Leadership

At CODA, we believe that the success of your project comes down to experienced people with big ideas, and we know our team tops the charts. We have 30 engineers who have worked together on storage systems for over 15 years, with each one bringing over a decade of energy-storage experience to the team. As a team we have developed and deployed storage solutions across stationary and mobile applications.

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PAUL DETERING

Chief Executive Officer

Paul Detering brings over 20 years of leadership experience in clean technology, networking and software industries to CODA Energy. With a proven expertise in driving growth at early stage technology companies, Paul is leading CODA Energy through an exciting period of business growth. <Read more >

Prior to CODA Energy, Detering founded Redwood Insights to provide advisory and interim executive services to early stage and midsize companies and funds in the renewable energy and communications industries. During this time he also served as interim CEO and CFO of REC Solar, a $100MM commercial DG solar developer, where he spearheaded dramatic sales acceleration in the first half of 2014. Detering holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Physics from the Royal Military College of Canada and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

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PETER NORTMAN

Chief Technology Officer

Peter Nortman brings more than 20 years of automotive and battery engineering experience to CODA Holdings. Nortman is responsible for the overall engineering of the company’s core technology products. <Read more >

Pete is a recognized leader in the development of vehicle systems, engineering design, battery-traction system integration and renewable energy systems and his focuses include CODA’s battery management system (BMS), battery cell and pack development, and all high voltage software and hardware. Nortman also oversees the research and development for all energy storage related engineering. Prior to CODA, Nortman was the president and chief executive officer of EnergyCS, a leading BMS company acquired by CODA in 2011. Prior to Energy CS, Nortman worked for AeroVironment, US Electricar and DEMI. Nortman holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.