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Mark
Henderson Mark
Henderson
is Executive Vice President of Energy Innovations, Inc. (EI), an Idealab
Company whose mission is
to deliver cost-effective, grid-competitive solar electric power. EI
is currently developing the world’s first low-cost rooftop
photovoltaic (PV) solar concentrator system, called the Sunflower. Each
Sunflower module is composed of an array of mirrors that track the sun
throughout the day and year, concentrating its light onto a small panel
of PV cells that generate electricity. By replacing large amounts of
very expensive, silicon-based PV cells with inexpensive mirrors, EI
expects to drive down the cost of solar electricity by half or more. In
May 2006, EI raised
$25 million in a Series C funding, where investors included Idealab and
Mohr, Davidow Ventures. To date, EI has raised $41.5 million. The
World Economic Forum selected it as one of 36 Technology Pioneers for
2006 – companies that have been identified as developing and applying
highly transformational and innovative technologies in the areas of
energy, information technology, biotechnology and health. Mark
has worked in product development for over 25 years. Prior to joining EI,
in June 2006, he was COO of Oewaves, Inc., which commercialized a
technology that was licensed from JPL via Caltech – the Opto-Electronic
Oscillator or OEO. The OEO is a high frequency (10GHz and above)
ultra-low noise oscillator that outperforms several classes of existing
electronic oscillators, with applications in military radar and
communications. Before that, Mark was the President and COO of Ameritec
Corporation, a leading manufacturer of test equipment for the
telecommunications marketplace. Earlier he was VP of Ameritec's
Simulator Group and, prior to that, Director of Engineering for
Transtream Inc. and Tekelec Inc. Mark
is a Member of the Institute of Management Consultants (www.imcusa.org)
and the Product Development Management Association (www.pdma.org). He
earned his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He resides in La Verne with
his wife and two children. |