Primary Job Title Executive Vice Chairman & Board of Directors Primary Organization Ocean Power Technologies (OPT)
Location Princeton, New Jersey, United States Regions East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Dr. George W. Taylor has served as OPT's Executive Vice Chairman since 2011, as Executive Chairman from 2009 to 2011, as Chief Executive Officer from 1993 to 2009 and as a Director since 1984, when he co-founded the Company. From 1990 to 2004, Dr. Taylor was President and from 1984 to 1990, he was Vice President.
Dr. Taylor has over 40
years experience in the commercialization of new technologies. In 1979, he co-founded and served as President of Princeton Research Associates, Inc., a consulting engineering, technical marketing and product development company. In 1970, Dr. Taylor co-founded Princeton Materials Science, Inc., a manufacturer of liquid crystal displays and digital watches. He guided the company from technical concept to commercial status, until it subsequently was acquired and became the basis of a division of Fairchild Semiconductor. Dr. Taylor received a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honours in Electrical Engineering and a Doctor of Engineering degree from the University of Western Australia and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering degree from the University of London. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers, Australia and the Institute of Electrical Engineers, London.
Dr. Taylor is a recognized international authority on wave energy. He has testified twice before the US Senate Committees and the FERC Commissioners. He was awarded by Energy Ocean Conference the Technology Pioneer Award in 2007 for “Proven and demonstration of a commercially viable and scalable ocean energy power producing device”, and the Marine Renewable Energy Navigation Award in 2009 for “Promoting the responsible commercialization of marine renewable energy”.
