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Don Crookes is a senior executive who has been involved with several start-up companies as both a consultant and founding principal.
He is the principle Founder/President, and CEO of Hy-SyEnce, Inc. an alternative energy, clean technology company.
Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding engineers, Finding mentors, Getting press, Giving back, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup
Tags:
clean energy, clean water
Schools:
University of South Carolina System - Columbia
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Hy-SyEnce, Inc.
Position:
Founder/President, and CEO
Time period:
August 2006 - Present
Description:
He has been the principle Founder/President, and CEO of Hy-SyEnce, Inc. formally known as Hydrogen Systems Engineering L.L.C., since September 2006, and played a key role as President, Founder in the development of Somnographics, a floating Sleep Laboratory which facilitated the Detection and Curative Analysis of Sleep Disorders. He raised $6 million ($2 million debt equity angel funding, $4 million venture) as CEO and Founder of “Real Bagel”, a wholesale food manufacturer of which he secured letters of commitment and intent to exceed $16 million in sales for the first year’s business, and was the principle architect of the fully automated real time expert system manufacturing process.
Employer:
Somnographics
Position:
President, Founder
Time period:
December 2004 - Present
Description:
Floating Sleep Laboratory which facilitated the Detection and Curative Analysis of Sleep Disorders
Employer:
Technivox
Position:
President/Owner
Description:
As President/Owner of Technivox, a VAR Telecommunications Interconnect, Interactive Voice, and Consulting company, Mr. Crookes played a key role in directing the design and development of both software and hardware of interactive voice systems during the early stage years of voice mail. He substantially increased the sales channels of the company by forming strategic partner relationships with Natural Microsystems, a worldwide leader in commercial interactive voice systems, and Intelliphone, one of New England’s premier telecommunications interconnect companies.
Employer:
Texas Instruments
Position:
Product/Marketing Mgr
Description:
With Texas Instruments, Mr. Crookes served first as a design engineer, then subsequently in an oversee position of a telecommunications IC device product line where he expanded and developed the customer base to include major telecommunications equipment manufactures Alcatel, AT&T, Erickson, Motorola et el, and doubled sales from $3.5 million to $7 million within the first year of responsibility.
Employer:
Real Bagel
Position:
CEO and Founder
Description:
A high volume wholesale food manufacturer
EDUCATION
University:
University of South Carolina System - Columbia
Degree:
BSc
INFORMATION
Memberships:
Mr. Crookes is an active member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum, Brown University Forum for Enterprise, Merrimack Valley Venture Forum, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Venture Forum and is affiliated with Massachusetts Hydrogen Coalition, as well as the national organization of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2).
Hy-SyEnce seeks to develop and commercialize Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) technology to address the need for energy and industrial wastewater remediation.
