Rod Matthews on Commercial Microgrid Technologies

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Rod Matthews, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Brevian Energy, a renewable energy technology company based in California.

Rod is an experienced business technology consultant and microgrid solution provider with a background in aligning energy and technology initiatives with core business objectives. He is passionate about slowing down the impacts of climate change and believes the deployment of microgrids is a part of the solution. 

He and Ted discuss his background, growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana, ranking nationally in High School as a fencer, joining the Navy as an electronics technician, and attending Southern Illinois University studying workforce development before delving into the IT world at Next Solutions, Inc. 

At Brevian Energy, he's currently on a mission to take what he's learned as a business technology consultant and microgrid solution provider to educate real estate developers and property owners who are considering how and when to add microgrids, or other renewable energy infrastructure to their projects.