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Panel Participant:

Doug McNeilVice President, AOptix Technologies Inc. Operations, Biometric and LASER Communication Product

Doug has worked in a number of high-tech firms in a product leadership roles with his career focus in Engineering Leadership and Business Management. He is truly passionate about conservation since his early years and now walks his talk in “planting the seed” with youth and making environmental issues relevant.

Speaking on:

“Regional green technology roadmap”… Regional technology VC funding & “productization”, Industry outreach

programs, green technology education K-12

Enabling the Next Generation

to Go Green

Prepared By: Doug McNeilVice President, AOptix Technologies, Inc

Workforce Influences

• Renewable Technology Roadmap & Product Life Cycle

• Workforce Requirements & Domain Skills

• Workforce Development/Enablers/Multipliers

California Renewable Roadmap

198019701960 1990 2000 2010

Public Utility Regulatory

Policies Act (PURPA)

1978

2006

Renewable Energy Standards (RES)Enacted in California

Million Solar RoofsIn California

Legislation SB1California Solar

Initiative

2002

(RES)Accelerated

AB32

Global Warming Solutions Act

1968

2002AB 118

Renewable and Alternatives Fuel

and Vehicle

Emission PerformanceStandards

SB 1368

2006

Environmental protection

ActEPA

1998Deregulation

1997SB 90 State Bill

1953

Keep AmericaBeautiful

Ad Council

Unprecedented Federal and State Legislation Over the Past 6 Years

2007

1966

Standards

Green Technology Roadmap

Source: http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/greentech-market-taxonomy-chart.html

Solar

SmartSensors

LED

EnergyMgmt.

ElectricVehicles

EnergyMgmt.

Wind

National Renewable Energy

How Renewable Energy Plays a RoleIn The Nations Energy Supply

Source: EIA

Growth

Growth

Megawatts per state by 2020

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists

SolarWind

State RES standards “ green states”Technology acceleration

Clean Tech Companies Leading clean tech companies in San Jose include:

Phillips Lumileds - Automotive lighting, computer displays, LCD televisions, signage, signaling and general lighting Echelon - Products for energy infrastructures SunPower - Cells, modules and panels Stion - Thin film PV modules Solopower - Thin film PV modules Sopogy - CSP solar concentrators BioFuelBox - Waste to fuel conversion Borgata Recycling -Solexant - Solar cell manufacturer SunWize - Solar systemsFat Spaniel - Critical Monitoring and reportingNanosolar is manufacturing thin-film solar cells in Edenvale. Underwriters Laboratory’s solar testing/certification facilitySVTC's solar development center/foundry in Edenvale SolarTech's Center of Excellence.

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/City-Of-San-Jose-California-907720.html

“Productization”

Research &

Development

(R&D)

Basic Product Life Cycle - New Technology

Design

Prototyping

New Product

Introduction (NPI)

Product

Deployment

Phase IResearch Product &Process Viability

Design Conceptual Product Design

Application Testing(Lab Environment)

Product Planning

Phase IIProduct Design Refinement

Manufacturing in Limited Production

Market Testing (Customer Environment)

Phase IIITransition to Domestic and Offshore Manufacturing

Pilot Manufacturing

Process Proofing

Product Delivery

Phase IVProduct Installation

Maintenance

Product Support

“Typical Productization Map”

Concept DefinitionBusiness Case

Develop Design Prototype Test Pre-Production

Beta FCS

RequirementsManagement

-Marketing Reqmts-System Reqmts-Component Requirements

Serviceability

Installability

Application Design

FunctionFormFit

Trades:

VolumeThermalCostWeight

DFM/DFAModularizeStandardizeSimplifyPart CountInterfacesAdjustment

Variable Processes

Cost/BOMWeightTrades

ElectronicsCables/ConnectorizationPower SupplySystem Simplification

System Reliability

Compliance/Regulatory

Supplier Partnerships

Verify ProductConcept

SystemTest

HW SWTesting

ThermalHALT

Product OptimizationHWSW OptimizationSystem Robustness

ProductEDVT/MDVT

OpticalElectricalSWMechEnviron

Product Validation

Manuf/Test/ProcessProofing

CustomerFeedback

ProductionPilot ProcessProofing

SW Features

Shipment&Installation

Identifyand Close Key DesignTrades

IdentifyKeySystemRequirements

Solar Industry PLC

Research &

Development

(R&D)

Product Life Cycle - New Technology

Design

Prototyping

New Product

Introduction (NPI)

Product

Deployment

Scientific •Research•Analyze•Test

Engineering•Design•Test

Manufacturing•Methods•Fabrication•Assembly•Test

Marketing Specs

Engineering Specs

Product Design •Design Prototype•Analysis•Manufacturability•Product Testing•Reliability •Qualification

Manufacturing DesignDFM/DFA/DFC•Line •Tooling•Fast-turn•Line Production

Quality Engineering

Product Delivery

Product Installation

Maintenance

Product Support

Outbound Marketing

Solar Workforce Pathway

Engineering

Mechanical

Electrical

Software

Chemical

Process

Quality/Reliability

Test

Scientific

Materials

Chemistry

Physics

Manufacturing

Mechanical

Electrical

Automation

Tooling

Process Control

Quality/Reliability

Verification

Installation

Mechanical

Electrical

Maintenance

Marketing

4 Year Degree 2 Year Degree or4 Year Degree

High School/Junior College

Doctorate/Masters

Pathway

Workplace Pathways (Example)

Working knowledge of:• Basic Shop Practices and Tools• Drafting and Blueprint Reading• Basic Electronics & Electricity• Plumbing HVAC/Mechanical • Science, Math & Technology

Nanosolar (R&D)• Application Engineering• Reliability• Equipment

Engineering/Automation• R&D Process Engineering• Partner Programs

Akeena Solar System (Products)• Marketing• Program Management• Product Engineering• Installation • Maintenance and Service• Warranty

Solyndra (R&D Prototyping)

• Engineering/Automation

• Integration

• IT

• Quality & Reliability

• Sales

Industry Workforce Goals

• Vitalize the U.S. workforce.

• Motivate and inspire young Americans to study and pursue careers in STEM disciplines.

• Endorse, financially support, and promote STEM education, workforce activities, and policies that have proven successful.

• Make government a partner in achieving the future workforce.

Industry Workforce Goals

Commitment to intensify support for education and workforce initiatives:

• Partnering with existing programs such as Project Lead the Way, FIRST Robotics, and Team America Rocketry Challenge.

• Encouraging, supporting, and motivating industry professionals to

participate in mentoring, and other volunteering in schools and community colleges.

• Supporting the transition of retirees to K-12 science and mathematics teaching, certification and enrichment programs in paid or volunteer positions.

• Earmarking corporate grants to educational programs.

Source: AIA

Develop Industry Pathway’s

Immersion

Investigation

Interest

Introduction Kindergarten Through 5th Grade

5th Through 8th Grade

College

Field Trips

Science & Math

Competitions /Grants

Internship & Sponsorship

9th - 12th Grade

Career

Education and Industry Partnerships

Clean Technology

Workforce Enablers

Global Change

Civilization is on the brink of a new industrial order.

The big winners in the increasingly fierce global scramble for supremacy will not be those who simply make commodities faster and cheaper than the competition. They will be those who develop talent, techniques, and tools that are so advanced that there is no competition.

National Education Challenge

Can this possibility happen soon enough? President-elect Obama needs to make it a national priority, like

Kennedy did with the moonshot. Set goals, commit to government backed research, reward innovation and stimulate entrepreneurship. Russell Hancock, President and CEO of Joint Venture : Silicon Valley Network Mercury New Article

STEM education is a national challenge, and the aerospace industry recognizes the stakeholder’s interest in maintaining U.S. global leadership and competitiveness must react to the pressing workforce challenge…..as the nation responded to the former Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik in 1957. Aerospace Industry Association

Back-up Charts

Success Factors

• Solutions to this difficult national problem must involve identifying and leveraging those people and factors that influence career orientation for K-12 students.

• Sweeping and coordinated steps are essential now to ensure the ongoing competitiveness of our nation and the success of the industry.

• A roadmap to developing workforce to enable success.

• One case study in industry investment, partnership and mentorship.

Workforce Prospects

San Jose 2007 Green Vision Initiative which would include the creation of 25,000 clean tech jobs by 2023.

By 2023 the number of direct and indirect jobs related to renewable energy and energy efficiency is expected to reach 40 million. With an expected growth rate of about 1.3 million jobs per year.

Policies that mandate cutting greenhouse-gas emissions, such as the state's landmark law known as AB 32, will require energy-efficiency improvements that will mean 403,000 new jobs, with a payroll of $48 billion and a contribution of $76 billion to the gross state product by 2020, according to David Roland-Holst.

Funding by Region

Source: Money Tree Survey

VC funding by region

U.S. Venture Capital

Source: Money Tree Survey

VC Funding by Year

Factors contributing To High School Success

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Sources: USA Today 2006

Top Ten Indicators