David Dreessen

Haas School: The Lester Center: "David Dreessen is Partner of Battery Ventures. David joined Battery in 2006 and focuses on investments in the clean technology sector. Before joining Battery, David spent seven years at Nth Power, where he completed 16 clean technology investments including Evergreen Solar (Nasdaq: ESLR), Northern Power [acquired by Distributed Energy (Nasdaq: DESC)], and Lion Cells. David also served in interim senior management positions for three portfolio companies. Before starting his venture capital career, David was a founding member of the Structure Group, which he helped build into a leading consulting and software firm serving the power industry. Prior to that, David worked for Accenture where he focused on strategic, process, and system consulting for the deregulating power markets. Earlier in his career, David was a Naval officer and engineering program manager for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Headquarters, which is responsible for all aspects of the design, operation, repair and disposal of U.S. Navy nuclear propulsion plants. David holds bachelor's degrees in chemical engineering and economics from the University of California at Davis, and an MBA from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley."