- Building a technology company in Silicon Valley
- New innovative opportunities in alternative energy
- Why silicon valley is still the best place to start a new business
- My experience moving to and working in the United States


Conrad Burke is President & CEO of Innovalight, Inc., a company producing advanced materials for the solar energy sector, based in Sunnyvale, CA.

Conrad was born in Dublin, Ireland and has lived in the United States for the past 15 years. He has over 20 years of guiding innovative solar technologies, semiconductors and optoelectronics into the commercial market.

His career has spanned research and development, product management, marketing, sales and venture capital funding in major global corporations as well as startup companies. He has worked for leading US venture capital firm, Sevin Rosen Funds as well as companies such as AT&T, Lucent Technologies and NEC Corporation. Conrad also has deep international experience having lived in and run major commercial operations in Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Conrad was awarded Technology Pioneer at The World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland for innovative developments in renewable energy.

He has a MS in Physics from Trinity College, Dublin, a BS in Physics from University College, Dublin, Ireland and he has also attended The London Business School.