OPEN New England

OPEN New England Seminar: "What's this fuss about Clean Energy?"

September 9th, 2009, 6-9 pm Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, 9th Floor, One Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Ma 02142

"What's this fuss about Clean Energy?" Over the past few years we have been hearing about Clean Energy and Green Technologies. The noise level has heightened in the recent past with President Obama's references to new green jobs, allocations to this sector in the ARRA, as well as Governor Patrick's statements about Massachusetts' focus on green companies in the Bay State.

As it turns out, these terms represent way more than solar, wind and other sustainable energy generation. After one understands the whole eco-system of energy production and consumption, there is a tremendous spectrum of opportunities to play in this space. Imran Qidwai, entrepreneur and NECEC Clean Energy Fellow 2009 , will provide an overview of this vast topic and generate discussion for you to unlock new opportunities.

Biography

Imran is an active entrepreneur, currently helping startups in various capacities.

In 2007, as acting CTO/VP of Engineering he formulated the technical strategy and product architecture for an early stage VC-funded mobile & wireless startup, managed the offshore development of the first working prototype, and created the business/technical strategy for market entry. In 2006-07, he joined the founding team to raise external financing for Scrybe ( www.iscrybe.com), an early stage Web 2.0 startup developing Rich Internet Applications for a new age organizer. Previously he founded MessageMachines, a mobile startup, and took it through angel and venture investments to a successful acquisition by NMS Communications (NASDAQ: NMSS). At NMS, he architected the subscriber and content management systems for NMS MyCaller "ringback tone" (RBT) product deployed by more than thirty mobile operators across the six continents. With over 20 years in the US computer and telecommunications industry developing carrier, enterprise and consumer software, his areas of experience include SMS, IMS, FMC, IM, PDA apps, location & presence, SaaS apps & platforms, and mission critical data networking. Experienced in managing distributed development teams between US & offshore, he is knowledgeable in the current trends in offshoring, outsourcing and BPO. Work experience includes Lotus (now IBM), Digital Equipment (now HP), SoftLinx, Philips Electronics, and International Computers Limited (now Fujitsu).