US power conversion specialist Ideal Power has hired Ryan O’Keefe to take over the role as senior vice president business development in order to lead the company’s sales efforts.
Before joining Ideal Power, O’Keefe served as senior vice president and chief revenue officer at German energy storage firm Younicos. Prior to Younicos, O’Keefe spent eight years with NextEra Energy, where he was vice president of solar development, leading the development of solar projects in California and Spain, worth of $2 billion.
“We believe Ryan’s industry experience and relationships will be instrumental as we continue to target new commercialization partners and opportunities for our innovative power conversion products,” said Ideal Power chief executive officer Dan Brdar.
O’Keefe holds a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Connecticut and a Masters of business administration from Columbia University. He started his career with General Electric and held several leadership roles at General Electric facilities in the US and Mexico.
Ideal Power recently launched a hybrid converter family for off-grid storage systems at Intersolar America.