About Us

More sustainable and responsive electrical grid. Manage Demand. Participation of commercial and industrial distributed energy resources. Flexible, Reliable and Resilient.

Our Team

  • James McPhail

    CEO

    James is the founder and CEO of Enersponse. Over the past twenty years James has also had the fortune of working with Encycle Energy, EnerNOC, EnergyLogic, and Zen Ecosystems.

    While he’s well versed in many aspects of energy management, his industry passion is Automated Demand Response and partnering with other industry leaders to drive the automation of Distributed Energy Resources.

  • James Muraca

    CTO

    James is CTO of Enersponse and loves building technology for scale.

    James is also EVP at InvertedPower, and previously worked with Zen Ecosystems, Planet Innovation, and Bosch.

  • Rachel Permut

    CBDO

    Rachel has more than 20 years of experience in business strategy, M&A and product development. Prior to joining Enersponse, she developed new customer offerings in Microgrids and eMobility for ENGIE North America and led channel sales for ENGIE Storage. Prior to ENGIE, Rachel worked at Duke Energy in both their regulated and commercial businesses.

  • Steven Gerard

    Steven Gerard

    VP of Operations

    Steven has been in the energy business for over 10 years. A graduate of University of Buffalo, he started his energy career as an Operations Analyst for ECS, a Curtailment Solution Provider in NY. Subsequently he was rapidly promoted to positions of greater responsibility with ECS, then NRG-CS, before leaving to lead Energy Markets for Palm Energy. Most recently Steven was responsible for program operations for front of the meter energy storage systems at STEM. Steven has managed energy portfolios across all North America with extensive experience in ISO/RTO registration and market design.

  • Ken Teramura

    Ken Teramura

    VP of Accounting

    Ken has an extensive finance background that spans nearly two decades, in both public and private accounting. He spent the last 13 years building and automating financial systems for an avant-garde nuclear fusion company and has a life-long passion for conservation and sustainability. Ken holds degrees in Business Economics and Comparative Literature from UC Santa Barbara and is an active CPA.

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Locations

Headquarters

2901 W. Coast Highway
Newport Beach, CA 92663

Hours
Monday–Friday
9am–5pm

Phone
(949) 734-0043

Customer Success

673 E Cooley Drive
Colton CA, 92324

Hours
Monday–Friday
9am–5pm

Phone
(949) 734-0043

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