SkyFuel manufactures the SkyTrough parabolic trough concentrating solar collector ‐ a breakthrough in cost and constructability resulting from significant design and material innovations.
Rick LeBlanc, SkyFuel’s President and CEO, has been selected to join two Advisory Boards at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The Leeds School of Business, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship Board of Advisors, which includes representatives from companies such as IBM, Ball Corporation, and Safeway, Inc., provides guidance on curriculum, and strives to further the mission, vision, and values of the Leeds School of Business.
The CU Cleantech Advisory Board, of which Rick is a founding member, is a new effort by the Deming Center’s Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) to bring together CU‐Boulder and private companies to advance commercialization of clean technologies. “Rick’s firsthand experience with the energy industry and growing start‐up companies is extremely valuable for us,” said Trent Yang, the Director of CU Cleantech. “
Rick LeBlanc has a diverse background with career success at both large global corporations and early stage venture capital backed start‐ups. He has extensive general management experience with a proven track record of growing high‐tech companies, commercialization of innovative technologies, and building worldclass management teams. "I am honored to be a founding member of CU Cleantech" said Rick LeBlanc. "This is a wonderful opportunity to ignite innovation by combining world‐class renewable energy research at CU Boulder with cleantech entrepreneurs in Colorado."
SkyFuel manufactures the SkyTrough parabolic trough concentrating solar collector ‐ a breakthrough in cost and constructability resulting from significant design and material innovations. SkyFuel’s wholly owned subsidiary, ReflecTech, Inc., holds the exclusive license to manufacture and market ReflecTech® Mirror Film. SkyFuel is developing next‐generation, high‐temperature parabolic trough and linear Fresnel systems.
[We are] focused on providing a worldclass platform for engaging leading cleantech and energy industry partners, and for commercializing the world class research here at the University of Colorado.”
Rick LeBlanc has a diverse background with career success at both large global corporations and early stage venture capital backed start‐ups. He has extensive general management experience with a proven track record of growing high‐tech companies, commercialization of innovative technologies, and building worldclass management teams. "I am honored to be a founding member of CU Cleantech" said Rick LeBlanc. "This is a wonderful opportunity to ignite innovation by combining world‐class renewable energy research at CU Boulder with cleantech entrepreneurs in Colorado."
SkyFuel manufactures the SkyTrough parabolic trough concentrating solar collector ‐ a breakthrough in cost and constructability resulting from significant design and material innovations. SkyFuel’s wholly owned subsidiary, ReflecTech, Inc., holds the exclusive license to manufacture and market ReflecTech® Mirror Film. SkyFuel is developing next‐generation, high‐temperature parabolic trough and linear Fresnel systems.
