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Gerrud Wallaert

Senior Vice President, Asset Engineering Americas (US), RWE Renewables Americas, LLC

Bio coming soon.

Kevin Polo

VP of Energy Supply & Market Operations, CPS Energy

Kevin Pollo oversees the utility's wholesale power portfolio management, including Day Ahead and Real Time operations, bilateral power trading, fuels management, and associated analytics. He works across the enterprise on strategic opportunities such as the FlexPOWERSM Bundle.

Kevin has been at CPS Energy for 14 years in roles such as Manager of Day Ahead Operations and Nuclear Oversight Manager. He most recently served as the Director of Day Ahead and Real Time Operations. Prior to CPS Energy, Kevin worked for a Fortune 500 global electronics company in quality engineering and quality management roles. He also served in the U.S. Navy.

Kevin holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Missouri.

Paul Zavesoff

Senior Director Asset Management, ClearWay Energy

Paul is a senior director of asset management at Clearway Energy Group responsible for P&L management of its utility scale wind and solar power facilities. Clearway is one of the largest developers and operators of clean energy in the United States with over 4.7 gigawatts of wind, solar, and energy storage in operation. Paul has 20 years of asset management, finance and business development experience in renewable energy and power, including 10 years with Clearway and its predecessor NRG Renewables. Prior to NRG, he was a vice president of finance at Ram Power, a geothermal energy startup, where he directed corporate and project finance activities. Prior to that, Paul held various business development and asset management positions at Ormat Technologies, a geothermal power developer and operator. He holds a BA in Political Sciences from Tel Aviv University and a MBA from Ben Gurion University.

Paul Haberlein

AVP, Operational Excellence, Pattern Energy

Paul Haberlein is a senior Operational Excellence executive working with Pattern Energy Group in San Francisco for nearly ten years. He has focused on strategy, organization, technical management and business transformation at Pattern Energy as it relates to power generation technology, corporate data and systems and key business processes. Paul is especially passionate in driving technology and innovation to reduce costs and increase reliability for Pattern and ultimately the consumer. Paul studied general engineering with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the United States Naval Academy with work experience in the US Navy and at multiple wind turbine OEMs in the US and Europe.

Yulia Lushnikova

Commercial Director Support Services, RES

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Jeremy Law

Vice President, Commercial Asset Management, Longroad Energy

Jeremy Law leads the Asset Management team at Longroad with responsibility for management of 3.5 GW of wind and solar assets across the US. He brings twenty years of operations management experience to the position with the past twelve years focused in the renewable energy industry.

Mr. Law joined Longroad from SunEdison after two years as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis within the North America Utility business unit. In this role, he managed the internal planning, budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting for a business charged with the development and construction of over 1.5 GW annually. Prior to SunEdison, he was Director of Strategic Sourcing for First Wind tasked specifically with transitioning the company to O&M self-performance and serving as the single point of contact for all major vendor relationships.

Jeffrey Wehner

Vice President, Renewable Operations, Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions

Jeffrey Wehner is the vice president of renewable operations for Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions. In this role, he manages Duke Energy’s wind and solar project operations, the Renewable Energy Control Center and Duke Energy Renewables Services. Wehner assumed his current position in July, 2013. Previously, Wehner served as a regional manager for Duke Energy Generation Services, coordinating new business approaches across multiple merchant plants in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and New York. He established best practices in client relationship management, environmental health and safety, and operational excellence. Prior to this role, Wehner was area manager for Cinergy’s Narrows, Va., operations. At Narrows, Wehner led plant operations across multiple states, providing leadership to plant managers and positioning Cinergy for continued growth. Wehner also served as a senior engineer at Cincinnati Gas & Electric where he supervised the implementation of multiple federal programs and acted as an environmental liaison between the company and regulatory bodies. Wehner earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Cincinnati, a Juris doctor degree from the Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Morehead State University. In 2021 he earned his LLM, with distinction, from Vermont Law School. Wehner, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, currently resides in Charlotte, N.C. Duke Energy, the largest electric power company in the United States, supplies and delivers electricity to approximately 7 million customers in the Southeast and Midwest. The company also distributes natural gas in Ohio and Kentucky. Its commercial power and international businesses operate diverse power generation assets in North America and Latin America, including a growing renewable energy portfolio. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 250 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK.

Raja V. Pulikollu Ph.D.

Principal Technical Leader, Generation - Renewables, EPRI

Dr. Pulikollu is principal technical leader at EPRI. He has 16 years of experience in developing advanced prognostics and health management technologies, and 13+ years of experience in leading research to reduce onshore and offshore wind turbine O&M costs, and improve performance. He develops physics-based analytical models to identify turbine performance and health issues, and defines mitigation strategies. These models assist North American and Europe based wind utilities/operators to significantly reduce operational expenses. Dr. Pulikollu received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Wright State University.

Ronald L. Schoff

Director, Renewable Energy and Fleet Enabling Technologies, Electric Power Research Institute

Bio coming soon.

Brandon Fitchett

Wind Power R&D Leader, Electric Power Research Institute

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Charles Godreau

Project Manager, Research and Innovation, Nergica

A passionate engineer, Charles Godreau has quickly succeeded in making his mark both within the team and within the industry at large. As Project Manager – Research and Innovation, he specializes in wind turbine performance assessments in cold climates and icing detection and protection systems.

With seemingly unwavering poise, the calm and collected Charles exhibits discrete leadership and equally remarkable rigour. Whether analyzing turbine operational data; defining, planning and carrying out research projects; or participating in conferences, Charles excels in a diverse spectrum of spheres of activity.

His numerous contributions include creating an image processing tool for icing detection, generating tools for analyzing operational data, developing methodologies for performance analysis, and managing turbine instrumentation projects in cold climates.

With a Master’s degree in energy and fluid mechanics from the École Polytechnique de Montréal, he represents Canada in the International Energy Agency’s Task 19 working group on wind energy in cold climates.

Jay Choi

Co-founder & CEO, Nearthlab Inc. South Korea

Jay is the co-founder and CEO of Nearthlab, which develops autonomous drone solutions for inspection and analysis of blade defects. By combining AI and Deep Learning, his team was able to provide an autonomous solution for operation and maintenance of wind turbine blades. Now, Nearthlab is currently the largest drone inspection provider in Korea with experiences across the globe including the U.S., Asia Pacific and Europe. Prior to founding Nearthlab in 2015, he worked as a plant engineer at Doosan Heavy Industries, where he realized the potential of drones as a tool that allows more efficient and safe maintenance of facilities.

Jay holds B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, one of South Korea’s top research universities.

Bjorn Hedges, P.E.

Plant Manager, White Creek Wind I, and Harvest Wind Project

Bjorn Hedges is the Plant Manager for two wind generation sites in South-Central Washington State. The first site is White Creek Wind I, a 204.7 MW windfarm, constructed in 2007. The second site is Harvest Wind Project, a 98.9 MW windfarm, constructed in 2009. Both Sites are operated by NAES. Bjorn Hedges has been the Plant Manager since Commercial Operations began.

Bjorn received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Washington State University. He worked in the construction industry for ten years before moving into wind. During that time he passed the Professional Engineer’s examination.

Involved early on in the U.S. wind industry, most of what Bjorn learned was through on-the-job-training. Later, as the U.S. wind industry matured, more experience was gained through a renewable generation industry User’s Group ESIG, where peers share and improve from their combined experiences. This User’s Group became so influential that he was motivated to give back and served as a roundtable chair, then Chair. He now assists as Chair-Emeritus.

Bjorn has received the Washington State Governor’s Award for best State construction project, the Ross Newlin Achievement Award, NAES’ Consistent Superior Performance, and most important, that both sites have operated for up to 14 years with only one OSHA recordable; the one was for offsite treatment of a minor injury.

Bjorn resides in Richland, Washington. When not working he enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and two daughters either boating, fishing, or beekeeping.

Melf Lorenzen

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Deutsche Windtechnik

Bio coming soon.

Jatin Sharma

Managing Partner, NARDAC

Jatin specializes in placing complex property and casualty insurance programs for renewable energy portfolios that are non-recourse financed. He has 14 years'-experience previously as President of GCube Insurance Services, one of the market leading underwriters for renewable energy, and Willis Limited. His expertise spans risk consulting, broking, and underwriting experience spanning 100GWs of assets in development, construction, and operation in over 40 countries. Jatin is a licensed property, casualty, and surplus lines broker in all 50 US states. He has completed the Lloyd’s executive education training at London Business School and holds a master’s degree in climate change management.

Edmee Kelsey

CEO, 3megawatt

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Philip Totaro

CEO, IntelStor

Philip Totaro is the Founder & CEO of IntelStor LLC, a market research and consulting firm focused on the global renewable energy sector. Founded in 2010, the company is regarded worldwide as the foremost experts on competitive intelligence, technology trend analysis and innovation strategy. Using this approach, we have helped cultivate and disposition over 500 innovations, and our assessments have led to over 300 issued patents. Our strategic market analysis has led to the funding justification of over US$600M in R&D investment and the development of multi-million dollar product and service offerings. We have provided legal, technical and commercial due-diligence for over US$1.8B in M&A.

Gareth Brown

CEO, Clir Renewables

Gareth has over a decade of experience leading identification, development, construction, financing and operation of renewable energy assets for a world leading renewable energy technical consultancy. He is an entrepreneur, chartered engineer with the IMechE, and has degrees in mathematics and mechanical engineering.

Reegan Moen

Business Development Manager, SOLV

Bio coming soon.

Dan Partin

Director of Solutions Management, SkySpecs

Dan Partin is the Director of Solutions Management at SkySpecs, where he has worked for three years. He and his team help wind industry owners and operators address the complex issues facing the industry through the use of SkySpecs' Horizon software, inspections products, and data analytics. Prior to SkySpecs, Dan spent eight years in the Defense industry, conducting and overseeing advanced analytics for Military and Intelligence partners. Dan holds an MBA and Masters in Sustainable Systems from the University of Michigan and a Bachelors from the University of Virginia.

Axel Juhl Christensen

Vice President - Digital Solutions, KK Wind Solutions

Bio coming soon.

Cedric Ouellet

Director, E & I Business Unit, Gastops

Bio coming soon.

Alex Coologeorgen, P.E.

Principal Consultant, Sargent & Lundy

Alexander (Alex) Coologeorgen is a principal energy consultant who re-joined Sargent & Lundy in 2021, having previously worked for Sargent & Lundy from 2010 to 2019. He has provided owner’s engineer (OE), independent engineer (IE), lender’s engineer, technical due diligence, and special projects services for power generation facilities at all phases of the project life cycle: development, construction, operation, and decommissioning. He has managed and led teams of engineers for large international IE projects, conceptual design studies, feasibility studies, evaluation of EPC bids and contracts, EPC contract negotiations, PPA development, financial and operational model reviews, design reviews, bidder reviews, asset acquisition support, auditing and construction monitoring services. Alex has performed these services in support of greenfield, operational and repowered wind power projects in addition to several other power technologies. Alex has a BS in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an MS in structural engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and an MBA in finance/business strategy and decision making from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. He is a licensed professional engineer in Illinois and a certified PMP with the Project Management Institute.