Sustainable Opportunities Summit - 2010

Kelly Krpata Bio

Kelly Krpata

Applied Materials Climate Prosperity Initiative

Director

Kelly Krpata joined Joint Venture in 2009 and serves as Director of the Applied Materials Climate Prosperity Initiative.

Kelly has more than nine years of experience in the private sector, where he held various positions in the finance, clean technology and media industries. Prior to Joint Venture, he operated his own firm, Krpata Capital Partners, which provided capital advisory services to companies in the clean technology sector, including the Electric Power Research Institute.

Kelly formerly founded his own licensed apparel company and worked at Bear, Stearns & Co. in the Leveraged Finance Group. He also worked in media relations for the “Today” show and began his career as an NBC Page in New York.

An endurance trail runner, Krpata survived a Grizzly bear mauling in Glacier National Park in 2000 and ran with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain in 2001. He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and a BA from Boston College.

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