Primary Job Title CEO Primary Organization 
Cool Earth Solar
Location San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States Regions West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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His journey to Cool Earth began at the Northern California Power Agency, where he held a variety of positions including assistant general manager responsible for all of its power plants.
Rob then served as a corporate officer at two Fortune 500 energy companies—Calpine Corporation and Mirant Corporation. At Calpine, he had leadership
responsibility for power plant development, project construction, asset management, trading and marketing, and project finance.
Over 10,000 MW of new power plant capacity were developed under his direction, and over 6,000 MW were constructed and brought into commercial operations during his leadership. As Vice President at Mirant, Rob was responsible for the asset management of 3,100 MW of gas-fired power plants following the acquisition from Pacific Gas & Electric.
He received a BS in electrical engineering from California State University. Rob is also active on the Advisory Boards of three clean technology companies.
