Mr. Chesonis began his career at Rochester Telephone Corporation and went on to serve as President of ACC Corp. and led the company until it was purchased by TCG/ATT in 1998. That same year, he founded PAETEC Holding Corp, which has since achieved remarkable growth. He's received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award by the College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology and was elected to the Rochester Business Hall of Fame. Mr. Chesonis holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MBA from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester, and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Rochester. He is co-director of the MIT Sustainable Energy Revolution Program (SERP), and serves as trustee at the Harley School, Rochester Institute of Technology, and the University of Rochester.

Prof. Kassakian serves MIT as professor of electrical engineering, as well as Director of the MIT Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems (LEES). Prof. Kassakian was the founding President of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Power Electronics Society and served as the U.S. representative to the European Power Electronics Association. He is the recipient of the IEEE Centennial Medal, the IEEE William E. Newell Award, the IEEE Power Electronics Society’s Distinguished Service Award, the IEEE Millennium Medal, the European Power Electronics Association Achievement Award, and the Kabakjian Science Award. He is a fellow of the IEEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He is a co‐author of the textbook Principles of Power Electronics.

Prof. Schindall serves as associate director of the MIT Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems (LEES) as well as the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE). He has been working with Dr. Signorelli for over six years on the development of the FastCAP ultracapacitor. Prior to returning to MIT, Prof. Schindall worked for over 35 years as President of Loral Conic and Chief Engineer of Globalstar.

Prof. Sdaoway serves as John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Donald Sadoway has been working with Dr. Signorelli for over three years on the metallurgy that governs the electrode improvement and on the electrochemistry governing the ultracapacitor operation. Professor Sadoway’s research interests lie in the field of chemical processing of materials -- both in engineering applications and in the supportive fundamental science. His primary interest is electrochemical processing in nonaqueous media.

Bill Aulet serves as a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Acting Managing Director at the MIT Entrepreneurship Center. He has 25 years of experience in technology business operations. He started his career at IBM and then ran two private companies, Cambridge Decision Dynamics and SensAble Technologies. Mr. Aulet now teaches at MIT, writes on the topic of Energy Entrepreneurship for Xconomy.com, and consults for large and small companies in the field. Mr. Aulet also conceived, created and serves as the Chairman of the MIT Energy Prize. Mr. Aulet has an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a graduate degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Leon Sandler is the Executive Director of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His experience spans senior general management, marketing, finance and business development roles at companies such as Boston Consulting Group, Eastman Kodak, Texas Instruments and Digital Equipment. Prior to joining the Deshpande Center he ran his own consulting firm, Monmouth Group, where he transformed more than 20 growing businesses in a variety of technology sectors. Leon has also served as the CEO of several start-ups and has assisted many ventures as an interim executive or advisor. He holds a bachelor of science and masters in science in Chemical Engineering from Natal University in South Africa, and a MBA from the Stanford Business School.

Gordon Baty is an angel investor and director of several technology companies. In his career he has occupied every seat around the venture table: entrepreneur/CEO, venture capitalist, angel investor, director, professor, advisor/mentor. From 1981 through 2002 he was a general partner in Zero Stage Capital, Cambridge MA, which invested $450 million in over 120 technology startups. He was also chairman of Navigator Technology Ventures, a seed-capital fund created by MIT Draper Laboratory in 2000. Earlier in his career, Dr. Baty headed three startups over a span of twenty years, in the fields of automated machine control, optical character recognition, and fluidized-bed coal combustion. He taught entrepreneurship for several years at Northeastern University, and venture finance at MIT Sloan School. He has published numerous articles and books on new venture formation. He holds BS, MS and PhD (finance) degrees from MIT.