Michael D. Ware became a Managing Director at Good Energies (GEI) in March 2007.  He has served as a financial advisor to Good Energies since 2003 and has managed many of GEI’s venture capital and project investments in North America.

Mr. Ware is the founder of Advance Capital Markets, Inc. a private investment firm with a long and successful track record in the energy and power industries.  He has served as a financial advisor to international energy firms, independent power companies, electric utilities as well as a number of successful entrepreneurial enterprises.  Mr. Ware has arranged financings for wind, solar, hydro, biofuels, biomass and geothermal projects and has guided several companies from start-up, through venture financing, and later growth stages including the IPO process.  Prior to founding Advance, Mr. Ware was CEO of Reliance Energy Services, a subsidiary of a $3 billion investment company.

From 1974 – 1980 Mr. Ware was CEO of Energy Decisions Inc. an energy-consulting firm which served U.S. and international clients.  Mr. Ware’s career began in 1973 at the Federal Energy Office, where he was part of the team that implemented the U.S. Government’s response to the 1973 oil embargo.

Mr. Ware serves on the boards of five GEI portfolio companies and on the board of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE).

He holds a B.A. degree from the University of Detroit and an M.A. degree from Ohio State University where he was a fellow at the Mershon Center for National Security Studies.