Ron Pernick
{{Short description|American author and managing director}}
Ron Pernick is an American author who is the co-founder and managing director of Clean Edge, a developer and publisher of thematic stock indexes tracking clean energy, transportation, water, and the grid. {{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Leonard|title=For investors, a heads-up on clean tech|url=http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/08/05/for_investors_a_heads_up_on_clean_tech/|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=August 5, 2007}} He is a market research, publishing, and business development entrepreneur.
Biography
Pernick has co-authored reports on emerging green technologies and has worked with multinational companies, government agencies, and investors. Pernick co-authored the first report to identify the business and financial opportunities of clean technology (Clean Tech: Profits & Potential, 2001){{Cite web|title=Clean Tech's First Decade {{!}} Greenbiz|url=https://www.greenbiz.com/article/clean-techs-first-decade|access-date=2020-12-30|website=www.greenbiz.com|date=21 March 2011 |language=en}} and has since helped to popularize the term and advance the sector. At Clean Edge, he had led the design and development of multiple clean-energy and sustainable-infrastructure focused stock indexes with Nasdaq including U.S.-listed clean energy (CELS) and global smart-grid and grid infrastructure ([https://cleanedge.com/indexes/stock-index/qgrd QGRD]). He has also taught MBA-level courses at Portland State University and New College and spoken at industry events in the U.S. and abroad.{{cite web |url=http://www.cleanedge.com/clean-tech-nation/about |title=Clean Edge - the Clean-Tech Market Authority |accessdate=2012-10-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107114652/http://www.cleanedge.com/clean-tech-nation/about |archivedate=2012-11-07 }}
With Clint Wilder, Pernick is co-author of The Clean Tech Revolution (HarperCollins, 2007) and Clean Tech Nation: How the U.S. Can Lead in the New Global Economy (HarperCollins, 2012).{{cite web |url=http://www.cleanedge.com/sites/default/files/CETrends2012_Final_Web.pdf?attachment=true |title=Clean Energy Trends 2012|author=Ron Pernick |date=2012 |publisher=Clean Edge |page=7 }}
See also
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External links
- [http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/tag/ron-pernick/ Pernick's Energy Blog] at seattlepi.com
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Category:American non-fiction environmental writers
Category:American sustainability advocates