Mr. Walti is an expert in creating innovation ecosystems that drive economic development. He has spoken on this subject in the US, Canada, India, Africa and Brazil. He was the Founding CEO of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), the world’s leading clean technology innovation center and is currently the CEO of the Network for Global Innovation (NGIN). NGINworks with governments and organizations in the U.S., Australia, Kazakhstan,Ukraine, Thailand, Ethiopia, Moroccoand South Africa to improve their innovation ecosystems. For most of Mr. Walti’s adult life, he has been an entrepreneur having started eleventechnology companies. Mr. Walti was named tothe Techweek100 as one of the most impactful technology leaders in 2014.