Julian Spector
Calvin Preston
Calvin Preston is a Lead Renewable Energy Engineer at Verde Solutions, where he integrates engineering, finance, and policy to drive solar and battery energy storage system development. With a multidisciplinary approach, Calvin oversees the full lifecycle of renewable assets, ensuring that engineering specifications for complex solar and storage configurations align with evolving state and federal […]
Daniel Sottosanti
Daniel Sottosanti leads business development at XL Batteries, an energy storage startup pioneering an ultra-low-cost aqueous flow battery designed to enable long-duration, resilient grid storage. He is responsible for customer acquisition, strategic partnerships, and structuring first-of-a-kind commercial agreements, including pilot and tolling arrangements with major utilities, while also supporting fundraising, market positioning, corporate strategy, and […]
Logan Hotz
At Modo Energy I write about the Texan and Californian power markets (ERCOT and CAISO, respectively) — specifically how the dynamics in each of those grids impacts the investment decisions for grid-scale battery and solar owners and developers. Before starting at Modo Energy I was pursuing an Economics PhD at Columbia University. My research focused […]
Teresa Barnes
Teresa Barnes is a Principal Scientist, the Director of the National Center for Photovoltaics and DuraMAT Consortium for module materials research, and a Distinguished Member of the Research Staff at NREL. DuraMAT focuses on PV module and system reliability, including accelerated test development, materials and interface modeling, reliability forecasting, sustainability, and field performance. Teresa has […]
Whitley McGovern
At Virtual Peaker, Whitley works at the leading edge of grid flexibility, helping utilities turn distributed energy resources into scalable solutions for grid stability. With the industry facing increasing transmission constraints and renewable intermittency, Virtual Peaker focuses on the deployment of flexible load programs that strengthen reliability without the need for traditional infrastructure upgrades.
Rocky Fernandez
Rocky Fernandez brings more than two decades of organizing and policy experience to the Center for Sustainable Energy, with a focus on clean energy and transportation. Prior to joining CSE, he worked for 13+ years for the California Legislature and held roles with nonprofits Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) and the Clean Energy Project. Rocky was elected […]
Josh Dorfman
Joshua Dorfman is President at American Wire Group (AWG), where he works directly with clients, and helps to manage the company’s strategic efforts in the renewable energy and transmission industries. As a third-generation owner of AWG, Josh has worked in several roles over the past 22 years, including COO, Director of Renewable Energy and […]
Karen Bazela
Karen Bazela is an accomplished executive with over 20 years of experience driving revenue and margin growth across the renewables, infrastructure, and industrial markets. As Senior Vice President of Sales at Shoals Technologies, she leads the commercial organization providing electrical balance of systems (EBOS) solutions for the solar sector, BESS, and data center markets. Prior […]
Connor Hogan
Connor is a Co-Founder and CFO of OnePlanet, a pure-play solar recycling company founded in 2023 by veterans of the renewable energy, metals manufacturing and recycling industries. Prior to Co-Founding OnePlanet, Connor most recently worked at Euclid Power, a boutique advisory firm specializing in the solar and storage energy providing investment, diligence, and operations guidance […]
Jack Groarke
Jack Groarke is Director of Government Relations at Qcells and a senior clean-energy policy professional with experience at the White House, EPA, Pennsylvania Governor’s Office, and the U.S. Senate. He specializes in domestic manufacturing, permitting, tax and trade policy, and large-scale clean-energy project delivery.
Jonathan Colbert
Jonathan Colbert is an executive with a passion for leveraging technology to build powerful relationships between people and brands. He is currently the Vice President of Marketing at Voltera, a turnkey charging infrastructure provider focused on electric vehicle fleets. Previously he spent time at Rivian as the Director of the Waypoints Network. While in this […]