August 2, 2010 (FinancialWire) (Go to http://www.financialwire.net/?s=ftrdnwswnd for all of today’s featured news.) — Acorn Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACFN), an energy technology holding company, has appointed Steven Ledger to its board of directors, bringing the total membership of the board to seven.

Ledger is managing member of Tamalpais Partners, which he founded, and was previously president of Merriman Asset Management and chief investment officer of Merriman Focus Fund.

He also previously served as co-founder and managing partner of eCompanies Venture Group where he managed an internet focused, strategic venture capital fund.

Prior to founding eCompanies Venture Group, Ledger was managing partner and portfolio manager at San Francisco Investment Group and Kayne Anderson Investment Management. He began his career at Fidelity Management and Research as an equity research analyst and portfolio manager.

Delaware-based Acorn Energy is a holding company with equity interests in CoaLogix, Coreworx, DSIT, Gridsense and US Sensor Systems Inc. These companies are involved in upgrading energy infrastructure.

Real-time, streaming research for companies and funds mentioned in FinancialWire(tm) news is available via the Investrend Research Syndicate (at http://investrend.stocksmart.com/ss/html/hpcompany.html). Current valuation analysis research for companies and funds mentioned in FinancialWire(tm) news is available via the Investrend Research Syndicate (at http://www.valuengine.com/rep/searchsrep?pid=42&srchfor=).

FinancialWire(tm) is committed to serving the financial community through true journalism and providing relevant resources to investors. Standards-based, independent equity research on numerous public other companies is available through the Investrend Research Syndicate (http://www.investrend.com/reports) written by FIRST Research Consortium (http://www.investrend.com/FIRST) member-providers. Free annual reports and company filings for companies mentioned in the news are available through the Investrend Information Syndicate (at http://investrend.ar.wilink.com/?level=279). FinancialWire(tm), in cooperation with the Investrend Broadcast Syndicate, also provides complete, daily conference call and webcast schedules as a service to shareholders and investors via the FirstAlert(tm) Network’s “FirstAlert(tm) Daily” (at http://www.financialwire.net/news-alerts/).

FinancialWire(tm) is a fully independent, proprietary news wire service. FinancialWire(tm) is not a press release service, and receives no compensation from subject entities, companies, equities, or representatives thereof, for its news, opinions or distributions. Further disclosure is posted at the FinancialWire(tm) website (at http://www.financialwire.net/disclosures.php and http://www.financialwire.net/2010/04/23/safe-harbor/). Additional resources for investors are also accessible via the FinancialWire(tm) website (at http://www.financialwire.net/2010/04/23/investor-resources/). Contact FinancialWire(tm) directly via inquiries@financialwire.net.

Copyright © MMX, FinancialWire(tm); All rights reserved.

[hlmsmlh] [nrgygrn] [clvloy] [ftrdnwswnd]

Legal Disclaimer:

EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.