brad kinne's summation of "a little bit about david ames":
David Ames became very wealthy in the cable modem business.
He has also been an active venture capital investor in alternative energy companies, technologies, processes and services.
He also co-founded Convergence.com Corporation in 1994 and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from May 1994 to July 1999.
Prior to that, he served as a Consultant of Fortune 500 companies including Digital Equipment Corporation and Eastman Kodak.
From 1989 to 1991, he served as Director of Acquisitions and Sales for Film Division of Image Bank and was responsible for significantly increasing its valuation leading to its acquisition by the Eastman Kodak Company.
From 1994 through 1999, Mr. Ames served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Convergence.com, a provider of high-speed cable modem broadband internet access and other data services over cable systems that was founded by Mr. Ames in 1994 and acquired by C-COR
In 2006, after being retired for several years, Ames took over the top job at much maligned Xethanol, a cellulosic ethanol company. The company was reeling from an expose by short-selling investor Mark Cuban’s Sharesleuth.com, A spokesperson for the company summed up how they were able to get one of the top venture capitalists in the country to take the position. "David got bored counting his cable modem money and reluctantly took up the post of CEO of Xethanol at the request of the Board. He spent the last two years cleaning out “the pirates” as he calls them and settling law suits." It was a short time after the company changed its name that Mr. Ames went back into retirement.
After, what I expect has been many months of discussions/negotiations Mr. Ames finds himself ready to help "International Power Group Ltd" become a major player in the Waste to Energy field worldwide.
David Ames is much more than just a name ---- he is the future of IPWG!