Optimum Energy Names New CEO

Optimum Energy, the Seattle-based developer of energy efficiency technology, said today that Matthew Frey has been hired as its new president and CEO. Frey was previously president and chief operating officer of World Wide Packets. He replaces Optimum founder Nathan Rothman, who continues as chairman of the board.

Author: Luke Timmerman

Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.