(t) (202) 448-1010     (m) (202) 247-6171

Guy Warner is Pareto Energy’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Trained as a financial economist, Guy worked for 7 years with the Washington National Tax Service of Price Waterhouse before founding his own company in 1990. Guy has worked on more than 100 energy and infrastructural planning engagements and provided financial and strategic planning advice to a number of electric and gas utilities in the United States, Europe, and South America. He has served as an economic and energy expert before federal courts and state public utility commissions.

Since 1995, Guy has concentrated his work on developing new energy efficiency, renewable energy and on-site power projects, working on more than 40 such projects in North, Central, and South America. Finally, Guy has a long history working on climate change projects. He helped found and fund a not-for profit organization that sponsored a year of youth expeditions that were featured at the 1992 United Nations Climate Change Convention in Rio de Janeiro. Guy also served as a financial advisor on bilateral carbon trades that were successfully registered as part of the US State Department’s Joint Implementation initiative.

Guy graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall in 1975, where he was a member of the Varsity Ice Hockey team. He received his B.A. in Government from St. Lawrence University in 1979.

(t) (202) 448-1010    (m) (301) 922-9825

Chet Warner is Pareto Energy’s Chief Operating Officer. Chet manages all aspects of Pareto’s day-to-day operations with a focus on microgrid market development and regulatory efforts. Previously, he managed Pareto’s market entry efforts in New York City, the District of Columbia and New England.

Chet’s interest in microgrids stems from his participation in the Cities Program, an honors-level, interdisciplinary freshman and sophomore year program at Trinity College’s Center for Urban and Global Studies. Chet studied in the History, English, Sociology, Art History, and Urban Studies departments and developed a keen interest in the intricacies of large-scale urban redevelopment projects.  During his senior year, he wrote a term paper focusing on the viability and complexity of large-scale urban redevelopment projects that centered on the construction of a stadium or arena.

Before joining Pareto, Chet interned in the Team Administration Department at DC United of Major League Soccer and as a junior intern with the US Conference of Mayors.  Chet graduated from St. Albans School in 2007, where he captained the Varsity Basketball Team during his senior year and was a three-time member of the Varsity Rowing Team. Chet received his B.A. in History from Trinity College in 2011.  During his time at Trinity, he was a four-year member of the Varsity Rowing Team.

(t) (202) 448-1010    (m) (858) 585-0007

Eric Hahn is Pareto Energy’s Chief Project Development Officer. Previously, Eric served in the United States Marine Corps and Navy over a twenty-seven-year military career. Eric’s duties encompassed planning, logistics, construction, specialty shore & ocean facilities, infrastructure, and fixed cyber-physical systems engineering and business management. Eric’s duties also involved leading and developing military and civilian, technical, and acquisition support personnel.

Eric has overseen $185 million in sustainment, restoration, and modernization projects for Navy energy facilities world-wide. Eric was responsible for managing the energy and utilities infrastructure supporting a $1.2B major energetics research and production activity at a Naval industrial activity. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Eric personally supervised the completion of a critical offshore energy infrastructure protection project, helping to support a significant portion of the country’s energy exports during the reconstruction efforts. Eric has supervised other specialized Naval shore and ocean facilities engineering projects at all levels of classification. After retiring from the Navy, Eric has recently served as a seasonal faculty associate in the Energy Academic Group at Naval Postgraduate School, which is a cross-disciplinary group formed to focus on developing energy related intellectual capital for the Navy essential to its mission readiness.

Eric earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island in 1994, a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2000, and a Master of Science in Ocean and Resources Engineering from the University of Hawaii in 2003 where he led the Senior Coastal Design Project Team. Eric has also earned a Diploma from the College of Command and Staff of Naval War College, certificates in contracting and program management from Defense Acquisition University, and several graduate certificates including systems engineering and cyber security from Naval Postgraduate School. Eric is a registered professional engineer in the state of Hawaii, and an Association of Energy Engineers Certified Energy Procurement Professional.