Tamika Balken

Product Manager Flexibility at gridX

Tamika Balken is a skilled product manager with extensive experience in the energy sector. Currently serving as Product Manager Flexibility at gridX since February 2025, Tamika previously held several significant roles at sonnen GmbH, including Product Manager for Virtual Power Plant, Manager of Energy & Flexibility Trading, and Project Manager in Energy Economics from May 2019 to February 2025. Prior experience includes a student internship at Energievision Franken GmbH and another at Fraunhofer IISB, as well as a working student position at Siemens from May 2013 to June 2015. Tamika earned a Master of Science in Energy Technology from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, where coursework extended from October 2016 to February 2019, and a Bachelor of Science in Energy Technology from the same institution from October 2012 to June 2016. Additionally, Tamika completed a master's thesis at the Technical University of Munich focused on modeling the German electricity system in OSeMOSYS from June 2018 to February 2019.

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Kempten (Allgäu), Germany

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gridX

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gridX connects and controls energy generation and storage systems to form a decentral, virtual power plant.gridX is revolutionizing traditional energy supply with a fully integrated and vendor-neutral solution, bringing millions of small producers and consumers together on the gridX platform. With the gridBox, generation plants can beintelligently controlled, all energy flows in the household can be displayed and existing Smart Home solutions can be integrated on their platform. gridX was founded in May 2016 by David Balensiefen and Andreas Booke. The team around gridX consists of talents and experienced specialists from leading companies such as Google, McKinsey and universities such as MIT, Harvard and RWTH Aachen University.


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Munich, Germany

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51-200

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