We empower you to make smarter, environmentally friendly business decisions through our energy, emissions, and clean technology insights. By quantifying emissions, baselining energy consumption, providing energy efficiency consulting, and green product design, we supply your organization with the knowledge to drive change and lower your energy costs.
Our Advantage
- 10+ years experience in the China energy market
- Time and cost efficient clean energy solutions
- Integrated energy consulting and green product design
- Expertise in clean technology and the energy industry
- Access to both Chinese and English language resources
- Personalized energy consulting and research frameworks
Management Profiles
O Koo
O Koo is an energy expert, with almost a decade of experience in China. Recognized by his proven track record in anticipating, advising, and implementing sustainable and energy efficiency solutions across consumer, industrial, and public sectors, O Koo's expertise extends to clients including Nike, JW Marriott, Citibank, Walmart, and other S&MEs in China. O Koo has worked alongside multiple governments, assisting with new legislation and adoption of energy efficiency policies throughout the Asia Pacific.
O Koo began his career at Merrill Lynch, and shortly afterward joined General Electric and lead various leadership roles including Quality Leader at GE Industrial Systems, and General Manager for Asia's GE Lighting P&L. O Koo is currently on JUCCCE's executive team, an NGO accelerating clean energy development in China.
O Koo has appeared on television for clean tech dialogues, keynote presenter at international conferences on energy efficiency, and guest speaker on business development in China for the likes of Harvard, MIT, Notre Dame and Insead. O Koo recently attended and presented at Generation 21 Asia New Leader Dialogue in Jakarta. His entrepreneurship, and energy also co-founded JustGrapes, an award winning wine franchise in China.
Franklin Yao
Franklin has spent his career advising financial services, insurance, and professional services organizations in both Asia and North America in the areas of investment strategy, China market entry, offshoring and outsourcing, analytics, business strategy, operations reengineering, and strategic sourcing.
Franklin is currently the CEO of SmithStreetSolutions. Additionally, Franklin is a Partner at Glocal Strategy, China’s leading PR agency, a strategic advisor for JUCCCE, a joint US-China NGO for clean energy development, and Deputy Chairman of the Shanghai Yangpu High-Tech District Overseas Chinese Committee. Franklin’s work at JUCCCE has included the implementation of a green lighting program in Shanghai, in which over 10 million energy efficient light bulbs were distributed to students. Franklin received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and East Asian Studies from Yale University.
Robin Kerawala
Robin has been advising North American clients in the areas of strategic procurement and outsourcing for more than 10 years. He has served clients in the financial services, professional services, manufacturing, and government sectors. Robin’s work in China extends across advising in business strategy, strategic sourcing, investment strategy, and China market entry. Robin graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
Jonathan Li
Jonathan Li brings over a decade of entrepreneurial and consumer product design experience to the Noether team. He has designed everything from Motorola’s first touch screen mobile phones to Skyworth’s next generation television interface to FLIR’s marine thermal cameras. He is the founder of Asentio Design (a consumer electronics product design consultancy), JustGrapes (a wine retail store and lounge), and Aqumula Communications (a mobile internet software solutions provider).
In recent years, Jonathan has focused on sustainable design practices. He believes that green design is most cost effective when designed properly from the start, as design constraints drive innovation and change.
Jonathan holds a Masters degree in Human Factors Product Design from Tufts University, and a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
