AiGent’s leadership team has brought more than 15,000 MWs of distributed energy resources to markets around the world
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Stephanie Hendricks, CEO and Co-Founder
As CEO, Stephanie is responsible for ensuring that AiGent’s vision for and value to customers, teammates, partners, markets, investors, and regulators is fully realized. Stephanie brings unparalleled, mission-critical leadership to her role from her experiences as Chief Operating Officer at Voltus, where she built and led all aspects of operational delivery for one of the world’s largest power plants, AI product leader at NDimensional, and from her duty as a Naval Warfare Intelligence Officer with top secret military clearance. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard and completed ROTC Naval Operations training at MIT. Stephanie is a self-professed workaholic who enjoys squeezing intense workouts into her day and bringing her dog, Winnie, everywhere.
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Francoise Parker, President, and Co-Founder
Fran is responsible for market and customer development, ensuring that customers have an opportunity to enjoy the full benefits of AiGent’s technology platform and offerings. Fran brings twenty years of energy market expertise and leadership enthusiasm to AiGent. If you’ve met Fran, you’ll never forget what you’ve learned about energy markets and the potential for you to turn your facility’s assets into earnings generators. Prior to AiGent Fran was the Vice President of Enterprise Sales at Voltus, Director of Enterprise Sales at EnerNOC, and Vice President of Development at Negawatt. When Fran isn’t slinging MWs, she’s adventuring around the world with her family and friends.
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Todd Krause, Chief Development Officer
Todd has more than 20 years of leadership experience connecting customers with the value of cutting edge energy technology platforms that deliver transformative value to commercial, institutional, and industrial customers. Todd brings to AiGent a unique combination of deep energy technology and market expertise and experience building and leading world-class sales teams at Voltus, Blue Pillar, and EnerNOC. As one of Todd’s favorite enterprise-class customers famously said, “If Todd calls me, I pick up, because he knows his stuff. I know that if he and his teams are representing a product then I’m going to want to buy it.” When Todd isn’t championing energy technologies he’s likely cheering on his alma mater Penn State Nittany Lions with his family in Happy Valley!
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Bill Larkins, Chief Technology Officer, Board Director
Bill leads the design and development of AiGent's AI technology platform while providing strategic guidance as an AiGent board director. Bill has a proven, 30-year track record of applying his software, electrical engineering, and data science expertise to solve problems and build companies that have transformative impact at scale. Most relevant to AiGent, Bill developed the first-of-its-kind, patented hardware and software platform for DPP industry pioneer, EnerNOC that automated the dispatch of commercial and industrial distributed generation to deliver grid services for the first time. Bill has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from MIT and a bachelor’s degree in physics from MIT. When not envisioning a better future for all of humanity, Bill can be found (or not) in the wilderness enjoying good health, wild adventure, and the company of friends and family.
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Lauren Stenstream, Vice President of Finance
Lauren leads all aspects of AiGent’s finance and accounting operations, from strategic financial planning to monthly close to ensuring that the AiGent product team integrates digital customer payments into the platform. Lauren has achieved rapid success in every area of accounting and finance in technology and energy companies and has become a trusted leader in building high-performing teams, implementing scalable processes, and managing complex financial and tax matters. Prior to AiGent Lauren was Vice President of Finance for Notarize (now Proof), controller for Voltus, accounting manager for AppNeta, and senior accountant and tax specialist for Carbonite. Lauren has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bridgewater State University and an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University. When not keeping AiGent’s financial house in OCD-like order, she spends every moment possible wrangling her four kids.
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Tanner Black, Senior Director of Engineering
Tanner Black guides the technical strategy and execution for the AiGent’s distributed generation hardware and software platform. With a focus on development of highly-reliable, mission-critical systems that enable grid services and real-time monitoring of critical power infrastructure, Tanner is leading a team of world-class developers building a platform that turns liabilities into assets. Tanner brings deep expertise in firmware and embedded systems from his previous roles. As the Lead Firmware Engineer at Tive Inc., he spearheaded the design of firmware for advanced IoT tracking and sensor devices, significantly enhancing product performance and reliability. Before that, he spent over six years at MetLogix as a Lead Embedded Firmware/Software Engineer, where he was instrumental in innovating feature-rich metrology products using C++, C#, and embedded C. Tanner earned a Master of Science in Engineering Management from the Tufts University Gordon Institute, complementing his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Keene State College. When not building really innovative tech for AiGent, Tanner can be found with his friends and family in the woods and mountains of New Hampshire doing New Hamshire’y things.
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Yinka Ajibade, Director of Operations
Description Yinka is responsible for ensuring that AiGent’s technology is integrated into customer assets and that those assets operate as a reliable, mission-critical power plant for grid operators when dispatched, 24/7/365. Yinka has yet to run into a distributed generation asset that he doesn’t love! Prior to joining AiGent, Yinka managed field engineering for Voltus, where he ensured the IoT enablement of hundreds of customers across the U.S. After earning his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas, Yinka embarked on an engineering and operations career in the energy and equipment industries with leading companies like Titus, Carrier, and ProStar Energy Solutions. When Yinka isn’t turning customer liabilities into assets he can be found cranking out miles on his road bike on the hot and dry roads of Texas!
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Dan Leff, Board Director
Dan has more than 30 years of experience building, leading, and restructuring global energy services, industrial manufacturing, and technology companies and is an investor and board member in leading energy transition growth companies. In addition to his role with AiGent, he currently serves as a board director of VEIR, Sparkfund, Ambri, and Mantel Capture. Dan has previously served as an executive and/or board member for Arcadia, Bayard Capital Technologies, Enchanted Rock, Enron Energy Services, Hara Software, Invensys, and Viridity Energy. Dan has also served as an advisor to Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Engine Ventures, G2VP, Bison Ventures, and Broadscale Group. Dan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Union College in Schenectady, New York. He and his wife, Pam, live in upstate New York, where his “down time” consists of hosting their four children’s families, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, and managing the farm as best as a city kid can.
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Alex Demeulenaere, Board Director
Alex is a Managing Director at Zero Infinity Partners (ZIP), where he is focused on early-stage and growth investing at the crossroads of innovation and infrastructure. Prior to joining ZIP, he worked at Stonepeak, a leading infrastructure private equity investor with $76B of AUM, where he covered a wide range of sectors such as energy, telecommunications, transportation, and logistics. Alex started his career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in its Industrials and M&A groups. He has completed transactions in the energy, telecommunications, transportation and logistics, aerospace and defense, real estate, and industrial sectors spanning venture to buyout stages. When Alex isn’t providing innovative companies with the capital they need to make massive impact, he’s crushing balls on the squash court, playing piano, and enjoying time with family and friends. Alex earned his bachelor’s degree in Classics at Brown University.