David Ellis
Sr. Executive | Utilities, Energy Tech & Infrastructure | CEO | Customer Engagement | Renewable Integration | Global Market Expansion | Strategic Growth Leader
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer at H2scan Corporation
- Location
- Middletown, DE, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David Ellis
With over 30 years leading transformational change in utilities, energy technology, and clean-tech sectors, I specialize in driving growth, operational excellence, and customer-centric innovation at scale. As a President, CEO, and Chief Customer Officer in Fortune 500 and international environments, I have consistently delivered measurable outcomes: modernizing operations, expanding renewable portfolios, executing multi-billion-dollar growth initiatives, and building high-performing, customer-focused teams.Highlights include transforming Entergy New Orleans’ energy supply mix through solar and peaking resources, leading the first-ever centralized customer organization for Entergy Corporation’s 3M+ customers, attracting/recruiting notable hyperscale data centers, and orchestrating international market expansion for distributed energy resource leaders across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.I thrive at the intersection of strategy, technology, sustainability, and operational leadership — helping companies navigate disruption, drive innovation, and capture growth opportunities globally. Strategic Growth & M&A | Public & Private Utilities Clean Energy Transition | DER | Grid Modernization Customer Experience Transformation | Meter-to-Cash Innovation International Expansion | Subsidiaries | Joint Ventures Board Leadership | Financial Oversight | Public-Private Partnerships
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Feb 2026 — Present · Valencia, CA, US
H2scan pioneered the development of solid state hydrogen sensing technologies. The combination of H2scan\'s sensors, continuous monitoring and analytics platform provide investor-owned utilities, AI data center operators, and large industrial users with the insights they need to dramatically reduce reliability risks that result in costly equipment failures and unexpected outages.
Education
Eastern University
Master, Business Administration
1998 — 2000
Wharton Executive Education
Certificate based program, Global C-Suite Program
Penn State University
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering Technology
1987 — 1991
Skills
- Energy Industry
- Energy
- New Business Development
- Electrical Engineering
- Energy Conservation
- Cleantech
- Ami
- Project Management
- Management
- Clean Technology
- Mergers
- Start-Ups
- Program Management
- Energy Policy
- Natural Gas
- International
- Global Business Development
- Renewable Energy
- Demand Response
- Power Plants
- Smart Metering
- Technology
- Business Development
- Wind
- Smart Grid
- Power Generation
- Executive Management
- Business Planning
- Sustainable Energy
- Solar
- Strategy
- Electricity
- Energy Audits
- Commodity Markets
- Energy Management
- Project Finance
- Alternative Energy
- Solar Energy
- Global Operations
- Energy Markets
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