Let’s make clean energy work for everyone.

Let’s make clean energy work for everyone.

At Podero, you’ll find a diverse group of people who love working together. On a mission to accelerate the clean energy transition, by creating the most profitable trading software for DERs.

At Podero, you’ll find a diverse group of people who love working together. On a mission to accelerate the clean energy transition, by creating the most profitable trading software for DERs.

Entrepreneurs and engineers. Software developers and energy experts. Commercial and marketing specialists. Interns and seasoned leaders. Founded in 2022, we’re proud to be launching next generation products alongside our ambitious utility partners.

Our business is built on some simple values, that we aim to embrace across everything we do.

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Be Ambitious

There’s always more we can do, to accelerate the progress we want to see.

02

Be Open

To new ways of doing things, healthily candid conversations, and constructive feedback.

03

Be Accountable

Take ownership. Problem-solve. Deliver to the highest standards.

04

Be a Team Player

With colleagues and customers. We win as a team.

We’re building something special at Podero, and we ask a lot of our team. But we believe they get a lot back too – and we aim to set everyone up for success.

We’re building something special at Podero, and we ask a lot of our team. So we draw on the best virtual and real world opportunities to create and reinforce a positive culture, even if we’re working miles apart.

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Leadership Team

Our leadership team’s experience spans international patents in autonomous vehicle steering, time at CERN and successfully managing over 200 product engineers. In our time, we’ve built tunnels under Las Vegas, controlled oil wells, lectured in Applied Science, and created award-winning marketing for global brands.

Chris Bernkopf

Co-founder and CEO

Chris is a serial founder and engineer who previously built Alpas (YCombinator W21), a software company that helps companies like BASF, ABB, and SBB source mechanical parts faster and cheaper. His background is in physics and data science (CERN), as well as in sales and software engineering for the educational AI and electric mobility spaces.

Moritz Schrader

Co-founder and Head of Product

Moritz is a software and hardware expert who has won international patents with IoT in vehicles through his career at Continental and through building autonomous driving software for Volkswagen/Cariad, which is now found across millions of vehicles. His educational background in mechatronics and automotive engineering shapes the applications of Podero today.

Sebastian Magri

CTO

Sebastian is an experienced Software engineer leading technology and development teams for multiple companies and startups. He began his career writing Software to control oil and gas wells and field facilities worth billions of dollars, moving on to build large scale data solutions for different startups in fields like Advertising and Cloud Computing. He has also been a contributor to the Rust programming language open source project.

Chris
Bernkopf

Co-founder and CEO

Chris is a serial founder and engineer who previously built Alpas (YCombinator W21), a software company that helps companies like BASF, ABB, and SBB source mechanical parts faster and cheaper. His background is in physics and data science (CERN), as well as in sales and software engineering for the educational AI and electric mobility spaces.

Moritz
Schrader

Co-founder and Head of Product

Moritz is a software and hardware expert who has won international patents with IoT in vehicles through his career at Continental and through building autonomous driving software for Volkswagen/Cariad, which is now found across millions of vehicles. His educational background in mechatronics and automotive engineering shapes the applications of Podero today.

Sebastian
Magri

CTO

Sebastian is an experienced Software engineer leading technology and development teams for multiple companies and startups. He began his career writing Software to control oil and gas wells and field facilities worth billions of dollars, moving on to build large scale data solutions for different startups in fields like Advertising and Cloud Computing. He has also been a contributor to the Rust programming language open source project.

Tania
Barr

Head of Marketing

Tania is an engineer by degree, but a marketing and comms strategist for most of her career. She has worked across multiple B2B and B2C categories, leading award-winning advertising strategies for brands such as Apple, Mars, the BBC and Amex. Her passion for sustainability and climate tech has led her to Podero, where she is excited to be helping grow the brand and business.

Tania Barr

Head of Marketing

Tania is an engineer by degree, but a marketing and comms strategist for most of her career. She has worked across multiple B2B and B2C categories, leading award-winning advertising strategies for brands such as Apple, Mars, the BBC and Amex. Her passion for sustainability and climate tech has led her to Podero, where she is excited to be helping grow the brand and business.

Louis Jabbour

Head of Partnerships

Louis is Podero’s first business hire, leveraging his VC experience from Munich-based Rivus Capital. Previously, as member of TUM Boring’s Operations Team, he won Elon Musks international Not-a-Boring Competition by building a 22-ton machine to bore a tunnel in Las Vegas. His Management & Technology degree from TUM lets him translate OEM needs into partnerships that connect utilities, device owners and manufacturers.

Christian Steiner

Head of Customer Success

Christian is a seasoned project and innovation manager with over 10 years of experience in the renewable energy sector. Supporting Podero since the very beginning, Christian has launched various flexibility projects in the industry, creating value for both utilities and end customers. His belief in broad adoption of renewable flexibility drives his work on scalable, user-focused solutions for the energy transition.

Louis
Jabbour

Head of Partnerships

Louis is Podero’s first business hire, leveraging his VC experience from Munich-based Rivus Capital. Previously, as member of TUM Boring’s Operations Team, he won Elon Musks international Not-a-Boring Competition by building a 22-ton machine to bore a tunnel in Las Vegas. His Management & Technology degree from TUM lets him translate OEM needs into partnerships that connect utilities, device owners and manufacturers.

Christian
Steiner

Head of Customer Success

Christian is a seasoned project and innovation manager with over 10 years of experience in the renewable energy sector. Supporting Podero since the very beginning, Christian has launched various flexibility projects in the industry, creating value for both utilities and end customers. His belief in broad adoption of renewable flexibility drives his work on scalable, user-focused solutions for the energy transition.

Join the Team

If you’re looking to make a measurable impact on the climate through SaaS, Podero is the place for you! We are always looking for driven experts to join our company. Head over to our careers page to check out our open opportunities and discover all the benefits of working at Podero.