Our Team
Jason Kaminsky | Chief Executive Officer
Jason Kaminsky is the CEO at kWh Analytics. Just prior to joining kWh Analytics, Jason spent more than three years as a Vice President of Environmental Finance at Wells Fargo Bank. As a senior member of the Wells Fargo deal team, Jason originated, underwrote, and financed tax-equity investments during a time when the bank added nearly $1bn of solar assets. Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2011, Jason worked at SPG Solar, where he supported the CEO on strategic corporate initiatives.
Jason received both his B.S. in Mathematics and his B.S. in Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Environmental Sciences from UCLA. He holds an M.S. degree in Environment and Resources from Stanford University, and also completed his M.B.A. at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is from Thousand Oaks, California.
Michael Bachrodt | Chief Operations Officer
Michael Bachrodt is the COO at kWh Analytics. Immediately prior to joining kWh Analytics, Michael served three years as Vice President, Structured Finance for OYO, an India-based hospitality technology company. Michael had previously spent 11 years on all sides of renewable transactions, first negotiating power purchase agreements for Pacific Gas & Electric Company, then structuring debt and tax equity transactions at SunEdison, and finally managing a lending and tax equity team as a Senior Vice President at Bridge Bank (a division of Western Alliance Bank). Michael spent the first seven years of his career valuing and negotiating complex insurance claims for Arthur Andersen and successor consultancies.
Michael received his B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. He is from Rockford, Illinois.
Sanju Abraham | Chief Technology Officer
Sanju Abraham is the CTO at kWh Analytics. Prior to kWh Analytics, Sanju led the development and growth of a telemedicine company as Chief Technology Officer at QuickConnectMD. As a founder of the company, Sanju designed key aspects of the platform and helped architect the AWS system that ran the backend, setup key vendor partnerships and physician networks. Prior to working at QuickConnectMD, Sanju spent 10 years in the automotive industry building and growing many tech ventures. He also spends time teaching, coaching, and mentoring entrepreneurs through a number of outlets including business incubators, public libraries, and community colleges.
Sanju received his B.S. in Science from Elmhurst College. He holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science, Ph.D. in Computer Science, and M.B.A from DePaul University. He is from Naperville, IL.
Isaac McLean is the CUO at kWh Analytics. With over 20 years of insurance experience, Isaac comes from ICAT Managers, where he spent 14 years building and growing natural catastrophe exposed property insurance programs. These programs included residential, small commercial and middle market books of business throughout the United States.
Isaac has a B.B.A. in Business Management and Leadership from New Mexico State University. He grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico and has resided in Lakewood, Colorado for the last 20 years.
Adam Shinn | Technical Lead, Product & Strategy
Aditi Raval | Sr. Software Engineer
Ali Afzal | Sr. Manager, Product & Strategy
Alyssa Villanueva | Assistant Underwriter
Brody Uehara | Data Engineer
Camilo Escobar | Associate Underwriter
Charity Sotero | Data Scientist
Chris Scanlin | Sr. Manager, Data Engineering
Dori Darras | Sales & Underwriting Operations Manager
Elizabeth Henthorn | Sr. Manager, Underwriting Operations and Legal
Garvin Jones | Underwriter, Renewable Energy
Hannah Kang | Software Engineer
Hannah Rasmussen | Data Quality Lead
Heather Miki | Sr. Manager, People Operations
Lauren Picard | Assistant Underwriter
Mike Mousou | Data Quality Analyst
Nicole Thompson | Sr. Manager, Data Science
Nikky Venkataraman | Sr. Manager, Marketing
Phoebe Hwang | Data Quality Analyst
Reilly Fagan | Underwriting Data Analyst
Sarath Srinivasan | VP, Head of Product & Strategy
Ted Kwasnik | Application Architect
Veronica Anderson | Sr. Data Scientist
Board and Advisors
Yann Ranchere
Partner, Anthemis Group
Yann is a Partner at Anthemis Group, a lead investor in kWh Analytics. Anthemis Group invests in innovative financial services startups. Prior to joining Anthemis, Yann was previously a consultant at Kurt Salmon in New York. He has a Master’s degree from ESCP Europe and lives in Geneva.
Larry Ng
Co-Founder, Moneyline Telerate and TradeWeb
Larry Ng is a serial financial technology entrepreneur. Larry was the co-founder of MarketAxess (NASDAQ: MKTX), MoneyLine Telerate which sold to Thompson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), TradeWeb, and SpectraSoft. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cooper Union.
Tony Derossi
Managing Partner at Propeller Venture Capital
Tony Derossi is a Managing Partner in Insurance at Propeller Venture Capital. He was previously the COO at Fireman’s Fund Insurance.
Sheeraz Haji
Senior Advisor at ENGIE
Sheeraz is a senior advisor for ENGIE, a French utility company and investor in kWh. He is also currently the managing partner of Zipdragon Ventures, an investment firm providing seed capital to industry cloud startups. He was formerly the CEO of Cleantech Group.
BOB STEIN
Independent Director at Assurant, Talcott Financial Group
Bob has over 45 years of experience advising the insurance industry on strategic, financial and operating challenges. Formerly a partner at EY, Bob has served on insurance company boards including Assurant, Aviva PLC, Resolution Life and Talcott Financial Group.