Primary Job Title Entrepreneur in Residence Primary Organization 
Yaletown Partners
Location British Columbia, Canada, North America Gender Male
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David brings over two decades of executive and Board experience. David actively consults to a variety of PV companies, including industry leader Q-Cells. David has been an invited speaker at multiple PHOTON conferences as well as at the Lux Research Executive Summit in Boston. David’s blog, d-bits.com, is one
of the most popular Cleantech and
Solar PV industry websites in Canada. As VP of Business Development at Yaletown portfolio company 6N Silicon, David developed extensive customer, partner and investor relationships and secured over $2.7 billion in revenue commitments. An innovative provider of purified silicon for the solar industry, 6N received the Deloitte Technology Green 15 Award two years in a row as a leading Green Technology Company. David’s experience spans the clean-tech, semiconductor, software and not for profit industries. CEO roles include Protexis and Accuzone. In fuel cells, David launched Ballard’s $400m distributed generation business. David has two science degrees from UBC and a Harvard MBA. David is a five time national Rowing champion and a successful road cyclist.
