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Residential: Jonathan Coulter
Jonathan has decades of experience working with residential stakeholders nationwide. He focuses on enhancing customer satisfaction, supporting the quality installation of emerging technologies, and driving utility program success. He’s also contributed to the development and ongoing refinement of state, regional and national guidelines, helping shape best practices across the industry.
Electric Transportation: Jacob Bolin
Jacob is our electric transportation specialist and the program manager of Plug-in NC, our statewide electric vehicle (EV) program. Since joining Advanced Energy in 2018, he’s led EV initiatives for electric utilities, local governments and businesses.
Commercial and Industrial: Kim Harrington
Kim has been with Advanced Energy since 2019 and currently serves as the project manager for our commercial and industrial team. Working with our subject matter experts, she coordinates facility energy assessments, ISO 50001 consulting and trainings on a range of commercial and industrial topics.
Affordable Housing: Ashley Cramer
Ashley joined Advanced Energy in 2023 and has experience in project, program and account management. She manages SystemVision, our affordable housing guarantee program, and also oversees consulting work with various municipalities.
Solar and Battery Storage: Fatin Bhuiyan
Fatin joined Advanced Energy in 2022 and is part of our power systems team, which focuses on distribution and transmission interconnected resources. He has experience with residential, commercial and utility-scale renewable technologies as well as microgrid systems. Fatin’s work supports the integration of renewable energy into the electric grid, helping to enhance reliability, safety and performance.
Motors and Drives: Kitt Butler
Kitt has worked with the motors and drives team at Advanced Energy for more than 20 years. The team serves commercial and industrial facilities using motors and drives as well as organizations manufacturing, distributing, repairing and certifying them. Kitt has experience developing testing, training and consulting programs.