James T. Sears
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Jim is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of A2BE Carbon Capture LLC and co- founder of Solar Democracy, a provider of algae industry support services. He previously founded Solix Biofuels where he was responsible for technology development, strategy, financial models, team building, and IP development. He has 32 years experience leading advanced technology development teams including 18 years as an entrepreneur.
Named Principal Investigator on 6 SBIR projects, he has 4 patents, and has held critical path responsibility for a $100 million aerospace program. Jim has an Electrical Engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and extensive postgraduate training. Prior to running his own corporation, Jim spent 6 years as a research engineer for the Navy Surface Warfare Center and 10 years with Ball Aerospace in a variety of system engineering, R&D and management rolls. Extensively traveled, he grew up in the United Nations and US Forestry communities.
