Gregory T. Semler

Prior to co-founding Pivotal Investments in March 2008, Mr. Semler was a clean technology entrepreneur with over 20 years of chief executive experience at advanced technology companies.
His experience includes successfully financing high-growth companies, executive recruitment, management of product development efforts, acquisitions, strategic alliances, OEM partnerships and direct-to-consumer marketing and distribution.
Mr. Semler has been operating clean technology companies since 2000, most recently as president and CEO of ClearEdge Power, a privately financed company creating fuel cells for industrial and residential power applications.
Before that, he was the President and CEO of PolyFuel.
During this time, he led the effort to create and implement the business and financing strategies, identified and secured strategic partners and investors and successfully secured multiple rounds of venture capital.
He also recruited, selected and motivated an outstanding, multi-disciplinary team and allocated and managed scarce resources while he improved and augmented board membership.
From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Semler was President and CEO of Decibel Instruments, Inc., a privately financed company creating an innovative approach to helping people with hearing loss.
Mr. Semler raised venture capital, recruited key members of management and managed the launch of the company's proprietary technology.
From 1990 to 1996, he was President and CEO of Instromedix, Inc., an innovative medical technology equipment manufacturer focused on high-volume portable electronic patient monitors.
While at Instromedix, Mr. Semler oversaw the introduction of more than ten new products.
Mr. Semler earned an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College and a BA from Columbia University.