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Expert in Alternative Energy Commercialization and Clean Energy Technology
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Primary Expertise Areas:
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business management expert
management decision-making expert
market research expert |
His expertise consists of evaluating alternative and clean energy technologies, the supplying companies and forecasting costs and market shares. His involvement has helped clients from propelling his clients to plan their strategies, attain visibility in their markets and obtain funding. He is also frequently involved in licensing, strategic partnerships, as well as in researching markets & industries. He has worked for manufacturing companies of all sizes, the federal government, consulting companies and information providers. |
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energy expert |
The world is in need of more energy sources, as well as new or improved distribution and storage methods. Government incentive structures and regulation are needed to ensure a chance for the introduction and growth of new technologies. Energy is needed at an increasing number of distributed points, such as in portable devices, stand-alone equipment and in remote regions and developing countries. Renewable and clean energy sources are not just for reducing pollution and greenhouse gases but also to enable new energy-based applications and to fill in major gaps in the world's energy supply. |
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renewable resource expert |
Renewable energy resources are in abundance - solar, wind, geothermal, wave, tide and bio-fuels. Rob will navigate you through the economics and help suppliers set up businesses that supply energy outside the old channels - they will be de-commoditized. |
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Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Denver, Colorado; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Aurora, Colorado; Fort Collins, Colorado; Arvada, Colorado; Westminster, Colorado; Boulder, Colorado; Greeley, Colorado; Longmont, Colorado; and Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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1979
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MBA
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General Management
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Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
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1972
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MS
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Structural Engineering
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University of California, Berkeley
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1972
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BS
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Engineering and Applied Science
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California Institute of Technology
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1983 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Principal
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Steering companies to major strategic choices and helping find funding.
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1983 to 1987
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Frost & Sullivan, Inc.
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Technology-Market Researcher & Writer
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Answered questions for clients about business direction.
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1978 to 1981
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Arthur D. Little, Inc.
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Management Consultant
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Assistant to a VP. Started new venture with ADL funding.
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1973 to 1976
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Data Resources, Inc. (now Global Insight)
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Engineering-Economic Computer Simulations of Energy Supply and Demand
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Systems Analyst and Consultant
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Derived forecasts with in-house energy model.
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Associations/Societies
Rob's prior memberships include a number of professional societies. He has also contributed to the SBIR program of the United States Government.
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Awards/Recognition
He received a three-year National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship.
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Publications and Patents
Rob has over 10 publications and a pending patent.
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DOE, EPA, and the Brookhaven National Laboratory
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Consultant
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Rob created and used models to help formulate national energy policy.
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Worked with client and prepared business strategy. The client was Director of R&D at a major supplier of compressed and liquefied gases, and the presentations addressed funding his proposed internal venture centered around a new product. This product was a major departure from this $6 billion international corporation's core activities. Rob's inputs resulted in an immediate savings of $1 million.
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Analyzed competition, substitutes and market readiness. These became "road maps" for making strategic decisions in the areas of management selection and training, market segmentation, further R&D, marketing communications, and manufacturing.
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Asked to analyze the manufacturability of a product based on new fiber optic technology, evaluated basic science and current and near-term potential manufacturing capabilities and costs. He saved the potential investors millions by conclusively proving that the product could not be manufactured at an acceptable cost within their time horizon.
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As a member of the Intota consultant network,
Expert is a specialist who provides technical consulting to corporate, legal and government clients. Expert provides professional consulting as an Alternative Energy Commercialization Consultant and Clean Energy Technology Consultant. Expert may consult as an independent consultant or as a member of a consultancy, consulting company,
or consulting firm. Consultants service will be covered by a consulting contract.
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Intota experts can serve as expert witnesses or litigation consultants offering expert testimony, expert advice, litigation support,
forensic services, and related expert witness services. Expert can serve as an expert witness or litigation consultant in intellectual property (patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright),
product liability, and insurance matters. Expert may provide forensic expert witness testimony, litigation consulting services, forensic investigation,
and forensic testing if appropriate in litigation areas as an Alternative Energy Commercialization Expert Witness and Clean Energy Technology Expert Witness.
Intota provides attorneys and legal professionals the opportunity to ask an expert initial screening questions and
ask the experts services particulars by submitting an expert request.
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Germany
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Presented the results of energy-economic and related consulting modeling in Germany.
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The Netherlands
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Marketed manufacturing software to industrial firms.
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Japan
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Picked the brains of the best researchers in Japan on the subject of large-screen projection.
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Spain
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Visited solar PV and wind energy installations. Became immersed in Andalucian culture.
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China
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Assessed first-hand the economic status of many different regions.
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German
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Rob speaks, reads, and writes German.
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Spanish
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He speaks, reads, and writes Spanish.
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Hungarian
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French
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He reads French.
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One of Expert's major emphases is on energy. He focuses on solar, wind, other clean sources. Additionally, he is focusing on materials, processes and government policies which affect energy consumption. He keeps abreast of energy-related developments, including meetings with businesses, academic experts, politicians, visits to field sites and laboratories. He maintains an international perspective by visits to and contacts in Germany, Spain, Japan, China, New Zealand, the UK and Canada.
Expert serves as a resource to
Intota Market Research Services
for customized marketing research in industries or areas related to
Alternative Energy Commercialization and Clean Energy Technology.
Experts are an invaluable source of overall industry insight as well as insight into specific companies and firms for
custom business to business (b2b) and industrial market research. Intota uses analyst and
consultant resources from Guideline whose Research Directors manage the research and analysis of the qualitative
and quantitative data as well as report writing for the custom studies. The methods and tools
used by Intota market research combine the insights of technical experts and industry insiders with secondary
research to provide the custom b2b and industrial market research you need.
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Training/Seminars
Taught at the University of Colorado School of Business, using material developed for courses on business policy and strategy.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Experience in selecting diverse vendors and suppliers, as well as consultants.
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Other Skills and Services
“The world is in need of more energy sources, as well as new or improved distribution and storage methods. Government incentive structures and regulation are needed to ensure a chance for the introduction and growth of new technologies. Energy is needed at an increasing number of distributed points, such as in portable devices, stand-alone equipment and in remote regions and developing countries. Renewable and clean energy sources are not just for reducing pollution and greenhouse gases but also to enable new energy-based applications and to fill in major gaps in the world's energy supply.”
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