Hydrogen Ventures ™

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Elias Azrak is Managing Member and founder of Hydrogen Ventures LLC. His experience spans more than 22 years in the financial markets, including Mergers, Acquisitions, Direct Investments and the Structuring and Placement of Offerings with an aggregate value of over US $2 billion. From 1992 to 1998 Mr. Azrak managed Private Equity transactions and was founder of Soyuz Advisors, located in Moscow, Russia, which provided investment and corporate finance services to Russian companies in the telecom, utilities, oil & gas and automotive industries. From 1987 to 1992, Mr. Azrak worked with SASEA Holding where he was involved in a number of acquisitions and divestitures and from 1989 to 1991 Mr. Azrak was the Treasurer of Pathé Communications, a portfolio company that successfully acquired the US movie conglomerate MGM, responsible for a yearly cash flow of over $1 billion.

Since 1998, Mr. Azrak has focused on clean energy technologies and representation of investment advisors such as SAM Sustainability Group in Geneva, Switzerland and Energy Capital LLC.

Jerald Cole is the Chief Technology Officer for Hydrogen Ventures LLC. Mr. Cole has more than 27 years of experience in R&D and other product development in the Energy & Environmental fields, including 17 years in management. His prior experience includes Vice President for R&D at Hydrogen Burner Technology and several staff and senior management positions at GE EER, a subsidiary of GE Power Systems Division. He has published over 70 technical papers and presentations and holds 7 patents with 3 patents pending. Jerald earned a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from MIT and a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from San Jose State University

. Lawrence Wnuk, Ph.D. is Programs Director for Hydrogen Ventures LLC and provides assistance in product development, engineering management and program leadership for companies in the energy, heavy vehicle and automotive industries. His focus is on renewable energy, energy efficient products or products with lower emissions that can help improve air quality. Recent work has included providing vehicle studies and transit analysis services, assisting in startup activities for transit enhancing services companies, heavy duty truck prototype development and alternative fuel vehicle infrastructure projects. Work has included partner development of fuel cell and hydrogen storage manufacturers for ITRI. For eight years, he directed programs at GM Advanced Technology Vehicles and for over twenty years at Hughes Electronics.

Lawrence holds a BS, an MS and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California Los Angeles. He is a board member of the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. He has also been active with or a board member on non-profit advanced technology coalitions.

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