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Watt It Takes
with David Bromberg

David Bromberg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pearl Street Technologies. Pearl Street’s software helps transmission providers, renewable energy developers, and other stakeholders overcome the interconnection bottleneck at the heart of the clean energy transition. Emily spoke with David about his journey: from growing up in Brooklyn, New York, to his days as a self-described depressed PhD candidate, to the early career lessons that shaped his path. David wasn’t sure he had the right personality to be a CEO, but he stepped into the role anyway and co-founded Pearl Street Technologies. The company, recently acquired by energy data and analytics leader Enverus, has contracted over 400 gigawatts with ISOs, modeled more than 2,000 clean energy projects, and is now being used to model nearly 10 percent of the nation’s interconnection backlog — and counting.

 
 
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David Bromberg

Co-Founder & CEO
Pearl Street Technologies
 
 
 

David Bromberg is a Co-Founder of Pearl Street Technologies and served as its CEO from inception through its successful acquisition by Enverus, Inc., where he now serves as VP of Power and Renewables. He was part of the research group that began developing what would later become SUGAR, Pearl Street's core power flow technology, and was the lead author of the first academic publication on this work. Before founding Pearl Street, David worked at Aurora Solar, where he developed cloud simulation software for residential and commercial solar energy production modeling. He holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
 
 
 
“I think the skill set that is most important to have is just being a good listener and a good strategic thinker and plenty of introverted people can do that. Maybe even more so than extroverted people. So don't feel the self doubt I did, even though you will, because of course you will.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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