John is a seasoned professional with over ten years of experience in the energy, logistics, and consulting sectors. He is currently the Chief of Utility Operations at PowerGen Renewable Energy, a leading distributed power company with operations across four African countries. He was previously the Director of Operations, Software, and Senior Customer Success Manager. He oversees the company's utility operations, leading several teams developing software to monitor and control decentralized energy resources while using data-driven insights to ensure sector-leading customer support. He led the software platform upgrade to handle more than 15M transactions and $1M in revenue annually.Before joining PowerGen, John was a Senior Strategy Consultant in Dalberg’s Nairobi office, where he worked in agriculture, access to finance, and energy with a functional focus on value chain analysis, business strategy, and learning management.Before Dalberg, John worked as an Associate Director at the Austin, TX office of The Advisory Board Company (ABC), a management consulting firm focused on healthcare and higher education. While at ABC, John managed the deployment and maintenance of a physician performance management technology platform at 15 national hospital systems with over $2M in annual revenue. He also headed CSR at the company’s 400-person Austin office.John has a strong background in international development, policy analysis, business strategy, and stakeholder coordination. He holds a master's degree in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor's degree in Finance and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. John is a board member of The African Leadership Bridge, a foundation that provides scholarships and mentorship to African students. He has led several entrepreneurial ventures, including co-founding a venture-backed finance startup that has raised over $600k in equity and debt and financed over $3.5M in working capital for small businesses in Africa.