Press Release: Alex Pina Joins Converge Strategies, LLC
2 March 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Converge Strategies, LLC announced that Alex Pina has joined their team as a Director. Alex joins Converge Strategies, LLC after over a decade developing technologies to meet critical national security needs with MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
“Alex has pioneered many of the most important innovations that strengthen our military’s energy resilience,” said Michael Wu, Co-Founder and Principal of Converge Strategies, LLC. “We are thrilled to welcome a leader with an unmatched track record of technical achievement to strengthen the skills and capabilities of our team.”
Alex has nearly twelve years of public and private sector experience within the systems engineering, clean energy, and resilience analysis spheres. In Alex’s previous role as the Technical Lead for the Installation Energy Resilience Team for MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Energy Systems Group, he developed the Energy Resilience Readiness Exercise (ERRE) that now mandated by the Office of the Secretary of Defense for military installations to help them determine if they can meet mission objectives during a loss of power and water events. Alex’s team executed five EEREs across the Army and Air Force and conducted technical and mission stakeholder interviews at more than thirty military installations, identifying systemic gaps between infrastructure capabilities and mission requirements.
“As our nation transitions to a new energy future, it is essential that we intentionally integrate and prioritize energy resilience,” said Alex. “I am honored to channel my experience designing energy solutions for the military to contribute to Converge Strategies’s holistic approach for conquering challenges at the intersection of clean energy and national security.”
He has pioneered resilience analysis solutions for the Department of Defense (DoD) to analyze the current energy resilience posture, identify performance gaps in primary and backup energy systems needed to meet mission requirements, and create clean energy-powered emergency response technology.
“Alex has an exceptional understanding of what military installations require to execute critical missions and a unique perspective on how energy resilience extends across communities,” said Wilson Rickerson, Co-Founder and Principal of Converge Strategies, LLC. “We are looking forward to working with him to bring DoD energy resilience best practices to state and local governments and to private sector partners.”
Alex will strengthen and expand the company’s work to build energy resilience through the alignment of national security and clean energy deployment. In 2015, Alex created the first version of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Energy Resilience Analysis (ERA) tool that compares the life cycle cost and power outage duration of different approaches to backup power for critical missions. From 2016 to 2020, he led the team increasing the functionality of the tool to include black sky scenario planning. The tool is now a required component for Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program (ERCIP) project submissions to verify the proposed solutions are the most cost-effective approach at meeting mission requirements. In 2020, Alex created an example resilience analysis for the Defense Science Board (DSB) on how private infrastructure outside the fence line of a military installation can impact the DoD’s force projection mission. This analysis served as a template for future analyses and shaped the DSB task force recommendations.
Alex earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and holds a Master’s Degree in Engineering and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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About Converge Strategies, LLC
Converge Strategies, LLC is a consulting company focused on the intersection of clean energy, resilience, and national security. We build partnerships with the military, civilians, and governments to accelerate resilience and security in the clean energy transformation.
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Media Contact
For more information or to request an interview with Alex Pina, contact:
Adair Douglas
adouglas@convergestrategies.com
315.263.2382