In 2011, Thomas H. Stoner Jr., a seasoned energy entrepreneur, and Dr. David Schimel, a leading climate scientist, founded a research organization to advocate for the use of global capital markets as a critical solution to climate change. In undertaking the onerous task of writing a book that reflected on his years of experience as an international renewable energy entrepreneur and environmental advocate, Tom Stoner sought an in-depth analysis of global energy consumption. To aid in his analysis of the world’s energy use and its impacts on the environment, he engaged a group that was building upon the work of Donella Meadows and the Club of Rome to construct a robust climate science model that would help him tie the climate system to economic and financial systems.
Tom Stoner published his research and analysis in his book, Small Change, Big Gains: Reflections of an Energy Entrepreneur. At the heart of Small Change, Big Gains is the discovery that: It is possible to stabilize rising global temperatures and remain under global temperature targets set by the international community if capital is deployed to limit large scale systemic risk typically associated with climate change. With the scientific data confirming their assumptions the next step was clear.
Tom Stoner and Dr. David Schimel convened a group of leading climate experts and financial professionals to launch Entelligent®. Its mission: To align capital markets with the needs of the 21st century and in particular, the systemic risks of climate change.
Entelligent hired a sophisticated team of data scientists to develop, test and validate the Smart Climate® methodology. Using big data, artificial intelligence and systems dynamics modeling, the team created a technology that allows investors to account for systemic macro-risks, like climate change, in order to improve risk-adjusted returns.
Entelligent continues to meet this objective by partnering with the likes of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) to generate a custom data stream to assist in security selection using a suite of E-Score® products. Also, Entelligent’s data partnership with a globally recognized financial information provider and the roll out of a portfolio analyzer will allow wealth managers and family offices to measure the financial and environmental performance of public funds. Entelligent continues to grow and work with a dedicated team of experts and in collaboration with commercialization partners to validate and expand the Smart Climate methodology and suite of products.
The Entelligent Team
As a founding developer and patent-holder of the company’s core technology, Pooja played an essential role in designing Entelligent's product offering – the groundbreaking Smart Climate system and technology – and developing the company's vision and strategy. As the platform successfully advanced through market testing, Pooja turned her focus to commercialization, work that led to the creation of Smart Climate Indices, and the introduction of energy and climate transition risk-related products in partnership with Societe Generale, the Taipei Exchange, FactSet and others.
Pooja has an M.S. in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics from the University of Rajasthan, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Colorado Boulder. She speaks and writes extensively on climate risk and investing topics for business and professional audiences.
Dr. Labovitz has more than 45 years of experience performing data analysis including as a physical scientist researching various earth science processes and a lead analyst and researcher for Thomson Reuters and wealth management firms.
He has published over 35 articles covering science, engineering, statistics and business and has served as an adjunct faculty member at Regis University, University of Colorado Denver, and University of California, Berkeley
Education: Ph.D. in geomathematics emphasizing spatially based analyses. Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics with an emphasis on statistics and optimization. M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, emphasis on strategic planning.
Morgan brings a wealth of experience in the energy commodity and futures markets -- including half a decade developing quant-based trading strategies. Morgan has a PhD in physics from the University of Tennessee, a bachelor’s degree in applied physics from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
He is currently a CFA Level II Candidate and a member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society.
Col. (retired) Baer’s US Army service includes commanding combat troops in Vietnam, an airborne finance brigade in the First Gulf War, a finance and accounting battalion in Germany and service as the Director of Army Accounting Systems. As a civilian, Baer has extensive experience as a fractional Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer of public, private, and not-for-profit entities.
Education and Military awards: B.S.in Business and M.B.A. from the University of Colorado Boulder. Graduate of the Army Command & General Staff College and the Army War College.
Military awards: Bronze Star (with V device), Combat Infantryman’s Badge and the Army Parachute Badge.
Mr. Hawkesworth leads the technical team, using major data science tools and scalable computing techniques to develop the Smart Climate® data platform. His career includes project management for a number of entrepreneurship education organizations.
Education: M.A. of Public Policy with a focus in Quantitative Research Methods from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. B.A. Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies from Hampshire College. Data Science Immersive (DSI) Fellowship program at Galvanize.
Throughout their career, Jace has demonstrated a strong commitment to community-focused projects and educational initiatives. They apply this multidisciplinary experience in their current role, where they collaborate with a team of data scientists to support the development of innovative technologies.
Education: B.A. in Peace & Global Studies and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies from Earlham College. Graduate of LaunchCode LC101 Bootcamp
Ms. Greenwood is responsible for coordinating internal and external resources for the execution of Entelligent’s business strategies. She has worked in the sustainability and technology fields in operational and leadership roles for both private and public companies.
Education: B.S. in Business Management from University of Illinois at Chicago.
Mr. James supports the development of technology from research to application. He has experience in both the tech and renewable industry working for Tesla as a residential solar power designer. He also helped design the customer-focused delivery program enabling Tesla to scale to a mass-market, factory-to-consumer car manufacturer.
Education: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Colorado Denver (minored in Computer Science). Data Science Immersive at Galvanize (Denver).
Over the course of his career, Mr. Nelte has structured financial products and executed transactions with retail as well as institutional clients, with correspondingly meaningful annual revenues. He has designed new financial products, set-up new product lines, as well as built entirely new business lines from scratch for his former employers.
Education: MSc in Financial Mathematics from Bayes Business School. BSc in Mathematics with Economics from the University College London. LLB Law from Nottingham Trent University.
Dr. Cohen brings 12 years of experience in energy modeling and 6 years as a practicing data scientist at tech startups that have gone on to successful exits. He is also a former Fulbright Scholar and Fellow of the National Science Foundation.
Education: Ph.D. (Environmental Engineering), University of Colorado Denver. Two-years of postdoctoral experience at the Earth Institute of Columbia University. B.S. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Maryland College Park. M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of Colorado at Denver.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration and Finance from the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.
It is his vision to play key role in the use of Artificial Intelligence to solve socio-economic challenges in the world at large.
At Entelligent, He collaborates with Financial Engineers and Data Scientists to build new climate risk measures and maintains the database and addresses any outages promptly.
He also works with customers and the R&D team to ensure data accessibility.
He has a background in mathematics and computer science from the University of Ghana. He also graduated from the Maxim Nyansa IT Solutions Data Science Bootcamp
Education: M.A.S. in Climate Science and Policy from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego. M.S. in Environmental Economics and Policy from Universita degli Studi Di Torino. B.S. in Environmental Science from Universita’ Degli Studi di Genova.
She provides administrative support to our office personnel and works closely with our leadership team handling clerical duties, coordinating calendars, and organizing meetings and company files.
Wendy has a Master of Fine Arts from the Ohio State University, Bachelor of Arts from University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Board of Directors
Dr. Schimel is a graduate of Hampshire College (B.A.) and Colorado State University (PhD).
• Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
• Finance Committee
• Chairman of the Finance Committee
• Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
• Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
• Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Antoine began his career in 2007 at Deloitte and joined SG in 2009 as a financial analyst for SG’s corporate M&A operations. In 2014, he joined SG Corporate and Investment Banking’s Strategy and Development where he ran projects across the CIB division ranging from M&A to business development, strategic investment. He then moved to Societe Generale’s Global Markets unit in 2018 to launch and run the Global Markets Incubator.
Antoine graduated from Paris Dauphine University in 2007 and holds a Certification from the AMF (Autorite des Marches Financiers – Authority regulating the French financial markets place, its participants and the investment products).