People on the Move: Spearmint Energy, Convergent, Wolfspeed, GoodWe, and more.

Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.

January 18, 2023 pv magazine

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Spearmint Energy, a renewable energy company enabling the clean energy revolution through battery energy storage, announced that Peter K. Rood, former chief development officer at GlidePath Power Solutions LLC, has joined the company as chief development officer.

Convergent Energy and Power, a provider of energy storage solutions in North America, announced the appointment of the former commissioner and chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Neil Chatterjee, to the company’s Board of Directors.

Alliant Energy announced that Lisa Barton will be joining the company as president and chief operating officer. She will oversee its two public utility subsidiaries as well as customer experience, sustainability and regulatory strategies.

Wolfspeed, Inc., a leader in Silicon Carbide technology, today announced the promotion of Elif Balkas. In her role as vice president of research and development in Wolfspeed’s Materials organization, Balkas shaped the company’s technical strategy on wide bandgap materials and drove its development execution to maintain Wolfspeed’s position as a leader in Silicon Carbide for Power and RF device applications.

Additional job moves provided by EnergeiaWorks:

Braulio Escobar started a new position as director of business development, East at GoodWe

Christopher Canfield started a new position as director of sales and marketing, ESS at LG ESS

Jessica Elendical started a new position as global head of strategy and business development, Alternatives at DWS Group

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