Since 2001, he has been working with environmentalists, engineers, car experts and citizens as Founder of the California Cars Initiative, a nonprofit devoted to commercializing the next generation of clean cars. CalCars.org has created the PRIUS+ Campaign, converting the popular Toyota into a prototype grid-connected or "plug-in" hybrid.

Previously, as an environmentalist, he was a legislative aide for a member of Congress, in the late 1970s ran a nonprofit energy conservation and alternate energy conservation services company, created a trade association for conservation businesses, and directed a three-day citywide solar energy event in NYC.

In technology, he has an entrepreneurial track record with startups. He became a computer consultant in 1983, and in 1985 an early desktop publisher. In 1990, he co-authored "Desktop Publishing Success," (Dow Jones-Irwin, seven printings, over 20,000 copies),the first book on the business side of electronic publishing. He sold his DTP business in 1997.

He's been involved with Internet ventures since 1994, beginning as one of the first online marketers. In 1997, he founded eConstructors. com, the marketplace for web development services, raised $1M from angel investors, assembled an international staff and built the world's largest searchable directory of web builders. He sold the company in 2001.

A graduate of Cornell University, he lives in Silicon Valley. More about him here. He can be contacted at fkramer@calcars.org