Voltus Co-Founder and CEO Dana Guernsey

About this episode

Dana Guernsey discusses her journey from studying mechanical engineering to co-founding Voltus, a company focused on customer-side flexibility in energy markets.

Dana Guernsey is the Co-Founder and CEO of Voltus, a company turning customer-side flexibility into dependable grid capacity across North American power markets. Emily spoke with Dana about her path, from growing up in Queens, New York and studying mechanical engineering at Dartmouth, to discovering energy markets during her time at EnerNOC and ultimately co-founding Voltus. Since then, the company has scaled to operate across every major power market, managing more than eight gigawatts of flexible capacity and supporting tens of thousands of customer sites.

People in this episode

Host: Emily Kirsch

Guest: Dana Guernsey

Topics covered

• energy markets
• entrepreneurship
• grid capacity
• power markets
• flexible capacity

Keywords

• Voltus
• Dana Guernsey
• energy markets
• grid capacity
• flexible capacity
• entrepreneurship
• mechanical engineering

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Voltus, EnerNOC

Places: Queens, Dartmouth

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