I’m crazy, other’s say I am changing the world. I will leave that for you to decide.
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About Turn: 1/3 most innovative companies in reuse – Partners of Nestle, AbInBev, WM & more Returnable is the new reusable.
Gonzalo Fuenzalida
Co-Founder and CEO of Andes
Gonzalo Fuenzalida is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Andes.
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About Andes: Andes empowers biology to enable positive action against climate change.
Roman Rusev
CEO, Co-Founder of Field Complete
Roman Rusev has been in the real estate industry since junior high. Starting at the age of 17, Roman scaled a flooring company with 25+ technicians and grown it into a large outfit Property Service company. During last year of college, he has built over 100 homes across several markets. With extensive experience in real estate, investment, and business development Roman co-founded Field Complete, the new and upcoming platform for property service providers who can’t use current solutions on the market.
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About Field Complete: Software for real estate contractors to manage their operations
Ai Oikawa
CEO/CSO of AFINGEN®
Ai Oikawa, Ph.D. is the founder and CEO/CSO of AFINGEN® Astalake Biosystems, Inc. and has been developing new plant biotechnology platforms for sustainable food, feed, fiber, and fuel production. Her research has been awarded by Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to improve global food security and environmental sustainability. After receiving a Ph.D. in Agricultural Bioprocess Engineering, she spent a year at Yale University as a visiting scholar for Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and completed postdoctoral training at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) for Biochemistry and Computational System Biology. She also joined the Harvard Business School Agribusiness Executive Program and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) School of Law, Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer Education Program, for Technology Integration and Commercialization.
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About AFINGEN®, Astalake Biosystems, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Designing crops for the next generation
Michael Lee
CEO and Co-Founder of Evolve Energy
Michael Lee is the CEO and co-founder of Evolve Energy.
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About Evolve Energy, Octopus Energy: Evolve Energy is an energy company that helps consumers save their energy costs through AI and IOT.
Martin Milani
CEO & CTO of Sunverge Energy
Mr. Milani is Nexant’s CTO responsible for directing the development of the company’s advanced energy software applications and tools. He is an industry-recognized thought-leader and expert on SOA with more than 20 years of experience in distributed systems architecture, product design, and development spanning the evolution of distributed systems. He joined Nexant from Tidal Software (acquired by Cisco Systems), a leading provider of business process automation solutions for the enterprise, where he was CTO. Mr. Milani joined Tidal Software in 2006 through the acquisition of Intersperse Inc. (funded by Kleiner Perkins), a leading provider of monitoring and management solutions for the service-oriented enterprise, where he was president, CEO, and CTO. Prior to Intersperse he was CTO of iBuilding, a web services process-flow management and orchestration company where he led the design, application development, product management, support, and consulting teams. Under his leadership, iBuilding was named by CIO magazine as providing one of the 100 most innovative products of 2001. Previously, Mr. Milani was at the Times Mirror Corporation where he held the positions of chief internet technologist and strategist as well as chief enterprise architect for Times Mirror and the Los Angeles Times. Before joining Times Mirror, he held senior-level technology, consulting, and distributed system architect positions at Wells Fargo, IBM, Retix, and Locus computing. His areas of expertise include: massive parallel systems, asynchronous messaging systems, distributed operating systems and kernels, directory services, enterprise application integration, and systems and network management. Mr. Milani received a B.S. in computer science with a minor in mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh.
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About Nexant, Sunverge Energy, Tidal Software: Sunverge Energy provides integrated solar solutions for distributed generation and storage.
Fatemeh Shirazi
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technology Officer of Microvi Biotechnologies
Dr. Shirazi founded Microvi and has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2008. Under her leadership, Microvi began its rapid commercialization phase by closing its first round of investment, driving the company toward generating revenue, completion of the company’s platform technology scale up, and establishing numerous customers and strategic partnerships. Dr. Shirazi started her career as an Engineer with Black & Veatch and has held several executive positions with start-up companies including Vice President of Technology, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Executive Officer. In 2001, she was the recipient of the prestigious Jack Edward McKee Award for her professional achievement in groundwater protection, restoration, or sustainable use. She is a member of technical committees for EPA and NIH, and an advisor to the Center for Water and Waste Management Technologies, UAE. She graduated from the University of Tulsa with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and earned a M.S and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering with honors from Oklahoma State University.
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About Microvi Biotechnologies: Microvi Biotechnologies develops, manufactures, and commercializes biocatalytic technologies in the water, energy, and chemical industries.
