Gender Male
Rick Walden holds overall responsibility for Tendril’s Utilities Business Group and is responsible for all aspects of sales and delivery of Tendril solutions to investor-owned and public power utilities in North America.
Rick is inspired and motivated by his ability to apply his 25 years of electric and gas utility leadership experience to the
solutions that Tendril brings to the industry’s energy management challenges.
He has worked for two leading distribution utilities and is well known for his expertise with issues surrounding electric and gas metering.
Rick has directed the implementation and operation of two full-scale automated meter-reading (AMR) projects and numerous smart grid/advanced-metering initiatives. He has also held a variety of leadership positions in natural gas engineering and operations.
Rick began his sales career in 2010 selling commercial and industrial load management solutions to investor-owned utilities, cooperatives and municipalities throughout North America for a major retail energy provider.
He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Maryland, an MBA from Loyola College and has completed the executive program at University of Michigan Business School.
