Fernando has recently been named commercial contract manager for the German renewable energy firm Repower. Fernando joins the company after working for several years in Paris, France in the energy sector.

Previously, Fernando worked in wind power project development with Clipper Windpower based in Carpinteria, California, in addition to a number of additional positions in finance, contracts, renewable energy,  business development, international business, and competitive analysis and market research. He is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Fernando received a master’s degree in international political economy, in addition to an MBA degree from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management.

Ed, it was recently announced, will be promoted to chief operating officer for Venoco as Tim Marquez, founder of the company, plans to step down as CEO in the third quarter of this year. At that time, Mr. Marquez will become executive chairman of the board and will continue in an active role directing the company’s growth and acquisitions strategy while Ed will become the new CEO.

“We are very excited to have Ed take over responsibility for the company’s entire operations,” said Mr. Marquez. “I have worked with Ed for more than 30 years and he has been responsible for the company’s key oil assets for the better part of 15 years.  In addition to that experience, he brings an extensive educational background in both engineering and business.” continue

Patrick was appointed president and COO of Rex Energy‘s board in October 2011, receiving this promotion after serving just over a year as executive vice president.

Patrick has a deep understanding of the development of oil and gas reserves, particularly oil and gas reserves from unconventional and secondary and tertiary sources, with focus on managing finding and development costs. He has extensive experience in the evaluation and reporting of oil and gas reserves, evaluation of acquisition and divestiture opportunities and management and development of technical human capital. continue

Andy recently accepted a new position in organizational development for Statoil, an internal oil company.  He’ll be responsible for engaging change strategy with business units and delivering on the change agenda.

Statoil has a trading office in Stamford, Connecticut, which plays an important role in the global network for trading crude oil and refined products. Statoil delivers about 600,000 barrels of crude oil, petrol, propane and butane into the North American market every day.

Previously, Andy held sales positions at GIGLINX, Inc. and BandCon.

Andy has a bachelor of science degree in psychology from the University of California, Irvine, where he graduated in 1996. There, he was an All American on the sailing team, which celebrated a national championship.

He is a 2008 graduate of Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management, where he was a student in the Fully Employed MBA program.

Kris was recently appointed to ArrayPower‘s core leadership team and will serve as vice president of sales and applications support for the Silicon Valley-based power electronics company.

In this role, he will be responsible for overseeing sales strategy and customer relations. Kris comes to ArrayPower from eIQ Energy, where he acted as vice president of worldwide sales and field operations. Prior to this, he served in various leadership positions with publicly held companies such as Advanced Energy and Xantrex Technology. continue

Shahin joins Afren, an independent oil and gas company, as engineering and planning manager. Shahin has over 13 years of experience in all phases of the oil production life cycle. He was previously with Occidental in 1997 as a production/reservoir engineer and moved with them to the USA in 2000. In 2007 he was appointed head of planning for onshore heavy oil. In 2009 Shahin moved to BHP Billiton and has recently worked as subsurface supervisor for the Atlantis, Mad Dog development. He has a BS in geological engineering from the University of Arizona and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Michael, a co-founder of EnergyOne Technologies Inc., a provider of renewable energy solutions and next generation technologies, has been appointed as its president.

Michael comes from the electric utility industry with over 30 years of experience and has an extensive background in renewable energy, risk management, regulatory administration, power contracts, utility finance, and engineering and construction.

In 2008, Michael founded Pacific Bluegrass Solar and served as CEO until its merger with EnergyOne in 2010. In 2002, he founded Phoenix Motorcars, a manufacturer of full size, freeway speed electric vehicles and raised over $40 million in private equity investments. In 2007, Phoenix Motorcars was invited to the White House to meet with former President George Bush to discuss electric vehicle technologies, with the president test driving the all electric sport utility truck. Phoenix Motorcars was awarded the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Innovators Award for 2008. Michael holds a degree in business management from Pepperdine University.

Acro Energy Technologies Corp., a leading U.S. residential solar energy integrator, announced that Brad has been promoted to the position of vice president of operations. Brad formerly served as the company’s director of operations. He holds an MBA degree from Pepperdine University and a bachelor of arts degree from Hofstra University.

“The Company has built the strongest operations and management team in the residential solar installation industry,” said Harry Fleming, chief executive officer of Acro Energy. “I believe Acro Energy has invested wisely for continued growth in 2011,” continued Fleming.

Acro Energy Technologies Corp. is focused on the consolidation and growth of renewable energy companies, primarily in the United States solar energy installation market. Acro Energy provides practical solutions to individuals, businesses, non-profit organizations, and governmental entities that can benefit from the value of solar power. As a high end system integrator, Acro Energy offers quality products from leading solar module manufacturers such as Suntech, Kyocera, and REC and residential solar financing plans from SunRun, the nation’s leading provider of home solar financing. Acro Energy continues to evaluate acquisition candidates across North America.

Rick, founder and president of California Solar, has just signed a $1 million contract to install 200 kW of solar energy for a large real estate developer operating out of Beverly Hills.

Since 1988, California Solar has installed solar products for home and commercial use. It has been recognized by the Solar Energy Industry as one of the largest volume distributors and installers of solar hot water systems in Southern California.

Rick holds a bachelor of science degree in conservation from the University of California at Berkeley, as well as a master of business administration degree from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management, and has been actively involved in the solar energy industry since 1977.

Kirk, founder and CEO of SG Biofuels, was recently honored in Biofuels Digest as one of the “25 people worth knowing in bioenergy.”

SG Biofuels is a bioenergy crop company that is meeting the global demand for sustainable plant oil by using breeding and biotechnology to develop and produce elite seeds of Jatropha. With a fully integrated platform featuring a world-class leadership and science team, the most advanced crop improvement program in the industry and deep expertise in all phases of plantation development and management, SG Biofuels is bringing the opportunities of Jatropha to reality.

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If you’ve heard the phrase Jatropha 2.0 or heard that all is not doom and gloom for yesterday’s favorite feedstock punching bag, that’s Kirk. The SG Biofuels team has just about been single-handedly saving jatropha from extinction as a high-value, near-term investment proposition. Also, I think he arguably has more personal experience developing renewables companies with feedstock based in Central America than anyone. It’s a highly disciplined effort, well worth a study, especially in the management of a partnership with the massive and imposing LIFE Technologies.