The Team
Meet New Sun Road
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 Commercial Officer
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
B.A. marketing candidate Western Governor's University
Araya Turner
Marketing Intern
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 ResearcherTeam Guatemala
M.Sc. in urban management from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. Architect graduated from the University of San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC).
Alejandro Alvarado
Local Project Manager
Vocational and labor guidance technician, home education teacher. Closed curriculum in the degree in psychology from the University of San Carlos de Guatemala.
Edna Cao
Trainer and pedagogical advisor
Professor of applied sociolinguistics, teacher of bilingual intercultural education and tenth semester student of the Bachelor's Degree in Applied Sociolinguistics at the Mariano Gálvez University of Guatemala.
Edna Figueroa
Q’eqchi’ trainer and interpreter
Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of San Carlos de Guatemala.
Karen Avila Maldonado
Project assistant
Expert accountant and eighth-semester student of information systems engineering at Mariano Gálvez University.
Yadira Morales
Technician in information and communication technologies
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