Chris Hutter is the Chief Executive Officer of National Power, a leading critical power and infrastructure company focused on delivering reliability and resilience to mission critical customers. The Company serves customers whose operations simply cannot be interrupted, including broadband, wireless, data centers, healthcare, manufacturing, municipal, water/wastewater, military, and other critical industries. National Power’s broad capabilities include standby power, AC and DC power systems, batteries and energy storage, HVAC, power quality, solar and renewables, microgrids, EV charging, and disaster recovery. Chris previously served as the Chief Operating and Financial Officer of PowerSecure, a NYSE-Listed power and energy services company which was purchased by Southern Company. Chris has an MBA from Duke University and a BS in Accounting from Case Western Reserve University.

Phil Anzarut is a partner, in BDC Capital’s Growth Venture Co-Investment Fund. He joined BDC Capital in 2009.

A late-stage venture capital investor, Phil has been a partner with BDC Capital’s Growth Venture Co-Investment Fund since 2015, and a partner with BDC Capital’s Diversified Fund since 2011. Phil has been and continues to be a member of several boards of directors where he acts as a key influencer and committee chair, taking responsibility for the human resources and audit committees, with a persistent focus on good governance. Phil’s past investments include Ecobee (sold to Generac), Solido Design Automation (sold to Siemens), 3esi (recapitalized Aucera), Progressive Solutions (sold to Solarsoft Business Systems), Optosecurity (sold to Vanderlande Industries) and Coveo (IPO). Phil is a board member of Powerside and Optessa.

Phil joined BDC Capital following a career in investment banking. He began his career at HSBC Securities and has also worked independently, providing financial advisory services to Canadian small-cap companies.

In 2001, he joined TELUS Corporation as Director of Corporate Development/Mergers & Acquisitions. He spent the next seven years leading acquisitions and strategic divestitures on behalf of TELUS—both at the corporate level and for TELUS Ventures. Phil also led acquisitions on behalf of CAE Inc. in Montreal. He was a member of the board of directors of TBayTel and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Phil holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Immunology from McGill University and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University.

Ross is recognized as a transformational leader and drives Powerside’s global strategy and future state vision. His career has spanned from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, the US Air Force, and academia. Previously, President and CEO of ZPower, during his tenure it was #82 on Inc Magazine’s Fastest Growing Private US Companies list in 2018. He is a past Chairman of the Board for Clean Air Power and was a Vice President at Emerson Corporation, where he worked in advanced technology, growth strategy, and venture capital. He is a co-author of the book “Chemical Principles Applied to Spacecraft Operations” and has authored and co-authored 17 technical papers.

Ross holds a B.S. Chemistry, Air Force Academy, 1982; M.S. Chemical Engineering, Stanford, 1988; Ph.D. Chemistry, Oxford, 1993; MBA, University of Colorado, 1994.

Gerd Goette is a Venture Partner at Cycle Capital. He is also the Managing Director of Lupine Growth Advisors, working with startups in energy and transportation as independent director and strategic advisor. Before launching Lupine, Gerd spend 18 years at Siemens Venture Capital, where he invested in telecom and energy startups and managed the energy practice. Earlier in his career he spent 13 years at Siemens in R&D, product management, sales, and general management roles. Gerd received a master’s degree in electrical engineering (Dipl. Ing.) from Technical University Darmstadt, Germany.

Wally serves as the Managing Director of EnerTech Capital. Some of his responsibilities include opportunities in energy management, building automation and control, oil and gas technologies, power electronics. Before EnerTech, Wally worked for the Royal Bank of Canada, where he managed the bank’s private equities for energy and advanced technologies. Wally has extensive experience in venture capital, which includes a series of successful IPO’s and turnaround transactions. Wally also produced and hosted a financial television show, “Money Week”, was a Councillor for Milton, Ontario, and was the Chair of Finance on the board of the Ontario College of Pharmacists.

Wally holds a BA from the University of Western Ontario.

Xavier Kato has been involved in the private equity environment in Europe and Canada for more than 20 years. He is currently Senior Director, Aerospace and Transportation at Investment Quebec in Montreal. Prior to joining IQ in 2012, Xavier spent nine years at ACE Management, a French leading private equity firm specialized in cutting edge industries like aerospace, defense/security, or transportation, where, after building and managing a portfolio of technology companies in France, he successfully started and developed ACE’s activities in Canada from 2007 on. Before that, Xavier had also been involved with another French VC firm, dedicated to IT’s early-stage investments. Prior to his private equity career, Xavier worked as an M&A analyst at Société Générale bank, both in France and Spain. Xavier holds a master’s degree from École Supérieure de Commerce de Bordeaux, France.

Ross is recognized as a transformational leader and drives Powerside’s global strategy and future state vision. His career has spanned from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, the US Air Force, and academia. Previously, President and CEO of ZPower, during his tenure it was #82 on Inc Magazine’s Fastest Growing Private US Companies list in 2018. He is a past Chairman of the Board for Clean Air Power and was a Vice President at Emerson Corporation, where he worked in advanced technology, growth strategy, and venture capital. He is a co-author of the book “Chemical Principles Applied to Spacecraft Operations” and has authored and co-authored 17 technical papers.

Ross holds a B.S. Chemistry, Air Force Academy, 1982; M.S. Chemical Engineering, Stanford, 1988; Ph.D. Chemistry, Oxford, 1993; MBA, University of Colorado, 1994.

Mario Laflamme is an accomplished finance executive with experience in technology and manufacturing companies. Mario has worked with both public and private entities in Canada and the United States and has worked with venture capital and private equity investors. He has also been involved in many acquisitions and divestitures over the course of his career. Mario’s industry experience includes Cleantech, eHealth, software, and eCommerce.

Mario holds a BCom in Accounting from the University of Ottawa and he is a Chartered Public Accountant in Canada and a Certified Public Accountant in the United States.

Seth Johnson leads our large projects and medium voltage business with a focus on new product expansion. He has over 10 years of experience in both research and power systems. Before joining Powerside in 2017, he was a manufacturer’s representative managing sales and business development for several technical product lines including active/passive filters, variable speed drives, and uninterruptable power supplies.

Seth holds a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.

As Vice President of Sales, Al Kapadia brings over two and a half decades of Global Sales and Executive Management experience in Semiconductor and Electronics industries to Powerside. Al joined Powerside in 2021 as Director of Sales for the Semiconductor Business. He now leads the Sales division of the company’s Monitoring Business. Prior to joining Powerside, Al has held leadership roles in Engineering, Applications, Sales and Marketing for various large Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies such as National Semiconductor, DuPont and HOYA.

Stephane Do brings 20+ years of experience in power quality measurements. He previously worked with LEM Instruments and Danaher/Qualitrol as technical expert and cross-functional team lead for development of power monitoring and fault recording products. More recently, he has been the PM lead for the introduction of Powerside’s IOT cloud platform for Power Analysis. Stephane is a permanent member of the Committee defining IEC standards on Power Quality Measurement Methods.

He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.

As Powerside’s Vice President of Software, Louis plays a crucial role in shaping the long-term strategy, growth, and transformation of our technology. Before Powerside, Louis was R&D Director of the Schneider Electric Company responsible for developing mobile applications and cloud solutions for intelligent room controllers deployed in commercial and residential markets. Louis also held Vice President and Director roles at Verint developing large distributed situational awareness management systems.

Louis holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Polytechnique Montreal.

Robert Pompeani joined Powerside in 2011 and has led the development of its products in his role as VP of Engineering. He has over three decades of experience designing electronic systems. He previously designed systems for the US Military that have been successfully deployed on ships, aircraft, and satellites. He has been a consultant for major utility companies including Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison developing spread-spectrum, Wide Area Network, wireless communication networks. At Powerside Robert has led the team that developed the PQube 3 and the uPMU and the proprietary hardware for monitoring the Medium Voltage sections of Variable Frequency Drives. He holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.

Wendy serves as the Global Head of Human Resources for Powerside. She is responsible for the strategy and development of our human resources. Wendy has held executive management human resources positions in several companies, including Bain & Company, Morgan Stanley, Splunk, in addition to owning her own consulting business. Wendy has a strong background in strategic human resources strategy, organizational development, and employee relations.

Wendy holds a BS in Psychology from San Diego State University.