Mr. Khan is an accomplished wireless technology executive with over 30 years of experience, having run several multi-billion dollar businesses. Prior to joining Lilliputian Systems, Mr. Khan served as President and CEO of SiGe Semiconductor, a fabless supplier of highly integrated RF front-end solutions enabling wireless connectivity. During his tenure at SiGe, Mr. Khan expanded the customer and reference design partner base globally, refocused the company on specific core markets, and secured the top market share position in the highly competitive WiFi segment. In 2011 Mr. Khan oversaw the acquisition and integration of SiGe by Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (SKWS). Mr. Khan has also held several senior executive positions at Agere Systems, Lucent Technologies and NEC Electronics.

“Lilliputian Systems addresses a fundamental problem that we all face – not having enough power for our consumer electronics devices when we need it most,” said Khan. “Our initial product, Nectar, aims to solve precisely this issue. I look forward to guiding Lilliputian through the commercialization process and anticipate numerous additional products and opportunities in the near future. As such, I am very excited to have been named President and CEO of this innovative company.”

Lilliputian recently launched its first product, Nectar, at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show to widespread domestic and international acclaim, and has garnered multiple awards for this revolutionary device.

In 2012, Lilliputian announced a strategic partnership with world-class retailer Brookstone as the first retail launch partner of Nectar in the United States. Lilliputian also has a wafer manufacturing supply agreement with Intel, as well as an equity investment from Intel Capital.

“We are pleased to announce that Sohail Khan has joined Lilliputian Systems as CEO,” said Hull McKinnon, member of Lilliputian’s Board of Directors and Partner at Altira Group LLC. “Mr. Khan has extensive leadership experience in the wireless technology industry, and he will be invaluable in leading Lilliputian through the next phase of its evolution – helping to grow the company into a significant player in the consumer electronics industry with Nectar.”

Nectar is a compact, lightweight and highly portable device that powers and charges virtually any of the billions of consumer electronic devices – smart phones, tablets, mp3 players, eReaders, Bluetooth headsets, digital cameras, etc.- that comply with the USB 2.0 power standard. This revolutionary product has the capacity to keep consumer electronic devices powered for 2+ weeks with a single Nectar Pod™. Using Nectar, consumers get 10 times the run-time versus traditional solutions and will never again worry about running out of power.

For more information about Lilliputian Systems’ new CEO and Nectar please visit www.nectarpower.com.

About Lilliputian Systems

Lilliputian Systems has developed the world’s first Personal Power™ solution for Consumer Electronics (CE) devices, a revolutionary family of products targeted at the $50 billion portable power market. The company’s breakthrough solution, the Nectar Mobile Power System, delivers the only viable small form-factor battery replacement that provides the enormous run-time improvements demanded by today’s CE devices. Inside Nectar™ is Lilliputian’s patented Silicon Power Cell™ technology. The technology is based on highly efficient solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) wafer fabrication methods, including key nanotechnology elements, and is fueled by recyclable high energy power cartridges, or pods. The technology is reliable, safe, environmentally friendly and approved for carry-on and use on domestic and international flights. Lilliputian’s technology enables a 5-10X longer run-time versus similarly sized batteries. The company’s elegantly designed solution both complements today’s devices and can seamlessly integrate into future devices – all while ensuring the consumer enjoys an essentially infinite supply of Personal Power™ for their CE devices. For more information, visit www.nectarpower.com, follow us on Twitter @NectarPower, and visit our Careers page for a listing of open positions.

Parker displays open on-street parking in real time, as well as available parking at garages and nearby parking lots, by tapping data from Streetline’s real-time sensor network in more than 35 locations globally and parking garage and lot data for more than 23,000 off-street locations. Since the app was first introduced in December 2010, Parker by Streetline has recorded more than 100 million parking  “events” and was recently named Best Mobile Innovation for ‘Smart Cities’ at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

“Streetline introduced the world’s first parking guidance app in 2010 and has since continued to spark the imagination for how technology can change the way we think about parking,” said Zia Yusuf , president and CEO of Streetline, Inc. “With this latest release of Parker, Streetline again raises the bar for what consumers can expect from parking guidance apps, making it even easier for motorists to locate parking so they can go about spending their time on the more important activities of their day.”

“With Parker, our goal was to go beyond just helping drivers locate a parking space; we want them to find the right space,” added Vito Salvaggio , Senior Vice President, Product Management of Streetline, Inc. “Parker allows users to search by parking type – metered space, garage/lot, ADA accessible, or electric vehicle charging stations. The app shows available parking relative to your current location and also lets motorists filter spots by price.”

“NPS is committed to delivering enhanced offerings that lower costs and increase performance for turbine owners. We are increasing the value proposition of our already highly-capable NPS turbines through an integrated road-map of expanded product and services offerings, of which our proven low wind enhancements are just one example,” stated Troy Patton, President and CEO, Northern Power Systems.

The NPS Low Wind turbine fleet has surpassed 50,000 operational hours with availability in excess of 97%, and has generated more than 1,500 MWh of clean, renewable energy, enough to power more than 150 US (or 450 UK) homes for an entire year. These improved models are optimized for low wind and yield comparatively more energy in low wind regimes.

SAN FRANCISCO (May 1, 2013) – Solar Universe (www.solaruniverse.com), the leader in solar franchising, announced today the opening of its first international franchise in Puerto Rico by local entrepreneurs and mother-son team, Luz and William Rodriguez. With energy production recognized as one of the island’s biggest impediments to economic growth, the introduction of the solar energy franchise is a substantial prospect for home owners in Puerto Rico. This office brings Solar Universe’s network of locally owned and operated install franchises to a more global market.

“We are thrilled to bring the Solar Universe process to Puerto Rico to provide the community with a safe and trustworthy option for solar at an affordable price point,” said William Rodriguez, co-owner of the Puerto Rico Franchise, “The unique franchise model provides our team the foundation and tools necessary to launch a company that will offer critical solar energy solutions to homeowners. Solar Universe eliminates many of the hurdles we would have faced in launching this business, and allows us to focus on getting homeowners and communities throughout Puerto Rico set up with a sustainable energy solution.”

The franchise opening coincides directly with increased interest in renewable energy sources throughout Puerto Rico. The current energy production system in Puerto Rico, as in many other Caribbean islands, relies on the process of importing and burning fuel oil to produce electricity, making it an unsustainable and costly source. Puerto Rico Governor, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, and other officials have committed to supporting alternative energy incentives to increase renewable energy implementation.

“The solar customer continues to evolve, as installation and financing becomes increasingly accessible for consumers,” said Joe Bono, CEO of Solar Universe, “by launching our first international franchise in Puerto Rico, we are extending sustainable opportunities for the island’s current energy needs as well as opening the door for new business opportunities in the growing communities.”

Solar Universe presents a distinct economic prospect for local communities throughout Puerto Rico as solar installation becomes more popular on the island. The Solar Universe offering will provide homeowners simple access to quality, safe and consistent solar energy services.

“In addition to helping to make our island the next hot spot for solar energy, we are pleased to introduce a money-saving alternative for power to homeowners by way of a family-owned and operated business,” said Luz Rodriguez, co-owner of the Puerto Rico location, “As this industry takes off in Puerto Rico, having an established local and trustworthy business is going to be critical to people’s overall confidence in solar.”

For more information about Solar Universe, please visit: www.solaruniverse.com

About Solar Universe

Solar Universe is the leading solar franchising concept bringing solar to consumers through its network of locally owned and operated franchises. Using a scalable franchise model, Solar Universe is changing the face of the solar industry by enabling consumers to produce power at home through easy and affordable installation. The company was founded in 2008 by President and CEO, Joseph Bono and has 37 locations in the United States.

Media contact:
Alexis Evans, SutherlandGold Group for Solar Universe
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It was a trial run for the first school in Frog’s new line, which it calls the “Impact” platform — a quickly erected, easily reproducible, cost-saving approach to schoolhouse construction that will allow schools to include advanced facilities that are unaffordable with current building techniques.

The warehouse model is 2,400 square feet of what will eventually become the new 19,000 square-foot building at Santa Ana’s El Sol Academy. Though they faced multiple delays this spring — demolition is still yet to begin at the existing location and actual construction isn’t slated to begin until July — Project Frog nonetheless says the building will be completed by Thanksgiving, just under three months later.

El Sol is Frog’s latest attempt to streamline prefab. By designing whole buildings in-house, the story goes, Project Frog can cut out a lot of wasted effort and materials, and thereby, a lot of the price. They love to point out Boeing as an example, saying if that company can build an airliner in a little over a week, why do buildings take months or years? If you start with a bunch of interchangeable parts, you can assemble them rapidly without sacrificing quality, and even add elements other methods aren’t able to.

“MicroSeismic continues to be the global leader in surface monitoring for hydraulic fracturing, but there are instances where downhole monitoring is either a complementary or preferred solution given the project specific objectives,” stated Terry Jbeili, COO, MicroSeismic. “We have been providing the downhole capability for the last five years and are proud to announce new enhancements to our solution. The technology allows customers to combine the best of both surface and downhole acquisition to accurately image event locations.”

Downhole Monitoring results help operators determine well spacing, improve fluid and proppant selection, alter pressure pumping schedules, avoid geohazards and delineate reservoir boundaries. The product can be combined with MicroSeismic’s surface acquisition products like FracStar™ and BuriedArray™ to provide the leading technology for joint downhole and surface acquisition.

Enlighted puts sensors into lighting fixtures that can monitor the energy use, temperature and brightness in a room. The sensors also can detective the number of people in a given space. By wirelessly connecting the lights, a computer with Enlighted software can adjust the brightness of the light for each cubicle and automatically lower or cut off the amount of electricity going to the lights at different times of the day.

The idea of using lighting to create a pleasant work environment or dimming or shutting it off when no one is around isn’t new, and certainly many office and commercial buildings already are doing that. What’s new is the greater level of sensitivity from the sensors and the lighting control, as well as the collection and crunching of energy consumption and other data over time to further fine-tune that control and hopefully reap more savings.

SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Apr 18, 2013) – Enlighted Inc., a leader in solutions for improving the performance and value of commercial buildings and real estate, has raised $20 million in Series C financing. New investor RockPort Capital led the round and was joined by new investor DFJ JAIC. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Intel Capital also participated in the round.

Enlighted is also proud to announce that its intelligent sensor technology and software are being employed to reduce power consumption for more than 10 million square feet of commercial real estate, double the size of the installed footprint just five months ago. LinkedIn, Bank of New York, Google, Turner Broadcasting, JDSU, the City of San Jose, Hewlett-Packard and several Fortune 1000 companies have reduced lighting energy costs by 50 to 75 percent in buildings outfitted with Enlighted’s system. In all, Enlighted has saved more than 15 gigawatt hours of electricity since it began installing its technology into commercial buildings less than two years ago.

“Managing buildings better remains one of the largest opportunities in technology. Commercial property owners want to increase their net operating income by lowering operating costs as well as get the most out of their floor space,” said Victor Westerlind, a general partner at RockPort Capital. “Enlighted leverages sensor and IT technologies to achieve those goals. Just as important, it eliminates the cost and complexity of installing and managing these systems, which have been barriers to adoption.”

Enlighted combines leading-edge sensor technology, Big Data analytics, and advanced controls to precisely manage office buildings, public spaces, industrial sites and other real estate. The heart of the company’s technology is Enlighted Sensor, an unobtrusive, intelligent device that attaches to new or existing LED, fluorescent, CFL or HID light fixtures. Enlighted Sensors monitor light levels, temperature, occupancy and power consumption for the 100 square feet of floor space directly beneath each of them and then control these environmental parameters to save energy, reduce glare or harvest sunlight. Employees or building managers can quickly personalize spaces for comfort and energy savings with a few mouse clicks.

REDWOOD CITY, CA–(Marketwired – Apr 24, 2013) – EcoFactor’s cloud-based residential energy service has been recognized by GTM Research as a market leader for delivering energy efficiency as part of XFINITY Home, a total home security and control solution from Comcast.

The GTM Innovation Award recognizes EcoFactor is one of eleven leading companies selected from The Networked Grid 150. EcoFactor integrated its SaaS infrastructure with Comcast to provide XFINITY Home subscribers significant monthly HVAC savings on their energy bills.

“We are proud to receive this special tribute from GTM Research for delivering energy efficiency for the XFINITY Home service and to be among the winners of these prestigious awards for market-leading innovation,” said Roy Johnson, CEO at EcoFactor. “It is gratifying to be recognized as best-in-class for our performance, integration, market positioning and growth potential.”