MEET OUR TEAM

Vince has worked in various capacities as an electrical engineer for ConnectDER. He supports the product development front, from diving into Research & Development projects to designing PCBs and working on software and firmware development.

Olga performs quality assurance, regression testing, and release support for all aspects of ConnectDERs solutions, both hardware and software.

Ashley is responsible for finance, organizational health, and strategic planning efforts at ConnectDER.  She brings a background in investment banking, recruiting, new ventures and non-profit leadership.  Ashley is passionate about mission-driven businesses like ConnectDER that focus on people and planet alongside and as a path to profitability.

Whit founded ConnectDER™ to give inventors a place to solve meaningful problems and to ensure they have an ownership stake in the solutions they create.  His personal mission is to create technologies and business approaches that unlock profitable models for renewable energy.  Whit honed his analysis, negotiation, and product development skills through a series of senior managerial positions in energy analytics consultancies and cleantech startups.

Lorena has a background in electrical engineering and is responsible for assembling, calibrating, testing, and shipping all of the Smart ConnectDER units made in-house. She checks each completed unit for quality, accuracy, and functionality, as well as manages logistics and inventory to ensure our production processes are seamless.

Colin leads ConnectDER’s marketing efforts, focusing on content creation, overall messaging, campaign planning, and budget management. He comes with experience from consumer facing tech startups where he focused on product development and growth. He is deeply passionate about a sustainable and scalable energy future.

Ganesh is a seasoned software engineer who works on building components of ConnectDER’s Cloud product. Throughout his more than twenty years in the tech industry, he has designed and constructed software products and tools in a variety of business domains. He is passionate about building distributed, fault-tolerant, and concurrent systems while adopting emerging technologies.

Bill is an experienced energy industry executive responsible for Business Development at ConnectDER.  Prior to joining the ConnectDER team, he held Sales Executive positions in the Smart Grid space for over 15 years where he leveraged his utility engineering experience gained at Florida Power and Light and national policy experience gained at Edison Electric Institute. As a clean energy proponent and a Tesla owner, he is looking forward to helping utilities and their customers do more at the meter.

Brad is an electrical engineer who focuses on various new product development initiatives and Research & Development projects at ConnectDER. He provides support for the design and implementation of testing beds, additive manufacturing, and printed circuit board design.