As founder and CEO of NGIN, Mr. Walti dedicates his work to accelerate sustainable technologies and expand the global cleantech ecosystem. He cofounded and served as the Founding CEO of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), one of the world’s leading cleantech commercialization programs. Under his leadership, LACI supported over 115 companies, raised more than US$260 million in funding, and generated significant economic impact. Fred is widely recognized for building high performance innovation ecosystems and was named to the Techweek100 as one of the most impactful technology leaders.