Matthew Kavanagh

Matthew has been in the energy industry for over 20 years, beginning as a grid reliability engineer for a power utility after leaving the Navy protecting low/medium voltage infrastructure. He has since been in renewable energy for 15+ years with experience in large hydropower, small wind, heat pumps, energy storage, solar PV (commercial and residential), lighting solutions, energy efficiency and transportation energy services. He has served many roles in the Distributed Energy Resources (DER) industry from project management, procurement, program management, product development, logistics, design, construction, operations, project engineering and senior supply chain roles. Matthew most recently served at national solar + energy storage company in senior operational roles including leading key projects to decarbonize the supply chain and transportation network. He is a graduate of the US Naval Academy with a Weapon Systems Engineering degree, Lehigh University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a navy veteran of 5 years. He also carries certificates from Cambridge on Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Business Sustainability Management. He has a passion for decarbonizing the built world and accelerating the transformation to a clean energy world as a lifelong mission.