Ryan joined pv magazine in 2021, bringing experience from a top residential solar installer and a U.S.-based inverter manufacturer. He holds a Master of Energy and Environmental Management degree at the University of Connecticut and a degree in Management with a certification in Sustainable Business Practices from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Finlay Colville has been actively engaged with the solar industry for more than 20 years and is recognised as a leading analyst in the sector. For 15 years, Finlay managed market research business units at Solarbuzz and PV-Tech. He established Terawatt PV Research in 2025 as the working platform for his activities going forward.

Scott Graybeal is a veteran executive who led the Energy Solutions Segment at Flex Ltd (NASDAQ: FLEX), a $2B division within the company serving the solar, energy storage, and LED lighting markets. Under his leadership, Flex Energy became the third largest producer of PV modules outside of mainland China, and patented several key solar manufacturing innovations. Scott’s career spans several industries from construction tech to solar to semiconductors. Before joining Caelux, Scott was COO of Veev Group & CEO of Veev Build and has held key leadership roles at Intevac, Amonix, Oerlikon Solar, Veeco Instruments, Applied Materials, and General Electric.

Scott has guest lectured on renewables and entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon and Georgetown. He served with distinction as a nuclear submarine officer and is a certified nuclear engineering officer by the Departments of the Navy and Energy. Scott earned his MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and his BS in Chemistry from UC San Diego.

Cherif is a solar industry veteran of 15+ years with experience extending from product development, product engineering, yield enhancement, performance enhancement, test site development, redurability testing, bankability, to certification testing. He also has an extensive 11-year background in Semiconductors, specifically with product engineering, testing, and failure analysis. He leads a team dedicated to helping the renewable energy industry thrive.

Jim Wood is the President and Chief Executive Officer of SEG Solar Inc., a Houston, Texas–based, 100% U.S.-owned solar module manufacturer headquartered in Houston, widely recognized as the energy capital of the United States, where he resides. He is a co-founder of the company and is responsible for overall corporate strategy, operations, and commercial activities.

Mr. Wood has over 20 years of experience in the solar industry. Prior to founding SEG Solar, he held senior sales and commercial leadership roles at two Tier 1 solar module manufacturers, with experience spanning utility-scale, commercial, and distributed generation markets. He began his career on the installation side of the industry and was previously a NABCEP-certified solar installer, providing practical experience across both project development and manufacturing.

Ryan joined pv magazine in 2021, bringing experience from a top residential solar installer and a U.S.-based inverter manufacturer. He holds a Master of Energy and Environmental Management degree at the University of Connecticut and a degree in Management with a certification in Sustainable Business Practices from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Jigar Shah, named to the 2024 TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people, is an energy entrepreneur and strategist focused on scaling the infrastructure needed for the clean energy transition.

He is co-Managing Partner of Multiplier, where he works with leading companies to accelerate growth, unlock capital, and deploy large-scale energy and industrial projects.

Most recently, Shah served as Director of the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, transforming it into a central engine of U.S. industrial policy by expanding its authority tenfold and helping deploy over $100 billion into domestic manufacturing, advanced transportation, and energy infrastructure.

Shah is widely credited with pioneering modern clean energy finance. He founded SunEdison, where he created the third-party power purchase agreement model that helped launch the global solar industry, and later co-founded Generate Capital, advancing the infrastructure-as-a-service model.

He brings a pragmatic, execution-focused perspective to the energy transition—arguing that the constraint is no longer technology or capital, but the ability to build at speed and scale.

Shah is also co-host of the “Energy Empire” and “Open Circuit” podcasts, where he explores the intersection of energy, policy, and markets.

Jeff McAndrew is Vice President of Sales for Generac Solar & Storage, where he leads nationwide sales efforts for the company’s growing portfolio of residential solar, battery storage, backup power, and home energy management solutions. Working closely with installers, distributors, and strategic partners, he helps drive market adoption of integrated home energy systems and supports businesses navigating the rapidly evolving residential energy landscape.

Ronnie Pettersson is Vice President of Product and Application Engineering at FranklinWH Energy Storage Inc., where he leads product strategy and engineering initiatives for residential energy storage and grid-connected energy management solutions. He has been actively involved in implementing industry interoperability standards, including OpenADR and IEEE 2030.5, while overseeing numerous utility, inverter, and third-party system integrations.

A long-time contributor to the distributed energy ecosystem, Ronnie was an early participant in SunSpec as a founding member and has contributed to multiple industry standards and regulatory initiatives, including SunSpec Modbus, OpenFMB, IEEE 1547, the California Solar Initiative, and the California Rule 21 Smart Inverter Working Group.

Over a career spanning more than 25 years, Ronnie has led product and engineering organizations at FranklinWH, ABB, Power-One, and several technology startups, delivering cloud platforms, IoT solutions, smart energy products, and industrial automation systems. His experience spans residential energy storage, distributed energy resources, IoT connectivity, cloud platforms, and interoperability across utilities, devices, and software ecosystems.

Ronnie holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, and has lived in Silicon Valley since 1998.

Ryan Feeney is a Partner at Ohm Analytics, a market intelligence firm covering the U.S. distributed energy transition through permit, utility interconnection, financial filing, and incentive program data. He leads data aggregation across the entire Ohm platform, including its VPP and policy tracking coverage. That vantage point gives him a close read on how state- and utility-level battery programs are reshaping residential attachment rates, installer economics, and go-to-market strategy — and which program designs are actually converting awareness into installed capacity. He draws on seven years in the renewable energy financing industry. Ryan is based in San Diego

Deep Patel is the founder and CEO of Gigawatt Inc., the parent company of Unbound Solar and Real Goods. Unbound Solar has provided DIY solar kits and expert support for over 19 years, serving homeowners, contractors, and professionals. Real Goods, established in 1978, is a legacy brand in the solar industry known for reliable solar and energy storage products. Through these brands, Deep is focused on expanding access to clean energy by combining education, high-quality components, and a customer-first approach.

Nicole Tomasin is the Chief Commercial Officer of Energy Access Innovations, leading enterprise commercial strategy, strategic partnerships, business development, and brand across the portfolio. She has spent more than two decades across the residential solar value chain. She came up through EPC operations, incentives, and interconnection at Conergy, Solar Power Partners, and NRG Energy, where she ran national project portfolios and high-profile commercial and international accounts, including resort, hospitality, and stadium installations. She moved into commercial leadership at Sunnova and Kuubix Energy, scaling residential sales, storage attach, and multi-state channel growth, then led US sales for storage and inverter manufacturer SolaX Power, where she drove triple-digit year- over-year revenue. Before her current role, she directed product strategy and vendor relations at Signature Solar.

Ryan joined pv magazine in 2021, bringing experience from a top residential solar installer and a U.S.-based inverter manufacturer. He holds a Master of Energy and Environmental Management degree at the University of Connecticut and a degree in Management with a certification in Sustainable Business Practices from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Jenny Levin is Global Director of Engineering at Voltage Energy, where she leads engineering teams supporting utility-scale solar projects. With a background spanning renewable energy engineering, product development, and technical execution, she focuses on translating complex engineering challenges into practical, reliable solutions. Her work emphasizes standardization, cross-functional collaboration, and electrical balance-of-system (EBOS) solutions that improve project efficiency and constructability. Jenny is passionate about advancing solar technology while developing strong engineering teams and solutions that meet the evolving needs of the global solar industry.

Tim Montague is a clean-energy strategist, consultant, speaker, journalist and media creator focused on solar, energy storage, microgrids, and practical AI adoption for energy businesses. He is President of Clean Power Consulting Group and host of the Clean Power Hour, one of the most widely followed independent podcasts covering the energy transition. He is author of Wired for Sun: The Commercial Solar Playbook (2025) and is completing Wired for Resilience: The Battery and Microgrid Playbook due out in 2027. He works with solar developers, EPCs, manufacturers, and utilities on strategy, growth, and go-to-market, helping organizations understand where the market is headed and how to compete within it.

Luciano is an electrical engineer specializing in battery systems with a background in utility-scale energy storage project development and electromobility. He has also been involved in energy markets consultancy and government, working in storage-related regulations. Today he is the technical lead for Trina Storage, a vertically-integrated battery manufacturer and BESS solutions supplier.

Nick Strevel is the Chief Product Officer overseeing Product Management, Technical Sales, and Applications Engineering at ARRAY. Nick has strengthened ARRAY’s product management and product marketing capabilities while building real momentum with Technical Sales tightening the connection between market requirements and our roadmap. Strevel joins ARRAY from First Solar, where he spent more than a decade in increasingly senior roles across product management, technical sales, and technology development. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Product, responsible for driving the global product roadmap and aligning technology development with customer needs and market opportunities. Prior to that, he led First Solar’s global technical sales team and held multiple engineering and leadership positions in the U.S. and Germany. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University and studied at RWTH Aachen University in Germany.

Hannan Happi is the CEO and co-founder of Exowatt. A mechanical engineer by training, Hannan studied at the Technical University of Munich and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Before founding Exowatt, Hannan held leadership and engineering roles at General Electric, Siemens, Accenture, and Tesla. He later co-founded and led Volansi, a vertical take-off and landing drone startup focused on autonomous logistics, which was acquired by a major defense firm. Now based in Miami, Florida, Hannan and the Exowatt team are focused on solving one of the most urgent infrastructure challenges of our time: delivering scalable, dispatchable, onsite energy solutions that keep pace with the digital world’s accelerating demands.

Thomas (TJ) Winter is Vice President of Emerging Segments at Fluence. He has more than 20 years of experience commercializing energy storage technologies and applications, as well as leading product development and engineering. Before joining Fluence, TJ led product teams at AES and Hewlett-Packard. He holds an MBA from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Rice University in Houston, Texas.