It is an amazing journey we have been on with WePower so far. We have learned a lot along the way and met inspiring people, who enriched us with new experiences and surrounded us with exponentially growth support. Today marks next step for us. We want to introduce to you all a formal advisory board that we have formed to work very closely with the WePower team to accelerate our business further and turn our vision of a greener sustainable living into a reality.

As of today formal advisory board of WePower will be comprised of:

Peter H. Diamandis: a well-known entrepreneur, founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation and an Executive Founder of Singularity University;

Maja Vujinovic: CEO of OGroup, ex-Chief Innovation Officer of Emerging Tech at GE Digital;

You (Ricky) Li: Ex-CME energy derivative product manager, experienced energy and cryptocurrency trader;

Trevor Townsend: Managing Director at Startupbootcamp Energy Australia.

All members of Advisory board will gather periodically and share some of the most instrumental responsibilities to WePower business, such as advising the management board on the business strategy and tactical directions, providing access to their network as well as being ambassadors and thought leaders for WePower.

Dr. Peter H. Diamandis — thought leadership and strategic guidance

Peter is an engineer, physician, space activist and an international pioneer in the fields of incentive-driven innovation competitions and commercial space. He is best known for founding the XPRIZE Foundation, which main mission is to make once exclusive technologies abundant. This Foundation is a highly leveraged, incentivized prize competition that gathers top teams from across the globe to and challenges them to take on extremely ambitious challenges aimed at change the world for the better.

Peter is also a co-founder and executive chairman of Singularity University — a “think tank of the Silicon Valley” which drives scientific progress and empowers individuals to leverage exponential technologies to positively impact the humanity. His former positions include the CEO and cofounder of the Zero Gravity Corporation, co-founder and vice chairman of Space Adventures Ltd., founder and chairman of the Rocket Racing League, cofounder of the International Space University, cofounder of Planetary Resources, founder of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, vice chairman and cofounder of Human Longevity, Inc.

In 2014 Peter was named one of “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” — by Fortune Magazine.

He is also a co-author of The New York Times best sellers Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think and BOLD: How to Go Big, Create Wealth, and Impact the World.

Peter Diamandis on joining WePower advisory board

At WePower Peter‘s sharp insights in technology based solutions implementation will drive the screening of opportunities for business extension on a global level. With the guidance of Peter we will be able to review global impact on the WePower’s business and development in even more insightful way.

Peters global thought leadership and professional network will create an invaluable support in raising awareness of WePower’s technology and solutions. His business knowledge in founding and running impact driven high tech companies will shape WePower’s strategic direction giving us an opportunity to expand even on faster pace.

Maja Vujinovic — energy innovation and product development

Maja is a top-notch professional in the energy and energy innovation space has also numerous times been named as one of the most influential women in blockchain. Maja is currently a CEO of OGroup where she focuses on investing in technologies and advising companies looking to innovate with applications of emerging tech that are driving disruption in business models.

In her previous role as a CIO of Emerging Tech & Future of Work at General Electric, Digital, she designed strategic direction and pilots across GE’s businesses, focused on automation and growth. Maja spearheaded a blockchain framework design across all GE’s verticals at the Chairman level. She led education and hands on applications of distributed ledgers (blockchain), AI, ML and satellite data. Working across GE (CEO’s, CIO’s, and GE’s venture group) Maja led transformation by assessing business gaps and investments in external disruptors (start-ups).

At WePower, Maja’s advisory role will be focused on the product development, relationships with energy companies and screening opportunities for innovation implementation.

“It is very exciting to see that WePower has a capability to provide decentralized financing options for renewable energy projects. We are living in a world that is hungry for economic empowerment of larger population and the WePower team is strongly positioned to work with current leaders in the energy market and make it a success for all players. It is key to recognize that the biggest change and impact might not come from creating something completely innovative but making our current systems more optimal for larger use and it is what WePower is doing. It is exciting to watch and be part of this journey as more pilots become operationalized around the world”, said Maja.

You Ricky Li — energy trading and cryptocurrencies

Ricky has a bold experience in energy and cryptocurrency trading, investing and asset management. He has years of experience in energy commodities trading at investment bank, premier management consulting firm and derivative exchange. He has led consulting team to provide futures trading, risk management and market research advisory service to various trading organizations. Prior to trading cryptocurrency, he managed energy research team for CME Group for market research, derivative product design and promotion including electricity products. Currently Ricky is the director of trading at a premier blockchain fund.

In WePower Ricky will be advising us on commodity trading strategy and related WePower’s platform features. Ricky will be guiding us on risk management model from energy business perspective.

“I believe the WePower team is at the forefront of a electricity market transition from fossil fuel to renewable. The intermittent nature of electricity generation and difficulty in financing have been the obstacle of renewable adoption worldwide. WePower’s financing model and tokenized generation targets at this essential issue with a brilliant blockchain-based solution. This is a stellar team with track record in renewable industry. I am very excited to walk the journey with the team and leverage my knowledge in energy trading and risk management”, commented Ricky Li.

Trevor Townsend — energy business development and expansion to Australia

Trevor is a Managing Director at Startupbootcamp Energy Australia and has an extensive background in Melbourne as an investor, director and founder. He was the Managing Director, Australasia at TIBCO Software, a Silicon Valley startup, which listed on NASDAQ in 2004, and designed the first wholesale energy software trading system in Australia during this time. He also has over 15 years of angel investing experience with numerous exits including two ASX listings.

Trevor will help us with a general energy business development advice as well as all matters related to our launch and expansion in Australia.

We are very fortunate and excited to have and advisory board with such level professionals. Welcome aboard everyone!