About Us

Our Mission

Every Commercial Building on 100% Renewable Energy

To tackle climate change, we need to move quickly toward renewable energy.

Today, solar is a reliable and cost-effective option for many organizations. Commercial solar costs have fallen by 66% since 2010 and continue to decline. Government incentives like the 30%-50% federal investment tax credit and various state programs make solar even more financially attractive. Progressive organizations are also leading the way with commitments and ESG program goals to become carbon neutral.

The potential for solar is enormous. Over 1 million commercial buildings in the U.S. could switch to solar, save money, and generate renewable energy. In spite of this, only 3% have switched to solar because the process is too difficult and time-consuming.

Accurate AI-Powered Quoting of Turn-key Solar Energy Projects for Commercial Buildings

OnSwitch is a full-service solar project developer and provider using proprietary SkyQuote^TMand SkyManager^TM software that makes it simpler for organizations to evaluate, buy, and have installed commercial solar energy solutions.

OnSwitch simplifies the customer solar evaluation and buying process by leveraging their SkyQuote^TM technology to automatically design and cost the highest-savings solution as a detailed, contractible and interactive proposal.OnSwitch’s SkyManager^TM software simplifies project management and tracking for our customers, financers, subcontractors, and OnSwitch’s own project teams.

Leadership Team

OnSwitch was formed by a leadership team who worked side by side over the past 20 years at commercial solar energy pioneer PowerLight Inc., global leader SunPower Corporation, and one of the largest solar panel suppliers in the world Hanwha Q Cells. They developed and built well over $1 Billion of rooftop, ground-mount, and carport commercial solar systems for hundreds of businesses, public agencies and non-profits across the U.S., including the likes of Walmart, Target, Lowes, Hewlett-Packard, Whole Foods, Toyota, PR Farms, U.S. Navy, Los Angeles Unified School District, and many more. OnSwitch customers can take comfort in the fact that in the DNA of OnSwitch is the development, installation, and operation of more commercial solar systems than anyone in the world.

Mark Bronez

CEO/Board Member

During his 15 years in executive positions at solar electricity leaders PowerLight, SunPower, and Hanwha Q Cells, Mark led the teams that brought solar electricity to over 250 businesses and public agencies. A world record. Mark’s vision is solar panels on every open rooftop.

Vijay Ananthakrishnan

COO/Board Member

Vijay’s 12 years with Mark at the PowerLight, SunPower, and Hanwha Q Cells included leading 300 employees and responsibility for solar project installation run rate of $1.5 billion annually. Vijay is passionate about infusing commercial solar with production line scalability.

Chad Forrest

CFO

Chad has spent the last decade as CFO for renewable energy companies including Concentric Power, Slingshot Power and Solar Universe. Chad has led the financial and operational efforts for building and managing large microgrid and solar projects for commercial and industrial customers. Chad is passionate about renewable energy and creating a path to a more sustainable future.

Stacia Okura

VP Energy Analytics

At SunPower, Stacia led analysis of customer electricity prediction and launch of the first solar leasing program for the new home market. Before drinking the solar Kool-Aid, Stacia was responsible for advanced statistics and big data analyses on public energy projects.

Frank Teng

VP Business Development

Frank Teng is Head of Business Development at OnSwitch, which is accelerating the commercial solar planning, buying, and deployment process for solar developers and building operators with fast, accurate software-driven quotes. Frank previously helped grow commercial project financing platform Unety, and expand efficiency-as-a-service solutions across large building portfolios at Redaptive. Frank also helped lead JLL’s Energy & Sustainability Services practice over 10 years, implementing energy and carbon savings for more than 150M square feet of global corporate real estate. He started his career in clean energy and global warming policy. Frank has a B.S. from Stanford University and an MBA from the Presidio Graduate School.

Ryan Shannon

VP Engineering

Since 2010 Ryan has refined his skills as an executive leader in renewable energy. His deep expertise in design and engineering of solar and energy storage systems spans residential, commercial, and small utility segments — giving Ryan a rare ability to draw from all three segments to help OnSwitch on its mission to simplify commercial solar.

Daniel Shugar

Advisor

Dan has spent 30 years advancing the renewable energy sector. He is currently CEO of NEXTracker, which he has taken to #1 global market share and acquisition by Flex company in 2015 for $330M. Previously Dan was CEO of Solaria and President of SunPower/PowerLight.

Adam Iliff

VP Construction

Adam has completed over 100 solar projects across the residential, commercial, and utility sectors over the course of his 20+ year career. Prior to joining OnSwitch, Adam was Senior Program Manager at Tesla Energy where he was responsible for overseeing a portfolio of commercial and utility-scale solar construction projects, as well as battery and supercharger projects.