Richard George is a NASA subcontractor helping NASA find and evaluate emerging energy, propulsion, materials, controls, software, and manufacturing technologies that will help solve technical problems associated with manned missions to the Moon and Mars. He has 12 years experience founding, evaluating, investing in, managing, and consulting with manufacturing and high technology startups. Past consulting clients include Slovenian Toolmaking Cluster, Object Video, Optomec, Hytec, Domain Dynamics, Safety Technologies, Invention Machine, Solena, AMI, Capital One, GE Capital, GE Power, El Paso Energy, Embrear, Enron, Merrill Lynch, National Rural Telephone Cooperative, NPR, and Tellabs. He has a B.S. from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.