Jesse Berst

Current

Board of Directors at Renomics Corporation
Managing Director at GlobalSmartEnergy
Founding Editor at Smart Grid News

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Past

Keynote Speaker at GlobalSmartEnergy
Executive Editor, AnchorDesk at ZDNet
Founder at New Riders Publishing/Micropublishing/CompuTh!nk

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Education

University of Puget Sound

Recommendations

4 recommendations

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Renewables & Environment

Websites

Jesse Berst’s Summary

Smart energy strategist, executive and author.

Jesse Berst’s Specialties:

Profit opportunities in smart energy. Market entry strategies. Mergers & acquisitions targeting and introductions. Market trends and technology developments.

Jesse Berst’s Experience

Board of Directors

Renomics Corporation

(Renewables & Environment industry)

February 2008 — Present (2 years 8 months)

Jesse Berst is the Managing Director of GlobalSmartEnergy. He serves on the Board of Directors of Renomics Corporation, which designs and operates the digitally controlled, intelligent infrastructure that makes sustainable communities possible.
Managing Director

GlobalSmartEnergy

(Privately Held; Renewables & Environment industry)

2003 — Present (7 years )

Jesse Berst is one of the leaders of the world's transition to an Electricity Economy and the author of the forthcoming book "Electronomics." He is the Managing Director of GlobalSmartEnergy (GSE), an internationally recognized research and consulting firm.

In recent years, Berst has mapped an acquisitions plan for a large corporation; advised a smart energy startup that was successfully acquired; conceived a communications strategy for the Modern Grid Initiative; crafted a clean-energy economic development plan for a regional coalition of states; developed a market entry strategy for a Fortune 100 systems integrator; and chaired the Advisory Council of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Energy and Environment Directorate.

GSE is also the publisher of SmartGridNews.com, the Internet’s top-ranked site for information about the ongoing $1 trillion remake of North America’s electric power infrastructure.
Founding Editor

Smart Grid News

(Renewables & Environment industry)

2003 — Present (7 years )
Keynote Speaker

GlobalSmartEnergy

(Renewables & Environment industry)

2005 — 2008 (3 years )

Jesse has keynoted dozens of energy-related events in the U.S. and abroad. Recent speeches have included:
• Plenary, National Governors Association Energy Workshop
• Plenary, Powering Forward Conference (with WA Senators Cantwell and Murray)
• Host, Discovery Showcase (Toronto, San Francisco, Washington, D.C.)
• Keynote, U.S. DOE Grid Planning Conference
• Keynote, Washington Public Utility District Association
• Keynote, Western Power Delivery Automation Conference
• Keynote, Grid Conference, James Baker Institute, Rice University
• Keynote, Areva T&D User’s Group Meeting
• Keynote, Comverge User's Group Meeting
Executive Editor, AnchorDesk

ZDNet

(Public Company; Myself Only; ZDZ; Online Media industry)

1985 — 2002 (17 years )

Jesse Berst conceived ZDNet AnchorDesk, which reigned for many years as the Internet's leading email newsletter, with nearly 3,000,000 daily subscribers. AnchorDesk pioneered many of the techniques now incorporated into popular blogs, including daily publication and "TalkBack" technology for comments.

In the '80s and '90s, Jesse Berst was one of the country's most well-known technology analysts. He was a featured columnist at leading magazines, including Computerworld, Computer Reseller News, InformationWeek and PC Week, authoring more than 1700 columns and articles analyzing technology and business trends. He authored or co-authored ten books on personal computing and software, and one on high-tech business concepts, titled The Magnet Effect (McGraw-Hill, 2001). His analysis and commentary were featured widely on national radio and television, including CNNfn, Good Morning America, ABC Nightly News, CBS Radio News, Business Talk Radio and NorthWest CableNews.
Founder

New Riders Publishing/Micropublishing/CompuTh!nk

(Publishing industry)

1980 — 1999 (19 years )

During this period, Jesse founded or co-founded three high-tech publishing companies, New Riders Publishing (acquired by Macmillan), Micropublishing (acquired by Cygnus Business Media), and CompuTh!nk (acquired by Ziff-Davis). He then became a Vice President and "intrapraneur" at Ziff-Davis, where he conceived and founded "AnchorDesk," which became the company's most popular and profitable Internet property, reigning for many years as the world’s largest email newsletter with nearly 3,000,000 daily subscribers.