Kim Pargoff
Vice President
Cleantech Group, LLC
 
Master of Ceremonies
Kim Pargoff has been with Cleantech Group, LLC since 2007 and currently serves as Vice President of Global Events and Strategic Partnerships. Kim manages the company’s largest business unit and develops and manages new business development and key strategic relationships for Cleantech globally. Prior to Cleantech, Kim worked as Clean Energy Policy Director for an NGO in Michigan and Washington D.C. and worked in Business Development in the alternative energy industry as Sales and Business Development Manager with Capstone Turbine Corporation. At Capstone Kim developed and managed core accounts such as Chevron Energy Solutions and United Technologies Corporation (UTC Power & UTC Fuel Cell).

She has worked on sustainability assessment and improvement projects with the California EPA and the California Motion Picture Industry and Walt Disney World Resorts. Kim also has over 4 years experience in high-tech and strategy consulting with Diamond Technology Partners and Accenture working in the telecommunications and financial services industries with high-tech start-ups and large clients such as Goldman Sachs, T-Rowe Price, Alltel, Bell Mobility, and Telefonica SA.

Kim has a MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management where she also obtained a Certificate in Corporate Environmental Management and Sustainability in Business from The Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UC Santa Barbara. Kim has a Bachelors of Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with a focus on Industrial and Environmental Engineering.