Greentech Media

Scott Clavenna has been leading high-tech market research firms for over 15 years. In his capacity as a trusted analyst and consultant, Scott has helped dozens of companies enter and succeed in complex and intensely competitive markets worldwide. He also has authored more than 30 reports that helped define important emerging market segments in optical and broadband communications.

Prior to founding Greentech Media, Scott was chief analyst at Heavy Reading, the market research arm of Light Reading, the dominant online media company in the telecommunications market. CMP bought Light Reading in 2005. Before creating Heavy Reading, Scott founded PointEast Research, providing strategic consulting and market intelligence to a broad mix of startups, venture capitalists and major suppliers in the communications/IT industry, and worked as director of research for Light Reading. In 1997, Scott co-founded Pioneer Consulting, which quickly grew into the leading market research firm covering the optical and broadband communications industry.

Rick Thompson brings 14 years of industry experience from leading technology start-ups, incumbent networking and communications companies and technology market research firms. Most recently, Rick was senior analyst at Heavy Reading, the market research arm of Light Reading, the dominant online media company in the telecommunications market. CMP bought Light Reading in 2005. Prior to Heavy Reading, Rick was a principal at PointEast Research, where he led market analysis and strategic consulting across a wide range of network communications market segments.

Rick also previously served as the vice president of marketing at PanGo Networks, a wireless software company, and as director of product management and marketing at Sycamore Networks, Inc. There, he defined the product strategy and executed the launch of the industry's first intelligent optical switching platform. Under his leadership, Sycamore deployed several of the world's largest intelligent optical network infrastructures for global wired and wireless service providers. Prior to joining Sycamore, Rick held similar product management positions with Packet Engines, a pioneer of Gigabit Ethernet switching that was later acquired by Alcatel, and FORE Systems, a leader in ATM networking that was later acquired by Marconi and, subsequently, Ericsson. Thompson earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.

Jennifer Kho most recently served as a staff writer at Red Herring, where she created and managed the cleantech beat. While there, she established a reputation for cleantech news, breaking dozens of stories and attracting a devoted readership. She became well known for her insights into such areas as solar power, biofuels, batteries, cars and energy management, leading one colleague to dub her the "queen of cleantech". Jennifer is often regarded as the leading cleantech reporter in the United States.

Jennifer has a master's degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, as well as more than six years of experience as a full-time reporter. Prior to her work at Red Herring, Jennifer reported for The Argus and for several of the Los Angeles Times community newspapers. She also won a fellowship from the International Center for Journalists and completed it at Dow Jones Newswires in Frankfurt. Her stories have appeared in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Oakland Tribune.

Michael Kanellos is a senior analyst at Greentech Media, where he studies emerging technologies and companies in the green world. Prior to joining the company in 2008, he worked for CNET Network's News.com for eleven years. Among other jobs at CNET, he launched the company's push into clean technology. He has appeared on NPR, CBS, CNBC, Fox News and other media outlets and has spoken at CES, the Japan Business Strategy Summit, CEATEC, the Irish Software Association, Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, the Flash Memory Summit and Clean Energy Venture Summit. A graduate of Cornell University and the University of California (Hastings), he has worked as an attorney, a travel writer and a busboy at a pancake house.

Prior to joining Greentech Media, Eric Wesoff founded Sage Marketing Partners in 2000 to provide sales and marketing-consulting services to venture-capital firms and their portfolio companies in the alternative energy and telecommunications sectors. Mr. Wesoff has become a well-known, respected authority and speaker in these fields. He also was the publisher of the Venture Power newsletter, a subscription-only newsletter covering venture-capital investment in renewable energy.

Eric's expertise covers solar power, fuel cells, biofuels and advanced batteries. His strengths are in market research and analysis, business development and due diligence for investors. He frequently consults for energy startups and Silicon Valley's premier venture capitalists.

From 1988 to 1996, Eric served as product marketing manager for Siemens Optoelectronics, where he oversaw complex product lines and managed relationships with global customers. He then became the U.S. marketing and sales manger for Akzo Nobel Photonics, which was acquired by JDS Uniphase. Eric later served as the sales director for Dicon Fiber Optics, where he was responsible for selling millions of dollars of fiber-optic telecom-equipment. He has consulted for Merck, JDSU, Coherent, IBM and scores of other firms, governments and organizations.

Brady Murray has been working in high tech for 10 years in areas ranging from communications equipment, software and semiconductors, to consumer internet, online media and video games. Brady has helped companies grow during all stages of their strategic development including private fundraising, initial public offerings, strategic partnerships and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to Greentech Media, Brady co-founded and served as initial CEO of Nabrana/Digital Brix a start-up focused on building simple online tools to bring casual video game development to the masses. Before that Brady spent several years working in business development at Sycamore Networks, ultimately serving as Director of Business Development leading Sycamore's mergers and acquisitions, partnership and private investment activities. Preceding Sycamore, Brady worked at Morgan Stanley providing investment banking services to technology companies in the communications, internet, software and semiconductor industries.

Rachel comes to Greentech Media to tell the big story of an industry out to change the global status quo. Before joining the staff, she covered bioscience for Red Herring. Rachel's articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Forbes and the San Francisco Chronicle. She also previously served as managing editor and staff writer for the Latino magazine El Andar. She has a master's degree in journalism from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Joe brings a wealth of sales experience in online media and technology, combined with a passion for clean technology and change in the global energy infrastructure. Having started his sales career with Heraeus Kulzer GmbH in Westchester County, New York, Joe went on to produce award-winning results with companies such as Monster.com and GeoTrust, Inc.. He also provides strategic direction to early-stage startups. Joe earned his bachelor's degree at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and currently resides in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Nicholas Hall has been working in interactive web applications development for nearly four years now. Most recently he worked with thehappycorp global, a leading-edge viral media and branding firm, to develop social web technologies for the LVHRD organization. Prior to that he worked as an independent contractor building custom content and interactivity platforms for a variety of small-to-medium-sized businesses, as well as implementing visual styles for national media sites including Us Magazine and Rolling Stone. Nick maintains a technical commitment to semantic markup, modular styles, and extensible programming, and a creative focus on the balance between generative interaction and substantive editorial content on the web.

Nick has also studied writing formally for over seven years, and has worked as a marketing writer for several art and design studios in New York. He brings this experience to his technical and strategy work as an attention to voice and narrative in the development of products and technologies. Nick graduated from Beloit College with a B.A. in English.

Oka comes to Greentech Media with events and marketing experience acquired while at Light Reading. During her time there, she managed webinars and helped to coordinate live events and the development of marketing materials. She also brings with her a background in architecture and a deep interest in the Green Building industry. She will be focusing on that in her writing for Greentech Media. She received her bachelor's in Classics from Beloit College. Oka is also studying for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accreditation exam.

Daniel has a significant background in law, policy, and economics, with a specific focus on China and emerging market theory. His interest in green technology stems from this and the belief that technology will save the future. Before joining Greentech Media, Daniel worked for the Supreme Court & Appellate Practice Group at Mayer Brown LLP in Washington, D.C. Daniel has presented on international trade at Beijing University and has published a paper on China and property rights in a leading economics journal. Daniel received his bachelor's in International and Comparative Policy Studies from Reed College in 2005 and is currently a student in the Graduate Program in Environmental Management at Harvard University. He is also the Assistant Editor of PVNews.