David Friedberg, Chief Executive Officer

Prior to founding The Climate Corporation (formerly WeatherBill) in 2006, David was with Google, where he joined as one of the founding members of the company's Corporate Development team. David managed a number of strategic projects for Google, including identifying and leading several of Google's largest acquisitions. David also served as a Business Product Manager for AdWords—Google's primary revenue source. Before Google, David spent several years working in private equity and investment banking. He has invested in and advised dozens of companies in the technology industry. Earlier, David worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he led several projects as a mathematical programmer. He has a degree in Astrophysics from UC Berkeley.

Siraj Khaliq, Chief Technology Officer

Siraj founded The Climate Corporation (formerly WeatherBill) in 2006, having previously worked at Google in multiple technical lead roles, from the company's distributed computing infrastructure to the high-profile Google Book Search project and other offline content search initiatives. Siraj obtained an M.S. degree in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a B.A. (Hons.) in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, England. While at Stanford, he was also a lead software architect for the popular Folding@Home distributed computing project.

Sarah Mears Kim, Vice President Finance

Sarah leads The Climate Corporation's finance team.  Prior to joining The Climate Corporation, she was a Vice President at Lightyear Capital managing investments in insurance and financial services companies.  Sarah also worked in corporate development at Willis Group, a global insurance broker, analyzing acquisition and financial strategies.  She began her career at Citigroup in the technology investment banking group in Palo Alto.  Sarah received a B.S. in industrial engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Palmer Scholar.

Tjarko Leifer, Vice President Operations

Tjarko leads The Climate Corporation's operations and new markets groups. Prior to joining The Climate Corporation, Tjarko was a managing director at Aon Corporation, the world's leading risk advisor and insurance broker. Previously, Tjarko helped successfully commercialize a new-to-the-world consumer financial product at FirstRex (formerly REX & Co.).  He began his career at McKinsey & Company where he primarily served financial services clients. Tjarko has a B.S. in industrial engineering from Brown University and an M.S. in management science and engineering from Stanford University.

Gregory Smirin, Chief Operating Officer

Gregory leads The Climate Corporation's business and product development efforts. Previously, Gregory was a member of eHarmony's executive team, where he expanded the company's U.S. and international lines of business. Gregory's experience includes tenure at VeriSign, running two of the company's most profitable lines of business and serving as VP of the European mass-market organization. Gregory was also the founding VP Marketing & Product at Proofpoint, a messaging security firm, and at QuinStreet, a leading online marketing firm. Gregory has a B.A. in economics from Swarthmore College.

Kevin Vosen, Chief Legal Officer

Kevin leads The Climate Corporation's Legal, Compliance and Government Relations functions. Previously, Kevin was counsel at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, where he focused on corporate and securities transactions for emerging and mature technology companies, venture funds and investment banks.  Prior to that, Kevin was the General Counsel of Broadlane, Inc. an Inc. 500 healthcare services and technology company. Kevin has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an A.B. from Duke University.