Managing Partners
Dr. Robert L. Knight
President
rknight@bki.com
Bob Knight is president and cofounder of BKi. He has over 25
years of professional experience in planning and evaluating innovations
in transportation, electricity use, and land use. He has been
responsible for many studies of both the market potential and
adoption effects of such technologies as rapid transit, fuel cell
and electric vehicles, and comprehensive home energy retrofits.
In addition, Dr. Knight has consulted extensively in the commercialization
of a variety of end-use technologies for the electric power industry.
Dr. Knight holds a Ph.D. in urban systems analysis from Northwestern
University's Technological Institute. His other degrees include
an M.S. in industrial engineering and management and a B.S. in
civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Richard J. Myhre, P.E.
Vice President
rmyhre@bki.com
Rich Myhre has played an integral role in BKi’s growth since
1986. Heading up company activities in energy supply and environmental
control, his work centers on evaluating and advancing technologies
to improve the cost, efficiency, reliability, and environmental
performance of electric power generation. Many projects are shaped
by emerging market and regulatory issues in the electric power
industry. Mr. Myhre has also surveyed energy-efficient end-use
technologies for major market sectors. Mr. Myhre has 25 years
of professional experience in research planning and management,
benefits assessment, and process plant engineering. He holds an
M.A. from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of
California, Berkeley, and a BS in mechanical engineering from
the University of Wisconsin. He is a registered mechanical engineer
in the State of California, and serves on the operating board
for the North American Pacific District of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers.
Dr. Oreste M. Bevilacqua
Chairman Emeritus
Reste Bevilacqua, a cofounder of BKi in 1979, served as its chairman
until his retirement due to illness in 2003. His accomplishments
created a repository of company expertise in technology R&D
planning, systems analysis, technology evaluation, marketing strategy
development, and product implementation. Dr. Bevilacqua is a nationally
recognized expert on alternative-fuel vehicles, including hydrogen-powered
fuel cell vehicles. Dr. Bevilacqua holds a Ph.D. in transportation
engineering and urban systems analysis from the University of
California, Berkeley; an MS in transportation engineering from
the University of Minnesota; and a BS in engineering from the
University of California, Los Angeles.
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