Kam Mofid is a visionary executive with a solid track record of achieving outstanding results in the global automotive and clean energy sectors. Mofid is a recognized leader in solar energy and energy storage with an extensive background in distributed energy resources space. He has a deep understanding of how broad-based electrification is transforming various industries inparticular the transportation and the energy sectors. Since early 2010 Mofid has been a senior executive in the solar industry. He has led two of the largest residential and commercial solar companies in the US through very challenging periods of growth and market changes. As President of REC and AEE Solar he achieved dramatic growth in sales, installations, and product distribution with improved financial results establishing REC Solar a national leader in the residential sector. As CEO of RGS Energy, he led the company’s turnaround making it one of the largest residential and commercial solar companies in the US.
From 2015 to early 2021 while at Envision Digital (the software arm of Envision Group, a global clean energy and energy storage company based in Shanghai), he led the company’s foray into the solar markets globally. Starting from scratch, Mofid built a world-class team of solar design and performance engineering and software experts in US, Europe, China, and Singapore. He led the development and deployment of highly sophisticated cloud-based SaaS solutions in PV asset management and performance optimization with many gigawatts of deployments around the world. The products were developed to facilitate “digitization” of asset management and O&M through advanced end-to-end platform solutions to monitor and manage short and long-term asset performance and maximize both energy production and overall returns on the invested capital. The capabilities developed pushed the boundaries of what had been historically possible with performance management and optimization: moving from traditional descriptive and diagnostic analytics towards predictive and prescriptive analytics enabling clear and concise performance improvement actions both at the individual site and at the entire portfolio levels. These SaaS asset management solutions were later augmented with advanced capabilities in power forecasting and energy storage management.
Prior to entering solar in 2010, Mofid was in the automotive and aerospace sectors holding various technical leadership and senior executive positions. Mofid began his career at General Motors as a Manufacturing Systems Engineer in 1991. He rose through the ranks to Senior Systems Engineer and then to New Product Launch Leader in GM’s truck division leading operational readiness for a multi-billion-dollar new platform at one of GM’s major assembly plants. In 1994 Mofid was named a Fellow of General Motors, a highly prestigious recognition for outstanding contributions to the success of his division.
After nearly 7 years at General Motors, Mofid joined United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney division, a leading global producer of commercial and military jet engines. Mofid held a number of key positions including Director of Global Materials and Logistics, responsible for efficient management of working capital and proper synchronization of a complex global supply chain. His efforts resulted in major cost savings and lead-time reductions. After working at P&W for 6 years he joined Teleflex Inc., a manufacturer of highly engineered medical, transportation, and industrial products. He held executive positions in supply chain management and operations including VP of Global Operations, responsible for 15 business entities in seven countries. While at Teleflex, Mofid also led the Power Systems business division of the company as Group President. Under his leadership the division tripled its revenues with improved profitability while implementing a global product development and supply chain roadmap including go-to-market channel partnerships. His customers included the US military, major automotive OEM’s in US and Europe, and large technology firms such as Bosch, and General Electric.
Mofid holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, a M.Sc. in Manufacturing Management from Kettering University in Flint, Michigan, and a M.Sc. from Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering in Atlanta, GA where he completed his studies with a GPA of 4.0/4.0 and wrote his thesis on achieving flexibility and efficiency in high-mix / high-volume operations.