The Team
Meet New Sun Road
Leadership
PhD University of California Berkeley - Energy and Resources | Founding Director, California - Renewable and Adaptive Energy (CAL-RAE) | UC-Berkeley Research Associate & Lecturer (Energy access and economics) | Founding Director, Vietnam Green Building Council.
Jalel Sager
Co-Founder | CEO
MBA Presidio Graduate School - in Sustainable Management | BA Stanford University - Science, Technology, and Society | Advisor, NeuAxiom LLC.
Shivani Ganguly
Chief Financial Officer
PhD Stanford - Engineering Economic Systems | Sr. Director for Africa Initiatives, Microsoft | Managing Director, Samzam Consulting, Tanzania | Chief Solutions Architect, Rapt, Inc., acquired by Microsoft in 2008
Michael Goldbach
Chief Product Officer
PhD Duke University - Biomedical Engineering | VP-Products at Nexxo Financial Corporation | Co-founder and CTO at No Plan B productions | VP-Products at Valista
Farhad Farzaneh
CTO
MBA Thunderbird School of Global Management | B.S. Chemical Engineering, Lafayette College.| Head of Product Management, Iron Ridge | Program Director, REDI Project, SunEdison | Peace Corps Volunteer, Gabon, Africa | Board of Directors, Green Empowerment
Adrienne Pierce
Chief Marketing Officer
The Team
Ph.D. Universidad de Castilla La Mancha – Nanotechnology | Affiliate Professor, Universidad de San Carlos la Guatemala | Visiting Researcher, University of California Berkeley.
Susana Arrechea
Global Projects
BS University of California Berkeley- Environmental Science | Co-founder, CAL-RAE, UC Berkeley | UC Berkeley & Cisco Net. Academy
Austin Cappon
Co-Founder | Networks & Hardware
BS, University of California Berkeley – Physics | Lab Assistant at Ramesh Labs, UC Berkeley
Nathan Carrizales
Data Scientist
BS University of California Berkeley - Energy Engineering
Jose De Casas
Engineer
PhD University of California Berkeley - Energy and Resources | Developer, Energy PATHWAYS modeling software Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) | Lead developer for Griddle power system simulation | Business analyst, EnerNOC
Michael Cohen
Lead Developer
University of San Francisco | Co-founder, Ergomek | Mechanical Technician, Intelergy
Alan Engbrecht
Structural Designer
BS University of Michigan - Computer Science
Sophia Haoui
Software Engineer
BS University of California San Diego - Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy | Fellow in Humanitarian Engineering - Global Ties | Campus Representative – Clinton Global Initiative, UCSD
Lin Hein
Project Engineer
MS University of California - Berkeley | Energy and Resources PhD Student in Energy and Development, Power Systems, Control and Optimization UC-Berkeley Research Coordinator, California Renewable and Adaptive Energy, UC Berkeley
Jonathan Lee
Co-founder | Senior R&D Engineer
BA, University of California Berkeley – Environmental Earth Science
Tyner Pesch
Engineer
MFA School of Visual Arts - Photography, Video & Related Media. BA University of California Berkeley - Documentary Photography & American Identity.
Ian Umeda
Front End Engineer, Designer, Photographer
PhD MIT, Nuclear Science and Engineering | Technical Programs Lead in Energy Access, Facebook | Strategy and Operations Associate in Energy Access, Google | Founder and CEO, EGG-energy Tanzania
Jamie Yang
Director of Business Development and Strategy
MA John Hopkins | International Relations and Economics Microgrid Data Standards Microgrid Market Research Hardware R+D
Fujia Zhang
Technical ResearcherJoin our Growing Team
Are you ambitious, hard-working and full of innovative ideas? If this is you, New Sun Road provides a range of opportunities to work on exciting and challenging projects in an inspiring workplace.