Managing Director

Michael D. Ware is the co-founder of Advance Capital Markets, Inc. a private investment firm with a long and successful track record in the energy and power industries.  He has served as an advisor to private equity funds, international energy firms, independent power companies, electric utilities as well as a number of successful entrepreneurial enterprises. 

Mr. Ware served as an advisor to Good Energies (GEI) from 2002-2005 and as a Managing Director from 2006-2010.  With former partner at Good Energies Greg Kats, he managed many of GEI’s venture capital and project investments in North America. These transactions included solar PV, solar thermal, wind, green buildings, energy efficiency and renewable resource assessment technologies.  

Mr. Ware and Mr. Kats were among the founders of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Mr. Ware has arranged financings for wind, solar, biofuels, biomass and geothermal projects and has guided several companies from start-up, through venture financing, and later growth stages including the IPO process. 

Mr. Ware is an adjunct professor at the George Washington University where he teaches courses on energy and clean technology and is a member of the GWU Environment and Energy Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Investor Advisory Board of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).   

Mr. Ware served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, and holds an MA from Ohio State University, where he was a fellow at the Mershon Center for National Security Studies.