Phil Brennan is a renaissance man. An Irishman who now calls Akron, Ohio home, he’s been an actor, a brand manager and a Fortune 50 business leader, having launched more than 200 new products into the marketplace over the course of his career.
Since 2006, he has added “cleantech entrepreneur” to his resume. As the CEO of Echogen Power Systems, Phil is leading a 20-person team in the final stages of commercializing a thermal heat engine. When placed into a factory smokestack, the engine harvests the heat escaping out of the smokestack, converting it into electricity used to power the factory and, depending on the size of the heat engine, homes in the neighboring area.
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Author: Ray Leach
