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chris erickson

Chris is both a creative entrepreneur and seasoned corporate executive. Chris took Red Brick Systems public in 1996, has successfully led other startups and been a Fortune 500 Executive. He is now CEO and co-founder of Climate Earth.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Living The Dream
Website: http://www.climateearth.com
Industries: Cleantech, Computing, Information Technology, Internet
Skills: Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Marketing
Groups: CleanTech Circle Forum, Haas Entrepreneurs Association at Berkeley
Interested in: Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup
Schools: University of California System - Berkeley, University of California System - Santa Barbara

FULL BIO

Chris is a unique combination of creative entrepreneur and seasoned corporate executive that is highly committed to making a difference for people and the planet. He is currently co-founder and CEO of Climate Earth, a provider of enterprise carbon accounting systems. Chris is also chairman of ICEsoft Technologies, Inc., a leader in high performance commercial open source software and a member of Board of Directors, of Bay Area Climate Solutions.

As a CEO Chris has a strong track record of building new ideas into dynamic successful organizations. He built Red Brick Systems from a nascent idea to a public corporation. At ICEsoft he helped build a new generation of easy to use Web 2.0 interfaces, while pioneering open source software. At Brightware, Inc. he delivered the first intelligent web based customer support solution.

At Tandem Computers, Inc, a Fortune 500, now part of Hewlett Packard, Chris created and led the $300 million Telecom division.
Chris holds a BA in Economics from UC Santa Barbara and an MBA from the UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Climate Earth
Position: Co-founder and CEO
Description: He is currently co-founder and CEO of Climate Earth, a provider of enterprise carbon accounting systems.

Employer: ICEsoft Technologies, Inc.
Position: Chairman
Description: Chris is also chairman of ICEsoft Technologies, Inc., a leader in high performance commercial open source software.
At ICEsoft he helped build a new generation of easy to use Web 2.0 interfaces, while pioneering open source software.

Employer: Bay Area Climate Solutions
Position: Member of Board of Directors

Employer: Brightware, Inc.
Position: Work experience
Description: At Brightware, Inc. he delivered the first intelligent web based customer support solution.

Employer: Tandem Computers, Inc
Position: Work experience
Description: At Tandem Computers, Inc, a Fortune 500, now part of Hewlett Packard, Chris created and led the $300 million Telecom division.

Employer: Red Brick Systems
Position: Work experience
Description: He built Red Brick Systems from a nascent idea to a public corporation.

EDUCATION

University: University of California System - Santa Barbara
Degree: Economics, BA

University: University of California System - Berkeley
Degree: MBA

chris' Startups (1)

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  • Climate Earth

    Climate Earth provides the data to compete in a carbon constrained economy. Climate Earth provides an enterprise carbon accounting solution that puts carbon footprint data in an easy to understand carbon P&L.