Howard Branz

Fondateur chez Branz Technology Partners LLC

Profil

Howard is an early-stage technology consultant focused on renewable energy and carbon reduction, working with start-ups, investors, and government agencies.
From 2012 to 2015, Howard served as a Program Director at the U.S.
DOE Advanced Projects Research Agency – Energy, where he selected and incubated more than $70M of interdisciplinary technologies with transformational potential.
Before ARPA-E, Howard was a Research Fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
During more than 25 years at NREL, Branz led R&D groups to discoveries and new technologies in photovoltaics, nanotechnology, electrochromic windows, surface chemistry, semiconductor devices, optics, photoelectrochemistry, and materials science.
His group pioneered inexpensive black silicon anti-reflection processes now fielded globally in over 20 GW of solar modules valued at more than $5B. Branz earned his PhD in physics at MIT, has over 20 patents issued and applied, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Note: Howard is serving as a long-term consultant to Galvanize.

Postes actifs de Howard Branz

Sociétés	Poste	Début
Branz Technology Partners LLC	Fondateur	01/10/2015
National Renewable Energy Laboratory	Président	01/10/2021
Dimensional Energy, Inc.	Consultant / Advisor	01/02/2019
Third Derivative Institute	Consultant / Advisor	01/09/2020

Anciens postes connus de Howard Branz

Sociétés	Poste	Fin
OUR&D	Consultant / Advisor	01/05/2022