Michael J. Brown, a co-founder of Chrysalix in 2001, was previously a co-founder (in 1968) and up to March 1999 the president of Ventures West Capital Ltd., one of Canada’s largest private sources of capital for early-stage technology companies. Mr. Brown has extensive knowledge of several aspects of the cleantech industry, VC financing, recruitment, and building valuable companies within the Clean Energy sector, helping with IPOs and the sale of companies to large partners. Mr. Brown has been directly involved as a co-founder and director in several companies in the fuel cell/energy technology space. Notably, he was the first venture investor in Ballard Power Systems Inc. in 1987 and remained on its board until 1998. He was also the chair of MDI Mobile Data International Inc., a director of MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates Ltd., and six other public companies. He is now the chair of General Fusion Inc, and a director of Sustainable Development Technology Canada.