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John (BJ) Lackland, Director, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Secretary. Prior to joining the Company, and still today, Mr. Lackland is the Vice President, Director and minority owner of Summit Energy Ventures, a private equity firm that is the largest shareholder in Power Efficiency Corporation. Summit focused on investments in companies with energy efficiency technologies. At Summit Mr. Lackland spent four years, from 2001-2005, evaluating and investing in energy technology companies and serving on the boards of portfolio companies. Prior to joining Summit, Mr. Lackland was the Director of Strategic Relations at Encompass Globalization, where he was in charge of strategic alliances and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to Encompass, he was the Director of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development at an Internet business development consulting company, where he was in charge of strategic planning and investor relations. Mr. Lackland has been an independent consultant to Fortune 1,000 companies and startups. Mr. Lackland also worked at The National Bureau of Asian Research, an internationally acclaimed think tank focusing on U.S. policy toward Asia, where he led economic and political research projects for Microsoft, Dell, Compaq and U.S. government agencies.
Mr. Lackland earned an M.B.A. from the University of Washington Business School, an M.A. in International Studies (Asian Studies) from the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies, and a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Claremont McKenna College. | 