The Hatchery - Business and Dot Com Incubator

Rick Thompson brings 15 years of industry experience from leading technology start-ups, market research and online media firms. Rick co-founded Greentech Media in 2007 with the goal of creating the industry's leading source of information and analysis on renewable energy markets, technology and finance. Greentech Media has built an unparalleled audience and customer base through its coverage of the rapidly expanding greentech business economy, from the development of renewable sources of power and fuels to the emergence of smart grids and the efficient management and consumption of power by the end user, all influenced and shaped by finance, innovation, policy and regulation. Prior to founding Greentech Media Rick previously served in various technical- and management-level positions at Light Reading, PanGo Networks, Sycamore Networks, Packet Engines (Alcatel) and Fore Systems (Ericsson). Mr. Thompson earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.