Longmont Startup Week

Jennifer has 20 years of diverse and comprehensive experience in progressive roles within the defense and energy industries. Over the past few years, she's had the opportunity to support the clean energy ecosystem through programs that connect entrepreneurs with a wide range of resources that includes education, mentorship, accelerator and incubator programs, and the investment community. Currently, Jennifer works in the Innovation... Read More →

Steve Drouilhet is an internationally recognized expert in renewable energy microgrid design.  Steve is a creative and innovative systems designer, well versed in electrical, mechanical, and controls engineering disciplines.  He holds engineering degrees from Brown University, the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, and the University of California at Berkeley... Read More →

Vahan joined NREL in October 1994 and has served many roles over the years. He is currently working with Transmission and Grid Integration group focused on renewable energy impacts on transmission and interconnection issues and dynamic modeling of variable generation systems. He... Read More →

Dr. Peter Lilienthal is the original developer of the HOMER® software and founded HOMER Energy in 2009 to enhance and commercialize the software. He has a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.  Peter has been active in the field of renewable and distributed energy and energy efficiency since 1978. Before founding HOMER Energy, he was president of Green Island Power, which provided analytical services for renewable and distributed power projects. From 1990-2007 he was Senior Economist with the International Programs Office at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. His experience has included project development of distributed power projects, designing and teaching courses at the university level, and consulting to industry and regulators. His technical expertise is in utility modeling and the economic and financial analysis of renewable and distributed power projects. He was the lead analyst and one of the creators of... Read More →

An award winning technical facilities expert, known for the successful development of over $4Billion in projects in a number of telecommunications, industrial, commercial, energy and infrastructure industries. I bring a strong facilities development and management background havi... Read More →