Jonathan R. Bach is Manager, Strategic Partnerships at Xcel Energy and is in Denver, Colorado. Bach oversees key company partnership areas that extend beyond a traditional vendor relationship that delivers new capabilities and co-create novel customer solutions that allow Xcel Energy to better share risks and rewards. A few of the partnership areas of focus include Big Tech relationships, EV adoption, and C&I growth products and services. Stronger together than apart, the vision is to match innovative technology with easy experiences and to support evolving policy and customer expectations. Strategic Partnerships plays a strategic role for Xcel Energy as a leader in energy innovation with a bold direction of helping enable 1.5 million electric vehicles by 2030 and being the first utility to announce 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050. Bach previously held leadership roles with EnerNOC, Energy Operations Group (IPP), American Express, and Newell Rubbermaid, with various roles in business development, marketing, operations, technology, and shared services. Bach holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder along with a Master of Science in Global Energy Management from the University of Colorado at Denver.