CleanTech | Advisory Council

John is CEO of BrightSource Energy, a utility-scale provider of solar power plants. Most recently, he was an Executive-in-Residence in the VantagePoint CleanTech Practice Group. With more than 20 years of experience in clean energy technology, John was previously at Itron, Inc., where he was Vice President of software solutions and subsequently the Vice President of strategy and business development. He co-founded Silicon Energy, a clean energy start-up, and was President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board, and led the company’s successful sale. John held positions previously at PG&E Energy Services, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Alpine Software and is the co-author of a patent for web-based Energy Management Systems. He served on the Board of the California Clean Energy Fund, the Tuolumne River Preservation Trust, the Strategic Advisory Board for Xcel Energy, and is a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. John attended University of Virginia (BA) and the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley (MBA).