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Phil Larochell
Partner at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overview
Phil Larochell is a Partner at Breakthrough Energy Ventures in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a background in policy analysis, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. With a Ph.D. from Harvard University and experience at Google and as Chief Technology Officer at Gigawatt-Day Storage Systems, he brings a strong track record in the EnergyTech and ClimateTech sectors.
His career highlights include serving as a Senior Technical Program Manager at Google [X] and contributing as an ARPA-E/ORISE Fellow at the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy.
Work Experience
Partner
2017 - Current
Senior Technical Program Manager
2016 - 2017
Energy and Sustainability Associate
2014 - 2016
Business Analyst
2014 - 2016
Chief Technology Officer
2013 - 2014
Energy Analyst/ Electricity Storage Consultant
2012 - 2012
ARPA-E/ORISE Fellow
2010 - 2012
Senior Energy Analyst
2009 - 2010
Alternative Power and Energy Storage Analyst
2009 - 2009
Education
Executive MBA
2018 - 2020
Ph.D.
2003 - 2009
B.Sc.
1999 - 2003