For our CEO, Jim Burness, the EV charging business is a natural combination of his two prior careers. He spent nearly two decades in the automotive industry before starting a career in clean energy. He has worked with prominent companies such as J.D. Power and Associates, American Honda, and Microsoft CarPoint. Immediately prior to entering the solar business, he was the founder and CEO of DealerMiles, a ground-breaking customer loyalty program serving hundreds of car dealers nationwide.
After leaving the car business, Jim served as COO of both a large solar integrator company and a solar finance firm. He is a vocal advocate for clean energy issues and currently serves on the board of the Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association. He has testified many times on behalf of electric vehicle and solar policy at the Colorado State Legislature, and is a founding member of Coloradans for Distributed Generation, an advocacy group that favors a comprehensive and robust statewide renewable energy policy.
Jim is a native of San Francisco and has a BA degree in Political Science from Colorado College and an MBA from the Daniels School of Business at the University of Denver. He has visited all 50 states (and that doesn’t just mean an airport touchdown), is a passionate Colorado College Tigers hockey fan, and has the distinction of naming an album title by legendary rock band Little Feat.