Team

Leo Wang, MBA, PhD

Dr. Leo Wang is the principal and founder of Cambridge Invest.  He is also the chief financial officer (CFO) of a publicly traded company that manufactures wind turbine components, and the former CFO of a publicly traded pharmaceutical company.  Leo has invested globally for senior executives of Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, UBS and the Federal Reserve.  He has also advised leading investment funds, and secured much-needed financing for growth companies.  Previously, Leo held positions with a New York based hedge fund and Fleet Boston Financial Corp. (now merged with Bank of America).  He was also an economics professor at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.  His experience spans a broad range of industries including renewable energy, pharmaceuticals, technology, media and advertising, industrials, consumer products, real estate and retail.  Leo currently serves as strategic investment advisor to the largest city in central China with a population of 9 million.  He holds an MBA in finance from MIT, a PhD in economics from University of Oslo, and was a NSF Scholar at Harvard University.  He has been featured in CFO Magazine and interviewed by the Wall Street Journal and Reuters, among others.  He is fluent in Chinese and several European languages. 

Karl Weiss, PhD

Dr. Karl Weiss is a senior advisor at Cambridge Invest.  He is also Chairman of the Board at Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC), a development agency dedicated to renewable energy and innovation, which is responsible for one-quarter of all jobs in Massachusetts.  MTC administers the Renewable Energy Trust.  He was also Chairman of the Board of Councilors of the Integrated Media Systems Center at the University of Southern California.  He served as Vice Provost and Vice President of Northeastern University as well as Chairman and Professor of its Chemistry Department, and was a consultant to Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories.  He holds a B.S. degree from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from New York University, and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Northeastern University.   
 

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