Ron Erd is a Strategy, Go To Market and Business Development expert.  His passion is to make the economy greener. Ron creates strategies with executives to grow revenues. He advises clients on customer discovery and closing strategic deals with Fortune 1000 customers. Ron is a mentor at NSF I-Corp, Plug & Play, Clean Tech Open and SOSV. He is an advisor at Berkeley Skydeck and Activate at Berkeley. Ron built the green hydrogen market entry strategy for Bloom Energy.

He built the strategic roadmap for an EV software company’s market entry. Ron founded 2 clean energy startups where he crafted strategic partnerships with the US Air Force, First Energy, Vistra Energy and Cargill. He led both electricity and natural gas businesses as an executive with AEP, NRG and Southern Company.   Ron was Options Manager for JP Morgan Chase at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Ron has an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a BA from Washington University.