YPE SF Bay Area Annual Career Expo

On Sunday, November 8th, join your fellow peers in the energy industry at the YPE SF Bay Area 6th Annual Career Expo! Whether you’re an emerging professional, a student preparing to enter the workforce, or someone looking to pivot within the energy industry — this event is for you. The YPE Annual Career Expo offers a half-day of insight, opportunity, and connection designed to energize your career path in today’s evolving energy landscape. 🔍 Event Highlights: Interactive Panels & Workshops (2 sessions): Learn directly from industry leaders and early-career professionals about how to navigate, grow, and make an impact in the energy sector. Career Fair: Network face-to-face with hiring managers, innovators, and representatives from energy companies — and explore the many directions your career could take. Food & Beverages Provided: Enjoy a complimentary lunch, snacks, and beverages while networking with your peers in the energy industry. ⚡ Why Attend: You’re curious about career paths in renewable energy, traditional energy, or emerging technologies. You’re looking to pivot or grow within the industry and want to hear firsthand from professionals who’ve done it. You’re ready to connect with companies who are shaping the future of energy — and might be looking for talent like you. Join us for an inspiring afternoon of learning, networking, and opportunity at the 6th Annual YPE Career Expo!

Thank you to Pillsbury, Exponent, and WSP for sponsoring this event! Registration closes Wednesday, November 4th @ 11:59 PM to account for food needs and building registration. Agenda: 12:00 PM - 12:25 PM: Arrive and Grab Lunch 12:25 PM - 1:15 PM: Session 1Start-up Workshop Policy/Regulation Panel 1:15 PM - 1:35 PM: Break and Refreshments 1:35 PM - 2:30 PM: Session 2Engineering Careers Panel Finance/Business Development Panel 2:30 PM -3:00 PM: Food Break and Networking 3:00 PM - 4:45 PM: Career Fair and Company Tabling, includes additional refreshments 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM: Closing Remarks

Attending Companies at the Career Fair: More companies are expected to attend; stay tuned for updates. Exponent WSP CPUC Fervo Energy San Jose Clean Energy Crusoe Giga Energy

Speakers: The lineup has been announced! See below for all the speakers headlining this event! Start-up Workshop: Reshma Singh: Program Director, Berkeley Lab

Reshma Singh is the Program Director for the tech-to-market IMPEL program, the Cradle to Commerce accelerator program, the California Energy Commission's R2M2 Microgrids program, and previously the Presidential U.S.-India Center for Building Energy Research and Development (CBERD) program at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She was formerly a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office. She brings over ten years of experience advancing urban sustainability and cleantech innovation, and works with complex international ecosystems in the United States, India, and Singapore. Shanshan Li: Commercialization Manager, Berkeley Lab

Shanshan works with researchers in the areas of energy efficiency, energy storage, and renewable energy, assessing technologies for commercial potential. She works closely with a licensing associate and patent attorneys to determine the appropriate patent protection for a disclosed invention, to develop competitive market analyses and strategies for commercialization, and to generate industry leads for licensing. She also coordinates relevant industry outreach. Additionally, she manages the lab’s participation in Cleantech to Market (C2M), a Haas School of Business course in which teams of business, science, and engineering students evaluate the commercial potential of clean energy technologies. Vidhi Bhatia: Program Operations Analyst, Berkeley Lab

Vidhi Bhatia is the Program Analyst for the IMPEL and Cradle to Commerce (C2C) programs, bringing multifaceted experience at the intersection of strategic communications, operations, and data analysis. Her work spans building scalable databases, designing impactful communications for recruitment and outreach, and driving execution across complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives. With an extensive background in product management, marketing, and business analytics, she combines analytical precision with creative storytelling to strengthen program strategy, streamline operations, and elevate visibility through program events. She holds dual master’s degrees - an M.S. in Business Analytics from Northeastern University in Boston, United States, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade in New Delhi, India. Policy/Regulation Panel: Stephanie Wang: Assistant Chief Administrative Law Judge, CPUC

Stephanie Wang is an Assistant Chief Administrative Law Judge at the California Public Utilities Commission. Stephanie is an executive leader and attorney with 22 years of experience, including 16 years working on energy policies and regulations. Stephanie previously worked at nonprofit organizations and law firms in the Bay Area and New York. Maggie Field: Senior Manager, State Policy, West, Ceres

Maggie Field is Senior Manager, State Policy, West at Ceres, where she leads state policy and regulatory strategy in California, Colorado and Arizona. Her work focuses on clean energy, energy affordability, grid modernization, clean transportation, and responsible data center development. Maggie leads legislative and regulatory advocacy, manages state policy implementation and external partners, and represents Ceres in public proceedings and policy discussions. Her recent work in California helped advance new legislation on grid modernization, distributed energy resources, clean energy interconnection, and data center regulation through business-backed advocacy. Before joining Ceres, Maggie served as Regional Hubs Manager, West at Clean Air Task Force and previously held stakeholder engagement and program leadership roles at Strategen and Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. (EUCI). Jake McDermott: Director of Energy Market Policy, Terra-Gen

Jake McDermott is the Director of Energy Market Policy at Terra-Gen. His advocacy is focused on regulatory and market development issues in California where he covers items at the CPUC and CAISO. Prior to his work at Terra-Gen, Jake spent several years working in a variety of roles within the California energy agency ecosystem including at the CEC and CPUC. Prior to state service, Jake worked at an energy efficiency non-profit, consulting firm, and EV charging provider. Jake holds an MPP/MS from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Engineering Panel: Ryan Mann: Utility and Policy Analytics Manager, Sunrun

Ryan is a Utility & Policy Analytics Manager at Sunrun, performing techno-economic modeling and data analysis focused primarily on customer economics to inform product, strategy, and policy-advocacy decision-making. He previously worked as a commercial/industrial distributed energy resource analyst at Enel X Storage (now Calibrant), and as a modeling/data-science consultant with Navigant (now Guidehouse). Ryan received a B.S. in Energy Engineering from UC Berkeley. Sara Murillo: Energy Engineer, Future Energy Enterprises, LLC

Sara is an interdisciplinary engineer with a passion for energy justice. For the past year and a half, she has been working as an energy specialist with building energy programs at Future Energy Enterprises (FutEE). Her work spans a range of projects, from validating building technology energy efficiency calculations to unpacking implementation challenges for integrated demand-side management programs to facilitating engagement with community based organizations and community action agencies. Prior to her work at FutEE, Sara was a GEM Fellow and Graduate Research Intern at the National Laboratory of the Rockies. She holds a Master of Science in the Energy and Resources Group from the University of California, Berkeley. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering, a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (Plan II Honors), and a Certificate in Humanitarian Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Outside of work, Sara loves to spend time swimming, time soaking in the Sun or under big trees, and most of all, time with her perfect cats. Stephan Luna Ng: CEO, Moon Five Technologies

Stephan Ng is the founder and CEO of Moon Five Technologies, where he works on EV charging solutions for multifamily homes. His career has taken him from astrophysics and spacecraft engineering to self-driving cars and clean energy. Vladimir Kovalevsky: Principal Engineer, Kairos Power

Vladimir is a mechanical engineer, passionate about energy, and with a constantly broadening skill set. His experience ranges from oil & gas, compressed hydrogen, to nuclear electric power. He currently leads the reactor vessel design at Kairos Power. He holds a MS in Mechanical Engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique and an MEng in Structural Engineering from Cornell University. He is a licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer in Machine Design in the State of California. He's always happy to give a hand finding adequate solutions to engineering problems! Finance/Business Development Panel: Cynthia Leung: Director of Strategic Partnerships, WeaveGrid

Cynthia Leung is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at WeaveGrid and co-host of the In Her Climate Podcast, with 17 years in the energy sector spanning energy efficiency, utility solar, mobile battery storage, and now software that helps utilities turn EVs and home batteries into grid resources. She has worked at every stage of a company, from supporting over 1 GW of utility solar projects at SunPower, to founding a social enterprise, to securing the first $1M in battery rental revenue at a hypergrowth startup. Outside of work, she loves dancing, photography, and building community, and is writing her first book, NetPosit