What Happened?
Brooklyn, NY-based United-Wind Appointed Russell Tencer as Chief Executive Officer
About the Company
United Wind was formed in 2013 as a combination of assets and talent from the two industry-leading small wind companies: Talco Electronics and Wind Analytics. Talco, founded in 2000, sold more than 150 turbines and was the leading distributor of small wind turbines in the United States. Wind Analytics, founded in 2007, was the only company to offer a third-party verified remote wind speed analysis tool, empowering potential small wind turbine owners with a low-cost site assessment. With the best of Talco and Wind Analytics together, United Wind is the only company that has the knowledge and capability to offer the first ever little-to-no money down leasing option to small wind customers in the United States.
About the Person
Russell is CEO of United Wind, the national leader in wind energy leasing. Founded on the belief that wind energy must be affordable to compete with conventional energy sources, United Wind provides customers with wind energy options that make sense today and into the future. As CEO, Russell is focused on providing the resources and leadership for the company to execute on this vision, with utmost concern for delivering quality products and generating the highest customer satisfaction. Additionally, Russell is responsible for obtaining all corporate and project level capital required to continue delivering WindLeases and small wind turbines to customers. United Wind's WindLease allows property owners to take advantage of wind energy without the large upfront capital investment. Prior to founding United Wind, Russell was the co-founder and served as chief executive officer of Wind Analytics, the leading wind and financial data provider for the distributed wind energy industry. While at Wind Analytics Russell helped the company raise $3.5million in equity and grant funding towards the development of a patent-pending wind analysis methodology third-party validated to be significantly more accurate than its competitors. Russell was also responsible for bringing in key client accounts including the US Army, Energy Trust of Oregon, Bergey Wind Power, and Endurance Wind Power.
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