Zach Bogoshian serves as VP of Virtual Power Plants at SunStrong Management, a privately held, full-service asset manager for the renewable energy industry. Prior to SSM, Zach held a similar position at Sunnova Energy, where he led the grid services team in scaling up virtual power plant participation to help grid operators avoid outages and reduce costs while delivering customer value. Before joining Sunnova, Zach spent 8 years in various leadership roles at Inspire Energy, a retail electricity startup focusing on scaling access to clean energy sources for residential customers. Zach holds a Master of Science degree in Sustainability Management from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA.