Nov 15, 05 : KiteShip Taps Ocean Racing Sailor for CEO
Jeremy Walker is a seasoned Silicon Valley and international technology executive. An experienced ocean racing sailor with over 200,000 sea miles under his belt, he has extensive connections in the marine industry.
A keen interest in renewable energy technologies had been his primary focus since 2000, and he has been advising clean energy startups on product development, marketing and positioning for investment.
Co-founder and Chairman of Intermodular, an international clean energy non-profit, he has recently handed over daily management of the organization to join KiteShip, and move the company’s proprietary traction kite technology into mainstream commercial application.
Prior to 2001, he held positions as Chairman and COO of GreyZone, a Capitola-based web applications developer, and VP North American Marketing and Global Alliances at Agresso, a large Norwegian ERP software vendor.
A British and Australian dual national, Jeremy moved to Palo Alto, CA from London in 1994 to launch the US operations of Interactive Group, organizer of the Softworld series of high-level corporate software tradeshows & conferences. He joined Interactive at its formation in 1991, and helped build it to a successful cash acquisition by iMark Communications of Natick, MA in May 1998.
Before Interactive, Jeremy founded Academy Business Corp, a London-based marketing and sports sponsorship consultancy, following twelve years at sea as a professional worldwide ocean racing skipper, project manager, navigator and campaign manager.
Educated privately in England, Jeremy studied engineering at Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, and also speaks French and Italian. He continues to race big sailboats on San Francisco Bay.
Contact Jeremy at +1 (650) 856-7946. jeremy@kiteship.com