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Yaniv Tepper Mr. Tepper is co-founder and a Managing Partner of Angeleno Group ("AG"). Mr. Tepper oversees AG's investment activities in generation oriented technologies, advanced materials & components and power storage. Prior to the formation of AG in 2001, Mr. Tepper managed $2 billion in private and public equities and structured securities on behalf of institutional and mutual fund clients while at Aetna (now ING Group), a financial services company that managed over $60 billion in assets for 350 institutional clients worldwide, including corporate and public pension funds, endowments and foundations. Under Mr. Tepper's management, his funds grew from $150 million to $2 billion, consistently outperformed the funds' benchmarks, and ranked in the top tier of their competitive universe. As Fund Manager, Mr. Tepper had responsibility for all investment decision-making from origination and due diligence to risk-return management and exits. Mr. Tepper was also responsible for product development and fund marketing. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tepper held various engineering R&D positions at Bechtel in San Francisco and at MIT's Advanced Materials Lab in Boston under the Department of Energy. He has been a speaker and lecturer on topics including asset allocation, sector diversification, and alternatives investing, an author in various finance journals including the Journal of Financial Planning, and has been quoted in Bloomberg, Business Week, and The Wall Street Journal. In the past five years, Mr. Tepper has also served on the Boards of several high growth technology companies. Mr. Tepper holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from U.C. Berkeley, an M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from MIT and an M.S. in management from MIT. Daniel Weiss Mr. Weiss is co-founder and a Managing Partner of AG. Mr. Weiss oversees AG's investment activities in the areas of emissions reduction, transmission and distribution infrastructure and power quality & reliability. Prior to the formation of AG, Mr. Weiss was an attorney at O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles, working in the firm's mergers and acquisitions, international and high technology practice groups. He represented multiple Global 1000 clients, including utilities and energy related companies, in a wide array of private equity and corporate finance transactions. Mr. Weiss also has a significant history of involvement in government, regulatory and public policy entities that deal with the energy sector including work experience in the White House and the United States Congress. Additionally, Mr. Weiss has taught, lectured and published articles on the topics of law, business and public policy. He has lectured at Stanford University, Stanford Law School and U.C.L.A. and his articles have appeared in media outlets such as the New York Times wire service, the Journal of Commerce and the San Francisco Examiner. Mr. Weiss holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, an M.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. with high honors from U.C. Berkeley. Zeb Rice Mr. Rice is co-founder and a Managing Partner of AG. Mr. Rice oversees AG's investment activities in the areas of energy intelligence & control, environmental technologies and fuel technologies. Prior to the formation of AG, Mr. Rice managed venture investing for News Ltd, a division of News Corp. At News Corp., Mr. Rice originated transactions and deployed and/or managed News Corp.'s capital at a Board or General Manager level. His portfolio included seed or expansion stage investments in high growth technology companies. Mr. Rice has held various positions managing software development projects and marketing budgets for technology companies. In addition to his venture background, Mr. Rice is the third generation of his family to be involved in investing in the energy sector. Mr. Rice received a B.S. Magna Cum Laude in Government and Economics from Bowdoin College. |
