Small Is Profitable | The Authors

E. Kyle Datta
CEO, New Energy Partners

Kyle Datta is a former Vice President of Booz, Allen & Hamilton where he was the Managing Partner of the firm's Asia Energy Practice and later led the U.S. Utilities practice. Mr. Datta holds BS, MES, and MPPM degrees from Yale University. He is currently CEO of New Energy Partners, an energy consulting and renewable development firm located in Hawai'i.

Tom Fieler
Thomas Feiler

Tom Feiler is a former Managing Director and Principal of Rocky Mountain Institute's Energy and Resources team. He is an authority on industry structure, resource planning, and competitive strategy development for the electric power and natural gas sectors. Mr. Feiler has been an international consultant, speaker, expert witness, and author on the electric power and natural gas industries, addressing such issues as competitive markets, strategic planning, industry trends and environmental policy analysis, market development, risk analysis, integrated resource planning, and demand-side management. He is a University of Denver graduate summa cum laude in Political Science and in Philosophy, and holds an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

André Lehmann
Associate, Batinergie

André Lehmann, an electrical engineer holding an MSEE from the Federal Polytechnic of Lausanne, is a former Research Associate at Rocky Mountain Institute. After leaving RMI, he completed a PhD in atmospheric physics at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich. Dr. Lehmann consults on and implements energy efficiency improvements for new homes in the Lake Geneva area of Switzerland.

Amory B. Lovins
CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute

Physicist Amory Lovins is cofounder and CEO of Rocky Mountain Institute and Chairman of its fourth spin-off, Hypercar, Inc. (www.hypercar.com). Published in 27 previous books and hundreds of papers, his work has been recognized by the "Alternative Nobel," Onassis, Nissan, Shingo, and Mitchell Prizes, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Happold Medal, eight honorary doctorates, and the Heinz, Lindbergh, World Technology, and "Hero for the Planet" Awards. He has advised the energy industries (including scores of utilities), major energy customers, and governments worldwide for three decades, and has been analyzing distributed benefits since the mid-1970s. His previous book, with Paul G. Hawken and L. Hunter Lovins, is Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (www.naturalcapitalism.org).

Karl Rabago
Karl R. Rábago
Sustainability Alliances Leader, Cargill Dow LLC

Karl R. Rábago is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy, a former public utility commissioner for the State of Texas, and a former Managing Director and Principal of the Energy and Resources team at Rocky Mountain Institute. He is a Board member of the Center for Resource Solutions and Chairman of the Green Power Board. His JD is from the University of Texas, and he holds LLM degrees from Pace University School of Law (Environmental Law) and the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School (Military Law).

Joel Swisher
Joel N. Swisher
Leader and Principal, Energy and Resources Services, Rocky Mountain Institute

Joel Swisher is a registered Professional Engineer and holds a PhD in Energy and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. With 25 years' experience in research and consulting on many aspects of clean energy technology, Dr. Swisher is an internationally recognized expert in the analysis, design, and evaluation of utility energy efficiency, distributed generation, and emission reduction programs and in the development and finance of carbon offset projects. His hundred-odd professional publications include RMI's 2002 monograph Cleaner Energy, Greener Profits: Fuel Cells as Cost-Effective Distributed Energy Resources (www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid171.php#CleanerGreener).

Ken Wicker
Senior Research Associate for the E SOURCE Distributed Energy Service

Ken Wicker provides analysis, conducts research, and reports on current emerging distributed energy technologies. He is the primary author of High Temperature Fuel Cells for Stationary Power: A Long, Hot Road to the Promised Product. He is a former Rocky Mountain Institute researcher and has been a consultant to small renewable energy companies in Bhutan and Sri Lanka. Mr. Wicker holds an MA in environmental and energy policy from the University of Delaware and a certificate in energy management and design from Sonoma State University.






About the Authors Download The Authors (PDF-120k) E. Kyle Datta CEO, New Energy Partners Kyle Datta is a former Vice President of Booz, Allen & Hamilton where he was the Managing Partner of the firm's Asia Energy Practice and later led the U.S. Utilities practice. Mr. Datta holds BS, MES, and MPPM degrees from Yale University. He is currently CEO of New Energy Partners, an energy consulting and renewable development firm located in Hawai'i. Thomas Feiler Tom Feiler is a former Managing Director and Principal of Rocky Mountain Institute's Energy and Resources team. He is an authority on industry structure, resource planning, and competitive strategy development for the electric power and natural gas sectors. Mr. Feiler has been an international consultant, speaker, expert witness, and author on the electric power and natural gas industries, addressing such issues as competitive markets, strategic planning, industry trends and environmental policy analysis, market development, risk analysis, integrated resource planning, and demand-side management. He is a University of Denver graduate summa cum laude in Political Science and in Philosophy, and holds an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. André Lehmann Associate, Batinergie André Lehmann, an electrical engineer holding an MSEE from the Federal Polytechnic of Lausanne, is a former Research Associate at Rocky Mountain Institute. After leaving RMI, he completed a PhD in atmospheric physics at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich. Dr. Lehmann consults on and implements energy efficiency improvements for new homes in the Lake Geneva area of Switzerland. Amory B. Lovins CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute Physicist Amory Lovins is cofounder and CEO of Rocky Mountain Institute and Chairman of its fourth spin-off, Hypercar, Inc. (www.hypercar.com). Published in 27 previous books and hundreds of papers, his work has been recognized by the "Alternative Nobel," Onassis, Nissan, Shingo, and Mitchell Prizes, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Happold Medal, eight honorary doctorates, and the Heinz, Lindbergh, World Technology, and "Hero for the Planet" Awards. He has advised the energy industries (including scores of utilities), major energy customers, and governments worldwide for three decades, and has been analyzing distributed benefits since the mid-1970s. His previous book, with Paul G. Hawken and L. Hunter Lovins, is Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (www.naturalcapitalism.org). Karl R. Rábago Sustainability Alliances Leader, Cargill Dow LLC Karl R. Rábago is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy, a former public utility commissioner for the State of Texas, and a former Managing Director and Principal of the Energy and Resources team at Rocky Mountain Institute. He is a Board member of the Center for Resource Solutions and Chairman of the Green Power Board. His JD is from the University of Texas, and he holds LLM degrees from Pace University School of Law (Environmental Law) and the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School (Military Law). Joel N. Swisher Leader and Principal, Energy and Resources Services, Rocky Mountain Institute Joel Swisher is a registered Professional Engineer and holds a PhD in Energy and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. With 25 years' experience in research and consulting on many aspects of clean energy technology, Dr. Swisher is an internationally recognized expert in the analysis, design, and evaluation of utility energy efficiency, distributed generation, and emission reduction programs and in the development and finance of carbon offset projects. His hundred-odd professional publications include RMI's 2002 monograph Cleaner Energy, Greener Profits: Fuel Cells as Cost-Effective Distributed Energy Resources (www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid171.php#CleanerGreener). Ken Wicker Senior Research Associate for the E SOURCE Distributed Energy Service Ken Wicker provides analysis, conducts research, and reports on current emerging distributed energy technologies. He is the primary author of High Temperature Fuel Cells for Stationary Power: A Long, Hot Road to the Promised Product. He is a former Rocky Mountain Institute researcher and has been a consultant to small renewable energy companies in Bhutan and Sri Lanka. Mr. Wicker holds an MA in environmental and energy policy from the University of Delaware and a certificate in energy management and design from Sonoma State University. Download The Authors (PDF-120k) Get Adobe Acrobat Reader
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