Cliff Williams

Cliff Williams has a combined 20 years of professional experience in the renewable energy, real estate and defense industries.

For over 10 years Cliff has been involved in the utility-scale and C&I wind and solar energy industry with Director-level, Management-level and consultant positions at US and international firms that were focused on bringing energy projects into operation in the US and Canada. During this time Cliff also served as a Board Member of GLREA (Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association), a member of the Steering Committee for the Michigan Energy Forum and a Commissioner on the Ann Arbor Energy Commission and Ann Arbor Environmental Commission.

Prior to renewable energy and real estate, Cliff was involved with lasers and electro-optics technology for over 7 years for defense, aerospace and wind energy applications including free-space laser communications, fiber-optic communications, satellite laser ranging, adaptive optics, beam control and LiDAR. This experience includes R&D, product design, business development and program management at the Naval Research Laboratory, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Adaptive Optics Associates, and Michigan Aerospace Corporation.