Mark F. Huang has over 20 years of clean and bluetech venture experience. He is a co-founder of SeaAhead, an early-mover innovation platform focused on ocean sustainability; led the effort to stand up General Electric's cleantech corporate venture efforts; and was a founding partner of Novus Energy Partners, a 2008-vintage US-European cleantech VC fund. In the public service sector, Mark served a term as the Economic Development Director for Providence, RI. Here, he deployed an urban food strategy and introduced the concept of a bluetech economic cluster for the Ocean State. Mark also served for 13 years as an officer in the US Army Reserves and was mobilized in 2003 to Baghdad where he focused on nation-building. Mark holds an MBA and Masters of International Affairs from Columbia University and a BS in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering from Webb Institute.