Joyce Dickerson leads Sustainable IT at Stanford University. Her position is a joint appointment between Facilities and IT Services, which enables her to bring resources from both organizations to tackle projects across all elements of IT infrastructure. Many of her projects have focused on reducing energy use, which lowers both carbon emissions and operating costs for the university.

Joyce has developed and led sustainability programs that cover Datacenters, Server Rooms, High Performance Computing, Personal Computing and Office Equipment. Additionally, she meets with faculty across the campus in an effort to identify areas where University staff and faculty can work together to tackle some of the most challenging issues related to global warming and energy usage reduction.

Previously, Joyce was Director of Project Management for IT Services at Stanford, where she created and led the Project Management Office. Her team of project managers led initiatives that launched new technology products & services across the University.

Prior to joining Stanford, Joyce spent 15 years leading business development and product management for technology firms in Silicon Valley. Earlier in her career, she was a specialist at McKinsey and Company, where she advised major technology clients on strategic and operational issues. Joyce holds an MBA and BS Industrial Engineering, both from Stanford University.

John H. Robison is a Principal with NGEN Partners. He joined the firm in 2007 as an Associate after gaining experience in the cleantech and internet sectors. From 2004-2006 he served as the Director of Corporate Development for ServiceMagic.com which was acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Robison worked in business development for Yahoo! Finance and from 2000 to 2001 he was an Associate in investment banking with SoundView Technology Group. Mr. Robison began working in the cleantech sector in the early nineties. From 1996 to 1999, he was a Director with Radiance Services, a startup company commercializing a laser-based cleaning process that reduces the use of water and hazardous solvents in technology manufacturing. Prior to joining Radiance, Mr. Robison managed a pollution prevention technology transfer program in the Silicon Valley. From 1993 to1995, Mr. Robison worked in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pollution Prevention Division where he worked on initiatives focused on the Electronics & Computers, Financial and Accounting sectors. While with the EPA he helped initiate funding for the Environmental Capital Network. Mr. Robison graduated from Columbia Business School in 2000 with an M.B.A. and from Brown University in 1992 with a B.A. in Economics.

Dale Sartor (MBA 91), P.E., leads the Applications Team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), where he assists in the transfer of new and underutilized technology through project-focused, multi-disciplinary teams. Mr. Sartor has an A.B. in architecture and an MBA from the University of California. He is a licensed mechanical engineer and a licensed general building contractor with more than 35 years experience in energy efficiency and renewable energy applications. Mr. Sartor serves on the core team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) data center and laboratory programs and oversees a research and development program at LBNL focused on energy efficiency in buildings for high-tech industries.

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