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Jennifer Biringer is director of client services at SustainAbility and was previously manager of WWFs North America Forest & Trade Network.

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The Networked Grid 100: Movers and Shakers of the Smart Grid For those about to rock, we salute you.

led by HSBC Group. That's a lot of shekels and a lot of kroner -- 1.85 billion kroner and 1.305 billion shekels, to be exact. It ranks as one of the largest cleantech deals in history, with a pre-money valuation of $900 million.

Ron Ambrosio , Global Head of IBM Research for Energy & Utilities Industry, IBM As Chairman of the 13-member GridWise Architecture Council (GWAC), Ron is leading the charge towards interoperability for systems, networks, devices and institutions for the U.S. electric system. The GWAC was originally formed by the DOE, and Mr. Ambrosio played a formative role in its creation, starting back in the year 2000. For his day job, Ron oversees IBM's energy and utilities industry-related activities in its eight research laboratories around the world. Mr. Ambrosio’s primary areas of expertise include embedded systems, sensor and control automation networks, operating systems, communications and distributed application frameworks.

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