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Gary Mittleman - President - Turtlerun Ventures, LLC
Gary Mittleman has proven skills as a CEO, and is particularly strong in creating value for small and high growth companies. In 2000 he was listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the country's top 500 CEOs. Currently, he is President of Turtlerun Ventures, LLC, an investment advisory and consulting firm that works with early stage companies. Prior to forming Turtlerun, Mr. Mittleman was the founding CEO of Plug Power, a high tech power generation company designed to provide clean and affordable electricity for the home. Starting with a team of 22 people and one patent application, Mr. Mittleman created the leading residential fuel cell company worldwide with 500 employees, over 100 patents, and many key strategic alliance partners including General Electric, Engelhard, Detroit Edison, SoCal Gas, Hoechst Celanese and Vaillant. He led the firm's strategic direction, created the organization and raised over $100 million in private funding prior to taking the company public in 1999 with an IPO led by Goldman Sachs. The company's public market cap had ranged from $600 million to over $6 billion during his tenure. Before running Plug power, Mr. Mittleman was President of Edison Development Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Detroit Edison responsible for energy related equity investments. In addition to his work in the energy field, Mr. Mittleman has held senior positions at Ameritech, Ranks Hovis MacDougall, Booz Allen & Hamilton, American Can Company and the Knightsbridge Group. Mr. Mittleman received his BA in mathematics and MS in mechanical and aerospace sciences from the University of Rochester. He earned his MBA with honors from the University of Chicago. Mr. Mittleman serves on the board of IPLogic as chairman. He and his family reside in Loudonville, NY, a suburb of Albany. | 