Our company produces carbon negative fuels based on plant photosynthesis to remove CO2 from our atmosphere

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experienced leadership

Management Team

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 and 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

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Mike Cheiky

Mike Cheiky, Founder and CTO

• Founder of six technology based start-ups
• Only two time WEF Energy award winner
• 50+ issued patents, 1000 citations
• BA, Physics, Hiram College

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Vital Aelion

Vital Aelion, VP of Corporate Development and Chief of Staff

• Bear Stearns, Banc of America Securities, UBS, JP Morgan
• BS & MS, ChemE, MIT; PhD, ChemE, Carnegie Mellon
• MBA, NYU

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Michele Bremer

Michele Bremer, Director Human Resources

• Recruiting experience in alternative and distributed energy technology
• PhD, Biology, UMass; MS, Columbia; BS, Sarah Lawrence

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Mike Bukowski

Mike Bukowski, VP Operations

• COO AE Polysilicon
• GM Sunoco Philadelphia Refinery
• BS, ChemE, Drexel

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Tim Noonan

Tim Noonan, VP Finance

• VP Finance, Transonic Combustion, Inamed, Mentor Corp, PWC, Deloitte
• CPA, BS, Accounting, Cal State Northridge

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Gary Podrebarac, VP Process Engineering

• Lummus Technology, Shell Global Solutions
• 20+ patents in fuels, chemical process technologies
• BS, PhD, ChemE, Waterloo

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Barry Rowan, Executive VP and CFO

• EVP, CFO, CAO Vonage
• EVP, CFO Nextel
• Fluke, Comlinear, HP
• BS, College of Idaho; MBA, Harvard

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Mike Rocke, VP Business Development

• Transonic, Lawrence Livermore, Intel R&D and Intel Capital
• BSME, UCB; Stanford GSB
• 2 patents and 4 publications

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Rick Wilson

Rick Wilson, VP Strategic Relationships

• CEO Cobalt Technologies, BP
• BA, Chemistry, U.C. San Diego; PhD, ChemE, Lehigh
• MBA, Chicago

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