The Wattbot Team
Press Contact:
Kim Barsi
kim@wattbot.com
415.508.6389
Kurt Brown
Co-Founder and CEO
Kurt has been in the technology field for over 25 years, with stints as Director of Intel's Berkeley Research Lab and 13 years in IBM research and development. A founder of two start-ups prior to Wattbot, he is all about using the Internet to help businesses and individuals solve difficult and important problems. Kurt received his Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1995, for work in database management systems.
His electric bill averages about $40/month, and he has a weakness for cupcakes.
Diane Loviglio
Co-Founder and VP Business Development
Diane recently co-produced FailCon, the first conference focused on learning from startup failures; organized West Coast Green's Innovation Pipeline, an exhibit for early-stage green building startups; and co-chaired the San Francisco Green Roof Task Force. Prior to her current Wattbot and conference production roles, she was a research assistant and recruiter for Intel Research Berkeley's Bright Green study. At Carnegie Mellon, she served as the project manager for the University's first and largest green roof project, was sustainable materials guru for their Solar Decathlon team, and designed/directed the university's first peer-to-peer environmental education program. Diane received her Bachelor's in Humanities and Arts in Architecture and Anthropology from Carnegie Mellon University in 2005, focusing on sustainable design.
Her electric bill is about $60/month, and the fact that she performed on Broadway in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is not widely known. ...Until now.
Jonathan Koomey
Scientific Advisor
Jon holds an M.S. and Ph.D. from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California at Berkeley, and a B.A. in History of Science from Harvard. He is the author or coauthor of eight books and more than 150 articles and reports on energy conservation technology, energy economics, energy policy, and global climate change. He holds appointments at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Jon's third degree black belt in Aikido makes him useful in dark alleys.
Diana Benedikt
Business and Funding Advisor
Diana has advised more than 100 notable Internet, software and network equipment companies on strategic finance, marketing, and operations, and has helped her clients obtain over $100 million from numerous angel and venture sources, from seed stage to mezzanine. She has also assisted early stage private equity firms and established technology leaders in raising funds, investment strategy, and M&A. Diana received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco.
She and Kurt first started working together 13 years ago, but both are sure that they haven't gotten any older since then.
Gil Friend
Business Development and Sustainability Guru
Gil is a systems ecologist and business strategist with 35 years experience in business, communications and environmental innovation. He is founder, president & CEO of Natural Logic Inc, which provides advisory services in strategy, design, operations and information systems to help clients build economic advantage through exceptional environmental performance. Gil is a founding board member of the Sustainable Business Alliance, the California Sustainable Business Council, and the Institute for Global Communications, and was Co-founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.
Gil also holds a black belt in Aikido, which makes him useful in dark alleys when Jon is unavailable.
Skip Miller
Sales And Marketing Advisor
For over 10 years, companies like Virgin Atlantic Airways, Hewlett Packard, Bristol Myers, IDC, Oracle, and hundreds of others have called upon Skip Miller to be their strategic sales advisor and trainer. A recognized authority on the psychology of sales performance, Skip has helped countless companies, already at the height of success in their respective fields, achieve even greater levels of sales productivity. Skip is the author of the #1 bestseller ProActive Sales Management and the newly released ProActive Selling. He is one of the most sought after speakers in the field, attracting thousands of sales professionals to his programs each year.
Quote: "Salespeople are sure of only three things: death, taxes, and that their quotas are going to go up."
Stunning Pool of Talent
Wattbot is the product of an amazing group of experts in image, design, development, test, database administration, writing, video production, data visualization, marketing, PR, sales, advertising, market research, data analysis, and customer service.
Four out of five dentists agree: working for Wattbot does wonders for your smile.
