Locus Technologies is an American corporation

Corporation

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 with headquarters in Mountain View, California

Mountain View, California

-Downtown:Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south...

, (in Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley

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), that provides services to organize energy, water, and environmental data and information via the Internet

Internet

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 worldwide.

Profile

The company, which is SAS 70 Certified, is perhaps best known for its ePortal and EIM

Enterprise information management

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 Software as a Service

Software as a Service

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 (SaaS) applications. Locus has also been highlighted for offering a free GHG calculator for companies to determine whether they meet the threshold requirements necessary to report their emissions data to the California Air Resources Board

California Air Resources Board

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 under AB32

Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006

The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, or Assembly Bill 32, is a California State Law that fights climate change by establishing a comprehensive program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources throughout the state...

, and specifically 95101(b)(8)legislation. Locus pioneered the cross section of information management software and mobile technology for environmental data collection by offering an application through iTunes for use on the iPad

IPad

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, the iPhone

IPhone

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, and iPod Touches. Locus Technologies was founded in April 1997 by Neno Duplan. Locus' Board of Directors

Board of directors

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 also includes Mr. Rick Bergquist, former CTO of PeopleSoft

PeopleSoft

PeopleSoft, Inc. was a company that provided Human Resource Management Systems , Financial Management Solutions , Supply Chain and customer relationship management software, as well as software solutions for manufacturing, enterprise performance management, and student administration to large...

 and Ms. Ena Cratsenburg, VP at Amyris Technologies.. Locus Technologies is the Third Largest Environmental Firm in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Current clients include ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil

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, NASA

NASA

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, Energenic, Chevron

Chevron Corporation

Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation headquartered in San Ramon, California, United States and active in more than 180 countries. It is engaged in every aspect of the oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries, including exploration and production; refining,...

, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security , located in Los Alamos, New Mexico...

, Exelon

Exelon

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, and others.

Awards

The privately held company has also won numerous awards in the environmental space including several Environmental Business Journal awards for achievement among IT companies. Locus is also recognized in several independent market research reports such as a recent Verdantix report where they were highlighted as "one of only two firms in the Entrepreneurs Quadrant that claim more than 10 customers with more than $1 billion in revenue." Overall, Locus scored strongly in customer momentum, data management and financial resources. Locus Technologies also won the business subcontractor of the year award from NASA Ames Research Center in 2009 for environmental automation and data collection work.