Mathew Sachs

Mathew Sachs is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development at CPower Energy Management. Mathew has over fifteen years of experience in the energy industry, with a focus on distributed energy development and originations.

Mathew began their career at Yingli Green Energy Americas, Inc, where they spent five and a half years in various leadership roles including Vice President of Corporate Development, Vice President of Sales and Commercial Operations, and Director of Business Development. In these roles, Mathew was responsible for spearheading Yingli’s strategic initiatives, building and leading the sales and commercial operations teams, and crafting the sales strategy that propelled Yingli from a fringe player to a market leader in the US in under five years.

In 2013, Mathew left Yingli to join National Grid as Vice President of Distributed Energy Development. In this role, they were responsible for developing and executing National Grid’s strategy for distributed energy resources.

In 2016, Mathew joined K Road DG LLC as Vice President of Originations. In this role, they were responsible for formulation strategy and originating opportunities for investment in the Distributed Generation (DG) platform focused on behind the meter intelligent energy storage, micro-grids, and customer-sited dispatchable generation.

Mathew has been with CPower Energy Management since 2019, where they currently serve as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development. In this role, they are responsible for leading CPower’s strategic planning initiatives and developing new business opportunities.

Mathew Sachs has an MBA from Cornell University and a degree in Mechanical Engineering from State University of New York at Buffalo.

The people who work with Mathew Sachs include their colleagues in the small team they work in as well as those who report to him. Their colleagues include Ray Berkebile, VP of Engineering, Mike Abramson, CFO, Nate Soles, VP of National Accounts, William Bennett III, VP of People & Culture, and Mathew Sachs, SVP of Strategic Planning & Business Development. Their direct reports include Shelley Schopp, SVP of Customer Fulfillment, Ed Drew, VP & General Manager of the PJM Region, Pat McChesney, VP & General Manager of New York, Kyle Harbaugh, SVP of IT & Product Management, Glenn Bogarde, SVP of Sales, Jessica Lim, VP of Marketing, Benjamin Pickard, VP of Corporate Development, Kenneth Schisler, VP of Regulatory Affairs, Keith Black, VP & General Manager of New England, and J. Russell Newbold, VP & General Manager of Energy Efficiency.