Jonathan Bonanno

Current

• Advisor at Azure Power
• Chairman & President at Principle Power
• Investor at HelioPower / Sierra Nevada Solar

• Sponsor at California Clean Tech Open
• Member - Clean Tech Advisory Council at Mayor Gavin Newsom's Economic Development Committee
• Investor at Earth Class Mail
• Investor and retired Member of the Board of Directors & Advisor at Cool Earth Solar
• Chairman of the Cleantech Investment Committee at Keiretsu Forum

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Past

• Founder at EarthBright (Sole Proprietorship)
• Founder at ViaMoviles
• Founder at Mobiliance

• Founder and Director of Billing at Solid Streaming
• EVP at Global Internet Billing
• Founder at InterBill

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Education

• Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Brooks School
• Eaglebrook

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Recommended

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Connections

287 connections

Industry

Renewables & Environment

Websites

• My Company

Jonathan Bonanno’s Summary

Currently leading Principle Power as co-founder and President.

Jonathan Bonanno’s Experience

• Advisor

  Azure Power

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Azure Power is an independent solar power producer in India.

• Chairman & President

  Principle Power

  (Renewables & Environment industry)

  November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  The mission of Principle Power is commercialize WindFloat. WindFloat is a semi-submersible floating foundation for utility-scale wind turbines.
  www.PrinciplePowerInc.com

• Investor

  HelioPower / Sierra Nevada Solar

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

• Sponsor

  California Clean Tech Open

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)

  April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

• Member - Clean Tech Advisory Council

  Mayor Gavin Newsom's Economic Development Committee

  (Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Public Policy industry)

  March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

• Investor

  Earth Class Mail

  (Environmental Services industry)

  October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)

• Investor and retired Member of the Board of Directors & Advisor

  Cool Earth Solar

  (Privately Held; Renewables & Environment industry)

  October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  Cool Earth Solar is producing a system which will revolutionize the cleantech business through revolution in cost reduction of the cost per installed watt for 30 year life of the system.

• Chairman of the Cleantech Investment Committee

  Keiretsu Forum

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)

  October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)

• Founder

  EarthBright (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  September 2001 — December 2007 (6 years 4 months)

  Angel investing with a focus in Cleantech investing. Developing a cleantech portfolio.

• Founder

  ViaMoviles

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2002 — October 2006 (4 years 7 months)

  Founder of the 103rd most viewed property on Internet - an online and mobile marketing service.

• Founder

  Mobiliance

  (Privately Held; Import and Export industry)

  January 2003 — April 2006 (3 years 4 months)

  Wireless streaming content aggregator

• Founder and Director of Billing

  Solid Streaming

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)

  March 1999 — April 2002 (3 years 2 months)

  Developed proprietary audio and video streaming technology for BREW and CDMA 1x.

• EVP

  Global Internet Billing

  (Renewables & Environment industry)

  1997 — 2000 (3 years)

• Founder

  InterBill

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

  January 1995 — March 1997 (2 years 3 months)

  Founder of the first global micro-billing services for digital consumables. Sold to Global Internet Billing out of London in 1997.

Jonathan Bonanno’s Education

• Hobart and William Smith Colleges

  BA , European Studies and Spanish , 1989 — 1993

• Brooks School

  1986 — 1989

• Eaglebrook

  1983 — 1986

Additional Information

Jonathan Bonanno’s Websites:

• My Company

Jonathan Bonanno’s Interests:

investing, managing, ice hockey, my family, building companies.

Jonathan Bonanno’s Groups:

o Member of the ACORE (American Council for Renewable Energy)
o Facilitator of the Keiretsu Forum and California Cleantech Open alliance
o Founding Member of the New Energy Congress
o Sponsor of the Innovative Mobility Research group of California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH), University of California, Berkeley
o Actively supporting Proposition 87
o Member of the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB)
* Keiretsu Forum Member
* Collaborator of Keiretsu Forum and Cleantech Venture Network relationship

•    Eaglebrook School Alumni
•    The Climatini Club

Jonathan Bonanno’s Honors:

* Frequent guest on Inside Wealth with host Stu Zimmerman (KNEW 910 AM)
* Speaker at TechCoire
* Speaker at Solar Power
* Speaker at Discover Brilliant
* Speaker at Energy Ocean
* Speaker at Astia Venture Forum
* Supporter Sonoma Mountain Business incubator
* Speaker at Stoel Rives's Cleantech Investing in the Pacific Northwest
* Contributor to Winning Business with host Stu Zimmerman (KNEW 910 AM)
* Speaker at UC Berkeley

Jonathan Bonanno’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
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