David Pearce

David Pearce serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer & Chairman at Vitriflex. He also serves as Venture Partner at Draper Nexus. Dave serves as the CEO and board member of NuvoSun, a company he founded in January 2008. He has more than 30 years of experience serving as an officer of both public and private companies. Prior to NuvoSun, Dave founded and served as President and CEO of MiaSole, a thin-film solar company. Pearce has founded and served as CEO or President of five venture backed companies including NuvoSun and MiaSole, both solar companies; OptCom, an optical component company; SciVac, a vacuum system capital equipment company; and JTS Corporation, a disk drive company. Pearce came to Silicon Valley in 1985 as CEO of Domain Technology, a pioneer in thin-film media for the data storage industry, a company he took public in 1987. Pearce holds a BS in Industrial Management from Georgia Tech and an MBA from the University of Texas. Pearce has co-authored several photovoltaic solar patent applications. He also serves as Executive Chairman at Tusaar.