Rob Erlichman is the Founder and President of Sunlight Electric. In addition to his role at Sunlight Electric, Erlichman is involved in industry-wide efforts to help accelerate the adoption of solar power. He recently co-authored a white paper featured in the Red Herring entitled, "What the Solar Power Industry Can Learn from Google" and Erlichman also advises The Clean Energy States Alliance on ways their member state solar subsidy program managers can implement standards and practices that level the playing field for manufacturers and solar integrators and ensure transparency for consumers.
Before founding Sunlight Electric, Erlichman was a technology marketing executive and entrepreneur, a management strategy consultant at Booz-Allen & Hamilton, and one of Proctor & Gamble's youngest brand managers at the age of twenty-five.
Rob Erlichman holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in Applied Economics.
Randy Pausch is a Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon, where he was the co-founder of Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC). He was a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator and a Lilly Foundation Teaching Fellow. He has done Sabbaticals at Walt Disney Imagineering and Electronic Arts (EA), and consulted with Google on user interface design. In addition, he is the author or co-author of five books and over 70 articles and until recently, was the director of the Alice (www.alice.org) software project.
In August 2006, Pausch was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer. He pursued a very aggressive cancer treatment that included major surgery and experimental chemotherapy; however, in August 2007, he was told the cancer had metastasized to his liver and spleen, which meant it was terminal. He then started palliative chemotherapy, intended to extend his life as long as possible.
He achieved worldwide fame for his "The Last Lecture" speech on September 18, 2007 at Carnegie Mellon University. His "Last Lecture" was entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," and was modeled after an ongoing series of lectures at the university where top academics are asked to think deeply about what matters to them, and then give a hypothetical "final talk."
The eClips team was deeply moved by Pausch's message and felt it would be appropriate to "eClip" the content of his talk into 2-4 minute segments so that educators would be able to incorporate pieces of it into their classroom presentations. In keeping with the video's creative ocmmons license, we are making it available for non-commercial purposes.
Randy Pausch received his bachelors in Computer Science from Brown University and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Peter del Rio, a former head trader for Merrill Lynch, is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of The Interactive Custom Clothes Company (IC3D). Founded in 1996, IC3D is an Internet-based company selling customized jeans to a new Internet friendly population. The idea was to offer customized clothing online to solve fit problems that most people commonly find when shopping in stores. IC3D's goal was to create a 100% customer satisfaction rate by allowing customers to choose the styles of garments they wanted and fit them with a revolutionary computer generated sizing system.
IC3D is a technology company as much as it is a clothing company. The technological foundation of IC3D is its Artificial Intelligence (AI). Using a Genetically Engineered Neural Network (GENN) as a virtual tailor and patternmaker, IC3D creates custom patterns within minutes. This allows the company to quickly send patterns to a factory where each pair of custom jeans is created and delivered directly to the customer within seven to ten days.
Peter del Rio has a degree in business from Tufts University.
Matthew McCooe is Director of Columbia's Science and Technology Ventures Group. He manages Columbia's portfolio of more than 50 spinout companies and is currently structuring deals with another 15 start-ups.
Prior to joining STV, Matt successfully led several large, rapid growth operations, 3 of which he started from the business plan stage. Today, these businesses generate annual revenues ranging from $30MM-$750MM. Most recently Matt was the General Manager, as well as VP Sales and Marketing for a NYC-based communications and software application organization he co-founded. As GM, he led a team of 70 people, increasing revenues from 0-$30 MM per annum in less than two years. Earlier he managed product development, sales and marketing, and the global launch of numerous technology products for two Fortune 500 companies, Becton Dickinson and MCI. He currently serves as Board Observer for four Columbia portfolio companies.
Matt McCooe earned his B.A. from Boston College and his MBA from Columbia Business School.
Eric Hage is the Founder and CIO of Mohican Financial Management, LLC, with offices in Cooperstown, NY and Wilton, CT.
Eric Hage received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his MBA from Columbia University. Prior to launching Mohican Financial Management with his brother Dan in 2002, he worked for Smith Barney, Bear Stearns and Salomon Smith Barney.
Eric Hage received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his MBA from Columbia University.
Gregory Hartz serves the Tompkins Trust Company as its President and CEO. He joined the Bank in August of 2002, previously serving as Senior Vice President and Trust Officer. In 1998 he joined Finger Lakes Productions International as Executive Vice President following many years of service with Citizens Savings Bank and M&T Bank.
Greg Hartz is a graduate of the Cornell University.
Christopher B. Barrett is the David J. Nolan Director and the Stephen B. & Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and an International Professor of Agriculture in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, a Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, and a Fellow in the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University.
There are three basic, interrelated thrusts to Professor Barrett's research program. The first concerns poverty, hunger, food security, economic policy, and the structural transformation of low-income societies. The second considers issues of individual and market behavior under risk and uncertainty. The third revolves around the interrelationship between poverty, food security, and environmental stress in developing areas.
Chris Barrett received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University. He received his Master's degree from the University of Oxford and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
David Levine is Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College. David attended Cornell University where he graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences with 'Distinction in All Subjects' in 1988. He attended the Weill Cornell Medical College, achieving his degree in 1992. He subsequently performed a General Surgery Internship at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center. He returned to New York City in 1993 to begin his Orthopedic Surgery Residency at Hospital for Special Surgery. Completing his residency training in 1997, he received the Jean C. McDaniel Award for 'Excellence in Orthopedics' from his peers. In 1997-98 he received Fellowship Training in Orthopedic Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery of the Foot and Ankle at Harborview Medical Center / University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Washington.
Bill Pence is Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of WebMD. He has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of WebMD since November 2007 and has also served Chief Operating Officer of WebMD since May 2012.
Before joining WebMD, Mr. Pence had served as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at Napster since 2003. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Pence was the Chief Technology Officer for Universal Music Groupâ€[TM]s online initiatives and for the pressplay joint venture with Sony. That joint venture later served as the basis for the relaunched Napster service. Previously, Mr. Pence spent more than a decade at IBM, where he held various technology management positions in research as well as in the software division, focused on guiding research and development and commercializing technology for IBM product divisions.
Bill Pence received a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.