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Darren Kimura (born September 10, 1974) is an American businessman. He is best known as the inventor of MicroCSP technology and founder of Sopogy

Life
Darren T. Kimura was born in Hilo, Hawaii and graduated from Waiakea High School. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout as a member in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 60. He studied Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts. He later attended Portland State University studying Electrical Engineering. During the 2009 flu pandemic, Newsweek covered Darren’s challenges in finding Tamiflu for his wife Kelly due to hording. Darren often uses his middle initial "T" to avoid confusion with others having the same name. He has been featured in Midweek, Pacific Edge Magazine , and in the Greater Good book.

Career
Darren Kimura began his career as an entrepreneur bringing Paintball to Hawaii while in High School. While attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa he worked in the Information and Computer Sciences department. Later he created and expanded Energy Industries Corporation. With the support of Energy Industries he created Energy Laboratories as an incubator for start-up companies and Enerdigm Ventures a venture capital firm to seed and support early to growth stage companies. Sopogy began as a graduate of Energy Laboratories and was initially funded by Kimura and Enerdigm Ventures. He also supported the construction of the World’s first MicroCSP project called Holaniku at Keahole Point. Kimura was featured in Entrepreneur Magazine.

Energy Industries Corporation
Kimura started Energy Conservation Hawaii in 1994 from the back of his SUV using his surfboard as his desk. In a few years the company reached $50 million in revenues and began national expansion. Kimura changed the company name to Energy Industries Corporation to appeal to its national markets and he remains the largest shareholder. The underlying concept for creating Energy Industries Corporation was to help make energy efficiency simple. In his work at Energy Industries Corporation, Kimura provided Energy Star consulting services in such locations as Hawaii, Palau , Guam and Saipan. Energy Industries Corporation was featured in the Wall Street Journal “Alternative State”

Sopogy
Sopogy a solar thermal technology supplier was founded in 2002 at the Honolulu, Hawaii based clean technology incubator known as Energy Laboratories. The company began its research on concentrating solar thermal energy to produce solar steam and thermal heat for absorption chillers or industrial process heat. The company has also developed applications that incorporate its solar collectors to generate electricity and desalination. Kimura created the company name from taking sections of key words including "SO" from Solar "PO" from "Power" and "GY" from "Energy and Technology" The company has its OEM and IPP sales teams along with Research and Development located in Honolulu, HI, and in 2006 expanded its Manufacturing, C&I and Oil and Gas sales teams in its Silicon Valley facility. Sopogy announced 200 Megawatts in China  and 360 megawatts in Thailand. Kimura and Sopogy along with First Solar was featured the Whole Foods Market documentary “Thrive”. In 2011 Sopogy was the was honored with the APEC Business Innovation Award and was featured on the cover the LA Times

Awards
Kimura received the 2002 SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year. He was honored as the 2007 Green Entrepreneur , and received the Blue Planet Foundation award in 2009. He also received the Hawaii Venture Capital Association Deal o fthe Year award in 2012