GreenCitizen, Inc.

GreenCitizen will become the catalyst for a fundamental change in the way electronics products are designed, manufactured, reused, and recycled.

  • Stage $3M in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Computers and Peripherals
  • Location Burlingame, CA, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded October 2003
  • Employees 50
  • Website greencitizen.com

Company Summary

GreenCitizen’s mission is to develop a sustainable metropolitan model that provides individuals and businesses with a responsible way to recycle electronics.
We implement our pilot in the San Francisco Bay area, with the goal, to replicate to other major metropolitan areas in the U.S. and around the world.
GreenCitizen can help divert millions of e-waste from dumping, create thousands of green jobs, and provide financial returns to investors.

Team

  • Founder/CEO

    Kao has taken GreenCitizen from inception in 2005, with limited seed funding, to currently $4 million run rate company, with five years of double digits growth, servicing over 10,000 business customers 150,000 consumers. Previously, Kao raised over $24 million for two startups: eALTY, and Managize corporation. Kao held marketing/Sales/R&D/consulting positions in HP, IBM, and Oracle. Kao holds a BS in math/computer science and an MBA from UCLA.

  • Calvin Kuo
    Technical Service Manager

    Calvin Kuo has over 7 years of GreenCitizen experience. He is the residence computer engineer/programmer in developing the GreenCitizen Total Accountability Management System. He also manages the reuse and shipping department to maximize revenues from the reuse items. He is instrumental in develop the reuse assembly operations and the GTAMS tracking system that enables the scalability of the GreenCitizen operations.

  • Processing Hub Manager

    Edgard Mendez-Franco brings over 14 years of experience in management/supervision warehouse production and Assembly lines operations. His experience includes managing 400,000 sq. ft. of warehouse, and managing shipment of thousands of containers per year. He also has extensive supervisory and work experience in the logistics/transportation area.

  • Mai Yee
    Accounting Manager

    Mai Yee has been an Accounting Manager for GreenCitizen in 2010. She is responsible for manage all accounting and Human resources department. She has managed the GreenCitizen accounting from when it has less than $1 Million revenues to now on track of $4million in revenues in 2015. Mai have over 10 years of experiences managing a small business and over 5 years of accounting experiences with Xilinx Corporation.

Advisors

  • Jim Lau
    Board and CFO Advisor
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • George Kao
    Private Investor
    Unconfirmed
    Grace Clark
    Private Investor
    Unconfirmed
    Graeme Clark
    Private Investor
    Unconfirmed

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