Reuben Valeriano graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, concentrating in renewable electrical energy systems. He has spent the last 5 years of his career helping bring energy storage systems to market. As a senior electrical engineer at Sonnen, Inc., he helped in the design and certification of their first inverter and photovoltaic optimizer. He was instrumental in integrating these power electronics devices into energy storage products that were sold in North America, Europe, and Australia. Reuben is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree at North Carolina State University in Power Systems Engineering concentrating in wide band gap technology.