#54 – Naeem Turner-Bandele: His plan is electrifying
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- Likes to drink Ginjinha, a Portuguese cherry liqueur
- Wanted to be a professional soccer player.
- Moved to Brazil and discovered power outages were frequent.
- Then he got a serious concussion and pivoted to wanting to start an energy technology company.
- From no interest in engineering to getting a PhD.
- He is known for being a man with a plan
- Dissertation topic was integrating renewables into the electric grid
- His company, Latimer Enterprise, is named for Lewis Howard Latimer
- About lights bulbs not lasting a long time: it was called the Phoebus cartel.
- The power industry treats customers as load, not as a customer.
- He works with the customers as customers and people.
- Naeem ran track in addition to soccer.
- 200/400 double vs 400/800 double in track
- Renewables are a challenge to the grid but the big issue is still storage.
- Get an energy audit! Naeem can help.
- Naeem is a big movie fan.
- Recommends the movie “Sinners” – vampires in the Jim Crow south
- Naeem loves “Citizen Kane”. Bert – not so much.
Naeem’s company and email: www.LatimerEnt.com, naeem@latimerent.com
Bert’s Company – www.dexterityeng.com
Hat tip to Joseph McDade for free use of his music "Mirrors".
