Mr. Prend began his career in the energy industry as an engineer at Bechtel where he worked in the area of advanced energy technologies. From 1984-87 he worked at Amoco in the Treasurer's Department, and in the chemical and upstream oil and gas subsidiaries. He later joined Shearson Lehman in their Natural Resources Investment Banking Group where he advised companies in the energy, mining and forest products industries. In 1990 he joined Salomon Brothers where he was promoted Managing Director and headed the Global Energy Investment Banking Group. In 1998 Mr. Prend co-founded RockPort Partners, a merchant bank specializing in the energy and environmental sectors and later the venture fund in 2001.

He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Aspen Aerogels Inc., Aspen Products Group, Inc., Hycrete,Inc., Lilliputian Systems, Inc., and the Board of Trustees of Exeter Health Resources Inc.

Mr. Prend received a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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