In addition, he is developing a company to promote CleanTech business formation and business expansion in New York State. His primary initiative is the CleanTech QuickStart program. The program provides a significant learning opportunity for selected and high performing “professionals in transition” as well as students to develop and leverage new and existing skills, talents and capabilities while learning about the diverse opportunities present within the CleanTech industry. The volunteer program includes CleanTech project work in an individual and team setting, rigorous foundational reading and report-writing requirements, field trips, in-class lectures, entrepreneurial/intrepreneurial development, and networking opportunities exposing the participant to business, academic, and industry leaders. The program is designed to immerse the participant in many of the emerging CleanTech segment through a directed learning model that provides a substantial foundation and competitive advantage for successful transition into the CleanTech arena.

As part of these efforts, he is involved in many business and community activities and organizations including the Advanced Energy Center (AERTC) where he chairs the 2010 Advanced Energy Conference Sponsorship Committee. The AERTC is a NY State Center chartered to collaborate with NY State based Colleges and Universities, Laboratories, Companies, Government Agencies and other organizations to conduct and support R&D initiatives and to promote rapid commercialization of market driven Renewable and Energy Efficiency solutions. He is also on the Board of the Hauppauge Industrial Association, which has 1,000 members which represents the second largest Industrial Park in the U.S., where he serves as 2nd Vice Chair on The Executive Committee, Co-Chair of the Green Industry Committee and leads “The Business of CleanTech” program committee. In addition, he is on the Advisory Board for the Stony Brook University Center for Emerging Technologies, the Advisory Board for Advanced Manufacturing at Suffolk County Community College and on the Board of Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation where he co-chairs the Technology Committee.

Prior to this, Mr. Winchester was the Divisional Vice President, IBM Partnership at Invision.com. Invision was founded in 1995 and became one the fasted growing Managed Services and Application Development companies in the country. As part of the senior management team, he held a number of leadership positions including VP of Marketing and EVP of HR/Dean of Invision University. In 2007, Invision merged with mindSHIFT Technologies and became the eBusiness Hosting and Application Division of the largest IT Managed Services Company in the U.S. Mr. Winchester received his BBA Degree and attended Graduate School at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. While in Graduate School, he researched, organized and launched a new company, Van America, which became New England's largest manufacturer, distributor and retailer of van conversions and special-purpose vehicles and accessories. From 1981 to 1987, he was the Director of New Business & Product Development for Kellwood, a Fortune 500 company, where he was responsible for establishing and directing the New Product Development Group which successfully commercialized a number of products in the military, commercial and consumers markets. David is a Vietnam Veteran who served in the 4th Engineer Battalion of the 4th Infantry Division. David has been married to his wife Melissa for many years and has a 17 year old daughter.