Erik is a technology executive with expertise in developing sales and marketing strategies for emerging technology companies, and scaling businesses once go-to-market plans are in place. Erik brings years of experience selling hardware, software, and SaaS-based solutions, through direct sales, reseller channels, and OEM relationships. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester.

Keith Dickerson serves as Manager of Smart Cities & Urban Infrastructure for the energy solutions company Schneider Electric. Keith’s responsibilities include ecosystem and business development for the company’s offer to the public and real estate development communities. His 25+ years in the space includes engineering, project & operations management, sales and strategic account management.
He earned his Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management from the University of Alabama and is a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, serving as a aircrewman for search and rescue missions
Keith is an advisory board level member of several professional organizations in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic with an emphasis on sustainability, clean tech and economic development.

Steve Ely is the CEO of eCredable, a credit bureau based in Alpharetta, Georgia.  There are 45 million “credit invisibles” in the United States – people who cannot access affordable financial services due to a lack of a traditional credit score.  eCredable works directly with these consumers to help them cross the credit chasm by scoring how they pay rent, utilities, mobile phone, and insurance.  Mainstream lenders use this score in underwriting to provide the consumer access to credit cards, personal loans, auto loans, and home loans.  The result – the consumer’s monthly payments are reported to the three major credit bureaus, which helps them build a traditional credit score.

From late 2005 through 2009, Steve was President of Equifax Personal Information Solutions, which provides credit-related products to consumers that help them manage their credit health, protect themselves against identity theft, and improve their overall financial well-being.  Prior to this role, Steve was responsible for global product development at Equifax.

Prior to joining Equifax in 2004, Steve led worldwide marketing and software development at S1 Corporation, the first software company to provide Internet banking.  Steve has held various roles in numerous technology companies since 1978, spanning software development, marketing, sales, and general management.

Steve is a graduate of the Institute of Computing Management in Pittsburgh, PA. He also completed the Emory University Goizueta Executive Program.

Benjamin Freas is a principal research analyst contributing to Navigant Research’s Building Innovations program, with a focus on energy efficiency and lighting innovations in commercial buildings. His experience includes both market research and technical expertise in the design and construction of buildings.

Prior to joining Navigant Research, Freas was a content director at Hanover Research, where he managed custom research projects for a variety of industries including oil & gas, manufacturing, and transportation. He has also worked as a mechanical engineer and project manager at J.B. Wyble & Associates. Freas is a LEED Accredited Professional and he holds a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland as well as an MBA from the University of St. Gallen.

Mr. Happ has more than 15 years in enterprise software and management consulting experience including supply chain software implementation and process optimization for Fortune 50 companies including ExxonMobil, Disney, Southwest Airlines, Pfizer, and JPMorgan. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers management consulting and went on to Ariba where he led the technical strategy and architecture group. After Ariba, he co-founded blueSolutions, a supply chain optimization and software implementation consultancy which was acquired by SAP reseller, Hubwoo.

Since 2009, Happ has been focused on enabling owners and managers to run better buildings through Goby’s cloud based energy management and best practices. He is an avid reader — currently reading Thinking, Fast and Slow — loves behavioral economics, enjoys the statistics of baseball and played in the Little League World Series.

Happ still personally codes much of the Goby Cloud platform as a way to relax.

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Balaji manages the Global Sustainability at Newell Rubbermaid, He is responsible for developing managing and executing sustainability strategy across global business units. Main initiatives include managing the global energy management program, establishing management system processes, design towards green products and lead visualization/predictive data analytics practice. He is a Chemical Engineer with Masters in Environmental Management from Illinois Institute of Technology and MBA from Emory University.

Martin Levkus is regional director of sales at Yardi where he is responsible for growth of the Yardi Smart Energy products and services. Since 2001, Martin has brought to Yardi a wealth of experience in property management software, energy management, sustainability, and product development. Martin has almost 20 years of experience driving sales in the technology industry. He earned his university degree in Business, Investment, and Finance from an accredited University in Slovakia.

Bruce McLeish is the Vice President of Energy Supply and Risk Management. He is responsible for establishing visibility and market penetration in the commercial, industrial and public sectors for Ameresco’s supply-side and risk management services in North America and in Europe, including the AXIS data and invoice management product.

Mr. McLeish has more than 25 years of professional energy industry experience focused on wholesale and retail energy commodities as well as the sale of renewable attributes. Prior to joining Ameresco, he held the position of Executive Vice President, Power Marketing for Fibrowatt in Langhorne, Pennsylvania where he was responsible for the development of biomass- fueled power plants. Additionally, Mr. McLeish spent nine years in various management positions with Constellation NewEnergy with responsibility for wholesale origination, product management, deal structuring, and portfolio management. He managed a team of 70 professionals and was responsible for commercial and industrial products yielding $350M in gross margin. Prior to Constellation, he spent 14 years at Northeast Utilities in a variety of functions including origination and trading.

Mr. McLeish earned his M.A. in Professional Writing and Publishing from Emerson College and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Syracuse University. He also completed M.B.A. course work at Lally School of Management, Rensselaer at Hartford.

Mike is the SVP of Alternative Data Strategy & Business Development for TransUnion’s $800 million+ Financial Services Division. In this role Mike coordinates the integration of L2C’s team and assets with TransUnion’s legacy data, analytic and technology assets. Beyond acquisition integration, Mike focuses on business and product development strategies for Financial Service clients leveraging incremental data to TransUnion’s traditional consumer credit file.

Mike previously served as the CEO of L2C, Inc., which he co-founded in 2000. He led the Business and Product Development strategic functions for L2C, Inc. from the founding of the Company until its acquisition by TransUnion in 2015. L2C led the consumer credit industry by creating consumer credit scoring algorithms leveraging alternative credit bureau data. Alternative credit bureau data are defined as data incremental to the industry’s traditional three credit bureau files that can be compliantly used for consumer credit scoring. L2C was the first Credit Reporting Agency (CRA) to convert its database infrastructure to an open source Hadoop framework housing data for over 260 million US consumers. Mike and his team achieved broad adoption of L2C’s service offerings by 60% of the top US banks and Mike led the development of innovative Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) compliant Reseller Agreements with TransUnion & Equifax for distribution of L2C solutions to all connected lenders. Before co-founding L2C in March 2000, Mike worked for seven years in the securities business with Morgan Keegan Company as a First Vice President where he was advisor to several burgeoning technology companies.

Mike graduated from The University of the South with a BA in Economics and received his MBA in Finance from Georgia State University. He is married with one son and enjoys spending time with his family, cycling and traveling.

Bill Nussey has 30 years of experience running technology and Internet companies. His first company, which he started in high school, provided enhanced graphics for text-based computers. In college, he co-founded Da Vinci Systems. As CEO, he grew this company to become one of the most widely used desktop email tools in the world. When he sold the company to publicly-traded ON Technology in 1994, Da Vinci Systems had more than 3 million users in 45 countries.

Nussey later joined Greylock, a venture capital firm based out of Boston and Silicon Valley. He spent several years investing in early Internet companies and ultimately left to run one of the firm’s largest investments—Internet agency and consulting firm iXL. As CEO of iXL, Nussey helped lead the company through several years of 250 percent annual growth, the acquisition of more than 20 companies, a successful IPO and secondary offering and, ultimately achieving annualized revenues close to $500 million. While at iXL, Nussey was named the most influential consultant in the world by Consulting Magazine.

After iXL, Nussey become CEO of Silverpop, a leading cloud-based marketing automation technology and services company. During its lifetime, Silverpop grew to 500 employees, nearly $100 million in revenue and served 5,000 organizations across 42 countries. In May 2014, IBM acquired Silverpop into its Commerce division to become a core part of IBM’s worldwide offering for marketers. In 2015, Nussey joined IBM’s Corporate Strategy team to help lead the company’s strategic planning efforts.  In the summer of 2016, Bill left IBM to pursue his lifelong passion for renewable energy.

Nussey has received several awards including the Lifetime Achievement award from the Technology Association of Georgia and the John Imlay Leadership award.

Nussey has served on the board of numerous private technology start-ups and nonprofits. He is the author of several publications, including The Quiet Revolution in Email Marketing and has received several patents in marketing technology. Nussey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Nussey lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and two sons.

Michael Pridemore is widely considered a pioneer of the email marketing and marketing automation software industry. Previously, Pridemore served as CEO and co-founder of Socketware, Inc. the maker of Accucast. He grew it to be a global leader in the space before its successful acquisition. Pridemore is also the founder of Sockethead Studios and uses his technology development and corporate management experience to create and market consumer applications. With a passion for helping entrepreneurs, Pridemore serves corporate boards and is active in his community along with his wife Tricia. He is an alum of the University of Central Florida.

David Rachelson is the Director of Sustainability at Rubicon Global, a Certified B Corporation that is the world’s leading provider of sustainable waste and recycling solutions. At Rubicon, David leads a team of talented sustainability experts charged with developing creative and customized solutions to divert waste from landfills.  A core component of this effort is Rubicon’s robust tracking of sustainability metrics surrounding waste diversion and carbon reduction.  Using the company’s proprietary technology platform, Rubicon provides transparent data to its users about their organization’s environmental impact through waste reduction.

Prior to Rubicon, David worked as a management consultant with PwC and a member of the Corporate Responsibility & Public Affairs department at InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG).  At IHG, David supported the development and deployment of IHG’s Green Engage platform that provides hotel operators with tailored and cost effective sustainability solutions.  Earlier in his career, David worked in a variety of public sector capacities including at The White House Office of Political Affairs, the 2004 Bush-Cheney reelection campaign, and the U.S. Department of State where he supported management and reform efforts at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.

David received an M.B.A. from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School and a B.A. from George Washington University.  He currently serves on the Boards of Goizueta Business School and the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.  David is also a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Zach Shelin works to provide a stellar user experience and customer support for those who work with ENERGY STAR benchmarking tools and recognition. He gives specialized, custom guidance on the Portfolio Manager tool and its associated web services, explaining features like comparative metrics and data mobility. He supports both governments and building managers using those tools to satisfy benchmarking and disclosure requirements nationwide.