Erin Boyd
Chief Digital Commercial Transformation Officer, AES
AES Corporation•Palm Springs, California, United States
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Versatile energy economist and leader who provides quick, pointed, accurate and actionable economic analysis to drive informed business decision making and uncover new revenue opportunities. Increases team engagement and performance through relationships and elimination of barriers. Liaises with regulatory agencies. Provides economic guidance to executives and stakeholders for risk-management and profit-generation decisions. TEDx presenter and public speaker on a range of economic topics. The Detailed Version Dr. Erin Boyd is an energy economist with 20+ years of experience, including extensive practice in discerning the economic and financial viability of investments, energy policy and regulatory design, crafting of incentives, and opining on and modelling of the drivers of energy supply and demand. Half quant, half strategist, Erin has worked in over 30 countries throughout the world on a diverse range of projects: masterplans for electrification in Africa and Asia; policies and incentives to attract investment in renewables in developed, emerging and developing countries; demand response and innovative pricing in Europe and the United States; and energy sector development plans the world over, to name but a few. Erin is also avid speaker who has presented worldwide and relishes every opportunity she can to engage with a live audience - Erin even speaks on how to speak. Based in London for 8 years following stints in Tokyo and Ethiopia, Erin returned to the US for a new type of endeavor - working for a large scale energy companies.
Career Timeline
- AES CorporationCurrentMay 2020–Present· 6 yrs 5 mos
- Chief Digital Commercial Transformation OfficerCurrentOct 2021–Present
- Head of Commercial and CX Data SciencesMay 2020–Sep 2021
- Sep 2021–Jun 2022· 9 mos
- Consulting Data ScientistSep 2021–Jun 2022
- Jul 2021–Jun 2022· 11 mos
- Consulting Energy EconomistJul 2021–Jun 2022
- Jul 2019–May 2020· 10 mos
- CEO & FounderJul 2019–May 2020
- Aug 2018–Jul 2019· 11 mos
- SVP, Economics & Market StrategyAug 2018–Jul 2019
- Nov 2015–Aug 2018· 2 yrs 9 mos
- Senior Manager, Day Ahead and Real Time OperationsDec 2017–Aug 2018
- Manager, Measurement, Data & AnalyticsNov 2015–Dec 2017
- Feb 2014–Nov 2015· 1 yr 9 mos
- Senior Manager Rates, Economics and Energy Risk ManagementFeb 2014–Nov 2015
- Jun 2009–Feb 2014· 4 yrs 8 mos
- Managing EconomistJun 2009–Feb 2014
- 2007–2009· 2 yrs
- Economics Consultant2007–2009
Education
Certificate in Corporate Innovation
Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Economics
SOAS University of LondonMaster's degree
Economics
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of BusinessBachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Economics
Reed College