Dan Yates

About Dan Yates

Dan is a mission-driven entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to the environment. Dan is the CEO and Chairman at Dandelion, the largest and fastest-growing residential geothermal company in the US.He is also a board member of NRDC (the leading US environmental advocacy organization), co-owner of e-commerce company The Spice House, and an active tech investor.Previously, Dan was co-founder and CEO of energy efficiency software company Opower. Dan led Opower through a $1Bn+ IPO (NYSE:OPWR) in 2014 and its sale to Oracle in 2016. Opower has helped consumers save more than 35 terawatt hours of energy, making it a top five residential clean energy company. Dan has been recognized as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, one of Fortune\'s 40 under 40, and a Washingtonian Tech Titan.

Experience

1. Board Member

   Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

   Dec 2019 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   NRDC works to safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. We combine the power of more than three million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild.

Education

• Harvard University

  AB, Computer Science

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Start-Ups
• Venture Capital
• Energy
• CEO
• Energy Efficiency
• Business Strategy
• Enterprise Software
• Strategy
• Product Management
• Analytics
• Entrepreneurship
• Business Development
• Leadership
• Web Applications
• Saas
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Agile Methodologies
• Strategic Partnerships