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Engineering Team


Ryan Hancock

Vice President of Engineering

Antonio Utrillas

Director of Engineering - Modeling

Taylor McClain, PE

Director of Engineering - Interconnection

Dharan Patel

Power Systems Engineer

Akila Perera

Power Systems Engineer

Sara Srzic

Power Systems Engineer

Mohit Patel

Power Systems Engineer

Jesse Harris

Power Systems Engineer

Ayesha Siddiqi

Power Systems Engineer

Taylor Oehlman

Engineering Project Coordinator

Lowell Watros

Engineering Project Coordinator

Tim "TJ" Ferreira
Sr. Process & System Architect
Tim Mason

Principal Consultant

Irina Green

Principal Consultant

Shannon Cheng

Principal Consultant

Jason Miller, PE

Principal Consultant

Carl Kidwell

Design Engineer

Dinesh Salem-Natarajan 

Principal Consultant

Lee Cordner

Sr. Project Manager Power Generation, Demand Side Management, Fuel Supply

Laura Manz
Principal Consultant
Jan Mitchell

Principal Consultant

Grid Integration Team


Kelsey Gormley

Vice President of Grid Integration

Jacob Wellman

Director of Grid Integration Operations

McKennan Bertsch, PE

Director of Growth and Innovation

Christina Gallegos

Senior Project Manager

Casey James
Senior Meter Engineer

Pat McCarthy

The Metering Guy

Sherida Alona

Project Manager

Lorri Pate

Project Assistant

David Greene

Principal Consultant

Tony Choi
Principal Consultant

Jeff Riggins

Principal Consultant

Compliance Team


Doug Brown

Vice President of Compliance

Jason Murray

Managing Director of Canadian

Operations

Kaylie Hague

Director of Compliance

Ben Smith, LEED AP

Director of Implementation

Nick Barse

Director of Managed Compliance Services

Todd Rhoades

Power Systems Engineer

Gavi Dhariwal

Technical Data Analyst

Camilla Mason

Compliance Program Manager

Sandra Setti

Compliance Program Manager

Garret Lamb

Senior Consultant / Compliance Program Manager

Domenic Darling

Senior Consultant/ Compliance Program Manager


Alix Minjarez

Compliance Analyst

Brent Hebert
Compliance Program Manager
Danny Zaragoza

Principal Consultant

Lucy Schmidt

Compliance Analyst

Astha Patel
Compliance Administrative Assistant

Charlotte Feildel

Principal Consultant

Mark Buchholz

Power Systems Engineer/ Principal Consultant

David McDaniel

Senior EMS Specialist

Yvonne Mejia Pena
Principal Consultant

Nicholas Manka

Principal Security Consultant

Brenda Pernitsky
Principal Consultant
Tina Baker
Principal Consultant
Chelsea Scalzo
Compliance Analyst Consultant
Michael McElhany
Senior Principal Consultant
Chris Best
Principal Consultant

Executive, Business Operations, and Business Development Team


Eric Whitley

Co-Founder/Owner/Advisor

Lonnie Rush

Co-Founder/Owner/Advisor

Matt Barnes

GridSME CEO, GridSecurity CFO

John Franzino

GridSecurity CEO

Samantha Scott

Vice President of Operations

Sara Rhodes

Vice President of Business Development and Account Management
Ashley Fu

Director of People and Business Operations - GridSecurity

Deneen Kringler

People Operations Manager

Carlyn Marsh
Finance Manager

Lauren Reyes

Business Manager

Torri Pugh

Lead Proposals & Marketing Coordinator

Jessica Konoske

Business Administration

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