For our next Solar Austin Happy Hour on Wednesday, August 25th, we’re very pleased to present our featured speaker, Mike Bates, Managing Partner of Incenergy, an Austin-based company focused on the growing Smart Grid market.
Incenergy is a value added reseller, systems integrator and software company specializing in aggregating residential and commercial electrical loads under a utility-branded demand management platform. They incentivize energy efficiency and enable advanced demand management through a unique, open hardware platform.
We will announce the topic of Mike’s presentation soon, however in the meantime here’s a brief summary of Mike’s impressive experience:
Mike is an accomplished Senior Sales and Marketing Executive with more than eight years of experience in the Smart Grid industry. His expertise centers on sales process management in the Community Owned (Co-op and Municipal) Utilities market, from lead generation to contract execution.
Before coming to Incenergy, Mike served as Regional Vice President of Sales at GridPoint, a leading smart grid company. Prior to joining GridPoint, Mike was Executive Vice President and co-founder of PowerGrid Communications Inc., a turnkey provider of smart grid services to the community-owned utility market. In 2000, he founded Summa Associates, LLC, where he led the creation of more than 25 wireless high-speed networks throughout Texas.
HAPPY HOUR DETAILS:
Solar Austin August Happy Hour
Featured speaker: Mike Bates, Managing Partner of Incenergy
DATE: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00pm
LOCATION: Opal Divine’s – Penn Field location – 3601 S. Congress, Ste K
In addition to the August Solar Austin Happy Hour, there are several other great events coming up this month:
August 12th – CleanTX Foundation Event: Natural Gas and Clean Energy: Friends or Foes?
Natural gas is an abundant, domestic energy resource. It is also an important part of the Texas economy. Natural gas is much less carbon-intensive and less polluting than coal. And, natural gas plays a key enabling role for renewable power by providing backup generation when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine. Natural gas can be used directly in the homes, for transportation, and can be made from renewable sources such as livestock waste. But natural gas is also a competitor for renewable power in Texas and its production in complicated shale formations has potential water and air quality impacts. This panel will discuss the various roles, tradeoffs, benefits and risks associated with a ramped-up penetration of natural gas into the national fuel mix.
More details here:
http://cleantx.org/natgas_cleanenergy.html
August 23rd – Texas Green Network’s August Monthly Meeting will be at Tech Ranch Austin, the Austin-based technology incubator.
More information can be found here:
http://texasgreennetwork.org/meeting/
August 26th – The next Austin SEEN Event is planned for Thursday August 26th at the Long Center. Come out and meet and discuss opportunities for starting and growing business in Central Texas in the Solar Energy Industry.
Details can be found here:
http://sites.google.com/site/wwwaustinseen/
As always, we welcome any suggestions for future speakers or any other ideas or comments. Please do remember to return Opal Divine’s generosity by enjoying their fine food and drinks and tipping your wait staff generously.
We look forward to seeing you August 25th!
