Jim Kimo Storke

Current

Board Member at Clean Technology Sustainable Industries Organization
Principle at KAS Consulting
Green Energy Advisor at Zero2

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Past

Member at Clean Energy Council
Consultant at Live Oak Interactive
Advisor at Snapwire

Partner at 7Leasing
Global Offering Manager at IBM
Director of Business Development at RSM McGladrey

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Education

The University of Texas at Austin
Trinity International University
US Army UH-60 Blackhawk Avionics School

US Army UH-60 Blackhawk Electronics School

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Industry

Renewables & Environment

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Jim Kimo Storke’s Summary

Kimo has 20 years of business experience and 6 years of U.S. military experience.

Kimo is focused on Business Development in the Clean Tech and Hi Tech industry.

He is an advisor and Business Development fellow to Peter Strople and Zero2. A Management Consulting firm focused on business acceleration and instant change

He co-leads his clients with business development activities and channel partnerships including:

Green engineering firm –Bringing 20MW project to the firm – unified utilities project including storage, wind, water and solar.

Battery Storage firm- In process of bringing the firm new markets including FEMA, DOD, and Large scale Utilities. Teamed with firm to win anti-idling technology to Dallas police force – multi-year contract.

Responsible for bringing in $20m of revenue for Energy Company in 2006

Established multiple funding relationships for clients of which are ongoing and active, has access to funding for green energy in the form of debt, equity and leasing.

Facilitator and co- leader of the Texas Greenbelt Coalition – group made up of rural utilities, local government, private sector and public sector executives whose purpose is to bring green energy companies and solutions to Texas.

He is on the advisory board for the Clean Technology Sustainable Industries Organization CT-SI.org www.ct-si.org

Kimo was a Global Offering Manager at IBM for 3 years working as a Product Manager of managers and as a team member was responsible for $450 million dollars in revenue for IBM in 2003.

Kimo was a Regional Manager of Business Development at RSM McGladrey for 4 years, The seventh largest accounting/consulting firm in the nation.

Jim Kimo Storke’s Specialties:

Strategic Planning, Project Management, Project Funding, Marketing and Communications, Training

Knowledgeable in Wind, Solar, Bio-Mass and Bio Fuel projects/companies, Green Company due diligence and analysis, Marketing and Communications, Project Lifecycles, Alliance Management, Negotiations, Proposal creation and development, MS Office, Collaborative software, Salesforce.com, Basecamp.php, Web2.0 development, Social Media.

Jim Kimo Storke’s Experience

Board Member

Clean Technology Sustainable Industries Organization

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

501c3 focused on Clean Technology in the area of Green Energy
Principle

KAS Consulting

(Renewables & Environment industry)

November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)

KAS Consulting is a Business Development and Green Energy Funding consultancy specializing in pre-funding activities, creating relationships, building teams and being a conduit to funding. We couple this with web2.0 technologies and business social networking.
Green Energy Advisor

Zero2

(Executive Office industry)

April 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

Zero2 is a strategic advisory and private investment firm focusing on creating world class businesses for profit and non-profit.
Member

Clean Energy Council

(Internet industry)

2007 — 2008 (1 year)
Consultant

Live Oak Interactive

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

October 2007 — February 2008 (5 months)

Web2.0 development company specializing in CMS systems, Social Computing and Social Networks for business and open source code projects.
Advisor

Snapwire

(Information Services industry)

2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

As a Business Advisor I assisted in new brand development, strategic consulting, including crafting the executive overview of the company & route to market strategy as a Business Process Management company.
Partner

7Leasing

(Financial Services industry)

February 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 11 months)

Partner of the firm working on funding energy and real estate projects
Global Offering Manager

IBM

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2001 — November 2003 (2 years 11 months)

He was a Global Offering Manager of e-Business On Demand solutions at IBM and managed a global team of personnel from project development, marketing, finance, project management, sales, engineering and software. He was part of the in strategic alliance formation of CRM solutions with IBM.
Director of Business Development

RSM McGladrey

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1997 — August 2000 (3 years 8 months)

Accountable for managing and increasing business for Great Lakes region, Awarded as third highest sales producer in 1998. Increased sales revenue by 40% in one year.
Channel management, liaison with IBM, Lotus, and Tivoli software.
Designed, planned and executed seminars, executive briefings, and promotional events, achieved 95% response rate for Lotus sponsored seminars.
Project Team Leader for Lotus Notes, LAN/WAN, Advanced Data Capture project for one of the nation’s fastest growing privately held corporations.
Major Account Manager for Abbott Laboratories, Baxter Healthcare, and Ingalls
Health Care.

Jim Kimo Storke’s Education

The University of Texas at Austin

Petroleum Fundamentals 2006 — 2007
Trinity International University

1996 — 1998
US Army UH-60 Blackhawk Avionics School

Electronics 1984 — 1985

Avionics was my second Military Occupational Speciality (MOS). Worked as one of the supervisors of the Avionics shop maintaining 16 Blackhawks for the 101st Airborne Division and the 25th Infantry Division.
US Army UH-60 Blackhawk Electronics School

Electronics 1983 — 1985

Additional Information

Jim Kimo Storke’s Websites:

Jim Kimo Storke’s Interests:

He enjoys windsurfing, raquetball being an "otter" and creating legacy moments with his family

Jim Kimo Storke’s Groups:

Lead Facilitator of the TX Greenbelt Coalition
Member of the Austin Chamber of Commerce Clean Energy Council
Advisor to the Clean Technology Sustainable Institute
Advisory and Planning board member of 501c3 Lift Up America (Austin Chapter)
Clean Energy Advisor to Zero2