meet Some of Our key

Team members

Zachary Emond is a co-founder and the CEO of RPSi. He and Dr. Greg Mowry co-founded RPSi in 2019 to drive innovation and disruption in the field of renewable energy and distributed energy resources. Zach has BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineeri… — Zachary Emond is a co-founder and the CEO of RPSi. He and Dr. Greg Mowry co-founded RPSi in 2019 to drive innovation and disruption in the field of renewable energy and distributed energy resources. Zach has BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of St. Thomas (UST) in St. Paul, Minnesota, with emphasis on power systems and microgrids. While at UST, Zach worked on several microgrid research projects, and completed his master’s thesis under the mentorship of Dr. Mowry.
Zach’s experience includes research and development of scalable renewable microgrids, non-linear dynamics applied to electrical systems, and design using nature to solve complex problems (biomimicry).
Since starting RPSi, Zach has served as an expert on renewable energy topics for multiple events and panels.

Zach Emond

Co-Founder and COO

Dr. Greg Mowry is a co-founder and the acting CTO of RPSi. Greg attended Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames, Iowa, and earned BS and MS degrees in Metallurgical Engineering. While leading the advanced recording head design teams at Seagate Technology as the Director of Research and Design, he earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Physics from the University of Minnesota. Greg spent 25 years in industry (Hewlett Packard, Seagate Technology and Boston Scientific) serving as an inventor, R&D scientist, and engineer. Greg is also an entrepreneur with experience in several startups. He is named on 40 patents, has multiple patents pending, and has published in four different technical and educational fields of study.In 2003, Greg joined the School of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas (UST) and ultimately became a full professor. He teaches a wide variety of courses in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Physics at both the undergraduate and graduate level. At UST, Greg is credited with being the founding Director of the MSEE power program, the Director of the Renewable Energy and Alternatives Laboratory, and founder of the multi-million-dollar UST Research Microgrid. For the past 18 years, his research has focused primarily on reliable, robust, and economic microgrids, alternative energy systems, and power electronics. Greg’s development of a scalable, stackable microgrid capable of being controlled by a true distributed intelligence management system forms the core technologies that are being commercialized by RPSi. — Dr. Greg Mowry is a co-founder and the acting CTO of RPSi. Greg attended Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames, Iowa, and earned BS and MS degrees in Metallurgical Engineering. While leading the advanced recording head design teams at Seagate Technology as the Director of Research and Design, he earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Physics from the University of Minnesota.
Greg spent 25 years in industry (Hewlett Packard, Seagate Technology and Boston Scientific) serving as an inventor, R&D scientist, and engineer. Greg is also an entrepreneur with experience in several startups. He is named on 40 patents, has multiple patents pending, and has published in four different technical and educational fields of study.
In 2003, Greg joined the School of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas (UST) and ultimately became a full professor. He teaches a wide variety of courses in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Physics at both the undergraduate and graduate level. At UST, Greg is credited with being the founding Director of the MSEE power program, the Director of the Renewable Energy and Alternatives Laboratory, and founder of the multi-million-dollar UST Research Microgrid.
For the past 18 years, his research has focused primarily on reliable, robust, and economic microgrids, alternative energy systems, and power electronics. Greg’s development of a scalable, stackable microgrid capable of being controlled by a true distributed intelligence management system forms the core technologies that are being commercialized by RPSi.

Dr. Greg Mowry

Co-Founder and aCTO

Scott Tracy is the COO and Director of Strategic Growth at RPSi. Scott has an engineering background and over 30 years of private-sector experience in the environmental engineering and consulting realm. Prior to joining RPSi in 2020, Scott served in… — Scott Tracy is the COO and Director of Strategic Growth at RPSi. Scott has an engineering background and over 30 years of private-sector experience in the environmental engineering and consulting realm. Prior to joining RPSi in 2020, Scott served in executive leadership roles in engineering consulting firms where he provided technical, strategic and organizational leadership and helped grow commercial revenues to record levels. In these roles, he was responsible for developing annual operating plans, business development plans, profit and loss management, staffing, team building and general operational management.

Scott Tracy

CEO and Strategic Growth Director

Dan O’Connor hails from 3 generations of Colorado natives going back to the 1860s, when Tesla worked in Colorado Springs trying to provide power to the masses. Inspired by Tesla, Dan earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado with emphasis on Alternative Energy, and an MS degree from the University of Minnesota in Electrical Engineering with a Math minor and emphasis on Electro-magnetic Field Theory, Physics. Thermodynamics, and Fluid Dynamics.
Dan’s expertise includes the use of variational calculus methods to model the physics of magnetism, non-linear electrical circuits, mechanical, fluid, and heat transfer systems, where numerical techniques are applied to solve resultant non-linear integro-differential equations.

Dan O’Connor

Principal Engineer

Jina Penn-Tracy is a co-owner and advisor to RPSi. Jina is a successful entrepreneur and currently is the co-owner and co-founder of Centered Wealth, an investment and financial planning firm focused exclusively on sustainable, responsible, and impact investing. Jina brings expertise in small business growth, market strategy, investor relations and product branding.

JIna Penn-tracy

Board Chair

Peter Scheie is the Director of Software Engineering at RPSi. Peter has over 30 years of experience in designing, building, and managing computer systems and networks. He has worked in multiple industries including defense, telecommunications, manuf… — Peter Scheie is the Director of Software Engineering at RPSi. Peter has over 30 years of experience in designing, building, and managing computer systems and networks. He has worked in multiple industries including defense, telecommunications, manufacturing, data management, and healthcare. He has worked at large corporations and small companies including multiple successful startups. For the past several years, he has been working as an embedded software engineer focused on encryption and operating system design. Peter holds a BA in Communications from the University of Iowa and an MS in Software Engineering from the University of St. Thomas.

Peter Scheie

Director of Software Engineering