Solarplaza Summit | Asset Management North America

Michael Eyman leverages over 25 years of leadership, operations, and business experience in his role as Managing Director, Origis Services. Under his leadership, Origis Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Origis, manages a growing portfolio of utility scale and distributed generation solar and storage assets across the United States. Prior to joining Origis, Mr. Eyman served as the Vice President of Business Development for MaxGen Energy Services, where he drove significant growth across the distributed generation and utility markets. He also held positions as Director DG O&M and Director of Business Development and Senior Manager for Supply Chain Strategy over 5 years with SunPower. Before taking solar industry leadership roles, Mr. Eyman had a 21-year career in the United States Navy as a Naval Aviator. He served in multiple theaters over 13 deployments and retired at the rank of Commander. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas, a Master of Science in Military Strategy and Foreign Affairs, from Air University, and a Bachelor of Science in Oceanography from Texas A&M University.

Ms. Bybee has worked in the solar industry since 2003, first promoting renewable energy policy in Austin, TX while at Public Citizen, and then at Meridian Energy Systems, before finding her home at Namasté Solar. Ms. Bybee joined Namasté Solar in January 2006 as an early member of the team and held numerous roles over her 11 years, from technical sales & design to business development. While there, she worked to obtain a federal charter for a unique financial institution that funds clean energy products and services: Clean Energy Credit Union (www.cleanenergycu.org). This was only the 17th federal charter issued since 2010, and the first in the state of Colorado for over 30 years. She continues to serve as a volunteer on the Supervisory Committee of the credit union. Additionally, in 2016, she helped earn an award from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative to found the Amicus O&M Cooperative (www.AmicusOM.com). The O&M Cooperative brings together a network of providers across the country to provide coordinated services for geographically distributed portfolios. She now serves as its CEO, and is committed to the mission “to ensure that solar PV fulfills its promise as a responsible and reliable energy source, for generations to come.” She obtained a BA in English and French from the University of Texas at Austin, and through solar, has found her “inner engineer.”

Benoit Allehaut is a Managing Director and co-leads energy transition investments in the KKR Infrastructure team. Prior to joining KKR in early 2021 he worked 8 years at Capital Dynamics where he helped build one of the largest solar and energy storage platforms in North America. He has over 20 years of renewable energy experience, spanning across Europe and North America with roles in equity and tax equity financing, project development and equipment sales. His career for large and small companies alike such as General Electric, First Solar, Compact Power, EDF EN and Enron helped him see the industry mature from fringe to mainstream. He holds an undergraduate degree from ESCE in France and an MBA from Cambridge University in the UK. He has two daughters in College, two electric bikes and lives in New York City.

Leigh is a 13 year veteran of the solar industry focusing on the technical operation and asset management of solar power portfolios. He currently directs the operations and asset management division of Avantus. He was previously director of products at meteocontrol and overseeing their line of monitoring metering systems, O&M service plans, quality test processes, and performance analysis for developing and existing PV assets. He currently volunteers for the education committee for Solar Power international, as well as a working group member for several international quality and performance standards committees with DOE and IEC.

Sarath Srinivasan is the Head of Risk Transfer Products at kWh Analytics. With over 15 years of experience, Sarath has spent the last 8 years in energy finance focused on renewable energy with extensive experience across asset acquisitions, capital markets and project finance, closing over $500 million in transactions. Prior to joining kWh Analytics, Sarath managed the solar business unit at Gardner Capital, where he was instrumental in driving strategy, building the team and in raising development capital, tax equity and debt. Before joining Gardner Capital, Sarath worked on the project finance team at SunEdison focused on C&I solar project finance and on the Power and Utilities investment banking team at Barclays.Sarath received a B. Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management. He is from Chennai, India.

Etienne Lecompte is a recognized leader and entrepreneur in renewable energy, software development, and regulatory compliance. After founding and building Local Content Assurance Bureau (LCAB) into one of the most respected renewable energy compliance consultancy firms in Ontario, Canada, he started PowerHub. PowerHub is redefining asset management for the renewable energy industry. His vision is that managing portfolios of assets should be easy. Etienne has worked on over 8 GW of wind and solar projects in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and is continuing to actively participate in the growth of the renewable energy sector.

As Silicon Ranch’s Chief Technology Officer, Nick is charged with identifying and leveraging emerging technologies that enable Silicon Ranch to support the US domestic supply chain and demonstrate the sequestration of carbon. Nick has more than 20 years of diverse renewable energy, semiconductor, and military experience that inform his current work, including executive positions at SolarCity, Phoenix Solar, and Applied Materials. Nick’s renewable energy industry expertise spans module and cell manufacturing, photovoltaic project design and operation, auxiliary grid services, as well as the prediction and demonstration of the energy harvest of novel PV technologies. He has also worked on manufacturing amorphous silicon modules, and on process machine control of cell splitting and cascading cell bonding processes with heterojunction crystalline cells. Silicon Ranch owns projects that Nick himself designed nearly a decade ago, including the first transmission interconnected PV plant in the Southeast. Nick holds patents in both PV module manufacturing and design. While at Applied Materials, he advanced the use of statistical process control to enhance the reliability of production equipment. He has led the commissioning of process equipment at Intel semiconductor factories in both the U.S. and Europe, and entire solar cell factories in India, Germany, Spain, and China. Nick served his country on active duty as an Infantry Captain in the United States Army, with tours in Kuwait and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Nick is currently leading Silicon Ranch’s efforts to develop Cattle Tracker, working with the DOE, leading universities, and regenerative ranchers; Cattle Tracker is Silicon Ranch’s Integrated PV System Design and Management Platform for the co-optimization of cattle-grazing and PV solar generation while measuring the impacts of these efforts on the surrounding ecosystem dynamics and soil health.

Tara Narayanan leads BloombergNEF's U.S. Solar coverage, and writes research based on market trends, prices, and company strategy in the space. Her work includes market sizing and capacity forecasts, collocated solar and storage, tax equity and cost competitiveness, and acquisitions and ownership trends. She has a background in engineering and economics. BloombergNEF (BNEF) is a strategic research provider covering global commodity markets and the disruptive technologies driving the transition to a low-carbon economy. Our expert coverage assesses pathways for the power, transport, industry, buildings and agriculture sectors to adapt to the energy transition. We help commodity trading, corporate strategy, finance and policy professionals navigate change and generate opportunities.

As Vice President of Asset Management, Erin’s primary responsibilities are operational and commercial performance, contractual and regulatory compliance, O&M management, and financial support for Clēnera’s 1.6GW utility scale operating portfolio. Additionally, she supports the development, engineering, construction, and finance teams in evaluating Clēnera’s pipeline assets. Erin joined Clēnera from Sempra Renewables in San Diego, CA where she managed 500+MW of utility-scale solar assets. Prior to Sempra, Erin specialized in procurement and contract negotiation in the utility sector. She has also held corporate counsel positions at Helix Wind and Wintec Energy LLC. All told, she has 16 years in the energy sector, with 12 focused on renewable energy. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine and Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law and is a member of the California State Bar.

Leila Garcia is responsible for wind and solar operation & maintenance market research for the American region within Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. Additionally, she leads the Power & Renewables team in Latin America. Her team provides market research, analyses and forecasts covering conventional and renewable energy technologies ranging from Uruguay to Mexico. Leila brings more than a decade of experience in the renewable energy industry. She's worked both in mature and developing markets, from Denmark to Brazil and Mexico. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie Leila worked as marketing leader for Vestas, as well as market intelligence manager for GE Renewables in Mexico. She is Brazilian, currently located in Vancouver, Canada and holds an engineering degree from PUC University in Brazil and a Masters in renewable energy from German Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg.

Kaushik is the Global Technical Leader of Photovoltaic Reliability in the DuPont Photovoltaics and Advanced Materials business. His team works on the performance, reliability and durability of PV packaging materials, degradation of field-deployed PV modules, and PV system economics. Kaushik began his career with DuPont in 2011 as a Principal Investigator in DuPont Central R&D. At DuPont, he has led programs on metallization pastes for silicon photovoltaics, novel inorganic and hybrid thin-film solar absorbers, and light emitting and plasmonic nanomaterials. Kaushik has a Ph.D. in Materials Physics and over 20 years of experience in photovoltaic and optoelectronic materials. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed technical publications and is a frequent panelist at technical and industry events.DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions offers a portfolio of product solutions that deliver proven power and lasting value for the fast-growing photovoltaics sector, including DuPont™ Solamet® metallization pastes, DuPont™ Tedlar® films and DuPont™ Fortasun™ solar silicones.

Nikhil Vadhavkar is the co-founder and CEO of Raptor Maps, solar's leading asset health management platform. He is an MIT engineer, Y combinator alum, and Gates Foundation leader. Nikhil is passionate about building software that empowers decision makers with accurate, high value system analytics and reports. In his free time, Nikhil enjoys alpine skiing, hiking, and hanging our on solar farms. Raptor Maps is delivering the autonomous future of solar by harnessing robotics and AI to address critical challenges in the industry. Its software empowers solar owners and operators to recover power production loss, optimize operations, and protect financial returns. Raptor Maps’ suite of solutions gives the solar industry a unified playbook for scalability. For more information, visit: https://raptormaps.com

Mr. Frantz leads Operations at Excelsior, focusing on maximizing the performance, reliability, and profitability of Excelsior's assets. Prior to Excelsior Chris ran Cypress Creek’s independent power company. The portfolio included over 1.6GW of utility scale solar assets in regulated and deregulated markets across the U.S., generating over $150MM in revenue per year. Chris built this Department from scratch which, at its height, managed 200+ assets in 50+ funds. Additionally, Chris ran risk management for Cypress, including the property and liability insurance programs for Cypress' development, EPC, O&M, and power business units. The property insurance program included over $1.4bn in insured value. Prior to his role in Asset Management, Chris managed a development pipeline of over 240 MW of solar projects for Cypress across the U.S., including in Texas, New York, and Maryland. Chris served on Cypress's Executive Team, which was responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company. Prior to Cypress, Chris worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he led the development of air regulations on utility scale power plants and oil and natural gas hydraulic fracturing operations. Prior to joining the EPA, Chris worked with California electric utilities such as Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric, and San Diego Gas and Electric on the development, implementation, and evaluation of demand response and demand side management programs. Chris holds a B.A. in Environment, Economics, and Politics from Claremont McKenna College, a Masters of Environmental Management from Duke University, and a Masters of Business Administration from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Britta is a Partner and Managing Director with CRC-IB. She has 15+ years of experience in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, and project finance and development in the wind, solar, storage, and broader sustainability sectors. Britta primarily focuses on transaction management, including corporate M&A, project finance, and tax equity structuring and negotiation with over $4B raised for renewable energy to date. She has led numerous renewable energy financings, mergers, and acquisitions for utility-scale and distributed generation wind, solar, and storage companies and assets, both in the U.S. and globally. Before joining CRC-IB, Britta was Head of Corporate Strategy and Development for Gestamp Solar, where she led M&A transactions and project financings for U.S. solar projects. Prior to Gestamp Solar, Britta was a Group Manager for Windkraft Nord AG, a German wind and solar developer, managing the Italian operations for the development of a 1GW+ portfolio of wind and solar assets throughout Italy. Before moving to Italy, Britta worked with Lehman Brothers’ Global Power Group. As one of few senior women in renewable energy finance, Britta has received multiple industry awards, including the 2020 U.S. C3E Finance Award issued by the U.S. Department of Energy; 2020 ‘Most Influential Women in Business’ by the San Francisco Business Times; and Renewable Energy World’s ‘Solar 40 Under 40’ in 2018. Britta received an MBA with honors in Finance from Cornell University’s Johnson Business School in 2009 and a B.A. in Environmental Biology from Colgate University in 2003. Britta serves as Co-Chair of the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) Women’s Empowerment Sub Committee.

As Head of Asset Management for SDCL, Paul is responsible for the technical, financial, and operational performance of our global investments.  Beginning his professional career as an officer and nuclear engineer in US Navy submarines, Paul has over 40 years’ experience in the global power generation industry and has worked to develop, construct, and operate projects across variety of technologies including district energy, cogeneration, distributed energy, and large-scale conventional and nuclear power plants. Prior to joining SDCL, Paul spent ten years creating and leading asset management teams for multiple utility-scale and commercial & industrial solar portfolios totalling over 1.5 GW in the US and Australia.  Paul is a Project Management Professional and a Trustee of Hiram College.  Paul earned an Executive MBA from Xavier University and a Master’s in Electrical Engineering with honors from the Naval Postgraduate School.

For more than 30 years Rue Phillips has been a pioneer and leader in the electric vehicle, EV infrastructure, solar, and renewable energy industries. A sought-after speaker and panelist, Phillips seamlessly blends his expertise with excitement from his rock-and-roll roots. Phillips currently is the president and founder of 365 Pronto, the world’s only platform to match IoT and cleantech asset owners with a local, on-demand installation and service workforce in solar, battery, and EV. He also built and actively leads the EV Infrastructure Forum on LinkedIn, and hosts the EV Chat podcast.

Rohit co-founded AP Solar Holdings in 2018 and serves as its Chief Commercial Officer. Rohit’s previous experience includes energy trading, structured transactions, hedge advisory and principal investing.  Prior to co-founding AP Solar, Rohit co-founded and continues to lead Snapper Creek Energy Advisors, a market leading hedge and derivatives transaction advisory firm. Snapper’s clients include some of the most active development and investment platforms in the US conventional and renewable power markets. Prior to Snapper, he worked as an executive at a Houston-based boutique where he focused primarily on advising financial sponsors on cross-capital structure transactions in power and gas, with a focus on hedge advisory such as revenue puts, tolls, renewable hedging, market analysis and credit structuring.  Before that, Rohit was a VP in energy trading at Macquarie Bank where he was responsible for structuring, valuing and executing large bespoke transactions across the load and generation spectrum, including commodity-based financing transactions such as first of its kind solar pre-pays.  Rohit began his career at Lehman Brothers where he led natural gas structured transactions, with a focus on storage, transport, physical options and cross-commodity derivatives.  Rohit holds a BS in Electrical Engineering (Hons.) and an MS in Quantitative and Computational Finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Hao Shen is the Director of Strategy & Operations at kWh Analytics. Prior to joining kWh, Hao spent more than four years as a Strategy & Operation Consultant at Deloitte Consulting LLP. As a consultant at Deloitte, Hao advised domestic and international Power & Utilities clients on growth strategies in the unregulated retail energy markets and launched cost and operational improvement programs in utilities’ regulated business. He has spent the past 3 years working in the intersection of solar development and energy access.Hao graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and completed his M.B.A. at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. He is originally from China but grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Mr. Feng is responsible for the growth of Omnidian’s Commercial & Industrial Partner Channel. He has spent 15 plus years successfully building out Dealer Programs and capturing market-share for leading solar firms such as PowerLight, SunPower, and Suniva. Most recently Mr. Feng led commercial solar asset financing and acquisitions through EPC/Developer Channels on behalf of Standard Solar, a renewable asset division of a multi-billion-dollar North American utility company. Mr. Feng holds a degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, John Schroeder is a co-founder of DEPCOM Power and Executive Vice President of DEPCOM’s Plant Operations. A seasoned utility solar executive with more than 18 years of management experience, John holds four patents on Balance of System ( BOS) technology. He previously served as the as Global Director of First Solar. John currently directs all aspects of plant operations, including control systems, plant commissioning and performance testing, preventative and corrective maintenance as well as the management of all guarantees and warranties for the company. To date all 1.5 GW of plants in operation have exceeded every performance guarantee. John proudly serves as the Board Chairman of DEPCOM G.I.V.E.S., a non-profit organization dedicated to providing meaningful, charitable contributions to solar communities across the USA where DEPCOM builds and operates.

Kate Collardson has worked in the solar industry since 2006 as an installer, designer, project manager, trainer, and program manager. As Senior Manager of Residential Operations at Omnidian, Kate supports the Customer Service team. She holds a NABCEP PV Installation Professional credential, and she serves as Chair of the Longmont Sustainability Advisory Board. Kate channels her passion for creating change through reducing our society’s impact on the planet into a thorough understanding of the process involved in a solar installation—from manufacturing to commissioning to system maintenance. She has a B.A. in German from Colorado College and an MBA, with a Certificate in Sustainable Technology and Management, from Arizona State University.

Ajulo Elisabeth Othow grew up amidst southern traditions in her home state of North Carolina. Her parents, both teachers, imbued her with a love and caring for others as she prepared herself educationally to succeed in her chosen career. At a young age and as she grew into maturity , she traveled with her parents to continents outside of North America, where she became conscious of national and international conditions of humanity. Ms. Othow is now an attorney practicing in Granville County and is also the CEO and Founder of EnerWealth Solutions. Ms. Othow is also a solar project developer, one of the only women of color solar developers in the nation; her projects are designed to aid in minority land retention and rural economic development. For more than fourteen years prior to becoming an attorney, she worked with people in small towns across all thirteen southeastern United States, places where people’s one hope is for a future where their children can return home and live a good life. Ms. Othow holds a Master’s Degree in International Development from The George Washington University, further graduate work in Public Policy from Duke University, and a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Northeastern University School of Law. Ms. Othow lives in Oxford, NC with her young son, and mother.

Alain Halimi is an Executive Director within Nomura’s Infrastructure & Power Finance Group where he is leading the origination and structuring of transactions across the clean energy, infrastructure and digital infrastructure sectors. Alain has been a financier for 17+ years, originating secured and unsecured debt financing, project financing, acquisition financing, capital markets, mezzanine and holdco PIK financings and advising clients on a range of project financings, acquisitions and divestitures transactions. He has completed 100+ transactions with combined value of US$30+ billion in the Americas and EMEA. Earlier, Mr. Halimi was an Executive Director with CBA where he lead the Bank’s clean energy group. Prior to joining CBA Mr. Halimi was a Vice President at BNP Paribas New York in the Structured Debt Group advising and arranging transactions for international clients including origination, structuring, negotiation and closing of numerous limited and non‐recourse project & structured financings, in the capacity of agent/underwriter.

He co-founded Inaccess in 2000 as a smart controls company and was its CEO until the company's acquisition by Power Factors, in June 2022. At Power Factors he is responsible for Controls, Grid and Market Integration activities of the company. At Inaccess he developed the business strategy and product direction, managed business development, and pursued strategic cooperations with technology vendors and key customers. His main interests include Renewable energy (primarily PV) and related technologies (Batteries, Microgrids, dispatchable loads), Grid compliance and Market Integration. He is a member of various international associations and a frequent speaker in sector-specific conferences and thematic events on the topic of smart energy, renewables systems and optimal grid integration. Before starting Inaccess, from 1998 to 2000, Mr. Georgopoulos carried out R&D work for Lucent's Bell Labs on automation and controls and automation for smart homes and enterprises; from 1993 to 1998 he was an R&D associate with NTUA, Greece, working in research projects with several EU telecommunications companies on the topic of integrated broadband networks. He holds a diploma in Electrical & Computer Engineering and a Ph.D. in Integrated Broadband Networks, both from NTUA, Greece.

Lynsey Tibbs is an experienced engineer with 16 years experience in the energy sector. She's skilled in the field of power generation, with a focus on solar energy. Lynsey is specifically responsible for supporting the operations of the Silicon Ranch solar fleet which totals 2GW and spans 17 US States. She's particularly focused on daily operations, long-term performance management and strategic planning for fleet operational success.

Kevin Christy is a veteran renewable energy industry executive since 2002. As Head of Innovation & Operational Excellence, Americas, Kevin focuses on innovation-driven operational improvements and risk mitigation for Lightsource bp’s Americas fleet. Kevin co-founded the utility-scale PV developer Axio Power in 2007, which successfully sold to SunEdison in 2011. While at SunEdison, Kevin managed the North American utility-scale development portfolio, served as General Manager of North America for SunEdison’s Global Services O&M and asset management team, served on the Advanced Solutions energy storage team developing next-generation commercial applications for battery energy storage, and served as the COO of SunEdison’s North America Utility team.

Rob is the CEO of Heliolytics, a performance analytics company specializing in aerial Module Level Thermal Audits (MLTA) and aerial remote sensing for PV system performance analysis. Rob received a PhD from Queen's University specializing is PV system performance modelling and optimization and has worked with groups internationally to optimize PV performance and integrate new technologies. Rob has multiple publications in the PV sector, focusing on performance modelling and prediction.

 Joe is CEO and a co-founder of RadianGEN. He has over 17 years of experience in solar project development, construction, and operations. Joe has held senior management positions at three successful U.S. solar power producers: Renewable Ventures (co-founder), MMA Renewable Ventures, and Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, where he led technical development, construction, and operations. Joe holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, an M.S. in Energy Engineering from Stanford University, and an M.S. in Environmental Science and Management from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Chioma works as Director Asset Management at Madison Energy Investments’ Virginia office. She leads the asset management group focusing on maximizing revenue and performance across operating assets, ensuring contract compliance and managing O&M providers. Previously, Chioma worked for several years in the carbon capture, utilization and storage space. She has also worked as a consulting geologist on environmental remediation issues. She received a bachelor of science in environmental geology from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Science in Engineering from China University of Petroleum.

Jon Previtali is an engineer who has worked with Internet and renewable energy technologies for over twenty years. He leads technical due diligence for solar and wind power projects for Wells Fargo, one of the largest tax-equity financiers of renewable energy in the US. He also serves as an advisor to Wells Fargo and NREL’s Innovation Incubator, the DOE’s Solar Energy Technology Office and is a primary contributor to the DOE’s Orange Button Initiative, an effort to scale solar finance through more efficient data exchange.

Ann is the founder and CEO of GroundWork Renewables. She is an entrepreneur with a passion for business, economics and technology. Her career spans investment banking, interactive marketing and renewable energy. Prior to GroundWork, Ann was an Executive Vice President with iCrossing, an interactive agency. She holds a BA in Economics and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania. Ann's goal is to accelerate the success of solar in leading utility-scale energy production.

Patrick is the lead product manager for SolarAnywhere at Clean Power Research. In this role, Patrick focuses on how the solar industry and utilities can make better energy-related decisions with scalable weather data and intelligence solutions.Patrick brings a decade of experience working in the renewable energy industry, first in small hydropower project development, and then utility scale solar hardware product development. Patrick’s expertise includes decision analysis and resource allocation strategy.Patrick earned a B.S. in Product Design from Stanford University.

Zoe is responsible for the management and optimization of CleanCapital’s clean energy assets and assists with operations and investor relations. Prior to CleanCapital, her passion for clean energy took to Washington, D.C. to focus on public policy. At the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE), a clean energy trade association, Zoe managed the clean air program area and assisted with international programs at United Nations climate conferences. Prior to BCSE, Zoe worked at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in the Office of Federal Sustainability. She is a Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) Fellow and has lived and studied in Dakar, Senegal. Zoe is a graduate of the University of Michigan.

Will Troppe is Director of Product at Power Factors where he oversees the company’s performance management software products, optimizing 200GW of clean energy globally. In this role, Will connects data, analytics, and operations to help asset owners, managers, and operators generate more clean energy and increase ROI.Previously, Will led Power Factors’ Sales Engineering team, matching industry needs with software offerings, informing product strategy with market intelligence, leading technical pre-sales engagements, and increasing assets managed from 10 to 30GW over three years. Will began his career as Power Factors’ first hire, contributing to early product efforts and running fleet-scale onboarding projects for initial clients.Will received a BS in Civil Engineering and an MS in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University, focusing on energy and the environment from an engineering and business perspective. He grew up outside Washington, DC, and lives in San Francisco.

Kelsey is an Asset Manager at Greenbacker where she oversees all the company’s community solar gardens with over 150 sites totaling 200 MW under management. She joined the company more than 3 years ago driven by her desire to make a more tangible impact on the climate crisis. Before joining Greenbacker, Kelsey worked as an Associate Operations Manager for Seamans Capital Management, a boutique investment firm, where she managed the daily operations for several funds and personal investment portfolios. She started her career in finance at State Street, first as a Relationship Management Co-op at State Street Global Advisors, and later as an Asset Management Co-op for State Street Bank and Trust, which developed her passion for impact investing and ESG. Kelsey graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Finance from Northeastern University’s D’Amore McKim School of Business in 2017, and now resides in beautiful Portland, Maine.

As Lockton’s Global Energy’s Pacific Leader, Alan has over 10 years of experience in insurance and risk management for solar project development, construction, and operations. Viewed as a thought leader, Alan pioneered a renewable energy construction solution that has saved his clients millions in insurance costs. Alan provides a strategic approach to client market representation, understanding that challenging insurance markets and new technologies require a long term calculated approach to attaining best results. Alan holds a B.S. in Journalism from University of Kansas and an MBA from the University of Kansas.

Camelia is the CFO of Nautilus Solar Energy, a leading owner-operator of solar projects serving the community solar market and corporate customers throughout the United States. Camelia has over 20 years of experience in Accounting and Reporting, Financial Planning and Analysis, and Project Finance, as well as 15 years in the renewable energy industry. Prior to joining Nautilus, Camelia held positions as Vice President of Project Finance, as well as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at SoCore Energy, a distributed generation solar developer based in Chicago. When SoCore was acquired by ENGIE North America, Camelia took on the role of Director of Acquisitions Investments and Financial Advisory, supporting the DG solar business at ENGIE.

Schuetz brings extensive experience in the global power generation industry. At SMA, he leads the organization’s service offerings including a variety of risk-sharing options for customers – from extended warranties to spare parts guarantees to complete plant-wide operations and maintenance. In those capacities, he leads cross-functional service teams to operate cohesively as one unit. He empowers the teams to optimize project results and create operational excellence. Before joining the SMA team, he worked for GE Power as a senior project manager for field execution. Prior to GE, he spent more than 10 years at Alstrom Power, serving in multiple roles during that time. Schuetz earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and energy technology at the University of Applied Sciences, Konstanz. He also earned an MBA in management and operations from the Robins School of Business. Schuetz speaks English, Spanish and German.

Travis leads the Service and O&M teams for Sungrow North America. Sungrow is the world's most bankable inverter brand with over 24 years in the PV industry. Travis' team provides services from Commissioning through end-of-life recycling and manages the guarantees and warranties for all products sold in the region. Travis has 12 years of experience in the solar industry and has worked in various roles including product qualification, control system design, and power plant operation. Travis holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University.

As Director of Asset Management at BayWa-r.e., Blerta’s primary responsibilities is the financial performance of a large portfolio of asset spread all over USA. She plays a critical role in strengthening the asset management framework, setting up processes, and ensuring successful transitions of various acquired portfolios or construction assets under management. Blerta supports the development team and other divisions within the company with focus in strategy and business planning. Prior to joining BayWa-r.e., Blerta served as Director of Asset Management at Longroad Energy and prior to Longroad she served in the capacity of Vice President, Residential Asset and Risk Management at Greenbacker Capital in charge of residential business unit and led a team of Customer Care, Operation, Finance and Accounting, and 3rd party service providers while managed all aspect of residential assets and drove synergy of systems, infrastructure, and processes to ensure compliance of all Greenbacker's residential portfolios. Prior to joining Greebacker in 2017, Blerta worked for SunEdison and held multiple leadership roles. She led Integration efforts of acquired companies globally and Residential Asset Management team that set up business operations for supporting community solar. Before than she was with TerraForm Power for over a year and was part of management team that assisted in Yieldco's overall successful IPO, a $4BN SunEdison subsidiary. She effectively improved asset management processes to enhance controls, systems, and statutory compliance of 4GW diversified portfolio of Residential, Commercial, and Utility scale solar projects globally. Blerta has 17 years of overall management experience with 12 years focus in Solar Industry. She obtained a master’s degree in business administration from San Francisco State University and an undergraduate (magna cum laude) degree in Business Administration from University of Houston. Additionally, she has a Professional Certificate on Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies from Stanford University. Blerta has a passion to positively impact teams and organizations with a vision that through renewable energy we can make a difference for the generations to come. She is member of Women in Leadership and Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy.

Jenya Meydbray is CEO and cofounder of PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), the leading independent lab for solar project developers, financial institutions and asset owners. He developed among the first extended reliability and performance PV module test protocols for the downstream solar market as well as innovative methods of evaluating PV performance for power plant level risk assessment and mitigation. Previously, Jenya was VP of Technology for Cypress Creek Renewables, a utility-scale project developer. Jenya also served as Senior Quality and Reliability Engineer at SunPower where he designed accelerated test methods for high-efficiency solar cells and modules. His career began at NASA Ames Research Center’s hyper-gravity facilities. Jenya received an MS and BS in electrical engineering from Boston University and UC Santa Cruz, respectively, and he holds two photovoltaic-related patents.

Reegan has worked for 28 years in the energy, telecommunications and retail industries, overseeing national teams offering high-growth products and services to traditional markets and P&L responsibilities. From start-ups to Fortune 500 firms, his specialty is enhancing client relationships and securing new business. Prior to joining SOLV Energy, Reegan secured EPC work for more than 100 MW of solar projects for Intermountain Electric, a Quanta Services company. With over ten years of experience working in solar, he adeptly identifies opportunities for SOLV Energy to provide superior service to plant owners and asset managers within his extensive industry network and has built an O&M portfolio of over 8.5 GW of solar assets in the U.S. In his role, Reegan coordinates with all members of the SOLV Energy team, from field technicians to performance analysts to engineers, to provide informed answers and solutions for clients.

Diana Weis is a Vice President and Assistant Director of Asset Management for the Environmental Finance team at U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation. Since 2008, she has overseen the asset management of USB’s portfolio, specializing in Renewable Energy investments for the bank. Diana has been active in shaping the asset management division of the CDC to target Renewable Energy investments, specifically in the residential and C&I solar space. She leads a team who collectively manages a portfolio of over $2.5 billion in assets. Diana started her career working in development of sustainable LIHTC projects, and is a graduate of the University of Missouri – Columbia.

Mr. Vigilante is part of EDPR NA Distributed Generation (“EDPR NA DG”)’s asset management team, overseeing day-to-day operations of the current 88 MW of operational assets. He also supports the development and construction of the near-term pipeline of 200+ MW of assets. Prior to EDPR NA DG, Mr. Vigilante operated over 170 solar and storage projects totaling 170 MW across 15 states as part of the asset management and operations groups at C2 Energy Capital (“C2”). In this role he fostered strong relationships with subcontractors overseeing the operations and maintenance of the assets in the field, while simultaneously providing cross-cutting support to the business development, modeling, construction, engineering and accounting teams. Mr. Vigilante was previously a Senior Consultant in Navigant Consulting (now Guidehouse)’s Global Energy Practice. In this role, he assisted both electric and gas utilities optimize their distributed energy resource (DER) and energy efficiency programs. He holds a M.S. in Geological Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Civil & Environmental Engineering Department. While at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he co-led a Department of Energy (DOE) research project. He also holds a BS from the Pennsylvania State University.

Dave leads our solar practice within the Technical Advisory Services group. His deep industry experience allows him to support all issues concerning photovoltaic projects’ design, diligence, construction, and operation while offering informed and experienced technical guidance to all involved parties. Dave has served as an engineer for renewable energy firms specializing in development, engineering, procurement, construction (EPC), operations and maintenance, and as a consultant supporting developers, owners, and lenders of energy assets. Dave has been directly responsible for aspects of design and construction quality for over 550 megawatts of utility-scale solar installations. He has performed technical due diligence on more than 2 gigawatts of additional projects throughout the United States. Dave’s services are invaluable to project owners, independent power producers, lenders, equity investors, and other parties in advisory roles associated with energy projects.

As the Director of Product Marketing at AlsoEnergy, Sharifa Dunn leads the organization’s commercialization and go-to-market initiatives across the platform of solutions for its C&I and utility customers. Prior to joining AlsoEnergy, Sharifa worked in Tesla’s utility energy business, primarily focused on the commercialization of its proprietary battery optimization software, as well as the development of a new business unit for its utility-scale battery business. Additionally, Sharifa spent time in Tesla’s vehicle business as a lead change agent for its service organization transformation. Sharifa brings a broad energy background having started her career covering the North America Power & Utility sectors at JPMorgan’s Corporate Bank. Sharifa graduated from Haas School of Business (University of California, Berkeley) with an MBA in 2018 and holds a BS in Finance from Rutgers University.

Auston Taber is an entrepreneur who has spent the past 16 years in the solar industry. Early on, he spent his days working on residential installations, everything from digging trenches, pulling wire, to mounting modules and performing array layouts on the central coast of California. He went on to build his professional career working as a Field Service Engineer with SMA America. He quickly developed his passion for the industry and went on to make a name for himself, moving up to take on the role of Safety and Technical Training Manager, primarily working with central inverters at utility scale PV installations. After spending 6 years at SMA, he went on to take on a new challenge; a Service Manager role with a global Chinese inverter manufacturer. He built and scaled a robust service management platform, which elevated their service experience for key accounts. In 2018, Auston founded Solar Support, an Engineering firm that specializes in positively impacting financials for aging PV assets after disasters or underproduction impacts them, with a focus on the power electronics. This started with parts and independent engineering, and grew to encompass central inverter part procurement, restoration EPC services, and an OEM service line offerings. His favorite part of being a CEO is developing his people. When not attempting to save the world with renewable energy, Auston can be found with his AMAZING Wife Lindsey, 3 Children, and 3 dogs relaxing at a local South Carolina beach in the summer, and walking the beach in the winter.

Chaim Grushko is the Senior Vice President - Portfolio Management at Soltage. Chaim has over 10 years of experience working in corporate finance, energy investments, and as a corporate attorney. Prior to joining Soltage, Chaim worked as an attorney at Goldfarb Seligman & Co, where he represented clients in cross-border M&A transactions across a diverse range of industries. Chaim earned his LLB from the Faculty of Law at Bar Ilan University and an MS in Sustainability Management from Columbia University. Chaim is admitted to practice law in New York State and Israel.

Will began working in the renewable energy industry in 2005 for a small East Coast integrator. After starting as an installer, he worked in sales, design, and project management, and he eventually became the Director of Operations for the East Coast. Will has experience in wind power, solar thermal, energy storage, and all scales of PV, although he has primarily focused on residential systems. He is passionate about implementing high-quality, code-compliant installation techniques. Will has been a NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional since 2006 and was previously a NABCEP Certified Solar Heating Installer. After spending over five years developing curriculum and teaching for SEI, he has transitioned into the Director of Business Development role, where he helps organizations meet their training needs through customized contract training and curriculum licensing. In his free time, Will can be found working with his wife and daughter on their homestead in central Vermont, which features an off-grid strawbale house.

Danny Splettstosser is the Director Commercial Portfolio Execution at AES Clean Energy where he manages risk and opportunity at the portfolio level for AES’ late-stage development assets through their commercialization to COD. Danny has a uniquely diversified skillset and experience. He has worked across multiple technologies including wind, solar-PV, Bio-gas, concentrated solar thermal, and energy storage. He has worked across the North American geography successfully realizing projects from California to Nova Scotia. Finally, Danny has held a diverse set of roles in business development, project development, corporate strategy, technology evaluation, strategic procurement, corporate development, M&A, and Power Origination. Truly a jack-of-all-trades, with a policy and liberal arts background,Danny brings a unique set of skills and insights to drive the energy transition.

Andrew leads the Asset Management team at Nextracker, responsible for fleet performance and customer success across the global operating fleet of >60 GW. Andrew’s team is responsible for commissioning, performance, technical support, warranty, spare parts, and customer training, as well as deployment & optimization of the TrueCapture™ yield enhancement software solution. Andrew has over 20 years of experience in the renewable energy space, building & leading asset management and operations teams at Radian Generation, Canadian Solar, and Recurrent Energy. Andrew holds a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics and a BS Honors Physics from the University of Bristol, U.K.

Ray Casey leads the Value-Based Pricing initiative at Nextracker. He is an enthusiastic Marketer, with a strong Pricing focus, and thrives at the intersection of driving Company and Customer Success—identifying customer-driven, company changing initiatives, that delight customers while accelerating revenue/profit growth. Prior to Nextracker, Ray spent 17 years at Cypress Semiconductor, running the Global Pricing Organization and institutionalizing Value-Based Pricing practices, responsible for pricing of over $2.2Bn annual revenue, leading top customer negotiations, and supporting several merger/acquisition integrations. He has experience in an Agricultural Technology (Ag-tech) startup focused on smart/IOT irrigation systems, where he ran all elements of Customer Success and Enablement and Applications,including Installations and In-Field Quality Assurance. It is here where he earned an appreciation for leveraging technology to solve immediate large-scale problems such as drought, and now, climate change. Ray has a B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Limerick, Ireland. He grew up in Limerick, Ireland and, since 2001, lives in the heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose California, with his wife and two girls.

Sarie Lovell is Head of Asset Management at Generate Capital, leading the company’s asset management, operations, and construction functions. She has 11 years of experience in renewable energy asset management, as well as nine years prior in finance and data analytics. Prior to joining Generate, she lead the asset management function Longroad Energy, and in previous positions she also held a leadership role in asset management at SunEdison and at First Wind Energy, with portfolio sizes ranging from 1.3 – 2.4 GW during this time.  Over the course of her career in renewables, Sarie has played a key role in many renewable energy firsts, including the first wind energy project in Hawaii, the first utility scale wind project to be coupled with utility scale battery storage, and the first wind project to be built on federal lands.Sarie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis on economics and management information systems from UC Berkeley.

Anand Narayanan is Vice President of Asset Management at Arevon. He brings more than a decade of experience in solar operations and maintenance and deep knowledge of the various market drivers and technology improvements happening in the solar industry. Prior to joining Arevon, Anand held various roles at First Solar Energy Services, including performance engineer and technical sales manager. At First Solar, Anand was responsible for selling third-party O&M services and brought in more than $2.5 million of annual margin via long-term O&M contracts. Prior to that, Anand was responsible for performance reporting, analysis, and operations. Anand graduated from Arizona State University with a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Energy and Power Systems, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Technology for Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Gregory has fourteen years of renewable energy experience with various business development and management positions in the U.S. and Latin America. He joined Borrego Energy four years ago and currently serves as the VP of Business Development for O&M. He works closely with customers, partners, and internal staff, looking to expand Borrego's O&M footprint into larger-scale solar and storage projects.

In March 2016, Mark joined RMI's Business Renewables Center and worked to develop resources accelerating corporate transactions of renewable energy. And in February 2019, Mark moved from RMI to the newly created Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) - now Clean Energy Buyers Alliance - to continue the work accelerating corporate procurement. Mark now supports corporates seeking to procure renewable energy for their own load and seeking to support their supply chain partner's impactful actions in the US and worldwide. Mark remained part-time with Rocky Mountain Institute when REBA was created, firstly leading a team in China work to accelerate renewable energy transactions for companies and their supply chain partners in-country. More recently, Mark is now helping to accelerate the deployment of sustainable aviation fuel production infrastructure through the Sustainable aviation Buyers Alliance, a joint venture between RMI and Environmental Defense Fund. Mark started working in renewable enregy in March 2007 with Ernst & Young's (EY) Project Finance and M7A group in the UK where Mark worked across Europe latterly in Canada and North America.

Isaac McLean is the Chief Underwriting Officer at kWh Analytics. With over 18 years of insurance experience, Isaac comes from ICAT Managers, where he spent the last 14 years building and growing natural catastrophe exposed property insurance programs. These programs included residential, small commercial and middle market books of business throughout the United States. Isaac has a B.B.A. in Business Management and Leadership from New Mexico State University. He grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico and has resided in Lakewood, Colorado for the last 18 years.

Eric Wesoff is the editorial director at Canary Media. He’s a prominent industry journalist, analyst, consultant, speaker and expert witness in the renewable energy field. He has expertise in clean technology investing and finance, utility structures and regulatory climate, solar power, energy storage, microgrids and the electrical grid. He most recently served as senior editor for solar publication pv magazine. Prior to that, he was editor-in-chief at green technology market analysis and media firm Greentech Media. He has been published or quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Wired.

Marc Toy is Executive Vice President of CAC Specialty’s Natural Resources division and a global insurance placement broker within its Power and Renewables practice. For more than 12 years Marc has focused on the renewable power generation sector. He has extensive experience and knowledge developing and negotiating operational property, builders all risk, stock throughput/marine cargo and casualty insurance programs to enable the development, and ongoing operations, of renewable power projects around the world; and ensure compliance with tax equity and lender insurance requirements. Marc serves as an outsourced risk manager to clients who finance, develop, own, operate and manage renewable power generation assets, and he is an extension of their development, finance, legal and asset management teams. Prior to joining CAC Specialty, Marc was Managing Director within Beecher Carlson’s Global Energy practice, and he holds a BA from San Francisco State University.

Ms. Adler joins us from the Goldman Sachs Renewable Power Group; in her role as Vice President of Asset Operations, Kait manages over 300 MW of utility scale assets spread across the US and supports a team overseeing 200MW of DG assets in the Northeast. Additionally, Kait supports project onboarding for construction and NTP assets. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, Kait managed utility scale assets for Heelstone Renewable Power in addition to managing a full suite of insurance policies at Heelstone. Kait is passionate about education within the climate transition. As such, Kait focuses on enhancing counterparty relationships for the betterment of project performance and overall improvement of solar/industry awareness.

Tim Montague is the president of the Clean Power Consulting Group. He is a solar, battery storage, and cleantech expert, coach and consultant with over 30 years of experience in technology, sustainability and triple bottom line business. He is host and creator of the popular Clean Power Hour podcastand has helped dozens of technology entrepreneurs and companies grow for the greater good. He consulted with Apple and Yahoo during the era of web 1.0 and he achieved YOY doubling of revenue for Continental Energy Solutions in Chicago. And he’s a trusted advisor to manufacturers like Build Equinox, Simmons Knife and Saw, and Minerallac - helping them reduce their carbon footprint. He lives in Champaign-Urbana Illinois and enjoys trail running and camping in his free time.

Asif Alam serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at ThoughtTrace. A leader in shaping disruptive go-to-market ecosystems, his experience includes building go-to-market strategy using Cloud, AI and natural language processing for payments, lending, risk, trading, and new solutions, from Fortune 500 companies to startups. Prior to ThoughtTrace, Mr. Alam was at Thomson Reuters as Senior Vice President of Technology Practice Group and at Finastra as GM and Head of Strategic Partners and Ecosystems.

Jason has worked as a Development Land Manager securing land for projects, he has built Asset Management teams processes and procedures, and has worked with all the reporting to the different Investors. Jason’s experience includes a managed portfolio that exceeded over 850 MW of solar projects and took on the additional responsibility of Project Supervision with the construction teams of about 600 MW. He also helps with Repowering analysis with aging solar projects to help bring new life and updated technology to help both owners and off-takers. Jason currently is the Solar Operations Manager for Boralex Inc. and is working to help manage and oversee the USA solar projects.

Sean Hackett is Technical Leader at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). He is a key member of EPRI’s solar generation program, which addresses issues across the solar photovoltaic (PV) asset class including technology assessment, life cycle & best practices, and fundamental information. At EPRI, Hackett hosts EPRI’s Solar Owners League technical user group, which is comprised of over 30 long-term owners and his research focusses on developing best practices for PV plant design specifications, equipment installation and maintenance, and plant reliability. Hackett joined EPRI in 2018 after 9 years in solar development and EPC where he led project delivery for over 70 projects totaling over 400MWdc throughout North Carolina and other states including South Carolina, Georgia, New York, Idaho, and Grand Cayman. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology with a concentration in Appropriate Technology from Appalachian State University and has been a North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) PV Installation Professional since 2011.

Scott brings broad energy industry experience to Lightsource bp (“LSbp”). Scott has 20 years of experience in power markets and energy policy, both on the buy and sell-side of natural gas combustion turbines, geothermal, solar, and storage. Scott works closely with the LSbp Development and M&A teams to identify and analyze assets in varying stages of construction while also maintaining relationships with potential off-takers in the utility, academic, and corporate sectors. Prior to Lightsource bp, Scott worked for Calpine Energy Services, L.P. (“CES”) and Engie (formerly Suez Energy N.A.). Scott currently directs origination efforts in the western states from Colorado to California and Washington to New Mexico.

Myra is VP of Asset Optimization & Management at NAES Corporation’s subsidiary, Bay4 Energy Services. Bay4 Energy is the leading independent renewable energy service provider, with more than 30 years of asset performance and portfolio management experience, providing a comprehensive offering of energy and asset performance management services designed to keep owners, investors, and operators in touch with their renewable assets, while delivering optimized energy production and financial returns. Myra is an Energy Industry leader with over 30 years in the power generation utility consulting and management space. She has a proven track record of creative value-added solutions in strategic planning, M&A, plant operations & maintenance, risk management, human performance, global supply chain, sustainability, due diligence, project valuation, and Compliance across multiple technologies (thermal, wind, solar, storage, and hydro). Myra received a BA in Economics and MS in Financial Management from the University of Maryland and is a certified Six Sigma Blackbelt.

Jonathan is the Vice President of Operations for MaxSolar, where he brings over a decade of residential, commercial, and utility PV asset management, maintenance, and troubleshooting experience. In this time, he has led programs in Asset Management, O&M, Monitoring, Service, and System Support.

Originally from Brazil, Lorena Nieuwenhoven completed a double major degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2019. She then deep-dived into the area of renewables and sustainability, helping expand the penetration of solar energy in the Iberian markets through her work as a Project Manager for Solarplaza. Apart from her work in the Spanish and Portuguese markets, Lorena has also spearheaded topical conferences related to Green Hydrogen and Hybrid Renewables.

Alfonso Barrenechea is a Project Manager - Solar Asset Management at Solarplaza, the global platform for knowledge and network in the solar PV industry. He specializes in the area of events and services for solar asset management, the growing industry segment focused on maintaining and optimizing operational solar assets. Prior to joining Solarplaza, Alfonso worked at Bitbond, Reykjavik Energy and Boston GreenFest. He holds a Master's degree in Sustainable Energy Science from Reykjavik University and a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science from Jacobs University Bremen. If he's not advocating renewable energy, data science and diversity, you'll find him in the climbing gym, on the football pitch or shooting hoops. 

Mr. Bingham has been in the solar industry for 15 years, working with PV equipment manufacturers and distributors. In each of his roles within the PV industry he’s pushed for ethical and sustainable growth by developing installer educational resources, advocating for informed and responsible application of products, and pushing for company policies that support healthy industry growth. For the last 5 years he has been a Product Manager for BayWa r.e. Solar Systems, one of the largest and fastest growing names in national solar equipment distribution. In this role he works closely with top US PV and Storage equipment manufacturers to chart product roadmaps and lifecycle information, create educational content for industry consumption, and facilitate clear communication with the BayWa r.e. team and customer base. As a host of the podcast Solar Tech Talk, Aaron regularly interviews leading equipment manufacturers and industry advocates to generate exciting educational content for installers across the country. Aaron resides in San Francisco, CA with his partner and their pitbull Bella.

Chris is the Sr. PV Performance Engineering Manager for both EPC and O&M divisions within SOLV Energy and has more than 6 years of experience . In his current role, he is responsible for leading and overseeing PV performance analytics, for both EPC and O&M operations, as well as being a lead technical subject matter expert in photovoltaic technologies, systems, and testing procedures. Chris manages a team of performance engineers and analysts responsible for overseeing the successful commissioning and long-term operations of utility scale solar within SOLV Energy's portfolio. His team is responsible for overseeing PV performance reporting and performing technical due diligence covering a variety of issues impacting site performance and providing recommendations for site optimization. Chris is passionate in contributing to growing the solar and energy storage industry and ensuring reliability and optimization of systems. He holds a Masters in Engineering with a primary focus in photovoltaic energy and a Bachelor’s of Science in Electronics Engineering with a focus in Alternative Energy Technologies, both from Arizona State University.

Brian Mills is the Head of Renewable Energy, North America for Stäubli Electrical Connectors. He has been with the Stäubli (formally Multi-Contact) for over 17 years and has served as Senior Product Design Engineer and Product Manager before his current role. Brian has extensive experience in PV connector design, certifications and regulatory compliance, and has served on several UL Standards Technical Panels.

Blaine Sundwall works within EDF’s North American Asset Optimization group leading a team of Asset Managers and Operations staff. He joined EDF RE in 2013. He and his team are responsible for over 1.6 GW of generating assests, over 1 GW of which is solar. This includes wind, solar, and energy storage. Prior to EDF Mr. Sundwall was with Iberdrola Renewables and its predesessors for 14 years. During that time he was involved with combined and simple cycle natural gas fired generation facilities, including their start up. He was the initial operations staff when PPM moved into renewables. This allowed participation in all aspects of that business. This included initial start up of the internal O&M function, Asset Management, finance, PPA administration, and working with trading. His final role at Iberdrola was overhauling and building a new enterprise control room. This included implementation and deployment of ‘Customer Supplied Generation Imbalance’. This program self supplied the generation balancing of 14 wind facilities (over 1400 MW) with the companies owned combined cycle and simple cycle generation as well as contracted hydro and market generation.