Solarplaza Summit Asset Management North America

Alejandro Fernandez

Executive VP of Construction

Anne McBroom

Vice President Renewables

Anne McBroom

Vice President Renewables

NAES Renewables

Anne McBroom is a seasoned leader in the renewable energy industry with 20 years of experience spanning wind, solar, battery storage, and hybrid renewable facilities. With a strong foundation in engineering, construction, and business strategy, Anne has played a pivotal role in advancing sustainable energy solutions across multiple sectors. Beginning her renewables career in wind energy, Anne gained invaluable experience in project development, project management, engineering, and operational execution. Anne transitioned into the solar industry, where she contributed to the rapid growth of utility-scale and distributed generation projects. Recognizing the evolving energy landscape, Anne later expanded her expertise into battery storage and hybrid renewable facilities, driving the integration of advanced energy storage technologies with renewable generation to enhance grid reliability and efficiency. Academically, Anne holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, a bachelor’s in construction management and interdisciplinary studies, and is currently an MBA candidate at Colorado State University. She is a licensed electrical contractor/master electrician in eight states. This diverse educational background, combined with two decades of hands-on industry experience, enables Anne to bridge the gap between technical innovation, large-scale project execution, and strategic business leadership. Ms. McBroom is a seasoned public speaker. She has delivered content at REFF Wall Street, PerSe, WRISE Leadership Forum, American Clean Power, and RE+ Workshops. As a forward-thinking leader, Anne remains committed to accelerating the transition to a cleaner, more resilient energy future through innovative technologies, strategic partnerships, and sustainable development practices.

Rocio Herrera

Team Lead, Energy Infrastructure Independent Engin

Kaumil Shah

Senior Director Americas Warranty

Noemí Otilia Osuna Gallardo

Commissioner

Mark Z. Jacobson

Author, Educator, Co-Founder, Researcher

Jasmie Guan

Senior Specialist, Interconnection Policy

Lydia Li

Director of Investments

Marquis Matthews

VP Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships

Rounak Kharait

Solar Chief Specialist

Rogér Balyon

Sr. Technical Program Manager Solar

Britta von Oesen

Partner & Managing Director

Joseph Thom

Director

Austin Terrell

Project Development Manager

Philip Shen

Managing Director, Senior Research Analyst

Jimena Martinez

Solar Operations Engineer

Jim Stuart

Associate Director

Kristen Loria

Associate, M&A and Structured Finance

Ryan Zwilling

Executive Director

Bryan Didier

Partner, Managing Director

Stephanie Graham

Director, Client Success

David McGlothlin

Manager Project Permitting

Jimmy Kemper

Vice President

Elizabeth Brennan

Chief Operating Officer

James Millis

Director of Power Plant Maintenance

Christina M. Cazares

Senior Director, Development

Anand Narayanan

Senior Vice President, Asset Management

Tiffany Wang

Sr. Research Analyst, Energy Storage

Kimberlee Centera

CEO

Jason Raymond

Solar Operations Manager

Josh Corbitt

Vice President

Brandon Markham

Product Manager

Nick de Vries

Chief Technology Officer

Nick de Vries

Chief Technology Officer

Silicon Ranch

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.

Walter Cuculic

Senior Vice President, Director Solar Lending

Geoff Hebertson

Lead Renewables Analyst

Richard Matsui

Independent Director

Lisa Yops

Technical Asset Manager

Matthew Messer

Vice President, Asset Management

Javier Rico

Solar Associate

Marc D. Nickel

Senior Vice President

Amanda Bybee

CEO

Marianna Rasamoela

Senior Manager, Energy Markets

Chris Fletcher

Business and Human Rights Expert

Jay Jeter

Director, Services Business Development

PJ Vigilante

Manager, Asset Management

Lauren Glickman

VP of Policy and Communications

Lauren Glickman

VP of Policy and Communications

Encore Renewable Energy

Lauren is the VP of Policy and Communications for Encore Renewable Energy. She has two decades of experience in clean energy and climate change advocacy, and a successful track record for implementing winning social media and online strategies. In 2023, Lauren was elected to serve a two year term on Solar Energy Industry Association’s Board of Directors as Vice Chair of Energy Storage. She was awarded a Platinum Cleanie Award in 2019 as a Rising Star for the clean energy industry, as well as a spot on the #Solar100, a ranking of the most influential leaders in the solar industry. She has spearheaded the strategic marketing and communications efforts for numerous companies and organizations across the renewable energy sector. Lauren has spent the last decade as a communications consultant for nonprofits and renewable energy businesses as a Managing Partner for RenewComm and independently as WindyGlick Communications. She’s worked with leaders across the wind, solar, energy storage and clean energy finance sectors including Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy, CleanCapital, Hannon Armstrong, Rope Partner, Solar Energy Trade Shows (now RE+), Grid Alternatives and Edison Energy. Previously, she was at the American Wind Energy Association (now the American Clean Power Association), where she was responsible for the re-design, relaunch and management of their social media program and the Power of Wind online advocacy portal. Her work was recognized among the top 10 social-media-savvy trade associations. She has also successfully organized marketing and advocacy campaigns for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Environmental Working Group, and the Fund for Public Interest Research. Lauren served as an adjunct professor at The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs, teaching undergraduate, graduate and executive education courses and seminars on social media theory and practice for a decade. She holds a Bachelor’s in Environmental Policy and English from Tulane University. Outside of her work to accelerate the clean energy transition, Lauren enjoys cooking, bluegrass, horseback riding and hikes with her dog Basil. She is a competitive amateur equestrian and competes with her horse George in the adult jumpers in the Vermont.

Paul Wormser

Vice President, Technology

Zack Townsend

Director | DG Optimization

Kevin Crowley

VP of Operations

Doseke Akporiaye

Executive Director

Doseke Akporiaye

Executive Director

WRISE

Doseke Akporiaye has an extensive career and executive experience that spans over 20 years, in Strategy and Business Development, Strategic Human Resources, Performance Management, Organizational design and Operations Management. She also has worked with and sat on Boards, bringing these experiences to bear on, and delivering value to, wherever she has served. Her experience and knowledge working in Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy, Telecom, IT and Financial Services, are invaluable. Before joining WRISE, she was the Managing Director of the Nigerian subsidiary of Oolu LLC and a member of the Executive Committee of the group company. Together with her team, she grew the business’ geographic coverage from a single location to its nationwide presence in 3 years, deploying a national distribution and service delivery network. She also founded a boutique start-up and entrepreneurial-consulting firm which transforms ideas, irrespective of its stage of development, into competitive business realities. Doseke has successfully led/delivered several Strategy, Acquisition, Performance Management and Organizational Development projects. She is adept at partnering, advocacy, networking and building relationships with multiple and diverse stakeholders in government, private sector and special interest groups, to facilitate buy-in, change and the achievement of set objectives. Her vast personal network of professionals, business leaders, regulators, technocrats, development agencies and C suites across all key industries/sectors, will serve as an advantage to further the cause and objectives of WRISE. Her experience to date, her passion for social impact and her eagerness to contribute to building and driving socially & ethically conscious and sustainable organizations, are her key motivators and a perfect alignment to WRISE’s ethos.

Jan Willem Zwang

Energy Trendwatcher

Jess Gray

CEO

Earl Evans

Indigenous Practice Manager

Keith Beers

Principal Engineer

Jon Previtali

Senior Principal Engineer

Adewale OgunBadejo

VP of Workforce Development

Jyoti Jain

Head of Software Product Management

Dino E. Barajas

Partner | Practice Group Chair - Project Finance

Robert Morse

Sr. Vice President of Technical Operations

Tanner Cobb

Senior Project Manager

Roger Ullman

Renewable Energy Supply Chain Manager

Allie Peters

Senior Operations Environmental Associate

Nick Kerwin

Senior Vice President

Will White

Solar Application Specialist

Travis Morrison

Product Development Engineer

Michael Weinstein

Sr. Vice President and Head of Investor Relations

Matthew Casey

CEO of North America

Bryan Ho

VP Product Management - Optimization Products

Tess Williams

Co-Founder & Principal

Reece Lowry

Director of Engineering - SCADA

Sharat Singh

Founding CEO & Chief Architect

Jaya Krishna Mallineni

Performance Engineering Manager

Valerie Newcomb

VP Economic & Community Development

Werner Coppye

CTO

Pooja Shah

Sr Consultant Storage & Transportation

Nicole Thompson

Data Science Manager

Stanislas van der Vaeren

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Prashant Khorana

Director, Power & Renewables Consulting

Samir Seth

SVP Technology & Solutions

Nikhil Vadhavkar

Co-founder and CEO

Becky H. Diffen

Partner

Leah Holton

Practice Manager, Solar

Max Zhang

Professor at Cornell University

Kristin Dugas

Operations Engineering

Andrew Chester

Co-Founder & CEO

Grayson Maurer

Head of Renewable Energy Services North America

Patrick Allen

Head of O&M

Nathan Krieger

Sr. Vice President - Commercial

Savannah Whitfield

COO & Co-Founder

Glenna Wiseman

Head of Marketing & Communications

Karo Fernandez

PV O&M Training Manager

Leigh Zanone

Founder & CEO

Mabell Garcia Paine

President

Jesse Simons

Co-Founder and CCO

Julian Campuzano

Director of Quality

Joshua Rogers

Sr Director of Workforce Safety, Training, and Ops

Erin Kivlehan

Vice President of Asset Management

Ryan McCauley

Vice President, Business Development

Isaac McLean

Chief Underwriting Officer

Lorena Nieuwenhoven

Project Manager

Chiara Secco

Senior Manager Business Development

Orestes Calderon

Asset Management Business Expert

Brian Riley

SVP of Sales and Marketing

Matt Houser

Director of Enterprise Sales

Bhaumik Patel

Manager, Solutions Engineering

Piper Foster Wilder

Founder, Chief Executive Officer

Rich Dean

VP of Sales & Service

Catherine McLean

Founder

Alex Melehy

Head of Product & Engineering

Nate Skon

SVP, Asset Management & Operations

Carrie Van Sickle

VP of Quality

Solarplaza Summit | Asset Management North America

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