Tom Bougher has more than 20 years of experience in technology and research innovation spanning industry, consulting, and academia. He has worked in a variety of areas including building construction, automotive, additive manufacturing, and electronics packaging. Prior to joining 2050 Partners, he was the director of research at a façade manufacturer where he also led […]

Decker Ringo has over twelve years of consulting experience, with a focus on building decarbonization and appliance efficiency standards. He has tackled the challenge of GHG emissions reduction at several levels of granularity, leading studies that have examined interventions at the building scale, the program scale, and the whole economy scale. At the building scale, […]

For over 20 years, Debra Brunk has leveraged her engineering, statistical, and process improvement skills to solve complex problems in Energy, Sustainability, and Healthcare. She is an experienced leader who successfully builds consensus with both internal and external stakeholders. Her strengths include creating, launching, and managing complex new initiatives, programs, and products, while establishing and […]

Jay Yang possesses over 20 years of industry experience in system design, manufacturing, testing, and product management. He has led diverse teams to complete tasks in a wide variety of technological fields including wireless communications, broadband network, and Internet of Thing. Since joining 2050 Partners, Jay has been managing and collaborating with industry stakeholders in […]

Garth Torvestad has over 15 years of experience leading research projects and programs to inform land-use, energy, and climate policy. Garth leverages methods ranging from energy modeling to market surveys to develop data to inform sound policy, especially California’s Title 24, Part 6 Standards. Over the course of his career, he has principally focused on […]

Shilpa Surana has more than a decade of experience ranging from sustainability consulting to modeling high performance and net zero buildings. She leverages her consulting and energy modeling experience in advancing building codes and appliance standards at state and national levels. She is a voting member of the 2024 IECC Residential Economics, Modeling and Whole […]

Coleman Stivers, a skilled Project Management Professional (PMP), has a track record of leading successful projects using both waterfall and agile methodologies. With experience in operations, research, product development, product commercialization, process development, and construction, Coleman has delivered exceptional results. Notable projects he has led include developing new energy efficiency measures, inspecting hundreds of miles […]

Jeff Staller is an experienced energy management professional with over twenty years of varied experience and responsibility in consulting and research in energy efficiency and utility programs. He strives to apply a balance of subject matter expertise and technical skills, with project management experience to provide actionable advice to clients and customers. He has extensive […]

James Frey is an experienced electrical engineer currently focusing the Clean Transportation, Flexible Demand, and Energy Storage. His most recent work includes charging infrastructure cost models for both light-duty and medium/heavy-duty vehicles used to inform future CALGreen Energy codes. James has held strategy, product management and engineering roles with global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) covering […]