GTM Forum: Wind & Storage

Mia collaborates with internal and external stakeholder groups to synthesize market insights and guide the prioritization of investments for the development of new market products. MISO’s markets clear more than $37 billion dollars in energy transactions annually. With an evolving fleet, market strategy focuses on what new products are needed to continue to drive non-discriminatory market efficiency and price transparency, aligned with grid reliability, and also send appropriate price signals to guide investment decisions. Prior to MISO, Mia worked at 3M in Corporate Strategy and in Global Sustainability in Corporate R&D on innovating new products to address major world challenges like climate change and water scarcity. Earlier experiences were gained at Gamesa in wind farm development and in management consulting for market strategy for clean tech and renewable energy clients. Mia has a Masters in Sustainability and Environmental Management from Harvard University, an MBA from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. in Communications and Swedish from North Park University.

Jason Burwen is the Policy Vice President of the Energy Storage Association, leading the industry’s state, federal, and RTO/ISO engagements. Previously, Jason was the Associate Director for Energy Innovation at the Bipartisan Policy Center, where he directed research and advocacy on U.S. energy R&D and tax policy. He also served as staff director of the American Energy Innovation Council, a group of CEOs led by Bill Gates to advocate for greater federal investments in clean energy technology development. Jason has also consulted to utilities on demand-side management programs for FSC Group/Nexant and reviewed renewable energy procurement processes and trends for the California Public Utilities Commission.

Travis manages the Balance of Plant and SCADA technical sales team of Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc. in Portland, OR. Previously at Vestas, he served two years as a technical sales specialist for the western region where he focused on turbine supply for new wind energy projects, and the technology commercialization of tall towers, Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems (ADLS), and avian detection and deterrence. Before finding inspiration in the future of energy and the grid, he spent 10 years in aeronautics. He holds an MBA in sustainable business and MS and BS degrees in aerospace engineering.

Dan is the head of the Energy Storage team at Wood Mackenzie (formerly GTM Research), where he focuses on front-of-the-meter energy storage applications. He previously worked as a Senior Consultant with DNV GL where he focused on competitive energy markets and the intersection of emerging energy business strategies within the broader evolving technological and regulatory environment. Prior to DNV GL Dan worked with Navigant Consulting and the Department of Energy.

Dan has 10 years of experience in the energy space as a researcher, consultant, and analyst. Dan holds a Master’s of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Wind Energy Center and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics-Physics from Brown University.

David Halligan is co-founder of Datawatt Energy, a renewable energy company using blockchain technology to allow people everywhere to invest in renewable energy projects anywhere in the world. David believes blockchain is a developing technology, which will bring efficiencies to help expand the global proliferation of renewable energy. Prior to co-founding Datawatt Energy, David was chief executive of Goldwind Americas, subsidiary of China-based Goldwind Science & Technology, where he helped launch and lead the commercialization of Goldwind's wind turbine technology in the Americas. David’s renewable energy experience includes working with wind project developer First Wind and global electricity producer, Enel.

Mallory is the market leader for Westwood’s national solar team. She is responsible for developing the strategy for Westwood’s pursuit of commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage markets and overseeing the execution of the engineering, surveying and environmental services provided to our clients. Mallory closely monitors renewable energy policies and trends to support Westwood’s strategic growth, including new client, service, and geographic initiatives. She is a shareholder in the company and an experienced, client-focused senior project manager for renewable energy projects.

Mallory has expanded Westwood's visibility in her 10 years with the firm by championing community involvement, increasing media exposure, and being involved with numerous industry organizations. She actively volunteers her time at charitable events and participates in industry conferences and committees. Prior to joining Westwood, Mallory worked for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) and interned with two National Weather Service offices.

Caleb Waugh leads energy storage business analytics at Lockheed Martin Energy where he applies advanced analytics to guide market strategy, business development and product design. As part of his role he oversees the design and implementation of high-fidelity techno-economic-financial models and algorithms to evaluate emerging energy technologies and business opportunities in distributed, wholesale market and microgrid applications. Key focus areas include project financial valuation, renewables integration, distributed asset integration, value stacking optimization, risk assessment and total cost of ownership benchmarking for Lockheed Martin's GridStar™ Lithium and Flow battery products.

Previously, Caleb held an internal advisory role with Lockheed Martin’s CTO’s office supporting the VP of Technology and Innovation incubating and developing early-stage technology investments to drive new growth opportunities for the corporation.

Caleb holds dual graduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Plasma Physics and Technology and Policy and has published/presented in many leading journals and conferences.