Our Team

 

Jason Kaminsky | Chief Executive Officer

Jason Kaminsky is the CEO at kWh Analytics. Just prior to joining kWh Analytics, Jason spent more than three years as a Vice President of Environmental Finance at Wells Fargo Bank. As a senior member of the Wells Fargo deal team, Jason originated, underwrote, and financed tax-equity investments during a time when the bank added nearly $1bn of solar assets. Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2011, Jason worked at SPG Solar, where he supported the CEO on strategic corporate initiatives.

Jason received both his B.S. in Mathematics and his B.S. in Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Environmental Sciences from UCLA. He holds an M.S. degree in Environment and Resources from Stanford University, and also completed his M.B.A. at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is from Thousand Oaks, California.

Michael Bachrodt | Chief Operations Officer

Michael Bachrodt is the COO at kWh Analytics. Immediately prior to joining kWh Analytics, Michael served three years as Vice President, Structured Finance for OYO, an India-based hospitality technology company. Michael had previously spent 11 years on all sides of renewable transactions, first negotiating power purchase agreements for Pacific Gas & Electric Company, then structuring debt and tax equity transactions at SunEdison, and finally managing a lending and tax equity team as a Senior Vice President at Bridge Bank (a division of Western Alliance Bank). Michael spent the first seven years of his career valuing and negotiating complex insurance claims for Arthur Andersen and successor consultancies.

Michael received his B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. He is from Rockford, Illinois.

Sanju Abraham | Chief Technology Officer

Sanju Abraham is the CTO at kWh Analytics. Prior to kWh Analytics, Sanju led the development and growth of a telemedicine company as Chief Technology Officer at QuickConnectMD. As a founder of the company, Sanju designed key aspects of the platform and helped architect the AWS system that ran the backend, setup key vendor partnerships and physician networks. Prior to working at QuickConnectMD, Sanju spent 10 years in the automotive industry building and growing many tech ventures. He also spends time teaching, coaching, and mentoring entrepreneurs through a number of outlets including business incubators, public libraries, and community colleges.

Sanju received his B.S. in Science from Elmhurst College. He holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science, Ph.D. in Computer Science, and M.B.A from DePaul University. He is from Naperville, IL.

Isaac McLean | Chief Underwriting Officer

Isaac McLean is the CUO at kWh Analytics. With over 20 years of insurance experience, Isaac comes from ICAT Managers, where he spent 14 years building and growing natural catastrophe exposed property insurance programs.  These programs included residential, small commercial and middle market books of business throughout the United States.

Isaac has a B.B.A. in Business Management and Leadership from New Mexico State University. He grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico and has resided in Lakewood, Colorado for the last 20 years. 


Adam Shinn | Data Science Manager

Aditi Raval | Sr. Software Engineer

Ali Afzal | Sr. Manager, Product & Strategy

Bobby McFadden | Underwriter, Renewable Energy

Brody Uehara | Data Engineer

Charity Sotero | Data Scientist

Chris Scanlin | Sr. Manager, Data Engineering

Darryl Harding | Sr. Underwriter

Destiny Reese-Mckenzie | Assistant Underwriter, Renewable Energy

Dori Darras | Property Insurance Analyst

Elizabeth Henthorn | Compliance Manager

Geoffrey Lehv | VP, Head of North American Accounts

Hannah Kang | Software Engineer

Hannah Rasmussen | Data Quality Lead

Heather Miki | Sr. Manager, People Operations

Mike Kalnas | Underwriter, Renewable Energy

Mike Mousou | Data Quality Analyst

Nicole Thompson | Sr. Manager, Data Science

Nikky Venkataraman | Sr. Manager, Marketing

Phoebe Hwang | Data Quality Analyst

Reilly Fagan | Underwriting Data Analyst

Sarath Srinivasan | VP, Head of Product & Strategy

Ted Kwasnik | Application Architect

Tenisha Long | Assistant Underwriter, Renewable Energy

Veronica Anderson | Sr. Data Scientist

 
 
 

Board and Advisors

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Yann Ranchere

Partner, Anthemis Group

Yann is a Partner at Anthemis Group, a lead investor in kWh Analytics. Anthemis Group invests in innovative financial services startups. Prior to joining Anthemis, Yann was previously a consultant at Kurt Salmon in New York. He has a Master’s degree from ESCP Europe and lives in Geneva.

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Larry Ng

Co-Founder, Moneyline Telerate and TradeWeb

Larry Ng is a serial financial technology entrepreneur. Larry was the co-founder of MarketAxess (NASDAQ: MKTX), MoneyLine Telerate which sold to Thompson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), TradeWeb, and SpectraSoft. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cooper Union.

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Tony Derossi

Managing Partner at Propeller Venture Capital

Tony Derossi is a Managing Partner in Insurance at Propeller Venture Capital. He was previously the COO at Fireman’s Fund Insurance.

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Sheeraz Haji

Senior Advisor at ENGIE

Sheeraz is a senior advisor for ENGIE, a French utility company and investor in kWh. He is also currently the managing partner of Zipdragon Ventures, an investment firm providing seed capital to industry cloud startups. He was formerly the CEO of Cleantech Group.

BOB STEIN

Independent Director at Assurant, Talcott Financial Group

Bob has over 45 years of experience advising the insurance industry on strategic, financial and operating challenges. Formerly a partner at EY, Bob has served on insurance company boards including Assurant, Aviva PLC, Resolution Life and Talcott Financial Group.