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TVA on the first solar interconnections with 19 electrical distributors and several municipalities. LightWave Solar designs and installs turnkey solar systems for homes, businesses and government agencies. Employees: 23 Steve Johnson Johnson speaks: “LightWave Solar occupies more than 10,000 square feet of office and warehouse space and has installed more than 150 systems, including five for Metro Nashville and many others in Tennessee homes and businesses.”
SIMS RECYCLING SOLUTIONS
417 Sanford Road (La Vergne); local operations of an international company Graham Davy Website: www.us.simsrecycling.com CEO: Graham Davy Background: Davy has spent his working life involved in engineering, steel manufacturing and recycling. Sims is a waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling business that operates worldwide
with 42 sites. Employees: N/A
WAP SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING LLC
1612 Fifth Ave. N., Suite A (Nashville) Website: wapsustainability.com CEO: William Paddock Background: The consulting firm works with local government, academic and corporate clients to create credible and measurable sustainability programs via energy audits, installation of solar panels, purchases of more efficient equipment and William other methods. Paddock Employees: 4 Paddock speaks: “We like to think of ourselves as a catalyst for ‘green tech’ investment. We are social entrepreneurs working to create better places — including better cities and better workplaces.”
WILMOT INC.
3654 Knollwood Road (Nashville) Website: wilmotinc.com CEO: Tiffany Wilmot Background: Wilmot Inc. creates more sustainable buildings and businesses
through certification, consulting, training and marketing support. Employees: 4 Wilmot speaks: “In house, we make conscious decisions to reduce our vehicle commuting miles, decrease energy use and use solar thermal heating in our office space and homes, recycle extensively and buy carbon offsets for what we don’t reduce.”
ny’s spirit and its success.”
TECHNOLOGY BEDROC (FORMERLY ICV SOLUTIONS INC.)
7123 Crossroads Blvd., Suite C (Nashville) Website: icvsolutions.com CEO: Cameron Plato Background: Plato is a native of Evansville, Ind., who has lived in Nashville since 1995. His company is a techCameron Plato nology-consulting operation that works with clients on network architecture, data management and business intelligence development to boost revenue and reduce risk. Employees: 20 Plato speaks: “The energy and creative inspiration provided by Nashville and its people is a key contributor to our compa-
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CAPITAL CONFIRMATION INC.
214 Centerview Drive (Brentwood) Website: confirmation.com Founder: Brian Fox CEO: Chris Schellhorn Background: Fox, a certified public accountant and holder of an MBA, has been a pioneer in electronic audit confirmation. The company’s process reduces the risk of financial fraud and has brought about change in the century-old paperbased auditing practice, helping make it an online electronic process. Employees: 29 Fox speaks: “For the planet, we took a
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