Peter L. Corsell
| Peter L. Corsell | |
|---|---|
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Corsell speaking at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit | |
| Born |
December 5, 1977 Brooklyn, New York |
| Residence | Miami Beach, Florida |
| Education | Georgetown University |
| Occupation |
Chairman of GridPoint Chairman and CEO of Hubub Board of Directors at inStream Board of Directors at Clearpath |
Peter L. Corsell (born December 5, 1977) is an American entrepreneur, businessman and venture capitalist who founded GridPoint in 2003 and the social media company Hubub.[1][2][3][4]
Early life and education
Corsell was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Georgetown University.
Career
In 1999, Corsell was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency, where he worked as a political analyst in the Cuba branch.[5][6][7]
In 2003, Corsell founded GridPoint to develop energy management and renewable energy technologies.[5][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] He served as the company’s President and CEO from 2003 until 2010, when he became the company’s Chairman.[14][15]
Other ventures
Corsell has been an investor in several early stage companies including:
- Clearpath, a software platform that simplifies the U.S. immigration process, where he also serves on the board of directors[16][17]
- inStream, a comprehensive practice management software platform for independent financial advisors, where he serves on the board of directors[18]
Awards and affiliations
In 2008, MIT Technology Review recognized Corsell as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.[19] The World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader in 2010.[20][20][21]
Corsell was Chairman of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Sustainable Energy (2008-2009), as well as a member of the Electrification Coalition, a nonpartisan organization committed to the widespread adoption of electric vehicles.[22][23]
As of 2010 he served on the executive committee of the board of the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach, Florida.[24]
Corsell has been featured in several books including Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas Friedman, Perfect Power by Robert Galvin and Kurt Yeager and Earth: The Sequel by Fred Krupp and The Clean Tech Revolution by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder.[25][26][27][28]
References
- ↑ "Do Good, Get Rich". Inc. Magazine cover. November 2006.
- ↑ Dumaine, Brian (2008). The Plot to Save the Planet: How Visionary Entrepreneurs and Corporate Titans Are Creating Real Solutions to Global Warming. Random House. p. 134.
- ↑ "Being Al Gore: Entrepreneurs offer advice to the veep-cum-venture capitalist". Inc. Magazine. February 1, 2008.
- ↑ Etherington, Darrell. "Hubub Raises $8.5M To Be The New Home For Conversations On The Web". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- 1 2 "Businessweek Tech Pioneers". Bloomberg Businessweek, November 28, 2007.
- ↑ "The Futurists: From solar panels to clean coal, betting big on the future of energy". Inc. Magazine, November 1, 2006.
- 1 2 "Special Report: Grid Unlocked, A smart, digital electric power system could bring vast energy-efficiency gains and a new wave of entrepreneurship". Washington Monthly, September 5, 2009.
- ↑ "It's the Network". Forbes. September 26, 2007.
- ↑ Esther Dyson (June 2005). "Dr. Market: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Lose Control" (PDF). CNET.
- ↑ "Power Surge: The race to discover new ways to create and use energy runs through Washington as investors pump $230M into local firms". Washington Business Journal. September 18, 2006.
- ↑ "'Fuel was cheap and pollution was free' That's what the world was like when the current energy system was designed, said GridPoint CEO Peter Corsell.". CNN Money. April 22, 2009.
- ↑ Russo, Michael V. (2008). Environmental Management: Readings and Cases. SAGE. pp. 281–282.
- ↑ "The Innovation Machine". Inc. Magazine cover. November 2009.
- ↑ "Peter L. Corsell becomes GridPoint Chairman". GridPoint, Inc. October 14, 2010.
- ↑ Clabaugh, Jeff. "GridPoint raises $24M". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "Former bureaucrat Michael Petrucelli looks to take mystery — and paper — out of immigration processing". Washington Business Journal, May 27, 2011.
- ↑ Dahlberg, Nancy (January 23, 2014). "Clearpath names Felice Gorordo CEO, moving HQ to Miami". Miami Herald. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ↑ "Could inStream be the Next Big Thing in RIA technology?". RIABiz, January 6, 2013.
- ↑ "Innovators Under 35, 2008". MIT Technology Review, August 2008.
- 1 2 "World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders 2010". TechCrunch, March 3, 2010.
- ↑ "Young Global Leaders". World Economic Forum, March 3, 2010.
- ↑ "A New Generation Charges Ahead". Forbes. January 26, 2009.
- ↑ AvishaI, Bernard. "The Connected Car". Inc. Mansueto Ventures. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ↑ "The Wolfsonian–FIU appoints four new board members and elects new officers". The Wolfsonian-FIU, June 28, 2010.
- ↑ Friedman, Thomas. "Chapter 12, The Energy Internet: When IT Meets ET". Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America. New York, NY: Picador.
- ↑ Robert Galvin; Kurt Yeager (2008). Perfect Power: How the Microgrid Revolution Will Unleash Cleaner, Greener, More Abundant Energy. New York, NY: Mc-Graw-Hill.
- ↑ Krupp, Fred (2008). Earth: the Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming. New York, NY: Norton and Company.
- ↑ Pernick, Ron and Clint Wilder (2007). The Clean Tech Revolution. Collins. pp. 183, 286, 397.