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Peter Lilienthal

Ted Ladd

Tom Lambert

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The core team that developed the HOMER software at NREL has migrated along with the software code to HOMER Energy. In addition, the team adds several professionals with experience in renewable energy, software development, and entrepreneurial ventures.

 

Peter Lilienthal, Founder and CEO

Dr. Peter Lilienthal is one of the original developers of HOMER and founded HOMER Energy to enhance and commercialize the software. Previously, he was president of Green Island Power, which provided analytical services for renewable and distributed power projects.  Before that he was Senior Economist with the International Programs Office at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory from 1990 -2007. He has a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.  He has been active in the field of renewable and distributed energy and energy efficiency since 1978. This has included project development of distributed power projects, designing and teaching courses at the university level, and consulting to industry and regulators.  His technical expertise is in utility modeling and the economic and financial analysis of renewable and distributed power projects.  He was the lead analyst and one of the creators of NREL’s International and Village Power Programs.  He was the original developer of NREL’s HOMER® hybrid power optimization software in 1993.

Ted Ladd, Chief Operating Officer

As Chief Operating Officer, Ted is responsible for keeping everything running smoothly at HOMER Energy. Previously, he was the president of Dixon Ladd LLC, which won two SBIR awards from the National Science Foundation to explore new techniques in renewable energy. He is also a partner at Equilibrium Power, which explores geothermal and wind sites within the Rocky Mountain region. His prior corporate experience includes four years at Palm Inc. (the makers of the PalmPilot), where he was a consumer marketing manager and a company spokesman (“platform evangelist”) during the company’s Initial Public Offering; two years as Vice President of Business Development for PalmGear.com, a leader in the handheld software industry; two years as Director of Marketing for OxygenToGo, a medical equipment renter for oxygen-dependent travelers; and two years of consulting to the U.S. Air Force on transferring technology from federal laboratories to America’s private sector. He is on the board of directors Lower Valley Energy, an electric utility with $40 million in annual revenues serving northwestern Wyoming. Ted holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University, and a BA from Cornell University.

Ed SandersEd Sanders, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Consulting


Ed has over thirty years experience in economic and financial analysis in private companies and the U.S. Government. His early career was in the President’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) where he rose from a Budget Examiner in the International Division to become the Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs, directing a staff of 65, which made funding recommendations to the President on all defense, intelligence and international programs. He then became Staff Director on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. After that he co-founded two international business consulting firms. While serving as President of Sanders International, he arrangement most of the financing for a $60 million, 50 megawatt integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant in India and has prepared business plans and investment proposals and recruited investors for numerous other smaller environmental and alternative energy projects. He is a founding partner in a 20-square-mile private nature preserve and ecotourism project in Belize and has taught the environmental finance course to Masters Degree students at the University of Denver. He has a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University and attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

Tom LambertTom Lambert, Chief Engineer


As well as being the Chief Engineer for HOMER Energy, Tom Lambert is also the founding principal of Mistaya Engineering.  He has written approximately all of HOMER’s code (~ 100,000 lines of C++), and knows the software inside out as well as the energy scenarios that it models.  He has also written the companion software, Windographer. He has a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from CSU and a P.E. license. 

Cory Isaacson, Chief Technical Officer


Cory brings over 20 years experience in software commercialization. As president of Rogue Wave Software, he defined new product strategies and sold Rogue Wave or $38MM in 2007, following material revenue/EBITDA turnarounds during 2004-06. Cory founded, led, and/or sold five successful commercial software companies, with as much as $40MM in annual revenues and as many as 130 employees. As President or division VP, Cory was responsible for all aspects of software construction, marketing, and distribution. Cory has a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. 

Lili FrancklynLili Francklyn, Marketing Director


Lili Francklyn brings 15 years of marketing experience as the founder of Crucible Communications, providing marketing services for large enterprises as well as renewable energy and high-tech startups. Her previous positions include online Marketing Manager for consumer broadband products at Qwest Communications; Electronic Marketing Manager for the Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals division; and search and email marketing manager at Avanquest Software. She has a certification in PV general knowledge from the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners and passed the RESNET exam for energy auditors. Previously, she was a science reporter specializing in energy and environment for National Public Radio, and held various positions at National Geographic Television. She has a B.A from the University of Pennsylvania.

Russell SlaughterRussel Slaughter, Senior Analyst


Russell brings 11 years of experience in renewable energy to the project. As a senior analyst at HOMER Energy, he works with clients to design and optimize hybrid power systems. His prior experience includes the responsibility for compliance with Australian environmental regulations at Horizon Power; a role with the government of Western Australia to verify compliance; and several positions at Murdoch University teaching and researching renewable energy, from which he also earned a Masters of Science.



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