Bhavik Joshi:
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA'09

IIn the spring of 2007 Bhavik realized that the best way to understand the business viability of emerging clean technologies was to bring the policy makers, researchers and investors on a common platform. "If the traditional rivals could join forces, the fight against climate change would benefit from an unprecedented momentum. The best brains in the business and engineering at UC Berkeley and Stanford would want to work on developing and commercializing next generation clean technologies." With this goal in mind Bhavik spent time with the energy club leadership teams at Stanford University and UC Berkeley to create a new joint partnership, Berkeley-Stanford Clean Tech Conference Series . Presently, Bhavik works at Better Place, a venture backed company that aims to reduce global dependency on oil through the creation of a market-based transportation infrastructure that supports electric vehicles, providing consumers with a cleaner, sustainable, personal transportation alternative. is an avid mountain biker and landscape photographer with a passion for electric cars.

Deep Sahni:
Co-Founder

In Spring of 2007, Deep Sahni working with Bhavik Joshi created a vision to build a series of conferences that would bring together key players from Industry, Policy and Academia to tackle issues of Carbon Emissions and Climate Change. Deep Sahni brings his panache for setting visions, roadmaps and building strategic alliances from his extensive 10+ years experience as a High Performance Coach in the fields Career and Leadership Development. He is the author of the upcoming book "7 ways to Unleash Your Human Capital". Deep Sahni also built critical strategic relationships with high visibility organizations in the Bay Area to increase awareness and exposure of the conference. These organizations include, but are not limited to: TIE, German American Business Association, French American Chamber of Commerce, BASES Stanford, and countless others.

Ernesto Rodriguez:
MBA Candidate Class of 2009, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.

Ernesto got his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. He later pursued a one year Course in Oil Refining, Gas and Oil Marketing at Instituto Superior de la Energia (Madrid, Spain). After graduating from this program he joined Repsol YPF's propane business in Peru, where he worked for 4 years first as a Project Engineer and later as a Business Analyst. There he worked in project management and business development for the commercial and industrial markets. He is currently VP Memberships for the Berkeley Energy Resources Collaborative. Ernesto is interested in Clean Technologies, particularly in solar concentrating, solar thermal and biofuels.

John Boyle:
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA'09

He has a Bachelors Degree in Economics with a Business Emphasis from UCLA ('91). While at UCLA, he ran the Campus Events Board and attended the Musician's Institute in Hollywood. After college, John built the music division of what was the largest student marketing company in the Western U.S, Student X Marketing.

John then went onto working for record labels, having spent time as an executive at Giant Records, Virgin Records, and Warner Bros. Records, John entered into the management world in 2000 having success right away with a triple platinum Alien Ant Farm album in 2001. After a two year stint as a senior manager at Sanctuary Artist Management (a publicly held British music company), John formed The BAM Group, making the commitment to focus on building a boutique management company for musicians, actors, models, artists and brands in general.

Drew Bennett :
Stanford Energy Crossroads, Senior, Management Science & Engineering

Drew entered the Management Science program specifically to gain the business skills which can be applied to energy and the environment. He will be continuing his studies in MS&E's new Energy and the Environment Master's concentration next year. Drew's main focus in energy is on how to encourage and accelerate mainstream America's adoption of clean energy ideas and practices, so that it can be a world leader in the sustainability movement. Hailing from the cold, blustery Minnesota, Drew is a die-hard Twins fan, loves to read science fiction, and enjoys playing pick-up sports whenever the busy schedule allows.

Rodolfo Saravia:
Rodolfo is currently pursuing his MBA at the Haas School of Business in UC Berkeley.

Prior to attending Berkeley, Rodolfo was part of the Corporate Finance Department in a Central American construction materials company. Prior to that, as part of the Corporate Strategy Department in the same company he was part of the team that designed the business plan for the company's electricity generation division. That experience sparked Rodolfo's interest in energy, an interest he has pursued ever since being in Berkeley. He is now part of the leadership team of the Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative (BERC), where he is the VP of Campus Energy Innovations. Rodolfo is interested in energy from an entrepreneurial standpoint, especially in electricity generation and biofuels.

Kris Harders:
Kris is currently a first year MBA student at the Walter A. Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Kris comes to Berkeley by way of New York, where he had been working in finance for the past several years. Kris is currently pursuing coursework and interests in the energy world with a specific interest in renewables, solar in particular. He is presently the VP of Events for the Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative.

Nicholas O'Connor :
Nick has over 16 years experience in the semiconductor industry and is currently one of the founders of nPrint Solutions, an early stage nanoimprinting technology targeting applications in the energy
and electronics industries. Prior to founding nPrint Solutions he served as vice president of business development at Accelicare, a self funded informatics solution company for private practice physicians. He was responsible for Accelicare's business development, product management and technology alliances. From 1997 to 2007, Nick held increasingly responsible positions in marketing and business development within various product divisions of Applied Materials Inc., including Physical Vapor Deposition, RTP, Thermal Systems and Modules, Front End Products and the refurbishment equipment group.

Nick has a Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics and Electronics from the National University of Ireland, Galway and is a graduate of the Berkeley Columbia MBA program.