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MEET THE TEAM
APRIL SALAS
Co-Founder / CEO
April Salas brings nearly two decades of public and private sector experience in energy finance, power markets and energy reliability, sustainability, and new technology integration. April advises on climate, sustainability, and energy-related projects with companies leading the charge on sustainable innovation.
ETHAN GOLDMAN
Co-Founder / CTO
Ethan Goldman has been developing software for sustainability since 2001, developing systems to find and quantify energy efficiency and demand flexibility. He has worked with various electric utility industry clients, developing innovative analytics solutions using data from smart meters.
ENERGY FELLOWS
We train teams of college students to support individual communities in their climate action journeys.
Consulting Data Scientist
BEN PERKINS
Ben Perkins has over 10 years of experience with a variety of technologies, including Cisco-based networks, ITSM software, SQL queries, and Python. He graduated with a MS in Data Science from the top-ranked program at Indiana University Bloomington. Ben’s work so far has focused on machine learning, deep learning, and NLP techniques. He worked for several years at a major solar plant monitoring company.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Spring 2022
DENA CIAMPA
Senior (Spring ‘22)
BA/MA program for Environmental Analysis & Policy/Energy & Environment. Worked with POWER-D.city to investigate Brookline’s and other towns’ climate action plans and provide suggestions for areas of improvement. Interested in green building and sustainable communities, particularly reducing emissions from the built environment and understanding the impacts of renovations versus new builds.
SARAH KAUL
Senior (Spring '22)
In the BA/MS program for Environmental Analysis & Policy/ Energy & Environment. Identified missing links and structures in climate action plans to connect these plans to GHG calculations. Will be moving to NYC to work at Convergent Energy on energy storage projects in New York.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Fall 2021
MJ TAYLOR
Senior
Excited about solving the climate crisis.
JONATHAN ARENTSEN
Junior
Interested in community-based solutions. Brings a Python background.
MENGZE (JENNY) HAN
Senior
Studying business and hospitality; passionate about the environment.