Greater Richmond Region
A recognized thought leader in the renewable energy infrastructure space, Felix combined his extensive corporate experience, passion for renewable energy, and creative entrepreneurial spirit to create AgriSunPower LLC, a Hecate Energy LLC affiliate. Hecate is the largest privately-held independent solar power generation company in the U.S. He understands that building a sustainable renewable energy infrastructure is becoming an integral part of economic development strategies as technology companies demand access to large quantities of green energy. Felix was President of Gatekeepers LLC, a technology transfer company in recycling smelter slag and to increase the productivity of solar cells, when he served on the Virginia Governor’s Climate Change Commission in 2008, focusing on the Power Generation Committee. Felix currently serves on Virginia’s Coal and Energy Commission. Other clean tech/energy activities include US Senate testimony for Clean Tech Voices, participation in Clean Energy Economic Forums for the White House, and authoring Op/Ed articles on Cap and Trade (Ceres, Inc.) and Making Solar Power a Win-Win for Everyone (Bacon’s Rebellion). Felix’s entry to the utility scale solar space began with his investment in Focal Line Solar. FLS designed a solar concentrated photovoltaic module which blended proven technologies and processes with an in-house developed IP, resulting in efficient mass production design. Prior to that, he founded Alten LLC, a consulting firm that provided clean technologies expertise and researched independent power production and distributed generation with GE Global Research. He was able to combine his entrepreneurial spirit with his vast corporate experience to form Kente Ventures, Inc. which established trading opportunities between the United States and developing countries in Africa. And, channeled a passion for cycling into launching a professional cycling team competing in Europe and the US. He was a corporate executive at Goodyear Tires, Campbell Soup, Congoleum Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Del Monte, and ConAgra. Under his leadership as Chief Operating Officer for Fiorucci Foods USA, the world’s leading authentic Italian food processor, the company achieved a dominant share of the American market while opening international markets in Canada, Japan, and South America. Felix holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance from Rutgers University.