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Board of Directors

Cool Planet Energy Systems is a new Silicon Valley style startup located in Camarillo, California. It is the creation of an experienced team of technology innovators/startup experts who have created several successful companies.

The company is funded by some of America's leading corporations and venture capitalists and is focused on making renewable carbon neutral and carbon negative fuels practical on both a global and localized basis.

Howard Janzen, President & CEO

• CEO One Communications, Williams Communications
• President Sprint Business Solutions
• BS, MS Metallurgical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
• PMD, Harvard Business School

Lieutenant Governor William Halter

• 2007 – 2011: State of Arkansas, Lieutenant Governor
• Former Economic Advisor to the President of the United States and the Senate Finance Committee; Former COO of the Social Security Administration
• BA, Stanford University; Masters, Oxford University

Basil R. Horangic

• Previously at Austin Ventures, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey and Oak
• Started and incubated multiple companies
• BS, Computer Science and Economics, MIT; MS, Operations Research, MIT; MBA, University of Chicago

Anthony "Tony" E. Radaich

• Former Partner at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen
• Board Positions: Surfrider Foundation, InTouch Technologies
• Advisory Board Positions: Cal State Northbridge, Cal State Pomona
• BS, Cal State Polytechnic; CPA

Ron Sills

• Gas Conversion Network Leader at BP
• Research Planning and Evaluation Group at Mobil
• PhD, Chemical Engineering, MIT

Carmichael Roberts

• Serial Entrepreneur in Chemistry and Materials
• Lead Director: Foro Energy, 1366 Technologies
• Co-founder & Board Chair MC10, 480 Biomedical, Diagnostics for All
• PhD, Organic Chemistry, Duke; Fellow Harvard; MBA, MIT

Teamwork is the best tool of choice to accomplish any task or goal.

leading forward

Board of Directors

Teamwork
is the best tool of
choice to accomplish
any task or goal.