Entrepreneurial biography: Paul Manson, president and CEO of sea breeze power corp.

Abstract

The publicly listed company, Sea Breeze Power Corp., had its origin in 1990 through a private company called Powerhouse Developments. This company eventually went public through a reverse takeover (RTO), and the new name for the public company was Powerhouse Energy Inc. Powerhouse Developments became a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent company and was purely devoted to developing run-of-river hydroelectric projects. Paul Manson personally became involved through helping the company with the RTO. The original private company, Powerhouse Developments, had been a partnership between a California Investor out of the Central Valley, named Chase Hoffman, and a local man from British Columbia. They had met each other through the real estate business in Hawaii. During this time, Manson was working with the company as a consultant. However, in 2000, there was a falling out between Hoffman and his partner, so Manson was asked to move from purely being a consultant with the company to taking on the title of Corporate Secretary. He was effectively the General Manager, and along with a hydroelectric engineer (Bill Harmond) who had been hired, took over management of the company. Hoffman remained an investor, and Harmond and Manson formed the new management team.

Citation

Kokosinski, K. (2009), "Entrepreneurial biography: Paul Manson, president and CEO of sea breeze power corp.", Libecap, G.D. (Ed.) Frontiers in Eco-Entrepreneurship Research (Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Vol. 20), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 15-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1048-4736(2009)0000020004