Moeez Abbas Syed
Project Finance / Data Architect
BlueWavers show up every day to make the clean energy revolution a reality. Whether we are at our desks, in the field developing a solar farm, collaborating with our landowner partners, or volunteering in our communities, our commitment to a greener future shines through everything we do.
Project Finance / Data Architect
Accounting / Senior AP Analyst
Engineering / Solar Designer
Project Execution / Project Engineer
Project Execution / Project Manager
Preconstruction / Estimator
Grid Integration / Analyst
Corporate Operations / Applications Analyst
Solar Development / Analyst
Site Acquisition / Land Acquisition Specialist
Project Finance / Manager
Preconstruction / Vice President
Grid Integration / Analyst
Grid Integration / Engineer
Project Execution / Construction Manager
Site Acquisition / Senior GIS Systems Manager
Preconstruction / Director, Procurement
Solar Development / Manager
Investments / Manager
Project Finance / Director
Electrical Engineering / Manager
Engineering / Vice President
Solar Development / Director
Storage Development / Senior Director
Preconstruction / Senior Manager
Engineering / Design Engineer I
Policy & Government Affairs / Manager
Project Execution / Director, Project Management
Project Execution / Senior Project Manager
Site Acquisition / Senior Manager, Operations
Solar Development / Analyst
Operations / Chief Operating Officer
Project Execution / Construction Manager
Project Execution / Assistant Project Manager
Site Acquisition / Managing Director
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Tyson Buerkle is the Managing Director of BlueWave's Site Acquisition team, responsible for BlueWave’s project pipeline growth. Tyson has over a decade of renewable energy experience with a track record of building markets and scaling impact. Before joining BlueWave, Tyson served as Senior Renewable Energy Specialist at Colorado Springs Utilities and Director of Operations for Sunlight Solar Energy's Colorado office. Tyson has an Executive Master of Global Management from Thunderbird and a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources from Cornell University.
As BlueWave continues to expand its national footprint and grow from developer to owner and operator, Tyson will continue to play a key role in maintaining BlueWave's robust pipeline and market share.
Legal / Chief Legal Officer
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As Chief Legal Officer at BlueWave, Deb is responsible for overseeing all legal functions of BlueWave’s corporate operations and solar and battery storage development activities and serves as a member of the Senior Executive Team.
Deb comes to BlueWave with a strong background in the renewable energy industry, where she has years of experience providing insight and guidance to innovative renewable energy companies. Prior to joining BlueWave, Deb served as General Counsel to Solect Energy and to NEC Energy Solutions where she advanced renewable energy deployment and was an active member of the Executive Team.
Accounting / CFO
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As CFO, Haley leads BlueWave’s finance, treasury, accounting, corporate operations and asset management functions and serves on the Senior Executive Team, bringing with him his rich background of financial leadership at both private and public companies in the manufacturing, biotechnology, and technology industries. Prior to joining BlueWave, Haley most recently served as the CFO & Treasurer at Desktop Metal, Inc. where he prepared the multinational company to go public and helped to position the company as a market leader.
Within the energy and battery storage space, Haley previously served as the Vice President of Finance & Treasurer at A123 Systems, a developer and manufacturer of battery systems for transportation, electric grid, and consumer markets. He worked closely with the CEO and CFO to raise $1.5B through company IPO as well as private, public, state, and federal funding. He also served as a key financial leader during the sale of A123 Systems’ Energy Solutions Division to NEC Corporation of Japan, which incorporated them into its Smart Energy Business Unit
James’ educational credentials include an MBA from D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University and a BA in Management (magna cum laude) with a concentration in Accounting from Curry College.
Co-Founder / CEO
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Trevor is the co-founder and CEO of BlueWave, a pioneering solar and battery storage developer, owner, and operator with a mission to protect the planet by transforming access to renewable energy. A certified B Corp, BlueWave has received both national and international recognition for its work to revolutionize the energy markets.
Trevor leads all aspects of BlueWave’s operations and expansion activity within the United States. He also sits on the board of two companies which were successfully spun out of BlueWave: Beam Financing Technology, a home solar loan provider, and Perch Energy, a community solar servicing provider.
Prior to joining BlueWave, Trevor was a Senior Director of Acquisitions and Development at Tishman Speyer, one of the largest and most respected real estate companies in the world. There he built extensive expertise in acquisitions, development, financing and asset management, successfully closed on $1.25 billion in acquisitions, and was also the Regional Finance Director of the Boston region. Prior to joining Tishman Speyer, Trevor worked as a development consultant at CB Richard Ellis Whittier Partners and was a consultant to the World Bank.
Born and raised in South Africa, Trevor was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study at MIT, where he completed dual Master of Science degrees in Design Technology and Real Estate Development and was the recipient of a Skye Foundation Fellowship. He also holds a Bachelor of Building Arts and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Port Elizabeth (South Africa). Trevor was recognized as an Earth Advocate and top Environmental Leader by RealLeaders Awards in 2021.
Development / Chief Development Officer
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Mike Marsch is Chief Development Officer at BlueWave. Joining BlueWave in June 2013, Mike built and managed BlueWave's Solar Project Development and Construction team from the ground up as the company grew from tiny startup to nationally-recognized impact company. He also personally managed development of 60+ MW of ground-mounted PV projects, including two of the first community solar projects in MA and one of the largest solar projects in the Commonwealth. From 2018-2020 Mike led BlueWave's community solar services business, now branded Perch Energy, from initial revenue to successful spinout from BlueWave. Mike now oversees all project development at BlueWave including solar, energy storage, and a sustainability team dedicated to dual-use and agrivoltaics.
Prior to joining BlueWave, Mike focused on real estate in his native Southern California, most recently as principal at of Beckett Holdings, a firm he founded while in business school to capitalize on development opportunities in the multifamily sector. Earlier in his career, Mike was a Development Associate with The Ratkovich Company, a highly respected Los Angeles‐area developer, and was intimately involved in the acquisition, development, and management of over $500 million of residential opportunities with Briarwood Capital, a San Diego developer with over $1 billion of completed projects and a focus on master‐planned golf communities.
Mr. Marsch holds a BA from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he was named the John S. Long Outstanding Student in Real Estate. He is passionate about environmental sustainability and is an active volunteer with organizations seeking to reduce human impact on the world’s oceans.
Operations / Senior Vice President
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Dr. Kavita Ravi is the Senior Vice President of Operations overseeing the the company's operations. focused on planning and execution of projects. She has managed a range of other functions at Bluewave over the last [6] years.
Previously, she led programs to demonstrate viable business models for energy storage at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). In 2016, she co-led the State of Charge report that explored the market opportunities and barriers for energy storage in Massachusetts. At MassCEC, she also established a program to support universities and companies leverage clean energy funding opportunities. Prior to MassCEC, Kavita worked on microgrids and energy access issues with the U.S. Department of Energy and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories. From 2011 through 2013, she served as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the U.S. Department of Energy where she led market transforming programs to promote energy efficiency.
Kavita has a Ph.D in Computer Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and worked for several years in the private sector commercializing the technology of her doctoral research.
Operations / Chief Operating Officer
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Bharath Srinivasan is the Chief Operations Officer at BlueWave, responsible for BlueWave’s EPC, grid integration, operations and asset management/O&M teams. Bharath is a seasoned solar industry veteran with a rich background in execution. Over the last decade, he has held several senior roles overseeing origination, EPC, and asset management. Prior to joining BlueWave, Bharath served as Senior Vice President at Summit Ridge Energy overseeing technology and procurement. He previously headed Operations at Distributed Sun. Bharath has a Master’s in Solar Energy Engineering from UMass Lowell and a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from SASTRA University.
As BlueWave continues to expand its abilities on the growth path from developer to owner and operator, Bharath will play a key role in building out the functionality for BlueWave to begin to construct and maintain projects throughout its lifecycle.
/ Chief of Staff
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Mark Sylvia joined BlueWave in January 2015 to help the company expand its solar development portfolio. Now, as Chief of Staff, Mark oversees the Policy and Government Affairs and is responsible for corporate administration. He also represents BlueWave on the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA) leadership committee. Outside of BlueWave, Mark is a board member and President of the Solar Energy Business Association of New England (SEBANE).
Mark previously served as a senior energy official in the Administration of former MA governor Deval Patrick, including as the first Green Communities Division Director, Department of Energy Resources Commissioner, and Undersecretary for Energy. During his tenure, he and his team implemented nation-leading clean energy policies resulting in a number-one ranking in energy efficiency four years in a row, surpassing the Governor’s solar energy goals four years early, and designating 155 cities and towns as Green Communities (a first in the national local clean energy initiative, now representing 286 cities and towns). He also chaired the Energy Facilities Sighting Board and served on the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) boards. Previously, Mark spent 11 years in municipal government, five years of which were as Town Manager for the Town of Plymouth.
Mark earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in public administration from the American University in Washington D.C. Mark lives in his hometown of Fairhaven with his children, where he serves as the elected Town Moderator and serves on various local boards.
Development / Senior Managing Director
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Mike Zimmer is the Senior Managing Director of Development at BlueWave, responsible for the development of BlueWave's Core Market development in solar and battery energy storage.
Mike's career has spanned over 15 years in renewable energy development at Ameresco and Soltage before he joined BlueWave in 2021. He has developed over 200MW of solar and solar plus storage projects in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New York and Rhode Island sited on school roof tops, landfills, parking lots and green fields.
Mike holds a master's degree in Energy Systems from Northeastern University and a bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology from Connecticut College.
Chair Emeritus and Board Observer
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John DeVillars is a clean energy and environmental professional with substantial leadership experience in both the public and private sectors. Mr. DeVillars’ public service career includes service as Secretary of the Environment for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chair of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, and Chief of Operations for Governor Michael Dukakis. In 1993 he was appointed New England Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency by President Bill Clinton, a post he served in until 2000. He has received numerous awards for his environmental service, including the President's Award of the Nature Conservancy, given annually for national leadership in environmental affairs.
His private sector career includes founding and leading the Environmental Management practice for the national accounting firm Coopers and Lybrand (PWC); serving as Executive Vice President of Brownfields Recovery Corporation, a brownfields real estate investment and development company with assets in Massachusetts and the U.S. Virgin Islands; and as Lecturer on Environmental Leadership at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. DeVillars serves on numerous public and private company and non‐profit boards including as a member of the Executive Committee of the New England Clean Energy Council; Chair of the Advisory Board of the Acadia Center, a leading research and advocacy group on the forefront of efforts to combat global climate change; Chairman's Council of the Trustees of Reservations; and Director of the Massachusetts Environmental Trust. In 2012 he was appointed by the United States EPA Administrator to serve on the agency’s National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology. For the 2016-2017 academic year, in addition to exercising his responsibilities on behalf of BlueWave, Mr. DeVillars served as a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. As a senior fellow at the Center, he focused on the role of public utilities in meeting the climate change challenge.
Mr. DeVillars earned his MPA degree from Harvard University and his BA from the University of Pennsylvania.
Director
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Eric Graber-Lopez is deeply involved in all aspects of BlueWave's development activities with leadership responsibilities for project financing. He and Mr. DeVillars joined forces to launch BlueWave’s solar development activities.
Prior to joining BlueWave, Mr. Graber-Lopez served as Vice President and Senior Equity Analyst on the Specialty Equity Growth Team at Putnam Investments, where he helped manage $8 billion in U.S. mid- and large-cap growth equity portfolios. At Putnam, he focused on the energy, alternative energy, materials, and utilities sectors and was responsible for his team's investments in those sectors in both public and private markets. Mr. Graber-Lopez started as a Senior Equity Analyst within Putnam's Global Equity Research Group and was a member of the Natural Resources and Utilities fund teams. During his years on the sell-side, Mr. Graber-Lopez focused on the Energy and Utilities industries and was ranked by several leading industry surveys as being among the top analysts in his field. Mr. Graber-Lopez has extensive experience in firm valuation, mergers and acquisitions advisory services, private equity transactions, and portfolio management.
Director
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Trevor is the co-founder and CEO of BlueWave, a pioneering solar and battery storage developer, owner, and operator with a mission to protect the planet by transforming access to renewable energy. A certified B Corp, BlueWave has received both national and international recognition for its work to revolutionize the energy markets.
Trevor leads all aspects of BlueWave’s operations and expansion activity within the United States. He also sits on the board of two companies which were successfully spun out of BlueWave: Beam Financing Technology, a home solar loan provider, and Perch Energy, a community solar servicing provider.
Prior to joining BlueWave, Trevor was a Senior Director of Acquisitions and Development at Tishman Speyer, one of the largest and most respected real estate companies in the world. There he built extensive expertise in acquisitions, development, financing and asset management, successfully closed on $1.25 billion in acquisitions, and was also the Regional Finance Director of the Boston region. Prior to joining Tishman Speyer, Trevor worked as a development consultant at CB Richard Ellis Whittier Partners and was a consultant to the World Bank.
Born and raised in South Africa, Trevor was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study at MIT, where he completed dual Master of Science degrees in Design Technology and Real Estate Development and was the recipient of a Skye Foundation Fellowship. He also holds a Bachelor of Building Arts and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Port Elizabeth (South Africa). Trevor was recognized as an Earth Advocate and top Environmental Leader by RealLeaders Awards in 2021.