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Join the Harvard University Clean Energy Group to hear from alumni working to accelerate the clean energy transition. Learn about solar and energy storage and the technology, business, and policy from professionals from Sunrun, Tesla, and Solstice.
Join the Harvard University Clean Energy Group to hear from alumni working to accelerate the clean energy transition. Learn about solar and energy storage and the technology, business, and policy from professionals from Sunrun, Tesla, and Solstice.
Ray Hohenstein, Energy Storage Strategy, Fluence
Ray Hohenstein is the North American Market Applications Director for Fluence, a joint venture between Siemens and AES and a leading global provider of energy storage technology and services. In this role, he is responsible for identifying markets and applications for energy storage, and working with stakeholders to accelerate the deployment of energy storage. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the leading energy storage trade association in the state of California. He holds an M.B.A. from Duke University and a B.A. from Harvard University.
Jun Shepard, Carbon Analytics, Rocky Mountain Institute
Jun is a Senior Associate in RMI’s US Program team. She is currently developing open-access analytics for advocates and policymakers to accelerate climate action. These tools will be used to ensure that the United States meets its original commitments in the Paris Agreement. RMI is working with climate-critical cities around the world to simultaneously reduce emissions, enhance urban livability, increase resilience, and advance social equity. https://rmi.org/our-work/urban-transformation/
Eve Meyer, Director Of Operations, Strategy & Analytics, Sunrun
Eve is an experienced start-up executive and operations leader in the renewable energy space. She spent 5 years as COO of PowerGen Renewable Energy, a micro-grid developer and operator in Sub-Saharan Africa. She is an expert in both domestic and frontier markets in distributed energy resources, micro-grid design, financing, and residential solar operations. With a passion for team and culture, she delights in helping organizations realize their full potential with strategy & planning, corporate development, business systems, communication, and people operations. She is currently leading the Operations, Analytics & Strategy org at Sunrun, the nation's largest residential solar energy provider.
Hilton Augustine, Venture Partner, HBS Rock Entrepreneurship Center (formerly at Tesla, NEWR)
Hilton Augustine is an investor, and start-up advisor passionate about cutting edge technology that addresses climate change. Currently an MBA student at Harvard, Hilton spent the first part of his career working in the tech and cleantech industries. At Tesla, Hilton was the corporate planning lead for the lithium ion battery supply chain, manufacturing and R&D organization. At New Relic (NEWR), Hilton focused on revenue expansion strategy in the office of the Chief Revenue Officer, working with sales leadership to exploit new areas of growth as the business built its Enterprise Sales division from scratch. Hilton graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, and secondary focus in Economics.
Sarah Moon, Director of Community Solar Origination, Distributed Solar Renewables
After studying Earth and Planetary Sciences as an undergraduate at Harvard, Sarah moved to Chicago to build a foundation for a career in clean energy. There she spent four years in a management training program and gaining an MBA at the University of Chicago. Now back in Cambridge, she’s entered the solar industry where she plans to stay - first working in Business Development at a solar start-up, Solstice and most recently in her position as the Director of Community Solar at DSD Renewables, owned by BlackRock Real Assets.
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