Chris Tan

Hi I'm Chris. I've learned some cool things.At Nest, our thoughtful things taught me that thermostats don't have to be ugly or dumb. They can take care of the people inside the home and the world around it. Today its means power plants don't need to turn on as often. Tomorrow it means we won't need to build as many.At SolarCity, I learned that clean energy should be cheaper than traditional energy. And that to compete against the status quo, you need to do everything better. When you do that, you can create more jobs than the coal industry.At OPOWER, I learned that a happy face can motivate you to save energy and maybe even make you love your utility. Do that millions of times a month and that really adds up. Enough to put $1B back in consumer pockets.That's just a few of the things I've learned from great minds - the ones who offered me a chance to do business differently. But the best part? We're just getting started.🚀The pace of technology and elegant design is changing how we use and think about energy, transport, food and water. I enjoy helping with that.Specialties: Go-to-market launch strategy, demand generation, operational and behavior-based marketing analytics, credit and risk management, retail energy consumer contracts and regulation, business system strategic planning, and requirement gathering.Interests: power and natural gas markets, carbon finance, green energy marketing, energy efficiency, demand response, thermostats, electric vehicles, energy storage, poutine.