Primary Job Title Vice President, Business Development Primary Organization Lightsource bp
Location Austin, Texas, United States Regions Southern US Gender Female
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Helen Brauner is the Vice President of Business Development at Lightsource bp. She previously served as the Senior Director of Origination for 7X Energy, an Austin-basedutility-scale solar developer with over 5 GW of solar capacity in its development pipeline. Helenhas worked in the renewable energy sector for over 15 years. Prior to joining 7X,
Helen was astrategy and marketing consultant for cleantech companies. Before consulting, Helen spent nineyears at Green Mountain Energy, a retail electric provider selling green power and subsidiary ofNRG Energy, where she served as the Senior VP of Strategic Planning and Marketing. She hasan MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas and a BA inEconomics from Rice University.Helen has worked in the renewable energy sector for almost 15 years. Prior to joining7X, Helen was an independent strategy and marketing consultant for cleantechcompanies. Before becoming a consultant, Helen spent nine years at Green MountainEnergy, a retail electric provider selling green power, where she served as the SeniorVP of Strategic Planning and Marketing. She has an MBA from the McCombs School ofBusiness at the University of Texas and a BA in Economics from Rice University. Helen has served on the boards of CleanTX and the Texas Solar Power Association.She currently volunteers on the marketing committee of Impact Austin. When she’s not working to get more renewable energy onto America’s electric grid,Helen likes to snuggle on the couch with her family and her pug, Gabby, and watchdocumentaries on climate change while checking the output of her 7 kW solar systemon her smartphone.
