ISUW 2022 Speaker

Thomas is a thought-leader and renowned expert in the field of Market Assessment, Innovation, new business models, customer engagement ,and behavior in the energy sector. He holds an MA from the University of Roskildein Denmark, based on a BA from the University of Trom sø and the Norwegian Technological University in history and philosophy and an MBA single Course on Business Development from the Southern University of Denmark. Thomas has been a professional consultant in the energy business since 2014, where hestarted as a WP leader in the EU fp7 project ADVANCED in the field of residential customer’sengagement and has since then worked with a large number of international and Europeanclients in the energy industry. Before becoming a consultant, Thomas worked both as amarketing director on the utility side and as strategy officer in international tech companieslike Panasonic and Green Energy Options, giving ham a total of 20 years of experience in thefieldofenergy. Inthepast10yearshehasbeen heavilyengagedinseveralEuropeannetworksintheenergysector based on the communications and user involvement within the development of thesmartgrid, AMR andthe introductionofSmartHome solutions. He also has extensiveexperience from research on the potential of new technologies to be introduced into theenergy sector and from assessing market potential for PV and renewable smart solutions intheresidentialmarket. In 2018 he founded GECO Global as a consultancy specialized in customer behaviour and thegreen transition of the energy industry. The focus is understanding what drives customerengagement and participation in smart home and energy decentralization implementationsand in this respect GECO Global both functions directly with utilities and other actors in theenergyindustryandthrough researchwithbothnationaland internationalbodies.