About Us

Team

Daniel Roesler

Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer

Daniel has commercial energy development experience working as a project engineer for a commercial solar and energy efficiency firm. He also built a platform for 1.2 million users as CTO of a successful 500 Startups company (Fitocracy). In his spare time, he maintains several open source security and privacy projects. PGP key

Lynne Wander

Chief Operating Officer

Lynne leads Operations, Product, Development, Support, and Sales efforts at UtilityAPI. Previous to joining, she served as the Director of Customer Operations at Lithium, an enterprise SAAS platform, for 9 years. While at Lithium, she helped grow their Customer Operations team, a hybrid of Engineering, Support, Sustaining, and Technical Operations. In her spare time, she is on the Board of The Mosaic Project (a Bay Area non-profit), and enjoys playing rock drums and spending time with her children.

Devin Hampton

VP of Corporate Development

Devin leads corporate development for UtilityAPI, seeking out new markets and other opportunities for our mission of fighting climate change through the safe, fast, and secure exchange of energy data. Prior to UtilityAPI, Devin was appointed by former President Barack Obama as Chief of Staff at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. He also served in multiple leadership roles at the U.S. Department of Energy. Devin enjoys discovering new music, reading and staring out the window of airplanes.

Rob Zakim

Account Manager

Born in the bayou of Louisiana, Rob Zakim has risen from the swamps and embraced the green revolution. Rob consulted for both SolarCity and Sungevity, working both outside and inside sales roles. As a sales consultant, he used UtilityAPI every day to gather customer utility data and kill a major pain point, whilst expediting the sales process. Fun fact: He once wrote and produced a song about the solar industry, performing it live to Lyndon Rive the CEO of SolarCity in Cancun Mexico during an All Stars sales trip.

Tim Swaney

Customer Success Manager

Tim is a sustainability professional, experienced in energy storage, renewable energy policy, e-learning technology and leadership development. Tim holds a masters degree from UC San Diego with a specialization in econometrics and energy policy. He co-founded a non-profit focusing on renewing urban spaces for agriculture, and enjoys long trail runs, mountain bike rides in East Bay, and snowboarding at Mammoth with his dad.

Jouella Fabe

Software Developer

Jouella is a software engineer with an interest in community building. While attending Virginia Tech, Jouella co-founded VTHacks, the first VT collegiate student hackathon and hacker club. While not preparing for the next tech talk, she likes to hike intense mountains, run and do soulcycle.

Peter Beard

Software Engineer

Peter is a software engineer interested in using code to solve real-world problems. Before working at UtilityAPI, Peter worked in medical ultrasound simulation and as an IT consultant for small businesses. When not coding, he spends his time providing free IT services to local non-profits, doing small electronics projects, and playing piano. PGP Key