SunRun Team
SunRun’s talented team is focused on creating the best home solar financing offer available.
SunRun’s management team:
Edward Fenster, Chief Executive Officer
Ed co-founded SunRun because he believes low-cost, renewable energy is the key to environmental preservation and international stability. At SunRun, Ed oversees finance, legal, and regulatory affairs, ensuring that thousands of homeowners can get solar energy for a low upfront cost. Since its founding in 2007, SunRun has grown to become the leading home solar financing company in the United States. Prior to starting SunRun, Ed was a founder of Transforma, CEO of Avestar-IP, and Director of Corporate Development at Asurion Corporation. With the Blackstone Group, Ed completed more than $10 billion in private equity and merger and acquisitions transactions. He is a member of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and also serves as an Advisory Partner to Millennium Technology Value Partners. Ed holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BA from The Johns Hopkins University. Ed and Lynn were also recently awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 award in Northern California.
Lynn Jurich, President
Lynn co-founded SunRun because she believes homeowners will choose to help the environment and their community by going solar, as long it’s affordable and easy for them to do so. At SunRun, Lynn oversees SunRun’s key business operations nationwide, including sales, marketing, channel operations, and software development. Under Lynn’s direction, SunRun is growing 500% per year, works with 22 trusted installation partners, and is available for 65 million Americans in six states. In 2009, Lynn was chosen by Fortune as one of the Ten Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs and was invited to President Obama’s White House Jobs Summit to provide recommendations for creating green jobs. Lynn and Ed were also recently awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 award in Northern California. Previously at Summit Partners, a venture capital and private equity firm, Lynn completed investments with an aggregate market value of over $900 million in the financial services and technology sectors. Lynn holds an MBA and BS from Stanford University.
Steve Atherton, Vice President, Engineering
Steve brings more than twenty-five years of experience in technology, engineering, and executive management to SunRun, where he oversees all of the company's development for its internal and public facing applications to make solar easier for consumers and solar integrators. Prior to joining SunRun, Steve led technology teams at companies such as Honeywell, Motorola, Sybase, OnDisplay, ClearCommerce, Aruna Solutions and most recently at Clickability in both Europe and in the US. Steve is tasked with the challenge of growing the Engineering team and evolving the application suite infrastructure in line with SunRun's corporate goal of being the world class provider of consumer solar in the US. Steve has a Degree in Electronics and Computer Systems from Guildford University.
Matt Eggers, Vice President, Operations
Matt works at SunRun because he believes the build-out of distributed, renewable energy will be the defining accomplishment for his generation. At SunRun, Matt leads business operations and product management. Prior to SunRun, Matt led the stack operations team and was Director of Product Management at the stationary fuel cell company Bloom Energy, which recently emerged from stealth mode after raising more than $400 million in venture capital. Before Bloom, Matt worked for Genentech where he led the commercial launch of Herceptin Adjuvant, a product with over $1 billion in sales. Matt has a B.S. in molecular biology from Duke University and an MBA from Stanford University.
Holly Gordon, Vice President, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs
Holly serves as SunRun's lead on all federal and state legislative and regulatory work ensuring SunRun’s affordable home solar plans are available to the most consumers possible. Holly came to SunRun from Ausra, a utility-scale solar thermal company, where she served as the lead on all federal and state legislative and regulatory work. While at Ausra, Holly helped form and was President of the Large-scale Solar Association. Prior to Ausra, Holly worked and taught at the Stanford Law School Environmental Law Clinic focused on environmental and energy related legal issues. Prior to joining Stanford, she was an environmental justice attorney at Communities for a Better Environment and at the Chicago Environmental Law Clinic. During her tenure there, she served as the Assistant Director of the Program in Environmental and Energy Law. She also served as an adjunct environmental law professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, and Northwestern University School of Law. Previously, she was an associate in Jones Day's Chicago office. Holly received a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law and a B.A. in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis.
Bill Owens, Vice President
Bill brings over twenty years of experience in Finance, Product Management and Strategy to SunRun, where he leads the company’s Financial Product Strategy efforts to bring innovative and cost effective solar solutions to consumers. Prior to SunRun, Bill was co-founder and CFO of Mile Rock Partners, an alternative investment firm focused on equity and structured finance. Bill also held senior management positions in Finance, Product Management, Marketing and Business Strategy at Nuance Communications, OnLive! Technologies, HJ Heinz, Oracle, Apple and Bain. Bill holds a B.S.E. Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and a M.S. in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University.
Pat Schoof, Vice President, Human Resources
Pat brings over 20 years experience in the full spectrum of human resources at numerous rapid-growth global companies. Previously, Pat served as Vice President of Human Resources at Clickability, leading recruiting and organizational design, practices and policies. Before Clickability, she held the position of Vice President of Human Resources at Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFLY) where she helped guide employees through an IPO in addition to overseeing all aspects of the company’s human resources capabilities including recruiting, compensation, benefits, organizational design, leadership development and workplace culture. Previous executive-level posts include salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM); NaviSite, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAVI) and Network Associates (now McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE)). Pat holds a B.S. in Psychology from Santa Clara University.
Bill Schuh, Vice President, Sales
Bill leads SunRun’s sales and channel organizations. Prior to joining the company, Bill spent ten years building or serving in world-class sales organizations. Most recently, Bill served as Vice President, EMEA for Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD). In this capacity, Bill was responsible for sales and marketing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, growing a fledgling EMEA business from a small handful of customers in the UK to a successful business spanning more than 20 countries and establishing a successful mix of channel and direct sales. Before Callidus, Bill worked in a variety of sales and business development roles, and as an analyst at leading technology investment bank Hambrecht & Quist (H&Q). Bill holds a BA in History from Princeton University. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife and daughter and enjoys skiing, running and travel.
SunRun's board of directors:
David Buzby
David is a San Francisco based investor with 22 years of operating and private equity investment experience. Since 1991, he has been investing in early stage environmental and e-commerce companies, taking Board and/or senior management roles. He is the past Chairman and founding investor of SunEdison, a leading solar services company in the US and Europe (acquired by MEMC Materials, NYSE:WFR); an investor in Prevalent Power (commercial solar developer sold to IdeaLab), GroSolar (private commercial/residential solar developer) and Xunlight (private thin film, flexible photovoltaic manufacturer). David is also a Director and past Chairman of the Audit Committee of ValueClick (NASD:VCLK). Previously David was an investor, CFO and Director of Best Internet, at the time the largest shared server web host in the world, until its subsequent sale to Verio (NASD:VRIO), as well as co-founded Resource Holdings, a multi-material recycler sold to Tomra Systems (OSLO:TOM). Prior to this experience, David worked for a private leveraged buy-out group acquiring and operating manufacturing and distribution businesses as well as working for four years in international banking. David earned a B.A. from Middlebury College in 1982 and an M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1988.
Steve Vassallo
As a Venture Partner at Foundation Capital, Steve focuses on new opportunities in Cleantech. An entrepreneur who lives at the intersection of business, technology, and design, Steve has spent the last 14 years launching and building a broad array of successful companies and products. Prior to joining Foundation Capital in 2007, Steve helped launch Ning, a consumer Internet service where anyone can create his or her own social network for anything. Prior to Ning, Steve was Director of Mechanical Engineering at Immersion, a development and licensing firm that pioneered tactile feedback and human touch technology. Prior to Immersion, Steve was a project leader and design engineer at IDEO, where he developed more than a dozen successful products for market leading companies including Cisco, Nike, BMW, Steelcase, McDonalds, and Caterpillar. Steve holds more than 20 patents and has received numerous product awards including Business Week Design of the Decade Award, IDEA99 Gold and Bronze Awards, NeoCon Gold and Most Innovative New Product Awards. Steve earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
Rich Wong
Rich joined Accel Partners venture capital in 2006, with a focus on mobile services, enterprise software/SaaS, and energy technologies. In addition to serving on SunRun's board, Rich currently serves on the board of AdMob, the largest mobile advertising player, and Parature, a leader in SaaS based customer support. Prior to Accel, Rich also served as a board advisor to Plaxo (acquired by Comcast), Sana Security (acquired by AVG), and Simplicita (acquired by Sandvine). Prior to Accel, Rich was SVP/GM of Products at Openwave and previously GM of Messaging Products, and Chief Marketing Officer at Openwave. While at Openwave, Rich founded and chaired the Messaging Anti Abuse Working Group, a consortium of ISPs and technology providers working together to combat internet abuse. Previously Rich was the Chief Marketing Officer and EVP/GM of Value-Added Services at Covad Communications. Preceding Covad, he was a management consultant for McKinsey & Company, focusing on software and consumer technology. Rich started his career as a Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble. Rich remains active as an EVP of the MIT Club of Northern California, Board Member of the MIT CNC - Entrepreneurship Program, and the CTIA Wireless Internet Caucus. At CTIA 2008, Rich was awarded a "Mobile Six" award as one of the 6 most influential individuals shaping the wireless industry by executives in the InMobile.org community. Rich holds a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
