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Tom is Managing Partner and Co-founder of Craton Equity Partners, an innovative clean technology private equity firm focused on reducing carbon and responding to climate change. Our groundbreaking investments include Petra Solar the first pole-mounted solar panel system to meet the rigorous performance requirements of utilities while simultaneously establishing a network of smart grid communicator; Grid Point, one of the fastest growing smart grid companies in the United States; and Green Wave, an |
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enterprise energy efficiency and carbon reduction technology currently being deployed in the E.U. Craton's most cutting edge bio-fuels effort is Principle Energy Limited, Southern Africa's largest sugar cane, bio-fuels production facility being developed in partnership with the country of Mozambique to deliver sustainably developed ethanol to the EU.
Tom has advised local and national figures from the White House to the City of Los Angeles. He recently was Team Co-lead of the Executive Office of the President's Transition Team focused on the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) for President Barack Obama. In December 2009, Tom participated in President Obama's White House Summit on Jobs, and presented his position on how clean technology could contribute to the country's economic recovery. Tom recently served on the executive and steering committee for the No on 23 Campaign in California to stop Texas oil companies from overturning the state’s landmark global warming legislation, AB32.
Tom was also President Clinton's appointee to the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission which oversaw and insured that the environmental component of the North American Free Trade Agreement was adhered to, and that the financial resources committed to these concerns were available through the multi-billion dollar North American Development Bank (NADBank). He was recently selected by Hispanic Business Magazine as one of 2010's One Hundred Most Influential Hispanics in the United States.
Tom is a Director for the following Craton companies: EnLink GeoEnergy, GridPoint, Liquid Environmental Solutions, Principle Energy Limited and Propel BioFuels.
Tom is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, and lives in Santa Monica, California.
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