Jim Hurd

Jim Hurd builds powerful strategic alliances - for the last twelve years - for leading start-up companies, primarily in breakthrough cleantech and nanotech materials - with Fortune 100 corporations, with investors and with government innovation initiatives.  

Jim also works with leading international cleantech public-private partnerships like the CP3 and the GTED2. 

Jim is active between Silicon Valley and Beijing on leading US - China cleaner energy initiatives since 2005. 

Some examples of projects Jim has worked for on companies include:

• Jim is developing strategic alliances currently for a leading lithium ion battery technology company in Silicon Valley.
• Jim is a Director of the Water Innovations Alliance, a leading water technology association based in New York City.
• Jim has put together, in 2015, alliances for several technology initiatives for a Silicon Valley family office, one for the development of small modular nuclear reactors using non-uranium sources of fuel, and a second initiative for a LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reaction) company.
• Jim was Director of US Strategic Alliances for Nation-E from 10/12 to 4/14 - a leading Israeli-American company in energy management software for enterprises and utilities with offices in Israel, Europe and the US founded by visionary entrepreneur Daniel Jammer.
• Jim was Director of Strategic Alliances for GIVE Eco Energy from 5/10 to 7/12 a biomass technology integrator based in NYC that was developing projects for Brazil, Haiti and Senegal. These projects use waste biomass crops and convert them to electricity or biofuel.  
• Jim was an Expert Advisor for four years to the Skolkovo Energy Efficient Materials Initiative in Moscow, Russia. 
• Jim was Director of Strategic Alliances for Nanoexa, a leading nano lithium-ion battery company, based in Silicon Valley, assisting in strategic relationships and key hires as the company grew,  and tracking industry developments that affect the company's technology leadership.
• For Apollo Diamond, the leader in producing flawless single-crystal diamond for gems and semiconductors - developing key strategic partnerships with leading corporations.
• Jim consults for the law firm K&L Gates in Washington, DC for the last six years on strategic relationships with leading technology associations and start-up companies in the U.S.
• Jim was on the 2010 Energy Faculty of Singularity University, based in Mountain View, CA - a leading technology graduate school led by Peter Diamandis, Founder of the X-Prize and Ray Kurzweill, famous author and inventor.
• Jim was on the Steering Committee for Silicon Valley for "Cleantech for Obama" during the 2008 U.S. Presidential campaign.  He works with Senators, Congressmen and their staffers on Capitol Hill to develop technology and innovation initiatives.
• Jim consulted for NOST - Netherlands Office of Science and Technology in 2007 - for two Dutch companies developing markets in the U.S.
• Jim has been a first and second round judge for 2007, 2008 and 2009 World Bank Development Gateway Awards in Washington, DC.  He participated in the United Nations Tech Tuesday events on scale-up of technology for developing countries held in 2003 and 2004.  He has actively participated in the San Jose Tech Museum's Tech Awards for developing countries over the last seven years.

Speeches Jim has given around the world:

• at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences at the US - China Energy Security Conference in Beijing in June, 2014
• at the Water Innovations Alliance Conference in Chicago, IL in May, 2014
• at the Nanotech Commercialization Forum in Washington, DC in May, 2014
• at "Cleantech Demonstrations at the Upcoming 2010 Shanghai World Expo" in San Francisco in Feb, 2010.
• at General Electric's R&D Facility in Shanghai, China.
• at the Micro-Nano Forum in Hainan, China.
• at the GreenScience Exchange think-tank session held in Beijing, China in April, 2008
• at the NanoBio Forum in New Delhi, India in June 2006
• at the "US-China Cleantech Reception" in San Francisco, CA - put on by KL Gates July, '09
• at the NanoColloquium in Austin, TX
• at the Emerging Markets Forum in Alexandria VA.
• at the Bluetech Water Valley Conference in Fresno California

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