Board of Directors

Dan Hussain

Founder, President and Chairman of the Board

 

Mr. Hussain was educated at MIT in electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, and computer science, and also studied internet and intellectual property law at Harvard and theoretical geophysics at the University of Cambridge (UK). Mr. Hussain ultimately graduated with a degree in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering from MIT. Mr. Hussain has worked for NASA, Northwestern University, Siemens, and the law firm Frommer, Lawrence, and Haug, LLP.

 

Mr. Hussain won the Siemens Westinghouse National Science Award, a national award given to one team in the United States for engineering excellence. According to Science Magazine, this is “a junior Nobel Prize.” Dan is currently pursuing a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon.

 

Steve Malliaris

Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Advisory Board

 

Steve graduated with a degree in Mathematics from MIT, and he is currently a PhD candidate in Finance at Yale University. Steve has faithfully served as an advisor to American Pioneer Ventures since its inception in 2006, and continues to provide invaluable strategic advice to the company on a daily basis.

 

Vincent DeVito

Director and General Counsel

 

Mr. DeVito served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs. Immediately prior to joining the Department of Energy, Mr. DeVito served as an energy lawyer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the legislative, regulatory, and administrative levels. Mr. DeVito is an authority on renewable energy development and corporate sustainability issues and has closely worked on legislative and regulatory corporate disclosure and compliance matters at the state, national, and international levels. He has strategically advised members of the President’s Cabinet, governors, ambassadors, and corporate leaders, and has participated in each major federal initiative that has impacted the energy industry this decade.