He later transitioned to the nation’s 15th largest mechanical contractor “Alakai Mechanical”, owned by Japan’s Taisei and then joined Hawaiian Electric’s Power Corp. Shimada has a BBA from the University of Hawaii Duane Ashimine, General Partner, Chief Technology Officerĭuane began his career in the energy industry in 1989 as an energy engineer at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii working on nuclear submarines. Shimada began his career as an analyst at a Private Equity firm. He previously served at a publicly traded fuel cell and polysilicon manufacturing company Hoku Scientific where he assisted in the formation of $700 million for the construction of the company’s polysilicon plant in Idaho, oversaw the plant’s construction and participated on the Initial Public Offering to the NASDAQ exchange. Before that he served as the Vice President of Finance at Solar Power Technology where he assisted in over $90 million of capital formation. Prior to Enerdigm, Ken was the Chief Operating Officer Energy Industries Corporation overseeing Administration, Finance and Operations. Ken has deep expertise in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A). Darren is also a Certified Energy Manager®, a licensed electrical contractor, Google Cloud Certified and is an Eagle Scout.
He was recognized as the SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2002, Ally of the Year by Hawaiian Electric, an Energy Pioneer by the EPA Energy Star Program and was awarded the Honua “Earth” Prize by the Blue Planet Foundation. He has been an inventor on 14 patents has led the acquisition of $2 billion in contracts, raised over $200 million in venture capital/private equity and $150 million in project financing. Over his career he led Nalu Communications which was acquired by Prodigy, Energy Smart News Podcast which was acquired by GreenTech Media, Energy Industries Corporation which was acquired by VWI Holdings, Solar Power Technology (SOPOGY) which was acquired by MEMC and Hitachi, and LiveAction which was acquired by Insight Venture Partners. His areas of expertise includes Information Technology (IT) and energy. Darren is a technology and finance executive with over 20 years of experience in 24 countries including the USA, Japan and India.
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