Join other YPE members for a discusison with Olivier Cerberio, COO at Resolute Marine Energy! He will share his experience (good and bad) finding financing for RME, since finding financing for new technologies in this challenging economic context proves to be increasingly difficult especially for start-ups.

The discussion will take place at The Black Rose (http://www.blackroseboston.com/) on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, and be followed by networking.

Resolute Marine Energy (RME) main goal is to commercialize the world’s first wave-driven seawater desalination system that can operate completely “off-grid” and displace diesel-driven systems which currently dominate this market segment. The company is the recipient of a number of awards including the “Global Hot 100 Company” awarded by the World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship held in Boston in 2012; and “Engineer of the Year 2012” in the “Sustainable Development” category awarded by the weekly French business magazine, “Usine Nouvelle”.

Olivier Cerberio has extensive experience building and leading technology development and product commercialization teams. Previously, Olivier was a "rocket scientist" at Starsem S.A. where he directed satellite launches and managed the development, production and inaugural launch of a revolutionary new rocket system. He is a dual MBA/MPA graduate of MIT Sloan School of Management and Harvard Kennedy School of Government