Francisco Morocz
CEO
MS MechE, MIT
Combining deep theoretical knowledge and practical industry experience, the team at Heila Technologies is dedicated to simplifying the integration and operation of microgrids.
The company is actively working with vendors, developers, property owners, utilities and clean energy evangelists to establish the Heila Platform as the open standard through which all of us can collectively contribute to, and profit from, the rapid development of greener and more resilient power production and distribution services.
Jorge Elizondo
CTO
EESC PhD, MIT
Heila Technologies is an MIT-born startup dedicated to simplifying the integration and operation of individual Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and microgrids.
The revolutionary technology that powers the Heila Platform is the brainchild of the company’s CTO, Jorge Elizondo. CEO Francisco Morocz and company then grew Heila from an internship into a business in less than a year.
Francisco Morocz
CEO
MS MechE, MIT
The technical concept that underlies the Heila Platform was developed in 2015 when Jorge was serving as a graduate intern at Stone Edge Farm, a vineyard in Sonoma California. As part of the vineyard’s efforts to implement a fully self-sufficient and “islandable” microgrid, Jorge sought proposals from several of the world’s leading power technology companies. None were able to deliver on Jorge’s vision for an organic, self-learning system.
Jorge Elizondo
CTO
EESC PhD, MIT
Jose Dunia
Software Lead
MS CS, UF
Albert Chan
Business Development Lead
MBA, MIT
Federico Lozano
Finance Lead
MFin, MIT
Trudie Wang
Product Strategy Lead
MechE PhD, Stanford U.
John Donnal
Technical Advisor
EECS PhD, MIT
Erik Silva
Hardware Lead
MS ECE, Northeastern U.
Seth Drew
Optimization & Control Lead
MS CS, Tufts
Ryan Stoltenberg
Project Operations Lead
PSM SD, CSU
Oscar Azofeifa
Optimization & Control Engineer
MS ES, UIUC
Shuyang Li
Optimization & Control Engineer
ME PhD, UCB
Jeff Olan
Project Manager
BS EE, BSU
Nate Krinsky
Operations Engineer
BS EE, Tufts
Nat Amundsen
Software Engineer
AS CS, NSCC
Carla Pinzon
Hardware Engineer
MEng EECS, MIT
Kyle Smith
Software Engineer
BS CS, Northeastern U.
Daniel Kolodin
Business Analyst
BS, Mgmt Sci, UCSD
Ted Bausch
Software Engineer
BA CS, Dartmouth College
“Heila’s vision is to enable the grid of tomorrow by dramatically simplifying the construction, operation and optimization of fleets of DERs.”
– Jorge Elizondo
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