Senior Management Bios

Doug Bloom
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
dbloom@realwinwin.com

An expert in managing growth for entrepreneurial companies, Doug worked with two leading venture capital firms prior to joining RealWinWin. In August 2003, through an introduction by Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds, Doug began working with RealWinWin to assess the market opportunity and assist the company in planning for growth. Doug joined RealWinWin as the interim Chief Operating Officer in November of 2003 with responsibility for solidifying revenue generation and implementing systems and processes. He was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2005.

In addition to his work with venture capital companies, Doug has had considerable operational experience, and held senior management positions in Sales, Sales Management, Sales Operations, Customer Service and Information Management. Prior to joining RealWinWin, Doug managed the growth of the commercial services division of a cable-based telecommunications provider from a $35 million revenue run rate to a $92 million run rate over a two-year period.

Doug holds an MBA from the Wharton School, an MSE from the University of Pennsylvania and BA degree from Colgate University.

Leigh Wood
Chief Operating Officer
lwood@realwinwin.com

Leigh has extensive operational experience in managing both startups and high-growth communications businesses. She joined RealWinWin in October, 2005, as both an investor and Chief Operating Officer with the primary focus of turning RealWinWin's backlog of project opportunities into revenues.

From 1996 through 2000, Leigh was the Chief Operating Officer of NTL Inc., the largest cable company in the UK. With annualized revenues in excess of $2 billion and more than 20,000 employees, NTL Inc. is a full- service telecommunications company offering telephone, cable, Internet and broadband services to consumers and businesses across the UK and Ireland.

Prior to NTL, Leigh served as Chief Executive Officer of Cellular One of Ohio and Michigan, now owned by Verizon. Cellular One was serving in excess of two million customers at the time of its buyout in 1996. Leigh was the fifth employee at Cellular Communications, Inc. in 1984 and held various operational roles leading to CEO of the joint venture with AirTouch from 1993 through 1996.

In 2002, Leigh directed the startup of a software company formed to commercialize a suite of knowledge management tools developed by British Telecom. During 2004, Leigh was an investor and Chief Financial Officer of a startup Voice over IP telecom business.

Leigh earned a BA from Williams College and a MBA from NYU.

Mark Jewell
Founder
mjewell@realwinwin.com

Mark Jewell founded RealWinWin in early 2001 to provide energy usage optimization services to owners and operators of commercial real estate. Mark has been involved in the real estate industry for more than 20 years and in the energy efficiency business for over 10 years. Mark’s current focus is on promoting and delivering education and training centered on energy efficiency within the context of commercial real estate finance.

Prior to RealWinWin, Mark founded and ran EEFG, an energy-efficiency consultancy that designed upgrades for more than 350 buildings. Mark also has served as a Senior Vice President for a major commercial real estate investment firm in California.

Starting in 1994, Mark worked closely with the US Environmental Protection Agency and was instrumental in creating and promoting EPA's Energy Star Buildings for Commercial Real Estate program. During the course of that assignment, Mark helped create software that allocates the costs and benefits of energy-efficiency upgrades in income properties. On the strength of this software, he successfully recruited building owners and managers representing more than one billion square feet of commercial real estate into the Energy Star program.

Mark holds a BS degree in Economics and Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Frank Durso, P.E.
Director of Engineering
fdurso@realwinwin.com

Frank joined RealWinWin in April, 2006 as the Director of Engineering to manage RealWinWin’s relationships with utilities and to extend RealWinWin’s technical capabilities with respect to capturing incentives for customers. Frank's background includes project management, commercial building automation systems, environmental controls, and commercial and residential HVAC system design.

Prior to RealWinWin, Frank was employed by Toll Brothers (the largest luxury home builder in the United States) to manage a team of mechanical engineers developing “systems- integrated” approaches for Toll Brothers’ luxury home product line. Frank’s team combined architectural design, structural engineering and mechanical engineering to minimize construction cost while maximizing the quality of the home. Prior to Toll Brothers, Frank was employed by Siemens Building Technologies to manage the design and implementation of building automation projects for large commercial and industrial properties and to provide sales engineering for the Philadelphia area’s largest pharmaceutical companies and higher-education campuses.

Frank has a dual Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and Architectural Engineering from Drexel University and is a licensed Professional Engineer in over 12 states.

Ross Cowan
Director, Business Development
rcowan@realwinwin.com

Ross Cowan joined RealWinWin in March, 2007 with over 15 years of experience in sales, sales management, and business development. As Director of Business Development, Ross is responsible for the development of new services and business channels in an effort to deliver the highest quality energy-reducing solutions to RealWinWin’s clients.

Ross organizes and coordinates RealWinWin’s sales efforts, manages relationships with existing and prospective clients, and facilitates strategic partnerships with a nationwide network of partners, suppliers, manufacturers and service professionals. Ross has also been responsible for recruiting commercial property owners and managers into RealWinWin’s various Commercial Real Estate Support Team (CREST) programs. Ross was RealWinWin’s point-person for recruiting mores than 100 large office buildings (>40mm SF) into an energy efficiency program designed by RealWinWin and offered by a large Midwestern utility.

Ross graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Finance.