AGent's leadership team has brought more than 15,000 MWs of distributed energy resources to markets around the world.

As CEO, Stephanie is responsible for ensuring that AGent's vision for and value to customers, teammates, partners, markets, investors, and regulators is fully realized. Stephanie brings unparalleled, mission-critical leadership to her role from her experiences as Chief Operating Officer at Voltus, where she built and led all aspects of operational delivery for one of the world's largest power plants, AI product leader at NDimensional, and from her duty as a Naval Warfare Intelligence Officer with top secret military clearance. She holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard and completed ROTC Naval Operations training at MIT. Stephanie is a self-professed workaholic who enjoys squeezing intense workouts into her day and bringing her dog, Winnie, everywhere.

Fran Parker is Co-Founder and President of AGent Energy, where she leads market development, strategic partnerships, and customer engagement across the company’s demand response and grid flexibility platform.

With more than 20 years of experience in competitive energy markets, Fran has built her career at the intersection of grid reliability, market design, and large-scale energy infrastructure. At AGent, she focuses on unlocking the vast, underutilized fleet of backup generation located behind commercial and industrial facilities—helping organizations monetize existing assets while strengthening grid reliability during emergency conditions.

Prior to co-founding AGent, Fran held senior leadership roles across the demand response industry, including Vice President of Enterprise Sales at Voltus and Director of Enterprise Sales at EnerNOC. She also served as Managing Director at Tempo Data Centers, where she originated and advanced over 2.5 GW of large-scale data center projects in PJM and ERCOT, developing a deep understanding of hyperscale and enterprise data center power requirements, infrastructure timelines, and grid-integration challenges.

Fran is widely recognized for her ability to translate complex energy markets into actionable opportunities for customers—turning megawatts of backup capacity into meaningful new revenue streams while supporting a more resilient grid.

When she’s not working to reshape energy markets, Fran enjoys exploring the world with her family and friends.

Todd has more than 20 years of leadership experience connecting customers with the value of cutting edge energy technology platforms that deliver transformative value to commercial, institutional, and industrial customers. Todd brings to AGent a unique combination of deep energy technology and market expertise and experience building and leading world-class sales teams at Voltus, Blue Pillar, and EnerNOC. As one of Todd's favorite enterprise-class customers famously said, "If Todd calls me, I pick up, because he knows his stuff. I know that if he and his teams are representing a product then I'm going to want to buy it." When Todd isn't championing energy technologies he's likely cheering on his alma mater Penn State Nittany Lions with his family in Happy Valley!

As Chief of Staff at AGent Energy, Christine St. Pierre partners with the founders to translate ambitious strategy into daily execution. Her work spans strategic initiatives, people operations, and the internal systems and practices that enable effective collaboration and decision-making

Drawing on more than two decades of operations and technology leadership across global enterprises and high-growth startups, Christine brings a practical understanding of what it takes to scale a business. A systems thinker and hands-on builder, she combines process improvement, automation, and AI to simplify complex workflows and expand what teams can accomplish.

Outside of work, Christine loves exploring trails and planning new adventures with her dog, Summit.

Emily Edwards is Senior Vice President of Product and Engineering at AGent Energy, where she leads the product, engineering, and operations teams behind the platform that aggregates, monetizes, and monitors backup generators at scale.
Emily has spent two decades in engineering, product, and data, much of it in energy. She spent eleven years at PowerAdvocate, now part of Wood Mackenzie, rising from product manager to Vice President of Data and Analytics Products. In that role she owned the P&L for the data and analytics portfolio, led the product, data engineering, and data science teams, and served on the executive leadership team. She went on to serve as Vice President of Product at Starburst and at Veson Nautical, and has advised Identity Digital on AI products.
Emily holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Bucknell University and an MS in Systems Engineering and an MBA from MIT. She spends as much time outdoors as she can in every season, often leading her Cub Scout den on hiking and camping trips, orienteering, and snowshoeing.

Tanner Black guides the technical strategy and execution for AGent's distributed generation hardware and software platform. With a focus on development of highly-reliable, mission-critical systems that enable grid services and real-time monitoring of critical power infrastructure, Tanner is leading a team of world-class developers building a platform that turns liabilities into assets. Tanner brings deep expertise in firmware and embedded systems from his previous roles. As the Lead Firmware Engineer at Tive Inc., he spearheaded the design of firmware for advanced IoT tracking and sensor devices, significantly enhancing product performance and reliability. Before that, he spent over six years at MetLogix as a Lead Embedded Firmware/Software Engineer, where he was instrumental in innovating feature-rich metrology products using C++, C#, and embedded C. Tanner earned a Master of Science in Engineering Management from the Tufts University Gordon Institute, complementing his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Keene State College. When not building really innovative tech for AGent, Tanner can be found with his friends and family in the woods and mountains of New Hampshire.

Ben Boutwell is Vice President of Energy Markets at AGent Energy. He leads AGent’s participation in PJM, MISO, and ERCOT, including capacity valuation, registration, performance, and settlement. He also directs AGent’s expansion into new markets and bilateral structures.

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Ben spent 22 years at the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), starting before its energy markets launched. He began in the real-time control room as a generation dispatcher, served as an operations and reliability engineer. He later became a principal engineer working on energy management systems, technology research, Real Time Displays and seams coordination with PJM and SPP. Most recently he was the Forward Market Solutions Advisor across FTR, Day-Ahead, and FRAC, applying AI and cloud technology to future market design, and he helped build MISO’s AI community of practice.

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A former Purdue drum major, Ben now leads a smaller but louder ensemble at home in Carmel, Indiana, with his wife, Megan, and their four kids. When he isn’t in the markets, you can find him in the pool, with Scouts BSA Troop 125, volunteering with the Carmel High School Marching Band, or serving with Sertoma and the Knights of Columbus.

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Seth leads the design and implementation of strategies for load forecasting, asset performance modeling, and market participation, providing technical and operational insight into evolving market rules that shape DER aggregation and participation. He brings deep expertise in distributed energy resource markets, energy finance, and grid operations. Seth has advised utilities, federal programs, state agencies, and investors on demand response and virtual power plant strategies. He holds a Ph.D. focused on techno-economic modeling and behavioral economics and is an inventor with a U.S. patent in energy market arbitrage. His work consistently bridges innovative energy concepts with practical, market-ready solutions. Outside of grid innovation, Seth can be found off the grid exploring the Shenandoah Valley with his family and backpack guitar.

Yinka is responsible for ensuring that AGent's technology is integrated into customer assets and that those assets operate as a reliable, mission-critical power plant for grid operators when dispatched, 24/7/365. Yinka has yet to run into a distributed generation asset that he doesn't love! Prior to joining AGent, Yinka managed field engineering for Voltus, where he ensured the IoT enablement of hundreds of customers across the U.S. After earning his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas, Yinka embarked on an engineering and operations career in the energy and equipment industries with leading companies like Titus, Carrier, and ProStar Energy Solutions. When Yinka isn't turning customer liabilities into assets he can be found cranking out miles on his road bike on the hot and dry roads of Texas!

Dan has more than 30 years of experience building, leading, and restructuring global energy services, industrial manufacturing, and technology companies and is an investor and board member in leading energy transition growth companies. In addition to his role with AGent, he currently serves as a board director of VEIR, Sparkfund, Ambri, and Mantel Capture. Dan has previously served as an executive and/or board member for Arcadia, Bayard Capital Technologies, Enchanted Rock, Enron Energy Services, Hara Software, Invensys, and Viridity Energy. Dan has also served as an advisor to Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Engine Ventures, G2VP, Bison Ventures, and Broadscale Group. Dan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Union College in Schenectady, New York. He and his wife, Pam, live in upstate New York, where his "down time" consists of hosting their four children's families, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, and managing the farm as best as a city kid can.

Alex is a Managing Director at Zero Infinity Partners (ZIP), where he is focused on early-stage and growth investing at the crossroads of innovation and infrastructure. Prior to joining ZIP, he worked at Stonepeak, a leading infrastructure private equity investor with $76B of AUM, where he covered a wide range of sectors such as energy, telecommunications, transportation, and logistics. Alex started his career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in its Industrials and M&A groups. He has completed transactions in the energy, telecommunications, transportation and logistics, aerospace and defense, real estate, and industrial sectors spanning venture to buyout stages. When Alex isn't providing innovative companies with the capital they need to make massive impact, he's crushing balls on the squash court, playing piano, and enjoying time with family and friends. Alex earned his bachelor's degree in Classics at Brown University.

Aram Ouligian is an investor at MassMutual Ventures, where he focuses on early-stage investing in climate and energy technology, backing companies where AI meets real assets. In addition to his role with AGent, he currently serves on the boards of Pano AI, VIA, Cephable, and Noteworthy AI. Prior to joining MMV, Aram worked at Barclays Investment Bank in the Power, Utilities, and Renewable Energy group, where he advised public and private clients on IPOs, M&A, and equity capital raising. During his time at Barclays, he contributed to the initial public offerings of Nextracker (NASDAQ: NXT) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ: FLNC), as well as a number of M&A transactions for public U.S. utilities. Outside of work, Aram enjoys running, reading, and spending time with family. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics at Colgate University, where he played four years of NCAA Division I soccer.

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