You can count on our team of raters, RFIs, and engineers to ensure your structure is accurately rated, and you can receive the maximum rebates and tax credits for which your property qualifies.
Alix is a Design Review Specialist and part Graphic Designer for TENww. Since late summer 2022, she has been assisting with the processing of final home inspections. Her experience in 3D design started a career with Energy Modeling in 2020 and has grown into learning the ins and outs of HERS Ratings and inspections.
Alix studies French in her spare time and explores game art.
Erin is an experienced member of the team, having worked in administrative roles for the past six years and honing her finance skills across industries.
Her expertise in both finance and scheduling allows her to handle builder requests, scheduling details, and invoices alike with precision. She is always willing to go above and beyond to ensure that deadlines are met and her ability to wear multiple hats and prioritize competing tasks has proven to be invaluable to the team.
Erin is an avid reader in her spare time, always looking for another book to devour. In 2022 alone she read more than 50 books, averaging almost a book per week.
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Rick is currently a HERS Rater and Chief Operations Office for The Energy Network Worldwide (TENww). Rick has over 20 year’s experience in the construction industry specifically on the building envelope side. Before working at TENww, Rick managed a local branch for a regional company installing insulation, waterproofing and gypsum underlayment. Previous to that, Rick performed HERS Ratings and Energy audits for a local non-profit. Rick’s introduction to the building envelope was 5 years he spent as a Union Waterproofing Installer in his early 20’s. Rick has BS from the University of MN in Construction Management.
Rick lives in Spring Lake Park, MN with his wife and two children. When he is not at the hockey rink, softball field or shuttling his kids to and from a local ski hill, Rick enjoys fishing and bicycling. Rick has also served multiple terms on his city’s Planning and Zoning Commission.
Ronak had his start in the IT Field having 2 Bachelors, 2 Masters, and Doctorate. He moved on to successfully running 11 businesses while starting 7 of them. He spends his days ensuring the Team has the tools they need to be successful, while ensuring they are free to push forward with the ideals by which the company started upon. Traveling the world has humbled him to appreciate what has been experienced to not only his team, but those less fortunate.
One of Ronak’s favorite things to say when faced with any hardship, is that “he just added another chapter in his book” which is meant to signify all the amazing experiences and stories he has gone through.
Energy conservation and home energy performance has been Brian’s career for the last 40+ years. Which included performing thousands of energy audits for many different organizations, working at the sound mitigation program at the Minneapolis airport for several years, and worked as an auditor and advisor for the State Low Income energy program. Also, he has trained many people to test and evaluate houses. Brian’s goal is to aid our customers in building better and more energy efficient homes.
Shane started his career of construction mgmt. in 1997, with 12 years of that in the warranty departments of major MN builders. In those years he learned about the importance of building science as it relates to durability, safety and energy efficiency. Shane was VP of Construction when he personally saw over Town and Country Homes/K. Hovnanian Homes receive the Energy Star award for homes in MN. Shane is the only person in MN who has been to DC to personally be awarded the Energy Star partner of the year award for a builder. Shane has worked in the Energy Efficiency field of construction for 15+ years. As CEO of TENww Shane has helped the company grow on average 20% or more year over year. Shane accredits the company value of going above and beyond to help their clients as the primary reason followed by the simple pricing structure for the exceptional growth. Shane says other companies try to hide additional fees and price structure/adds due to not being locally owned and operated. Shane says most companies like ours are not as open and honest about all aspects of their business with the client where TENww is completely transparent.
Shane’s love of the outdoors including fishing, hunting and camping is what keeps Shane and his family firmly rooted here in MN. His ability to work in a field that overall helps MN homeowners and builders save money while helping the environment has really hit home for him. Finally, for Shane, is the ability for TENww to give back to children who are less fortunate is the firm driver that keeps him fully motivated. TENww gives a 1/3 of its profits to non-profits each year to do so.
Stacey is an experienced member of the team, having worked in Onboarding and Operation roles for the past 20 years and honing her management and customer service skills across industries. Her expertise in scheduling allows her to handle builder requests and scheduling all energy efficiency consulting Home Visits for our clients. Stacey always puts the builders’ interest first and strives in every interaction to provide a world class client experience.
Stacey enjoys spending time outside with her family. You can find Stacey adding new plants to her landscaping and exploring Minnesota with her husband and two daughters while camp and hiking.
Bill Nagbe is a resent certified field Rater at Tenww. He has been happily working at Tenww, for the past three years. Previously he was a field Rater for another company. When he is not at working, he is avid runner/jogger, amateur cook, and like to mess with computers. He feels like the work we do is important because co2 emissions from homes are one of the leading causes of co2 emissions in America, and our work in helping reduce that environmental impact.
Currently he lives in Minneapolis Minnesota with his cat Cedar.
Tyler is an experienced member of the field team. He’s approaching 7 years in that position. His tasks include preforming various energy efficiency test. He is also experienced at data acquisition and filing.
Tyler is also part of a koi rescue and breeding program. He enjoys spending his free time with his family, playing with his 6 dogs, and taking care of his rare house plants.
As a Rating Field Inspector at TENww, Rob performs building envelope and duct leakage testing to verify that new construction homes meet energy code compliance standards. He also works to ensure quality control of insulation and air sealing, consulting with builders to identify areas for improvement that increase energy efficiency. Rob studied management and environmental sustainability at the University of St. Thomas, with a focus on renewables and green energy technologies. Prior to joining the TENww team in 2022, he spent 6 years working as a property and casualty insurance specialist.
Rob is dedicated to helping builders create sustainable and energy-efficient homes that meet the needs of their home buyers.
Jason Russell holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Construction Management from the University of Minnesota. Jason has worked in the construction industry for more than 20 years, primarily focused on residential building science consulting and energy efficiency program management. In his position, Jason supervises our operations team responsible for coordinating and completing thousands of new home energy ratings annually. He also helps to ensures quality assurance for all completed HERS Ratings conducted for residential new home utility rebate programs.
In his free time, Jason and his wife love to travel, spend time outdoors with family and friends, or just relaxing around the house with their two dogs.
Nick has been in the construction industry for almost twenty years, from framing and insulating to landscaping and roofing. Now he has made his way to us as an RFI (Rating Field Inspector) which he has been doing since late 2021. As an RFI he goes out on the road to new build sites to inspect foundations, framing and insulation to make sure there are up to code. Once the house is almost ready to move in, he comes back to do what’s known as a Blower Door Test to check the air tightness of the building to make sure it meets Minnesota Energy Code. Nick originally comes from Iowa, his family and him moved to Minnesota when he was about 5 years old.
He likes to spend a lot of his off time outside weather its camping, hiking, kayaking or working on his yard during the warm months or snowboarding and snowshoeing during the winter. Nick is also a movie buff, since he grew up in the time before streaming was popular, he has a mast a collection of over 600 movies including VHS, DVD and Blue Ray.
Jacob Sutterfield graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2019 with a B.S. in Sustainable Systems Management – Building Science. He joined TENww in 2020 as part of the office staff. Jacob’s main roles are preparing and sending inspection reports to builders and doing home takeoffs. Located in Eden Prairie, he likes music with jazz guitar, being handy, and cooking new foods.
Jacobs ideal vacation spot is: “I’ve been to see Stonehenge and really enjoyed it, so more places with ancient history like Rome and Petra spring to mind. If only I could learn as many languages as I wanted.”
Matthew Thaller
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