Board
Dr. Ed Zschau
Chairman of the Board
Dr. Zschau has had a long and distinguished career in business, public policy, and academia.
Among his many accomplishments, he was founder and CEO of System Industries, a Silicon Valley computer products company, from 1968 to 1982, and General Manager of IBM’s Storage Systems Division from 1993 to 1995.
He served as Director and Chairman of the American Electronics Association in the 1970s and as U.S. Congressman from Silicon Valley for two terms in the 1980s.
Dr. Zschau has taught in the Graduate Schools of Business at both Harvard and Stanford Universities, and currently is a Visiting Lecturer with rank of Professor at Princeton University in the Electrical Engineering Department.
Dr. Greg Olsen
Board of Directors
Dr. Olsen received his BS Physics, a BSEE and MS Physics from Fairleigh Dickenson University, and a Ph.D. in Material Science from the University of Virginia.
In 1972, Dr. Olsen joined RCA Laboratories, and in 1984 founded EPITAXX Inc., which was acquired by Nippon Sheet Glass in 1990. He founded Sensors Unlimited in 1991, which was acquired by Finisar Corp. in 2000, repurchased in October 2002, and sold again in 2005 to Goodrich Corp.
Dr. Olsen is a Fellow of the IEEE, has been active in many technical societies and has ten patents and over 100 publications. He was the 3rd civilian to fly to the International Space Station, spending 10 days in Earth orbit in 2006, and is now President of GHO Ventures in Princeton, NJ.
Stephen E. Morgan
Board of Directors
Steve is currently CEO of American Clean Energy; LLC a New Jersey based Renewable Energy Company. In this role he is responsible for the company’s strategic direction, policy, governance and overall financial and operational results.
Prior to joining the company Steve was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at Jersey Central Power and Light Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of First Energy Corporation. JCP&L is the second largest electric utility in the state ofNew Jersey
Mr. Morgan earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the Ohio State University and is a registered Professional Engineer in Ohio. He has also completed the University of Michigan, School of Business Executive Management Program.
He has been active in a number of organizations and boards in New Jersey including the Economic Development Authority Board, Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Science Board of Trustees, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees and formerly its executive board and chairman of the Chamber Foundation, Leadership New Jersey Board of Trustees, 180 Turning Lives Around, and the Einstein’s Alley Board of Trustees
Darren Hammell
Board of Directors
Mr. Hammell graduated with honors from Princeton University with a B.S.E. in Computer Science.
After winning first place in the 2001 Princeton University Business Plan Contest, he co-founded Princeton Power Systems.
Mr. Hammell served as President and CEO from the founding until March 2009, when he became Executive Vice President of Business Development.
He was named one of Red Herring Magazine’s “Young Moguls” in 2005 and NJ-BIZ’s “Forty Under 40” business leaders in New Jersey the same year. He is a member of the State of New Jersey’s Clean Energy/Clean Technology Industry Workforce Advisory Council and a Founding Trustee of the non-profit New Jersey Solar Industry Manufacturer’s Association.
Dr. Chris Dries
Board of Directors
Dr. Dries is a founder and Managing Partner of DOLCE Technologies, which provides capital and advisory services to early stage technology businesses.
He graduated with distinction from Duke University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1994 and then earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton in the field of InGaAsP based optoelectronic devices.
In addition to his activities with DOLCE, Dr. Dries is active in the angel investing community as a member of JumpStart NJ.
Dr. Dries serves on the Princeton Graduate School Leadership Council, the Princeton Electrical Engineering Department Advisory Board, and is an active volunteer for Princeton University Annual Giving.
Dr. Joseph Stach
Board of Directors
Dr. Stach has extensive experience in the development and commercialization of power electronics and power supplies.
Dr. Stach was a professor of electrical engineering at Penn State University from 1967 to 1984. He then became the first Executive Director of the Massachusetts Technology Park until 1987, which later became the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.
In 1989 he became the Director of the Center of Microelectronics Research at the University of South Florida where he helped attract over $14 million in funding during his first two years. In 1991 he joined RF Power, Inc. in Voorhees, NJ as CEO and eventually sold the company to Advanced Energy, Inc. in 1998, where he held the position of Senior Vice President.
