{"117581":{"#nid":"117581","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Building Your Clean Tech Company in the South","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe world is increasingly flat in clean technology. While local and regional markets exist for Clean Tech, national and international markets contain key drivers that impact market acceptance and economic viability that provide opportunities to achieve significant business viability and scale. For entrepreneurs located in Atlanta or Research Triangle, what are some key considerations in addressing markets, raising capital, hiring employees and building company infrastructure to address growing national and international markets?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn March 28, plan to join a panel discussion of entrepreneurs and a market analyst on this important topic. The event will also be \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/secleanenergy.gatech.edu\/?page_id=6\u0022\u003Ewebcast live\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EPanelists include: \u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Quinlan, managing director, North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 Paul handles the day-to-day operations of the organization and directs research, outreach, and fundraising activities. He co-authors the annual North Carolina Clean Energy Data Book and the annual North Carolina Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Industries Census. He is a regular instructor at the Renewable Energy Technologies Diploma Series offered by N.C. State University and serves on the Board of Directors of Clean Energy Durham.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPlayer Pate, director of marketing, JouleX\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 Player oversees go-to-market strategies, sales pipeline management, and program execution across global markets. The JouleX Energy Manager (JEM) automatically monitors, analyzes and controls the energy consumed by all devices connected to networks, which provides enterprises unprecedented visibility and control over consumption and utilization of energy throughout distributed office environments, data centers and facilities management systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnthony Coker, senior director, market and solutions development, Suniva, Inc.\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 Anthony is responsible for solutions development, key customer relationships and global product certifications. Suniva is an American manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) solar cells and high-power solar modules. The company evolved from the work of Professor Ajeet Rohatgi of the Georgia Institute of Technology\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/research\/UCEP\/\u0022\u003EUniversity Center of Excellence in Photovoltaics (UCEP)\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor entrepreneurs located in Atlanta or Research Triangle, what are some key considerations in addressing markets, raising capital, hiring employees and building company infrastructure to address growing national and international markets?\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A panel discussion sponsored by the Georgia Tech Clean Energy Speaker Series."}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2012-03-19 10:56:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:58:25","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-03-28T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-03-28T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-03-28T19:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-03-28 21:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-03-28 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-03-28 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/event\/2665832577","title":"Register to attend"}],"groups":[{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"8732","name":"clean energy"},{"id":"4099","name":"clean tech"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"167302","name":"southeast"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ben.hill@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBen Hill\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EVenture Lab\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-2376\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}