Joshua Pierce

About Joshua Pierce

Executive and entrepreneur, dad, advocate for continuous innovation, systems thinker.Recent accomplishments:Raised $150M and scaled Zola Electric to 5 countries, electrifying over 1M people who lacked access to energy.Designed and implemented over a dozen programs delivering life-changing building improvements and electrification to underserved and hard to reach communities across California. Built the LEARN program, delivering sustainable energy education to over learners a year.Launched Torchlight Trade Partners: Ensuring the legacy of family owned trade businesses lives on.Specialties- Start-up strategy and business development- Program design - Building teams that thrive- Technical strategist- Building science and sustainable development- Public speaking- Fundraising- Product Leadership

Experience

1. Executive Advisor, Marketplace and Delivery

   Cprime, Inc

   Feb 2025 — Present · CA, US

   I advise Cprime’s Enterprise Technology & Financial Management practice across TBM, SPM, FinOps, enterprise architecture, and change management. My role spans market development and delivery: shaping strategic account opportunities while supporting enterprise clients through complex modernization and new-ways-of-working initiatives.I work with senior leaders to connect strategy, data, and technology investments—improving transparency, reducing silos, and aligning objectives with execution.Core responsibilities include:• Developing and advancing opportunities across new and existing markets• Partnering with sales to shape high-value enterprise engagements• Ensuring successful adoption of enterprise platforms and integrated workflows• Enuring client success through project leadership, escalation resolution and cross-practice alignment.My focus is enabling organizations to modernize how they plan, fund, and execute key initiatives, creating clarity, efficiency, and measurable business outcomes.

Education

• UCLA Anderson School of Management

  MDE Program, Executive Education

  2011 — 2012

• California State University, Chico

  Architectural Project Management, Construction Management, Building Science

  1999 — 2003

• California State University, Chico

  B.S. Construction Management and Building Science, Architecture, construction management and building science

  2000 — 2004

• Professional Certifications

  Green Building, Energy Efficiency

Skills

• Alternative Energy
• Technology Integration
• Cleantech
• Energy Audits
• Energy Management
• Energy Efficiency
• Team Leadership
• Solar Energy
• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (Leed)
• Sustainable Energy
• User-Centered Design
• Technical Leadership
• Project Management
• Photovoltaics
• Energy Storage
• Green
• Liaison
• Leed
• Executive Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Fundraising
• Public Speaking
• Sustainability
• Start-Ups
• Energy
• Green Building
• Construction
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Renewable Energy
• Entrepreneurship
• Energy Conservation
• Program Management
• Product Development