Here is the speaker line-up for our July 29, 2020 SPIE-switch Collaboration with Young Professionals in Energy (YPE) Event
2020 SPIE and YPE switch speakers and their bios
Yen T. Yeh
Yen T. Yeh is an engineer at Voltaiq
Yen is working in the intersection of energy storage and data science. Yen has over 8 years of experience working with battery systems, including materials characterization, cell design, prototyping, and battery data analytics. He is a 2019 CELI Fellow, and co-hosts the monthly Battery Brunch community to connect Bay Area energy industry professionals with energy investors, policy makers, and academics.
Aloke Gupta
CPUC Energy Division Demand Response
Aloke has extensive experience in High Tech & Energy sectors involving energy policies, technology-based marketing, business development, strategic planning, and business unit management, at senior leadership levels in Fortune 100 & startup companies and public sector organization.
At the Energy Division of the CPUC, Aloke is focused on developing energy policies related to the intersection of the electric grid and emerging technologies.
At the Energy Division of the CPUC, Aloke is focused on developing energy policies related to the intersection of the electric grid and emerging technologies.
Jin Noh
Senior Manager California Energy Storage Alliance
Jin is a leading expert on energy storage policy in California. Jin’s work focuses on California system and distribution planning processes to value the procurement and operability of energy storage, storage interconnection processes, wholesale market design for energy storage, and innovative program design for behind-the-meter storage resources.
Sarah Woogen
Senior Energy and EV Market Analyst
The Mobility House’s goal is to help create a zero-emission energy and mobility future. Sarah helps build out optimization and managed charging simulation tooling for the US storage and EV market and brings her background of stationary storage to Vehicle-Grid-Integration research and 2nd life battery projects.
Walker Wright
VP of Policy for ENGIE Storage
Walker is VP of Policy for ENGIE Storage as well as heading the Western Policy Strategy within Rob Minter’s Government & Regulatory Affairs Group within ENGIE North America. Walker currently serves as an executive board member to both the California Solar and Storage Association and the California Energy Storage Alliance.
