Steven Brimmer CEO, President and Co-founder
Mr. Brimmer has been a global adventurer, explorer and innovator for over 30 years. In business, Brimmer spent the first 27 years of his career in the entertainment industry first in television, then music, finally in motion pictures. During those years he was distinguished as a leader in developing technical advances in film and sound, managing studio operations at Lion’s Gate Films, The Walt Disney Company, and Meridian Studios. His inclination for innovation combined with technical knowhow was the ideal platform and motivated his jump into the new technology sector of business.
After “retiring” from the entertainment business in 1999 he quickly moved to running technology companies in San Francisco, San Jose and Orange County including developing the world’s first wireless digital camera which transmitted photos to your home computer from anywhere on the globe; software that allowed “stitching” of multiple digital still photos together to form a single seamless image, and of course SunCore’s world first light-powered charging system for mobile handheld devices.
The utilization of his business and technology experience permitted him to see the entire market opportunity for profitable start-up business ventures, making him even more effective in the rapidly expanding technology sector of mobility devices. This quality was cultivated in the first branch of his career thus making the two seemingly distant experiences congeal. He was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and participated with 3M Corporation in winning an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1985 for developing a new 35mm recording film which enabled such sound formats as THX, Dolby 5.1 and others in use today. He was also a past member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.
Brimmer received a BSEE in 1971 from Brown University.
Peter English Vice President, Engineering
Mr. English has over 30 years of semiconductor design, development and implementation of new circuit designs into working products. His experience includes Director of Engineering for Cypress Semiconductor, Director of Foundry—Design/Technology, and Director of CMOS Product Development for Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation. He has extensive experience in ASIC and chip design in CMOS, GaAs, InP and SiGe as well as management of large departments and engineering staffs at both Cypress and Vitesse Semiconductor Corporations. Mr. English holds both a bachelor and master’s degree in electrical engineering from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Donald Nevins Vice President, Business Development
For 30 years Mr. Nevins has championed the importance of eco-friendly power alternatives, especially solar, to stimulate growth in manufacturing, communications, and technology industries. As testament, in 1980, empowered by Washington State Solar Investment he served on the implementation team completing the largest rooftop photovoltaic (PV) panel array in the Northwest region. From solar energy production to co-generation power plants, Nevins sought active roles in the advance of power efficiency all through his career. He is a co-founder of SunCore and he is responsible for all business development based on experience cultivated from closing contracts totaling $3 billion in project value with national and international Fortune 1000 companies. In addition, he directs a young team in product planning and design. He holds both a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Washington State University and studied Urban Planning in Copenhagen, Denmark.