Pearl Edison
Jim Deakins is an experienced software engineer and leader with a diverse background in software development and engineering roles across multiple companies. Currently serving as Principal Engineer at Pearl Edison since March 2024, Jim has also held the position of Senior Fullstack Engineer at Blumira since May 2020. Previous roles include Chief Software Architect at Groundspeed Analytics, Inc., and Principal Engineer at Deepfield. Jim's expertise extends to development leadership positions at Tempo Automation, NewFoundry, Sight Machine, Benzinga, and AnnArbor.com, where skills in project management, backend system architecture, and the adaptation of programming languages were demonstrated. Jim has a strong focus on creating robust software solutions, leveraging technologies such as Python, RabbitMQ, and Celery for complex processing tasks.
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Pearl Edison
To achieve net-zero emissions, hundreds of millions of systems that consume natural gas in our homes need to go electric. Whether or not these systems electrify will depend on individual “kitchen table” decisions made by millions of families, weighing comfort and convenience, costs (up front and over time), and climate impact. But making these decisions is difficult. Evaluating what to buy, what’s reasonable to pay, and who to trust to install it involves navigating a ton of bad information and complexity. Pearl exists to make home electrification easy for customers and profitable for contractors - starting with home heating and cooling. Pearl is a home electrification “concierge” - our purpose-built software platform allows homeowners to instantly generate a value-engineered system design, get a fixed-price quote, and connect with a vetted, qualified contractor to complete the install. Pearl also saves contractors time and money. Today, they do lots of work - a home assessment, system design, bid preparation, customer education, and more - at risk, before a contract, on a low win rate. Pearl takes care of this, so that contractors spend more time on revenue-generating installs and less time on sales and back-office. Our goal is a win-win-win - for customers, for contractors, and for the climate.