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Charlie Cary has been in the industrial wood energy business for 23 years and co-owner of  Biomass Combustion Systems, Inc. for 11 years. Biomass Combustion Systems (BCS) designs, manufacturers, and installs wood fired energy systems. These systems include new wood boilers up to 600 HP and modifications to existing wood boilers to increase efficiency, safety, and/or output.  They rely on the BCS Horizontal Zoned Grate Combustion system, which has been shown over the years to efficiently burn both green and dry wood fuel. BCS also manufacturers a line of industrially sized, hand fired, wood fired hot air furnaces. These United Underwriter certified furnaces rely on a patented combustion design to burn extremely efficiently and safely. Charlie has a B.A. in Economics from Hamilton College and a Masters in Urban and Environmental Policy from Tufts University.

Adrian Hanley has been a Process Improvement leader for The Mathworks since 2004. As part of his work to implement process improvement methodology across the organization, Adrian also leads Mathworks' Energy Savings team, which was formed in 2007 and has the following goals:

• Reduce carbon emissions by 20% within 2 years and 50% in ten years
• Reduce energy costs by 20% within 2 years and 50% in ten years
• Reduce energy usage by 15% within 2 years and 40% in ten years

As a result of these efforts, energy usage in 2008 has decreased 6% from 2007, while occupancy of their buildings has gone up 18%. As part of the strategy to reduce carbon emissions, The Mathworks decided to put up a large solar panel installation on one of their Natick buildings.Adrian Hanley has a Bachelor of Business Studies from Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland and an MBA from Suffolk University.

 

Kevin Poulsen is the CEO and Chairman of the Board of LittleFoot Energy. LittleFoot Energy is a Massachusetts based company founded with the mission of helping building owners reduce their dependency on fossil fuels, increase their bottom line, and position them for a strengthened competitive future.  Littlefoot Energy specializes in heating, cooling, and electricity projects that are powered by renewable energy sources. They work with thermal storage, geothermal, solar, and performance monitoring and controls in hybrid systems that can save energy and reduce carbon footprint.

For over two decades, Mr. Poulsen has enjoyed founding management team participation in early stage companies.  He has led dynamic early stage business environments into emerging markets across multiple industries including Internet services in the mid 90’s and more recently radio frequency identification (RFID).  His area of expertise includes business and corporate development--a function he terms "venture development–-which includes managing the set of efforts for capitalizing and bringing to market new businesses.

Kevin has come to believe that the solution for our sustainable future lies in energy independence and clean fuels and that if we rise to the challenge, over the next 50 years clean energy will become our generation’s Industrial Revolution and America's ticket to continued global economic leadership.  In this pursuit he became active within the Boston clean energy "cluster,” co-founding a clean energy venture development group as a vehicle for accelerating venture development prospects and maximizing time-to-money potential for entrepreneurs.

In November 2007, Kevin was approached for advice by Gabriel Cantor and Elia Kleiman, founders of Synepex Energy, on how to grow their business. Synepex Energy focused on the residential home market, providing solar hot water and pool heating systems. Mr. Poulsen’s recommendation was to assess market applications for solar thermal among commercial and industrial customers. In July 2008, the management reorganized as a C-corporation, forming LittleFoot Energy and Mr. Poulsen joined the company.