Brett Miller

About Brett Miller

Over the past 17 years, I’ve worked in complex environments and emerging markets, with a focus on distributed energy, commercial real estate, and critical infrastructure. My strength is translating complexity into actionable strategy while building systems that carry ideas into execution.Today, my work centers on battery storage and microgrids—decentralizing the grid from a hub-and-spoke model to a more resilient, web-like network. Much of this effort focuses on rural communities, where ski areas have emerged as particularly promising real estate.At the outset of my career, I scaled and acquired the largest company in Timor-Leste, a team of unarmed staff protecting the UN Peacekeeping Mission and critical infrastructure. I later founded Myanmar’s first facility management firm, growing it to 750 employees before its acquisition by a $2b global leader in the sector.These experiences—operating at scale, under uncertainty, and across borders—influence how I work today: building resilient systems, aligning stakeholders, striving for cognitive diversity, and delivering execution where it matters most: vulnerable populations.

Experience

1. Founder

   Cutpeak Energy

   Apr 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

   CutPeak Energy is a battery storage development company focused on Ski Resorts. Serving the Grid. Battery-paired snowmaking for rural, local and family-owned ski resorts to Cut Energy Costs. Gain Backup Power. Zero-Capex/Credit.Where others see credit risk, we see community resilience and untapped rural load centers—dispatchable microgrids that enhance grid reliability while directly addressing ski areas’ greatest threat: a warming climate.

Education

• Drury University

  Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Marketing, Minor in Architecture

  2003 — 2007

• Drury University

  Minor in Global Perspectives, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Analysis
• Entrepreneurship
• Organizational Transformation, Financial Management, Cross-Functional Approaches, Change Agent, Transformational Leadership, International Relations, Cultural Sensitivity, Cost Reduction, Process Optimization, Change Management, Product Development, Inter
• Contract Negotiation
• Market Intelligence
• Government
• Business Strategy
• Contract Management
• Key Account Relationship Building
• Risk Management
• Procurement
• Security
• Key Account Development
• Burma
• Operations Management
• Marketing Strategy
• Commercial Real Estate
• Property Management
• Expatriate Management
• Key Account Management
• Marketing
• Strategy
• Turnaround Strategy
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Team Building
• Project Planning
• Planning Budgeting & Forecasting
• P&L Management
• Training
• Logistics
• New Business Development
• Account Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Negotiation
• Sales
• Real Estate Advisory Services
• Business Development