Speakers

With over 25 years of experience in the energy and tech industries, Jeff has a deep understanding of strategic planning, grid operations, data center siting/development and energy markets, including commodity dynamics and regulatory constructs.

As Head of Energy for Verrus, Jeff is helping build the next generation of datacenters: Grid Aware, Carbon Aware and Compute Aware.  Previously as Global Director of Energy at Meta, Jeff led a three-continent team that plans, transacts, and asset manages the reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity supply for one of the world's largest private consumers of electricity.

Jeff serves as a US National Committee Member at CIGRE, an international organization that promotes collaboration and knowledge sharing among energy experts. Jeff represents the US in the Markets and Regulation Committee, where Jeff contributes to the development of best practices and standards for the global energy sector.

Additionally, Jeff serves as a Senior Rater on the Golfweek Magazine global golf course ratings panel, where, Jeff evaluates and rate golf courses combining my passion and skills in golf and my analytical skills.

Open to opportunities as a board member, strategic advisor, or senior c-level executive role, where Jeff can leverage my extensive management and strategy development/implementation experience. My mission is to enable the transition to a clean, resilient, and affordable energy future.

Selected Public Speaking:

-EEI Annual Meeting (2025)

-EEI National Customer Forum (2025)

-ESIG Tech Workshop (2025)

-IEEE PES Grid Edge (2025)

-Aspen Institute Winter Energy Forum (2024)

-EEI CEO summit (2023)

-Aspen Institute Summer Energy/Climate (2023)

-IEEE PES Grid Edge (2023)

-Annual Meeting; National Energy Bar Association (2022)

-Western Power Trading Forum (2021)

-CIGRE International Biennial Session; Large Disturbances Workshop (2021)

-Association of Power Exchanges; APEX (2018)

-Future Power Markets Summit (2018)

-FERC Tech Conference on DER (2018)

-Harvard Energy Policy Group (2018)

-AWEA Windpower (2017)

-Dept. of Energy ARPA-E Innovation Summit (2015)

-Nodal Trader (2015)

-FERC Tech Conf. on electricity price formation (2015)

-Retail Energy Executive Forum (2014)

-CAISO annual energy future symposium (2014)

-CAISO Demand response roadmap workshop (2013)

-AWEA WindPower (2009)

-US Energy Assoc. State of the Energy Industry (2007)

(broadcast on CSPAN)

https://www.c-span.org/video/?196227-1/state-energy-industry (begins at 2hrs59min)