Nick Cucinelli
Title: Mentor-in-Residence
Phone: 734.476.9381
Email: ncucinelli@gmail.com
Mr. Cucinelli is a Mentor-in-Residence focused on the development and commercialization of “cleantech,” including renewable energy, energy efficiency, and environmental protection/remediation technologies. In this role he provides assistance in technology disclosure assessments, business formation, and mentoring staff, inventors, and entrepreneurs.
Nick is also presently Business Development Officer for Diverse Energy Ltd., an early-stage fuel cell company working to replace diesel generators in off-grid cellular telecommunication base stations in developing countries. He is also an outside Director and founding member of thin-film solar startup Solargystics, Ltd. Prior to joining Diverse Energy, Nick was President & CEO of a publicly-traded alternative and renewable energy technology incubator and served in various capacities with Energy Conversion Devices, United Solar Ovonic, BP plc, Ford Motor Company, the Carbon Disclosure Project, and four startup companies. He also served sixteen years with the U.S. Coast Guard, where he focused on environmental protection and emergency response and earned the designation of “Coast Guard Hero” in 2000.
Nick holds a 200-ton USCG Captain’s license, a BS (with High Honors) in Marine Science from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, an MS in Natural Resources & Environment (Sustainable Systems) from the University of Michigan, and an MBA, also from the University of Michigan.
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