Management Team | Richard Amato | Sam Brown | David Etheredge | Cliff Etheredge

Richard Amato

President

market. As founding President and CEO, Amato aspires to develop the
untapped opportunity and potential in clean energy to help minimize the
exploitation of depleting natural resources and energy supply worldwide.
Prior to his current role, Amato founded the Clean Energy Incubator (CEI) at
The University of Texas at Austin in 2001. Guiding the first incubator of its
kind, Amato established a successful program for clean energy ventures to
accelerate their time to market. Partnering with the Austin Clean Energy
(ACE) Initiative, Amato helped elevate the level of awareness in the Central Texas area regarding clean
energy within the government, the community and the media. In addition, Amato secured $1.5 million in
funding for CEI through the Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO), the Department of Energy
(DOE), the City of Austin and its utility, Austin Energy. At the national level, Amato worked with the
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the creation of the Clean Energy Alliance (CEA), a
group of leading U.S. business incubators dedicated to providing business and financial services tailored
to the needs of the clean energy community. The Alliance consists of 17 incubators throughout the
country concerned with the development of clean energy venture technologies. Amato currently serves
on the Leadership Team for the CEA.
Known worldwide for his groundbreaking involvement in clean energy business development, Amato has
been featured as a keynote speaker and panelist in various conferences throughout the world: Malaysia,
Denmark, Norway, Italy, and Kazakhstan. He was also invited in June 2003 by the Mitsubishi Research
Institute (MRI) to Japan to discuss various concepts of incubation and clean energy.
Amato’s introduction into the energy industry began as an engineer in the Natural Gas and Gas Products
Department (NG&GP) at Conoco Inc. in the early 1990’s. As a graduate of the NG&GP’s Management
Development Program, he successfully managed several projects including a $7 million installation to
capture methane gas released from coal mining operations.
Amato is the current Wind Subcommittee Chair for TREIA as well as a Commissioner on the City of
Austin’s Resource Management Commission. In addition, he sits on a variety of boards in the clean
energy space including: CEI, CEA, TXROSE, Solar Austin, and TXSES.
Amato holds a MBA in Entrepreneurship and Management from the University of Texas at Austin and a
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Due to his extensive background and expertise in clean energy and business development, Amato was sought by Danish investors to establish Venti Energy in 2006 as a niche player in the growing U.S. renewable development market. As founding President and CEO, Amato aspires to develop the untapped opportunity and potential in clean energy to help minimize the exploitation of depleting natural resources and energy supply worldwide.

Prior to his current role, Amato founded the Clean Energy Incubator (CEI) at The University of Texas at Austin in 2001. Guiding the first incubator of its kind, Amato established a successful program for clean energy ventures to accelerate their time to market. Partnering with the Austin Clean Energy (ACE) Initiative, Amato helped elevate the level of awareness in the Central Texas area regarding clean energy within the government, the community and the media. In addition, Amato secured $1.5 million in funding for CEI through the Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO), the Department of Energy (DOE), the City of Austin and its utility, Austin Energy.

At the national level, Amato worked with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the creation of the Clean Energy Alliance (CEA), a group of leading U.S. business incubators dedicated to providing business and financial services tailored to the needs of the clean energy community. The Alliance consists of 17 incubators throughout the country concerned with the development of clean energy venture technologies. Amato currently serves on the Leadership Team for the CEA.

Known worldwide for his groundbreaking involvement in clean energy business development, Amato has been featured as a keynote speaker and panelist in various conferences throughout the world: Malaysia, Denmark, Norway, Italy, and Kazakhstan. He was also invited in June 2003 by the Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI) to Japan to discuss various concepts of incubation and clean energy. Amato’s introduction into the energy industry began as an engineer in the Natural Gas and Gas Products Department (NG&GP) at Conoco Inc. in the early 1990’s. As a graduate of the NG&GP’s Management Development Program, he successfully managed several projects including a $7 million installation to capture methane gas released from coal mining operations.

Amato is the current Wind Subcommittee Chair for TREIA as well as a Commissioner on the City of Austin’s Resource Management Commission. In addition, he sits on a variety of boards in the clean energy space including: CEI, CEA, TXROSE, Solar Austin, and TXSES. Amato holds a MBA in Entrepreneurship and Management from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University.

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Corporate Office:
Richard Amato - President
4505 Spicewood Springs Rd.
Suite #202
Austin, TX 78759
Phone: (512)628-4451

Field Office:
Cliff Etheredge - Partner
410 FM 1982
Roscoe, TX 79545
Phone: (325)235-6518

Media Contact:
David Etheredge - Partner
4939 Shell Stream Blvd
New Port Richey, FL 34652
Phone: (727)858-4064