Building Efficiency Podcast
By Jim Schafer and Nenni & Associates
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The Building Efficiency Podcast presented by Nenni & Associates and hosted by Jim Schafer. Each week we bring you a business leader from the Building Efficiency industry who will be sharing their backgrounds, where they see the industry going, and what drives their success. Nenni & Associates is an Executive Search firm who helps our clients find the right talent. Across the Building Efficiency industry our clients are focused on retrofitting existing buildings, implementing renewable energy technologies and new construction design. We hope you tune in and subscribe to this podcast if you're looking for our guest's perspectives on the Building Efficiency industry - past, present, and future.
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#145 How Private Equity Is Reshaping the Energy Sector's Talent Landscape
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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#144 Why Energy Projects Stall — and How to Fix It.
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May 15, 2026 |
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#143 From Jazz to Infrastructure: David Karlsgodt’s Unconventional Career Path
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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#142: Building the Future of Energy Efficiency One Hire at a Time
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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#141: Entrepreneurship, Energy, and Leaving Things Better Than You Found Them
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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#140: Hiring the Person, Not the Paper with Bryan Lang
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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#139: Building Careers That Last: Inside RVE with Stephanie Cuthbert and Mark Annunziato
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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#138: Beyond the Assessment: How Phil Johnston & E4E Delivers Full-Cycle Energy Projects
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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#137: Sustainability Without Politics: David Adams on Getting It Right
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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#136 Smart Irrigation, Smarter Teams: Inside HydroPoint with Meg Mason
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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#135 Carbon Credits & Culture Fits: A Startup CEO’s Strategy
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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#134 First Impressions Matter: Onboarding Success
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May 22, 2025 |
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#133 Hiring with Purpose: Lessons from Environ’s Chris Recine
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May 08, 2025 |
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#132 Global Roots, Entrepreneurial Drive: Harry Rahman’s Career Story
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May 01, 2025 |
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#131 People First: How Bill Kent Builds a Global Energy Community
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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#130 The ESCO Talent Dilemma: Hiring for Skills vs. Experience
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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#129 NAESCO Federal Market Update 2025
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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#128 The Future of Energy Efficiency: Innovation & Talent Retention
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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#127 Building Winning Teams: Lessons from Jon Gasser
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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#126 Building Efficiency with Marshall Cox: A Mission-Driven Approach
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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#125 Sustainability Meets Innovation at CannonDesign with Paul Kondrat
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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#124 Building Teams & Breaking New Ground in Renewables with Justin Garton
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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#SP Special Episode: Interviewing, Marketing Yourself & Becoming Indispensable
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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#123 The Future of Clean Energy with NV5’s Aldo Mazzaferro
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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#122 From Farm to Energy: Energizing Arkansas with Lauren Waldrip
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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#121 Jamey Bedenbaugh
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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#120 Tomas van Stee, Founder - EnPowered
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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#119 Unlocking Success in Renewable Energy: Insights from Seth Parker
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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#118 Chris Nelson, Founding Partner | CEO - Helios Energy
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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#117 Joey Redmond, Electrical Team Leader - B2Q Associates
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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#116 Jeremy Nolen, Director of Business Development-Renewables - Farnsworth Group, Inc.
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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#115 Noel Chambers, Director of Energy Efficiency and Electrification - Energy New England
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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#114 Frank Agraz, Director of Energy Efficiency - Facility Solutions Group
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May 24, 2024 |
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#113 Jason Denue, Vice President, Energy & Principal - WENDEL Companies
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May 13, 2024 |
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#112 Brandon Travis, VP of Solar - Eco-Energy
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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#111 - David Diaz, Managing Partner - Walker Reid Strategies
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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#110 Nate Strong, President - Energy Source LLC.
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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#109 Becky Wacker, Director of Energy Services Sales, North America - Trane
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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#108 Marc Couture, VP of Clean Infrastructure Solutions - Blackstone Energy Services
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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#107 Patrick Knight, National VP - Solar and Energy Storage - Rexel USA
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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#106 David Sasscer, Director of Campus Operations - The Packer Collegiate Institute
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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#105 Nick Bagdonis, Project Executive - Quandel Energy Solutions
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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#104 Leslie Pope, Chair - NAESCO Women's Network Committee
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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#103 Todd Smith, VP of Sales - Efficiency Solutions - Mantis Innovation
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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#102 Bryan Allen, Director of Hydrogen/Energy Storage - Dynapower Company, LLC.
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#101 Rob Durning, CEO - GreenerU
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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#100 Brad Jenkins, VP of Sales - Metrus Energy
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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#99 Paul Kirchhoff, Chief Revenue Officer - Epsilon Industries
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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#98 Taylor Oswald - Principal & National Practice Lead for C&I - Viridis Initiative
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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#97 Jerrod Arnold, SEAL Future Foundation and Dan Hering, Retired ESCO Leader
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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#96 Charlie Lord, Managing Principal - Renew Energy Partners
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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#95 Julia Rogers, President - CodeGreen Solutions
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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#94 Pam Maines, President - ZeroEnergy
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#93 Mahesh Ramanujam, President & CEO - Global Network for Zero
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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#92 Gabriel Andreson, Co-Founder & President, Inovis Energy
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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#91 Adin Hamilton, Chief Revenue Officer - Alpen High Performance Products
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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#90 Alex Grace, VP Sales & BD - Clockworks Analytics
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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#89 Chris Angelou, Principal - EVKON
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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#88 Eric Steele, Co-Founder & Partner - Soluvoll
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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#87 Charlie Wlodyka, President - TechSite
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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#86 Jeremy Garfield, Chief Sales Officer - Airmatic Compressor Systems
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May 11, 2023 |
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#85 David Korn, Vice President - Ridgeline Energy Analytics
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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#84 Dan Weeden, President / Partner - Fidelity Energy & Sustainability
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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#85 Fred Ventresca, Director Structured Finance - Mitsubishi HC Capital America
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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#82 Derek Mitchell, Sr. Vice President - Grant Capital Management
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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#81 Mark Falahee, VP of Business Development, Solential Energy
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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#80 Doug Golden, COO - Sparkfund
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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#79 Roi Amszynowski, Co-Founder & CEO - Tutenlabs
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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#78 Herbert Dwyer, CEO - EMPEQ
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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#77 Dana Guernsey, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer - Voltus
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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#76 Eric Larsen, Head of AP Channel North America - WiredScore
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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#75 Natasha Shah, VP of Government Strategy - NAESCO
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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#74 David Koerner, VP of Global Marketing - 75F
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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#73 Kyle Rudolph, Senior Counsel, Director - Commercial & Sustainability - Berry Global, Inc.
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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#72 Paul Angersbach, VP/GM Commercial Division - Aeroseal
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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#71 Tom Walther, VP of Private Sector - Energy Services Coalition
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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#70 Bill Kenworthy, VP of Energy Optimization - Edison Energy
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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#69 Adam Coffey, Founding Partner - Advisory Guru LLC
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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#68 Bill Brunette, Vice President Operations, Eco Engineering
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May 20, 2022 |
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#67 Anadi Jauhari, Managing Partner - Emerging Energy & Environment Investment Group (EEEIG)
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May 17, 2022 |
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#66 Christian Weeks, CEO - enVerid Systems
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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#65 Paul Mertes, CEO - CircuitMeter
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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#64 Mike Andrade, CEO - Morgan Solar Inc.
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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#63 Timothy Unruh, Executive Director - NAESCO
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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#62 Lynn Mueller, President & CEO - SHARC Energy Systems
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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#61 Can I Work From Home?
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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#60 Kison Patel, Founder & CEO - M&A Science
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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#59 Todd Jarvis, COO - Chateau Energy Solutions
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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#58 Greg Elliott, Commercial Executive, Americas – JLL
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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#57 Bryant Eckert, Director of Energy and Vendor Relations - Huntington Capital
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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#56 Keith Dickerson, Director of Transformative Technologies - Black & Veatch
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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#55 Adam Gouda, Regional Vice President - Autani
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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#54 Alex Cheimets, CEO - Vata Verks
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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#53 Brad Killian, Sr. Manager, Energy Services - Grainger
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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#52 Dara O'Neil, Director of Utility Programs - EMPEQ
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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#51 Dr. Karma Sawyer, Director, Electricity Infrastructure & Buildings Division - PNNL
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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#50 José Ramos, Program Director - MIT Industrial Liaison Program
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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#49 Jesson Bradshaw, CEO - Energy Ogre
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May 31, 2021 |
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#48 Alex Figueiras, CEO - Energy Integrated Solutions
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May 13, 2021 |
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#47 Eric Larsen, Director of Client Services - Intelligent Buildings
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May 07, 2021 |