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Jane Lindner |
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Green Home CEO
Jane is the Managing Partner of Jane Capital Partners LLC, a cleantech merchant bank that she has led since co-founding it in 2001. Under her leadership, Jane Capital has won mandates to advise the renewable arms of a number of multi-nationals such as ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) and New Zealand's state owned power generator, Meridian Energy, and launched or co-founded a number of start-ups, including Zenergy Power plc (AIM:ZEN), Carbonflow, Inc. and Trinitech Pty.
Prior to co-founding Jane Capital, Jane served as Chief Operating Officer of Globalgate, Inc., parent to Yellowpages.com. Previously Jane served as Executive Director of WI Harper Group, a venture capital and investment banking firm bridging Silicon Valley and China where Jane's group was responsible for executing 16 cross-border transactions in 3 years.
Earlier in her career, Jane owned and operated Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics in Australasia, a successful educational service company. Jane has a B.S. from Syracuse University, a M.A. from the University of Connecticut, and was a PhD candidate at UC-Berkeley before joining Evelyn Wood. Having previously served on the boards of numerous technology companies and non profits, Jane currently sits on the boards of Greenhome LLC, Zenergy Power, Inc., Smart Wire Grid, Inc. and Cleantech.org.
Why I love Green Home: "I'm able to leverage my experience in education, ecommerce and technology commercialization. Most importantly, however, Green Home allows me the opportunity to be part of a community that shares my passion for preserving the environment and enjoying our great outdoors. Greenhome is the perfect fit."
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Neal Dikeman |
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Green Home Chairman
Neal is a founding partner of Jane Capital Partners LLC, a cleantech merchant bank whose clients have included the technology arms of multinational energy companies. He has served as a director of several technology companies, as well as non profit San Francisco Carbon Collaborative, is chief blogger for Cleantech Blog, named one of the 50 Best Business Blogs by the London Times, and chairs industry portal Cleantech.org.
He is a cofounder and director of venture backed carbon IT startup Carbonflow, a Jane Capital spin-out in SaaS worfklow for the carbon markets where he served as founding Chairman and CEO and raised the first two rounds of finance.
Prior to that he cofounded Jane Capital spin-out SC Power Systems, Inc. and its successor Zenergy Power plc (AIM:ZEN) in superconductor technology for the power grid, helped launch WaiterPad POS Systems, Inc. in wireless hospitality POS solutions, and led the spin-out of Fideris, Inc. in fuel cell test & measurement. He previously served as Director of Business Development for Globalgate, the parent company of Yellowpages.com, and as an associate at private equity fund manager Doyle & Boissiere. Before entering private equity, he began his career in energy investment banking at Bankers Trust, and has a B.A. from Texas A&M University.
Why I love Green Home: "I've been doing cleantech for a long time. All these clean technologies need a way to market that the green consumer and business can trust – Greenhome.com is that way."
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Jennifer Stinnett |
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Green Home Web Design and Development
Jennifer moved to San Francisco in 2004 from Boulder, CO where she received a B.F.A. in Fine Arts and Dance from the University of Colorado. In 2002 she spent 6 months studying and traveling in West Africa where she volunteered at The West African Research Center, which provided education and medical facilities to those in need. After graduation she worked at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, had several shows of her own work at various galleries, and created a successful portraiture business. In 2003 she joined Free the Bears, an Australian non-profit, to work with their chapter in Cambodia. Living in Phnom Penh for several months, she did graphic design for the organization including t-shirts, business collateral, and educational materials and billboards for the wildlife sanctuary. Her job there also included administrative support, being a liaison between the organization and the Cambodian government, and feeding, walking and monitoring the Sun Bear cubs.
Prior to her time in Colorado Jennifer lived all over the United States and Europe. She has performed with professional modern dance and ballet companies in Cleveland, OH and London, England where she attended a performing arts high school.
Since living in San Francisco Jennifer has worked in various capacities as an artist, as well as curating and installing shows, and handling membership sales at the Michaela Gallery and SFMOMA. During this time she also studied at Learnit School for Computer Technology in graphic and web design. She has done print and web design projects of all sorts including book covers, dvd covers, flyers, travel books, business cards, album covers, and websites with an overall focus on working for socially or environmentally conscious companies, artists, and non-profits. Some of her clients have included ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability), Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center, Cool Mayors for Climate Change, National Conversation on Climate Action, Touch.nology, Emily Martens (author), Alicia Marie (performance artist), Deep Focus Films, 3.6.75 Design, Patch (recording artist), Karmatics, and Days With Zahrah, among others.
Jennifer joined Green Home in 2007 and has been endeavoring to help the company make more accessible green products and information through the medium of web design ever since. She enjoys knowing that by working for Green Home her time and energy are going towards a positive end.
Why I love Green Home: "Working at Green Home for me is about using my artistic and technical skills for a company that sees the bigger picture and aims at making sustainable living more attainable to us all. "What's the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?" - Henry David Thoreau
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Green Home Director of Operations
Green Home Customer Relations and Sales