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Vice Chairman/Chief Operating Officer/General Counsel
Currently serves as a part-time advisor to the CEO/Chairman and the executive leadership team as needed, in the capacity of Vice Chairman. Previously served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Group, until retirement in February 2023, and simultaneously as General Counsel until 2021. Primary focus of businesses is energy transition and renewables.

• Governed day to day operations and management for over 15 companies across the globe, with cumulative revenues >USD$3 billion and over 700 employees; joined company at inception
• Oversaw all corporate development (M&A and financings), legal and compliance matters, strategic initiatives, and public policy initiatives for the Group.

Chief Executive Officer/Founder
Managed private equity firm backed primarily by sovereign wealth, focusing on investments in emerging growth companies

• Led or participated in first financing round for multiple high-profile companies, including, but not limited to: Mobile-X (acquired by MACH/Warburg Pincus); CodeRyte (acquired by 3M); Vigilar (acquired by GlobalTek); B2Techs (acquired by DUC Consulting); and Cvent (NYSE: CVT)
• Served as President of Megasoft, a portfolio company, in preparation for its public listing on the Bombay Stock Exchange; Served as President of Global Services Acquisition Partners, a publicly listed company that merged with SouthPeak Games

Managing Partner/Co-Founder
Managed corporate law firm that focused on servicing Fortune 500 clients in transactional and environmental matters.

• Represented clients in corporate acquisitions, financings, and environmental compliance
• Served as lead counsel in developing and drafting environmental and land use regulations for Dal Lake in Kashmir, India and as co-lead counsel in the drafting of the E-commerce laws for the government of India (passed into law in 2000)
• Merged with Greenberg Traurig in 2000

Associate Attorney
Counseled clients of the firm on environmental and corporate transactional matters

•  Significant representations included:
  
  • Served as co-lead counsel representing the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan before the United Nations Compensation Committee in connection with environmental damages suffered during the Gulf War of 1991
  • Served as external General Counsel to the Embassy of India in Washington, D.C.

Associate Attorney
Counseled clients on environmental regulatory issues and environmental due diligence 

Attorney Advisor/ Special Assistant to Director, Clean Air Markets (1994)
Counseled Director on legal matters associated with promulgation of environmental regulations, enforcement proceedings, and program management. Liaised with Department of Justice on trial and appellate litigation.

• Significant achievements included:
  
  • Assisted in launching the first free-market based emissions trading program worldwide, which now has become a model of success worldwide
  • Received Outstanding Performance Award for Division
  • Received Peer Award for Excellence for Division

  
  Attorney Advisor/ Office of Air & Radiation (1993)
  Counseled Director on legal matters associated with promulgation of environmental regulations, enforcement proceedings, and program management. Liaised with Department of Justice on trial and appellate litigation.

• Significant achievements included:
  
  • Assisted in drafting ground-breaking new regulations governing the long-term disposal of high-level nuclear wastes generated by U.S. defense programs
  • Received Bronze Medal for Excellence (agency-wide award)

  
  Law Clerk/ Office of Enforcement (1992)
  Assisted Branch Chief on hazardous waste enforcement litigation in administrative, trial and appellate proceedings.

Founder & Proprietor
Established and operated a profitable pizza and sandwich restaurant in Baltimore, MD as a teenage entrepreneur
Acquired by Kosmakos Group (operators of Maria’s Pizzaria franchise)

Chairman
Manages the operations and programs of Pura Terra, a nonprofit foundation that focuses on protecting Earth’s resources and its indigenous cultures

• See Pura-Terra.org
• Participates as a non-profit member of the Investment Committee of Arise Ventures, a leading venture capital firm, focused on supporting emerging companies that facilitate climate resiliency

Nonresident Senior Fellow
Supports public policy dialogue for this global “think tank” (ranked #7 among top think tanks in the USA) related to energy transition and climate change in South Asia

Climate Resiliency Mentor
Advises Clinton Global Initiative Fellows focused on climate resiliency on strategy and “calls to action”

Co-Chairman, Steering Committee (elected position for governance of committee)
Supports this section of the DC Bar – the largest unified legal bar association in the United States – in its educational, policy, pro-bono, and career support activities

Member, Advisory Board
Advises on marine conservation and protection initiatives for COARE, an internationally recognized non-profit focused on oceans

Founder & Director
Launched and managed this nonprofit organization to support communities that were severely impacted by the massive tsunami that impacted Asia in December 2004. Raised over USD$7,000,000 to mobilize support efforts in Sri Lanka and Indonesia.

• Received a Commendation Letter from the Virginia State Legislature for this work that was entered into the legislative record

President
Managed the activities for this 3000+ member nonprofit organization of CXO executives of entrepreneurial companies with minimum annual revenues of $10,000,000 in the Washington, DC metropolitan area

Member, Board of Directors (appointed by the Virginia Governor)
Participated in managing one of the largest biotechnology research and development facilities in the USA, with a focus on fostering biotech entrepreneurship in the state

Member, Advisory Board
Supported the pro-bono, policy, and outreach activities for the largest legal advocacy group for Asian Americans in the United States

Member, Technical Advisory Group for the ISO 1400 Environmental Management Standard
Advised on the development of the world’s leading voluntary standard for environmental management, including frameworks for minimizing environmental footprints and creating sustainable systems

Certified as a professional SCUBA diving instructor by PADI & SSI

• Diving since 1996
• Coral Reef Conservation, Dive Against Debris, and Peak Buoyancy specialty instructor

Taught environmental law at the Francis King Carey School of Law of the University of Maryland

• Received Charles Taylor Fellowship Award for being the outstanding adjunct professor of the year (1999)