Awards & Recognition
★Recognized as one of five official Tesla co-founders
★Berkeley Innovators Series featured speaker
★UC Berkeley alumni recognition through Founders' Pledge
Notable Facts
→Co-founded Tesla Inc. with Martin Eberhard in 2003, serving as CFO and VP of Electrical Engineering until 2008
→Previously co-founded NuvoMedia in 1997, creating one of the first e-readers (Rocket Book) and sold it for $187 million in 2000
→Currently Venture Partner at Spero Ventures, Pierre Omidyar's $100M early-stage VC fund focused on sustainability
→Served two terms as publicly elected school board member
→Has Wikipedia page and maintains active speaking schedule at universities and conferences
→UC Berkeley computer science graduate (1985) and advisory board member at UC Berkeley's SCET
→Co-led $20M Series A funding round for Telo electric vehicle startup in 2025