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Bio
Max Crespo (Born May 16th,1973) is an environmental entrepreneur, pioneer of the food truck movement, and an industrial designer. He is the founder of Neapolitan Express, and it’s subsidiary, MOVE Systems.

Career
In 2006, Max Crespo was the owner and operator of Retox Rock Bar, Quo and Myst nightclub. An active entrepreneur in the nightclub business, there was a clear opportunity in the mobile food industry, specifically pizza. Crespo began working on a food truck, the first being unsuccessful due to fueling and power issues. In 2007, Crespo began researching different forms of energy. He believed in the concept of an eco-friendly food truck due to the rising interest in sustainability. Crespo attempted to build an all-electric food truck. These trucks are not only expensive but charging them takes upwards of 12 hours, for a 6-hour run time. Crespo decided to look elsewhere and looked into biodiesel as an alternative. It came to his attention that biodiesel is classified and named on a rating system: B5 through B20, meaning that only part of the fuel was biodegradable. The rest being just regular diesel fuel, didn’t fit the idea of an eco-friendly sustainable food truck. Next on the list was natural gas, the energy of current restaurants already. Crespo still had to find a power source for the truck that would abide by the EPA’s (Environmental Protection Association) regulations, classifications, and certifications for each engine and engine class. Crespo needed a generator that had certification in all 50 states that could work on a mobile platform. Once Crespo got the generator he needed, he went on to find fueling for the truck.

Once Crespo had the truck about 60% built, he started reaching out to Clean Energy Fuels who began working with him in discussing his business plans and the future of sustainability of the mobile food industry, envisioned to be a fast- growing segment and sector for the natural gas industry.

Clean Energy Fuels jumped on board and after finishing the buildout of the first truck in 2012, with the help of Cristyne Nicholas, an early supporter of Crespo's ideas, he was able to get in front of the Bloomberg administration.

The Bloomberg administration had a commitment to lower CO2 emissions in urban cities. Michael Bloomberg and Boone Pickens’ symbiotic relationship allowed the launch of Neapolitan Express to happen at City Hall Steps In February 2013.

Shortly after, Crespo was introduced to Richard Schaeffer, former chairman of the Neimec stock exchange, who sat down for pizza and thought the business idea was very unique. He then decided to invest in the company, acting as its chairman, allowing Crespo to continue the growth of Neapolitan Express and spin off a subsidiary called MOVE Systems.