Age: 55
Residence: Orono
Education: Bachelor's degree in mathematics, master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering, University of Minnesota; master's degree in business administration, University of St. Thomas.
Career: Chief technology officer and senior vice president, Cardiac Rhythm Management division, St. Jude Medical Inc., February 2001 to August 2005.
Holds more than 270 patents.
Prinicipal in Pelegrin Partners, a venture capital fund for life science and technology start-ups.
Serves on eight company boards, including Taser, Haemonetics Corp., Harbinger Medical, NewCardio, Medisyn Technologies, OncoStim and Trivirix International.
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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