Redaptive | Redaptive Team

Arvin Vohra

Co-CEO

Arvin Vohra is Co-CEO of Redaptive. Prior to Redaptive, Arvin was at Enlighted as their VP of Project Finance where he created and ran its Lighting as a Service (GEO) platform, which now spans across multiple Fortune 500 companies and millions of square feet installed. Prior to joining Enlighted, Arvin spent five years at Barclays Capital on their Power and Utilities Team.

He played a key role in spearheading Barclays' active role in the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program as well as in other project finance and public-private partnership initiatives to enable renewable energy. At Barclays, Arvin helped structure over $3bn of debt and tax equity.

Arvin received a B.A. from the University of California Berkeley in Statistics and Economics and in his spare time enjoys boxing, basketball and international travel.

John Rhow

Co-CEO

John Rhow is Co-CEO of Redaptive. Prior to Redaptive, John served as a Special Financing Adviser to KPCB's Green Growth Fund. John previously headed Barclays' Western Region Power and Water Infrastructure practice. In addition, John worked over 11 years at Goldman Sachs serving in various financing advisory and structuring roles spanning corporate finance and off-balance sheet project financing, including public-private partnership (PPP) financing.

Over his 15 years in the investment banking industry, John has played an integral role in approximately $20 billion of successful financing transactions on behalf of Fortune 500 companies, infrastructure developers, and municipalities.

John is a graduate of Harvard University and in his spare time enjoys going to live music shows and spending time with his wife and young son.

Jake Masters

CTO

Jake is responsible for Redaptive’s overall technology strategy, and manages Redaptive’s Engineering Department. Previously, Jake founded and managed Enmetric Systems, Inc., where he was awarded 4 patents for innovative energy management hardware and software solutions. Prior to founding Enmetric, Jake built and managed enterprise data centers, focusing on power quality and reliability.

Jake enjoys living on the coast and spending as much time as possible with his family.

Joel Ullmann

CMO

Joel Ullmann is responsible for the Marketing and Customer Experience functions at Redaptive and also leads sales engagements with customers in the Healthcare and REIT spaces. Previously, Joel was managing the telecom marketing analytics team at Nielsen where he worked extensively with customers like AT&T, Verizon and Google. Prior to Nielsen Joel spent 8 years in commercial real estate finance, investment and development.

Joel grew up in the Austrian Alps and these days, when he’s not spreading the good word about Redaptive, he enjoys skiing and hiking the Sierras with his wife and two teenage sons.

Matt Gembrin

CFO

Matt Gembrin is responsible for the Finance and Accounting functions at Redaptive. Previously, Matt was a credit analyst at Wells Fargo Securities managing investments in high yield corporate bonds and leverage loans for the Bank’s proprietary account. Prior to his role on the prop desk, Matt was a corporate banking analyst. Matt graduated from UC Berkeley and is a CFA charter holder.

When he’s not focused on corporate finance activities, Matt enjoys travelling and spending time with his wife and three small children.

Ricky Singh

CSO

Ricky Singh leads business strategy for Redaptive. Previously, Ricky was the CEO of Straits Lighting, a LED lighting manufacturing company focused on the commercial and industrial market. Prior to Straits, Ricky was a senior strategy advisor with Deloitte Consulting. Ricky specialized in CFO services, private equity mergers and acquisitions, and enterprise sustainability, advising executives on finance strategy serving clients like Wal-Mart, General Electric, Pfizer, and TPG.

Prior to Deloitte, Mr. Singh completed The Financial Executive Development Program at GE, focusing on product management and commercial sales channel strategy in GE’s Lighting Division. Mr. Singh is a graduate of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

In his spare time, Ricky enjoys traveling, and spending time with his wife and young daughter.

Ron Westhauser

COO

Ronald Westhauser runs operations, supply chain and field engineering for Redaptive. He brings 20 years of experience scaling global operations for high growth technology companies. Prior to joining Redaptive, Ronald was Head of Supply Chain Operations and Logistics at Google. Previously, he held leadership positions at IBM, Cisco and three technology start-ups where he built operations capabilities from scratch.

In his spare time, Ron enjoys hiking with his wife and sailing with his sons.

Chris Brophy

General Counsel

Chris Brophy serves as General Counsel at Redaptive. Previously, Chris served as General Counsel at Flywheel Building Intelligence, a provider of software and financing solutions designed to enhance energy management and performance in the built environment. Prior to Flywheel, Chris practiced law at Bay Area law firms focusing on commercial real estate transactions and public agency law.

Outside of work, Chris enjoys road and mountain biking and spending time with his wife and young son.

Ryan Martineau

SVP, Operations & Strategic Partnerships

Ryan Martineau is responsible for strategic partnerships and operations at Redaptive and also leads key account engagements. Previously, Ryan managed ‘Project Finance’ at Enlighted where he helped develop the GEO financing platform, oversaw program execution, and led Enlighted’s FP&A group. Ryan also has a strong background in economic analysis and consulting, having spent 2 years with Compass Lexecon and 2 years with the U.S. Department of Justice.

On the weekends, Ryan likes to play golf, go fishing and spend time outdoors with his wife and friends.

Steve Farber

SVP Sales & Partnerships

Steve Farber leads sales operations for Redaptive. Previously, Steve was a Principal with Kingfish Group, where he focused on executing private equity investments in collaboration with industry executives, with a focus on Industrial and Aerospace investing. Prior to Kingfish Group, Steve was an Assistant Vice President at Barclays, where he focused on investment banking for municipal clients in the transportation sector.

Steve’s life peak came as a 16-year-old, when his high school band opened for the Dropkick Murphys.

Bill Masters

Software Designer

Bill Masters is responsible for designing and delivering software products that support Redaptive’s Energy-as-a-Service platform. Previously, Bill worked for Enmetric Systems where he designed and developed core customer-facing software applications and tools. Prior to Enmetric Bill spent four years as a project manager working to conserve endangered salmon and steelhead in Seattle, WA.

In his free time, Bill can usually be found exploring local trails on his mountain bike.

Brad Degnan

Engineering

Dave Jones

Senior Analyst

Dave Jones works on financial analysis to maximize transaction value and assists in partner management efforts at Redaptive. Previously, Dave was an Investment Analyst at Dwell Finance in San Francisco, CA, which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Blackstone Group. Prior to Dwell, Dave was an Investment Banking Analyst based in New York, NY, where he was involved in mid-market, cross-border capital raises, primarily with commodities-focused issuers.

Elizabeth Irby

Senior Business Development & Operations Manager

Elizabeth drives internal operations for successful customer portfolio rollouts and leads a number of customer engagements in the healthcare and pharmaceutical arena. Prior to joining Redaptive Elizabeth ran operations for an internationally touring classical chamber orchestra, before joining Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to work on their Green Growth Fund.

With a love for music and mountains, in her free time Elizabeth can be found singing with her band, or not found backpacking through the Sierras.

Evan Sabogal

Senior Field Engineer

Evan Sabogal is responsible for developing the metering install process, designing metering solutions, and managing field installations at Redaptive. Prior to joining Redaptive, Evan worked as a Field Engineer for six years on commercial lighting control systems. During that time, he worked on projects such as Levi’s Stadium, Salesforce offices, and HP Moffett Towers.

Evan grew up in rural Western Massachusetts, but left for California in the Winter of 2012 in search of the perfect wave. You can usually find Evan looking through a viewfinder, trying to find homes for extra concert tickets, or traveling 550 mph 35,000 feet in the air.

Joel Hurley

SVP Sales

Lynn Lybeck

Software Engineer

Lynn Lybeck is responsible for device software development at Redaptive. Previously Lynn has managed the software development efforts at several device companies in the Silicon Valley area, with responsibilities from concept to completion. His experience includes early participation in five start-up companies.

As a typical engineer, Lynn’s recreational activities include exploring new gadgets and electronic devices for home automation, especially those that enhance the many (or not) successes of the local professional sports teams.

Marc Pernia

Systems Architect

Marc Pernia oversees systems design and architecture for products developed by Redaptive's technology solutions group. Marc has spent the greater part of the last decade in the architecture of massively scalable IoT/sensor networks and big data systems in the energy management sector. A previous life as a systems security specialist guides Marc's focus on the protection and defense of information in the burgeoning Internet of Things space.

Growing up amid the swirl of silicon valley, Marc's professional path may be manifest, but he also takes every opportunity to fly off to explore new corners of the globe, or stay close to home and subject friends and family to his culinary endeavors, or given a beautiful California afternoon, he might tether his more adventurous friends to a boat and drag them around on a wake-board. ...and Falconry. ...and yodeling. ...and exploratory surgery.

Nhan Nguyen

Field Engineer

Nhan Nguyen is responsible for the Field Operations which includes process documentation, auditing, meter design, installation, commissioning, close out approvals and more. Nhan also leads essential training programs for partners and contractors alike. Previously, Nhan was in charge of similar operations at OutSmart Power Systems where he worked with a wide range of Super Market chains like Stop & Shop, Wegmans, Roche Brothers, and Tops Super Market. Prior to Outsmart Power Systems Nhan spent 7 years in the vacuum industry, building vacuum chambers for NASA and repairing vacuum equipment like Turbos, Dry Pumps, and Helium Leak Detectors.

Nhan was born in RI, but spent most of his time in Boston MA growing up. On his spare time he enjoys spending time with his wife and family, playing volleyball and classic video games. He enjoys and takes pride in his four wonderful dogs, Cesar Millan is his role model when it comes to being a dog owner.

Nik Pernia

Project Manager

As the project manager for Redaptive's technology solutions group, Nik Pernia tracks and manages the engineering projects comprising Redaptive's extensive technology initiatives. With over 15 years of leadership in project management, Nik has delivered successful, cross functional, projects spanning multiple industries for top tier clients such as: Google, Microsoft, PayPal, Verizon and more.

When not wrangling cats and requirements, Nik enjoys summer outdoor adventures and winter snowy fun on the slopes with his wife, young son and other Bay Area family and friends.

Nerissa Chan

Executive & Office Manager

Nerissa serves as the executive assistant to the co-CEOs and supports the C-staff with meetings, travel, and scheduling. In addition, she serves as the Office Manager and HR coordinator (amongst a million other roles), running day to day office operations for the company. Previously, Nerissa worked in Marketplace Operations at TaskRabbit, where she was responsible for recruiting thousands of independent contractors monthly across the US and supported TaskRabbit’s trust & safety, culture & events, customer success, and community teams. Prior to that, she worked for Rafanelli Events and helped coordinate weddings and private events for a number of major organizations, non-profits, and high profile celebrities like Matt Damon and Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

She is most known for fostering culture in the workplace and loves to attend events, travel, and get together with friends and family.

Pat Brady

Analyst

Pat Brady works on financial analysis, sales, and marketing efforts at Redaptive. Previously, Pat was a communications strategy consultant at Hamilton Place Strategies in Washington, D.C. At HPS, Pat helped corporations, nonprofits, and trade associations develop data-intensive thought leadership, reputation-building, and legislative communications campaigns. Prior to HPS, Pat worked in financial data systems and mortgage finance.

Ravi Singh

SVP Finance

Roselle Polo

Director of Finance & Accounting

Roselle Polo is a Managing Director at HC Global Business Solutions. HC Global is Redaptive’s outsourced accounting service provider. Roselle manages the Company’s accounting team. Previously, Roselle was a senior audit manager at Ernst & Young and a partner at a regional accounting firm. Roselle has extensive accounting experience in various industries: technology, service, nonprofits, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, among others.

Outside of work, Roselle enjoys spending time with family and friends and enjoys traveling and learning many different cultures.

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