Chelle Izzi Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Rising Energy Ventures works with entrepreneurs, investors and corporations to build and scale new ventures that drive the energy transition through mobility, distributed generation & electrification, DERs, and corporate innovation across C&I and Residential [consumer] markets. Rising Energy Ventures engagements:* Team with investors and corporate.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Walmart's Energy Transformation team is responsible for accelerating Walmart's transition 100% renewable energy by 2030 and Zero Emissions by 2040 across facilities and vehicles.
• Built and led teams responsible for Distributed Generation, Public Charging and Fleet transformation to zero emissions.
• Developed strategy and business models and secured program approvals at Walmart and Sam's Club locations to: - Deploy 1GW of on-site solar & storage by 2030 - Build thousands of public charging stations by 2030
• Managed comprehensive RFP processes and selected vendors responsible for on-site solar & storage and public charging
• Secured capital approvals, built-out teams, defined internal workflows and launched first solar & storage and public charging projects
• Worked with stores, clubs, Walmart+, customer care and tech teams to develop a go-to-market strategy and design a seamless, Walmart public charging customer experience

Juno Beach, FL, US

• Led integration of eIQ Mobility acquisition and secured funding for NextEra Energy Resources’ entry into the mobility space
• Launched a new business within 10 months – from securing funding, staffing, onboarding & training (~30 new staff in 2021) to product development, commercialization and pipeline development
• Built $60M C&I charging/electrification-as-a-service pipeline
• Led NextEra’s strategy, product and business development and negotiations that led to the formation of Greenlane, a joint venture by NextEra, Daimler Trucks and Black Rock committed to deploying $675M in EV charging.

Juno Beach, FL, US

• Responsible for Business Development for distributed generation nationally including on-site solar and storage and integrated distribution-level and behind-the-meter solutions for IOUs, Munis and Coops
• Led market and product development for Distributed Energy Resources nationally including market testing, commercialization and strategic partnerships
• Consulted across business units to design integrated offers, evaluate potential technology investments and develop corporate strategy

Juno Beach, FL, US

• Promoted to lead Utility Scale storage in CAISO / WECC in addition to national DG storage
• Built and launched North American DG/Behind-The-Meter storage business within two years
• Advised on product and business model innovation targeting C&I customers across NextEra companies

Chicago, IL, US

• Part of a small team dedicated to developing, commercializing and scaling Constellation's behind-the-meter approach to Distributed Generation including CHP, Emergency Generation, Battery Storage and EV & CNG stations.
• Leading commercialization of battery storage, including vetting technologies and business models, establishing strategic alliances, proof of concept, go to market strategy and launch.

Baltimore, MD, US

• Designing new Mass Market (Residential and SMB) demand response business model and go to market approach for Smart Home / Smart Thermostat customers
• Developing Data Center solution blending IT and facility efficiency, distributed generation and procurement to transform data centers into dispatchable energy assets. Market testing with prospective partners: Cisco.
• Co-authored white paper on how to leverage Smart Grid / Smart Meter Big Data for growth
• Researched energy analytics landscape, evaluated SaaS options, managed pilot studies
• Designed IT/vendor specs for data-mining energy profiles, benchmarking and customized offers
• Led initiative to grow and scale “Efficiency Made Easy” product (bundled power and efficiency)

Baltimore, Maryland, US

• Constellation Energy (2011)
• Established new channel partner group; met 95% of sales goal within 3 quarters
• Recruited new staff and trained staff transitioning to channel partners
• Developed channel strategy, target markets and partnership planning approach
• Built internal rules, processes, contracts and internal support for channel partners
• Built and launched partner training, marketing and sales management templatesCPower (2010)

Baltimore, Maryland, US

• Launched national accounts team and retail vertical in Q1 2008
• Achieved sales of 200% of goal in 2008 and 100% in 2009, totaling $30M in bookings over two years
• Established CPower as the leading Demand Response provider for retail within two years; managed more than 1,600 sites and generated revenues of more than $8.5M annually - 15% of total CPower sales
• Secured first major national accounts, including Walmart, Target, Sears Holdings Corporation, Forest City Ratner, GGP, Macy’s, REI, Spartech Corporation, Exel, Inc.

US

• Member of fundraising team that secured Series A Financing of $10M from Bessemer Venture Partners, Expansion Capital, Schneider Ventures and the New York City Investment Fund
• Spearheaded expansion into New England region including recruitment, operational ramp-up and winning the contract with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in a very competitive RFP process
• Managed NY region, the largest region, representing almost 80% of revenue and more than 25 staff
• Achieved 35% growth as measured by clients’ total peak electricity demand under management
• Improved client demand response performance results by more than 21%

US

• Recruited and managed new team dedicated to client service and asset management
• Designed and implemented account management system for over 75 commercial, residential and institutional client portfolios encompassing more than 400 buildings and 550 MWs of peak demand
• Directly managed key accounts including New York Presbyterian Hospital and NYU Langone
• Achieved client retention rate of more than 95%

Copenhagen, DK

• UNOPS is a fee-based project management service, managing $1B in loans/projects for 34 UN clients
• Supervised 8 staff; appointed Officer-in-Charge of the Division (Director level) for 4 months
• Conceived, modeled and galvanized support for restructuring plan to close $10M budget gap
• Led account management, performance metrics and client retention task forces
• Co-authored and presented “Toward an Outsourcing Value Chain” proposal for corporate reform
• Improved decision-support resources by redesigning the forecasting system and launching a prototype global skills inventory (Access) and a knowledge management portal

Copenhagen, DK

• Adapted private sector planning and marketing practices to improve competitive positioning
• Built, trained and led cross-functional sales teams that secured $40M in contracts in East Timor

• Co-developed marketing strategy and collateral materials of 11 distributors across Asia
• Met annual sales target in 8 months and profit target in 9 months despite Asian financial crisis
• Managed 65 SKUs, created specifications and negotiated sourcing for Asian product line
• Integrated 75 products from acquired firm; negotiated Disney and Warner Brothers licenses

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Founded the African Trade Center; established Atlanta as the “gateway” for trade with Africa
• Attracted 200 paying members and 75 volunteers; provided export-development consulting; co-organized trade mission to South Africa; established local South African Business Association

• AIESEC is an international student-run work exchange program that had 5,000 US members and 65 US chapters in 1991-1992.
• Led turn-around of a non-profit through organizational redesign and customer retention programs that generated a 15% increase in repeat sales and the highest net earnings in 6 years

Mba, Finance, Entrepreneurship

Bsfs (School Of Foreign Service), Development Economics, China Studies

Education record