at the University of California at Berkeley, all in chemical engineering. He has also served in business and technical management roles at two start-ups – Silicon Image and dpiX and has held staff positions at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), MIT Lincoln Labs and AT&T Bell Labs. Prior to his roles at SLAC and Stanford, Mark served at the Department of Energy as one of the founding program directors of ARPA-E where he led efforts in carbon capture technology, (the IMPACCT program), as well as a number of other projects in wind technology, energy efficiency, biofuels and lighting.īefore starting ARPA-E, Mark served as the Chief Technical Officer for FlexTech, an industry-government partnership focused on R&D for flexible electronics. Mark was also a Precourt Energy Scholar with the Stanford Precourt Energy Institute. Prior to joining Breakthrough, Mark served as the CTO and Applied Energy Division Director at SLAC, a DOE National Lab at Stanford University. Mark is based in Europe, supporting the BEV-E fund. Mark Hartney has been involved in technology innovation throughout his career – in research and development roles, successful start up companies and as a federal program manager. Ron is celebrated not just for his research in space but also for his humanitarian contribution to life on Earth.ĭr. Ron is a sought after public speaker who has presented on the world stage at the UN,TED, the World Economic Forum, COP-26, and many other global venues. He is the author of the critically acclaimed books, The Orbital Perspective, the recently-released, Floating in Darkness – A Journey of Evolution, and the children’s book, Railroad to the Moon. which is the first organization to successfully register a UN carbon credit for water treatment and has helped provide clean water to millions. He is also a serial entrepreneur and has founded multiple business enterprises/social-impact focused start-ups including Manna Energy Ltd. Ron has been involved in many global mass collaboration and citizen science programs. Prior to those space journeys, he lived and conducted research on the bottom of the ocean in the world’s only undersea research lab, Aquarius. During his time in space, Ron conducted four spacewalks in support of ISS construction and maintenance. His area of responsibility includes leading the Energy Union, establishing a European Energy Union by connecting infrastructures, enforcing legislation and increasing competition to help drive down costs for citizens and businesses and boost growth, working to prevent energy shortages, diversifying sources of energy imports and ensuring a united European voice in negotiations to improve our energy security, helping to mobilise additional investment in power grids, renewable energy installations and other energy infrastructure, improving energy efficiency, and coordinating the Commission’s efforts to ensure the EU reaches its climate and energy targets for 20.įormer NASA astronaut and highly decorated combat fighter Ron Garan racked up 178 days in space and more than 71 million miles in 2,842 orbits between tours on the US Space Shuttle, Russian Soyuz spacecraft, and the International Space Station. He stood for office in the 2019 Slovak presidential election. From 2010 to 2014, he was the European Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Administration, and for Energy from 2014 to 2019. Maroš Šefčovič is a Slovak diplomat and politician serving as the Vice-President of the European Commission for Inter-institutional Relations and Foresight, coordinating the Energy Union (EU Battery Alliance).
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