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Click to Jump to: Engineers, Grid Integration, Compliance, Executive, Business Operations, and Business Development Team 


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

Taylor Oehlman

Engineering Project Coordinator

Lowell Watros

Interconnection Specialist

Tim "TJ" Ferreira
Sr. Process & System Architect
Jason Miller, PE

Principal Consultant

Tim Mason

Principal Consultant

Irina Green

Principal Consultant

Shannon Cheng

Principal Consultant

Jan Mitchell

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

Grid Integration Team


Kelsey Gormley

Vice President of Grid Integration

Jacob Wellman

Director of Grid Integration Operations

McKennan Bertsch

Director of Growth and Innovation

Christina Gallegos

Senior Project Manager

Casey James
Senior Meter Engineer
Gideon Le'iato
Senior Meter Inspector

Sherida Alona

Project Manager

Danae Fleming

Project Manager

Jeff Riggins

Principal Consultant

Max Carpenter
Principal Consultant

David Greene

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 Reliability Engineering

Nick Barse

Director of Managed Compliance Services

Garret Lamb

MCS Team Lead

Brenda Pernitsky
MCS Team Lead
Terry Harbour
O&P Program Manager

Domenic Darling

CIP Program Manager


Camilla Mason

Compliance Solutions Manager

Sandra Setti

Compliance Program Manager

Brent Hebert
Compliance Program Manager

Todd Rhoades

Power Systems Engineer

Gavi Dhariwal

Technical Data Analyst

Nathan Droivold

Project Manager

Alix Minjarez

Compliance Analyst

Lucy Schmidt

Compliance Analyst

Astha Patel
Compliance Associate
Kelsey Townsend

Compliance Administrator

Caroline Blanchard

Compliance Associate

Mark Buchholz

Power Systems Engineer/ Principal Consultant

Rushi Patel

Reliability Engineering Analyst

Danny Zaragoza

Principal Consultant

Mason Withers

Principal Consultant

Michael McElhany
Senior Principal Consultant
Tony Hall
Principal Consultant
Barry Kuehnle

Principal Consultant

Eric Scott

Principal Consultant

Nicholas Manka

Principal Security Consultant

David McDaniel

Senior EMS Specialist

Tina Baker
Principal Consultant
Chris Best
Principal Consultant

Charlotte Feildel

Principal Consultant

Chelsea Scalzo
Compliance Analyst Consultant
Jill Loewer
Principal Consultant,
Senior Compliance Analyst

Executive, Business Operations, and Business Development Team


Eric Whitley

Co-Founder/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

Collette James

People Operations - Business Administration

Carlyn Marsh
Finance Manager

Lauren Reyes

Business Manager

Jessica Konoske

Business Administration

Sofia Marcoccia
Proposal Coordinator