Scaling EV Purchasing and Charging Station Deployment  

Mr. Roege, PE, provides strategic leadership with respect to energy and resilience to the Army's major command responsible for materiel readiness, including Army installations, supply chain, and industrial production. He integrates considerations of military missions and relationships, climate, economics, and technologies into the framework of readiness and resilience to inform metrics, plans, and implementation. Paul has led technology-based research, engineering, and construction projects and organizations for over 40 years. As an active and reserve US Army engineer officer, he managed construction programs in Europe, Asia, Africa and Central America. He led development of the Army's operational energy doctrine and catalyzed adoption of resilience as a focus within DoD. As a DARPA program manager, he initiated a program to build a transportable nuclear reactor for military use. In his civilian career, Colonel Roege led engineering and nuclear safety activities in nuclear fuel cycle, waste management, and infrastructure systems on DOE sites.

Brendan is an energy management professional with over a decade of experience designing, implementing and managing Distributed Energy Resource projects and programs. His work experience ranges from the small consulting firm to the large Investor-Owned Utility, and from the complex public school district to the bureaucratic local government. Brendan is especially skilled at effectively navigating through the public sector to produce tangible results. With a diplomatic and focused approach to problem-solving, Brendan has built foundational structures that support high quality work products and innovation, and is proud knowing that the work he has championed at one organization will continue once he moves on to the next challenge. Brendan finds that his best work is teamwork and believes that excellent planning and communication lead to high performance outcomes.

Currently on loan to the Defense Innovation Unit at the DoD, reporting in direct chain to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Justin serves as lead Program Manager for $150,000,000 in high-priority DIU programs, including Net Zero Buildings "NetZero" for new military construction and renovation, Extended Duration Storage for Installations "EDSI" implementing grid scale flow and substation-scale lithium battery energy storage and microgrid solutions, and Electric Vehicle Support Equipment for make-ready upgrading facility infrastructure and charger O&M. To execute, he maintains close ties with funding partners to develop success criteria that anticipates challenges as appropriate under applicable enabling legislation, adds, and appropriations. He also founds partnerships to leverage discretionary co-funding to enhance these efforts tailored to customized demand signals attributable to the distinct needs of Service Branches for prototype equipment, Headquarters Commands for policy advancement, and civil agency for public benefit agendas. This extends to briefing senior leaders and testimonial support.