Enabling Ecological Data Centers: Rackable Systems CEO Mark Barrenchea (Part 1)

Mark Barrenechea is president and CEO of Rackable Systems. Before joining Rackable he served as executive vice president and CTO for Computer Associates. Prior to CA, he was senior vice president of Applications Development at Oracle and reported directly to Larry Ellison. Earlier, he served as vice president of Development at Tesseract, which was purchased

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Engineering Algae-based Bio Fuel: Valcent CEO Glen Kertz (Part 7)

SM: Is there anything else you would like to discuss that is relevant to your company? GK: There is another project that is driving part of our company economics. That is the high density vertical growing system; we are rolling it out as a commercial product.

Engineering Algae-based Bio Fuel: Valcent CEO Glen Kertz (Part 6)

SM: It sounds like you are still in the early stages of your startup in terms of the overall balance of technology. Could you address your reasoning for doing this in the public market? GK: When I first had this idea the market was not what it is now. Back then I could not get

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Engineering Algae-based Bio Fuel: Valcent CEO Glen Kertz (Part 4)

SM: Are you the only algae-based bio fuel company in the US? GK: No, a lot have popped up. There are four or five I think are in the same ball park as we are in terms of scale, and then there are a lot of little companies with a couple of stock tanks or

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Engineering Algae-based Bio Fuel: Valcent CEO Glen Kertz (Part 3)

SM: How did you finance your initial ad campaign to allow you to obtain $2 million in sales? GK: I have some friends in the venture capital world. I showed them what I had and where I wanted to go, and they decided they wanted to join.

Engineering Algae-based Bio Fuel: Valcent CEO Glen Kertz (Part 2)

SM: What was your next step after Agristar? GK: I started my own consulting company and pursued other interests such as painting. I essentially took a break from the business world for two years, which let me think about what I wanted to do next. During that period I started developing innovative technology, some of

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Engineering Algae-based Bio Fuel: Valcent CEO Glen Kertz (Part 1)

Glen Kertz is a serial entrepreneur and an inventor who holds over 20 US and foreign patents in various fields. He started his first company at the age of 12 and has continued to create new business ventures based on scientific innovation. He has an extensive background in the development of a wide range of

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Innovating Web 2.0 Storage: Fabrik CEO Mike Cordano (Part 7)

SM: Who are the key players at Fabrik these days? MC: One of the key people on the team helping me execute the plan is Mike Williams. He was the original GM of Maxtor’s Branded Products group. He also spent 10 years prior to that at Apple.