Writer. Past solar PV developer, energy entrepreneur, industry analyst, and product development engineer. Licensed professional engineer. Supports economic development, science, and innovators. Graduate of MIT (MBA) and UMass/Amherst (BSME).
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An Insider’s Perspective
I bring an industry perspective, having built clean energy businesses, consulted to utility and industrial companies, and testified as an expert witness on utility regulations.
Most recently, I founded Cleantech Adoption LLC to help investment bankers, entrepreneurs, and corporate energy managers evaluate solar PV investments and startup technologies.
Before Cleantech Adoption, I was Ameresco’s Vice President of Solar PV. I founded and led Ameresco’s solar PV project development, installation, and operations business unit, making it the largest solar PV installer in New England, serving municipalities and state agencies.
Other positions I held included:
Global Insight, IHS (now S&P Global), Managing Director of natural gas economic research.
Sun Microsystems, Director, global utilities and business development.
Forrester Research, Senior Analyst, energy and eBusiness strategies for utilities and industrials.
Cambridge Energy Research Associates (now S&P Global), Senior Associate Consultant to evaluate 20-year scenarios for the future of electric utilities.
XENERGY, Senior Vice President, Supply Management Services and Total Energy Cost Control Strategies for industrial clients. I negotiated gas and power supply contracts, testified before state Public Utility Commissions, and met with Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioners to lower energy costs for glass, steel, lighting, and other industrial clients.
GTE, Corporate Energy Manager. I was responsible for reducing the annual energy budgets for GTE’s industrial business units.
Carrier Corporation, Heat pump product development engineer.
I co-founded the Ignite Clean Energy Business Plan Competition for the MIT Enterprise Forum, which later merged with the Cleantech Open.
I graduated from MIT Sloan School of Management and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst engineering school. At UMass, I was inducted into Tau Beta Pi, an Engineering Honor Society; enrolled in ESIC, a program for Engineering Services to Industry and Community; and was a Physics Commonwealth Scholar.
I’m a licensed professional engineer in Massachusetts.