Creating alternative energy solutions for high energy demand customers

A co-founder and Managing Director of Industrial Sun, Wade has served as a development executive or General Counsel for over 2GW of utility-scale solar energy projects across the United States, including some of the largest projects in operation today. As a result of his efforts, more than $2 billion in funds have been successfully invested in operational renewable energy projects, with enough clean energy generated to power the equivalent of over 500,000 American homes. Earlier in his career, he was a General Counsel and land management executive in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Gungoll earned a B.A., with distinction, from Yale and holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School.

Rich manages all aspects of project engineering and development activity for Industrial Sun. Rich came to the team from Lightsourcebp where he was the VP of Engineering (Americas) and led the technical transition of 7X Energy assets (9GW) to BP (July 2021 acquisition). At 7X Energy, Rich was the VP of Engineering leading PV layout optimization, energy simulations, site studies, Independent Engineering reports, and final design reviews that support development and construction of all projects. Prior to joining 7X, Rich worked at SunPower as the Development Engineering Manager for Utility Power Plants covering North and South America. There, Rich worked on numerous power plant projects in the early development phase totaling over 3 GW of capacity. He also led the development engineering on seven UPP projects totaling over 450 MW in the U.S. and Latin America. Before SunPower, Rich was a Project Engineer at NRG Energy working on development for solar distributed generation and utility solar power plants.
Rich currently serves on the board of Solar Austin which promotes policies and programs for the local solar industry including a focus on implementing programs that provide more diversity within the renewable energy industry.
He has an MBA from Drexel University and BS in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. He is also a licensed PE in New Jersey.

Alexandra is responsible for Industrial Sun’s origination efforts where she devises creative power solutions to meet customer needs. Her extensive career experience in the power sector includes contracting over 800 MW of renewable power purchases and managing the two largest demand response books in the ERCOT market--with over 15 GW of aggregated power generation. Notably, the Gulf Coast Power Association selected her as the 2021 recipient of the Empowering Young Professionals Award, given annually to someone under 40 who has accomplished excellence in the power industry. Prior to joining the Industrial Sun team, she served ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM), where she developed and expanded XOM’s participation in the power markets. At XOM, she was responsible for renewable power purchases, trading, growing the demand response portfolio and managing key relationships/accounts in ERCOT, CAISO and MISO. Alexandra began her career at MP2 Energy on the real-time desk and later moved on to EDF Trading North America. Alexandra is a NERC certified reliability coordinator and a graduate of the University of Houston with a B.A. in History and a B.S. in Political Science.

As Industrial Sun's Vice President of Finance, Jeff leads the company's financial planning and project finance activities and manages relationships with current and potential capital partners. Jeff has four years of experience in the solar industry and has been a key player in the financing of over 1.2 GWdc of projects, power contracting for over 900 MWdc, and the sale of a 9 GW development pipeline. He started his career as an Officer at Naval Reactors where he led design engineering, construction, testing, and lifecycle planning activities for aircraft carrier nuclear propulsion systems. Jeff holds a Master of Business Administration and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas.

As Industrial Sun’s Vice President of Real Estate, Katherine manages all real estate and associated development legal matters for Industrial Sun. Katherine came to the team from Apex Clean Energy where she worked as Real Estate Counsel. At Apex, Katherine drafted, negotiated, and managed land agreements, construction finance agreements, and purchase agreements on over 2 GW of wind, solar, hydrogen, and storage projects through the United States. Katherine holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and a B.A. from Wake Forest University.