Ted Ladd's biography
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He is the founding partner of Equilibrium Power, a constellation of projects focusing on the
financial and physical implications of the integration of renewable and distributed energy into
traditional electric grids. He is the COO of HOMER Energy, the software company with whom
he merged his prior work on analytics. He is also a partner in continuing exploration for
remote wind and geothermal opportunities.
He is on the board of directors for several organizations:
- Lower Valley Energy, an electric utility with $40 million in annual revenues serving
northwestern Wyoming.
- The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, a non-profit organization that
encourages local philanthropy.
- The advisory board of the Wyoming Small Business Development Center, a project
jointly funded by the Wyoming Business Council, the University of Wyoming, and the
federal Small Business Administration.
- The advisory board of the Jackson chapter of CLIMB Wyoming, a non-profit
organization that provides in-depth training to assist young women in re-entering the
job force.
He served on the board of the he Wyoming Business Council, the state agency responsible
to Wyoming’s economic development policy. He was appointed by Governor Freudenthal in
2003 and served the maximum of two three-year terms.
In 2004, Ted was a candidate for Wyoming’s sole seat in the U.S. House of
Representatives, concentrating his campaign on small business creation, new energy
sources, and logical economic policy. Although he lost the election to a six-term
incumbent, Ted won more votes than any other person in his party in the state's history
to that point.
His corporate experience includes Palm Inc. (the makers of the
PalmPilot), where he was a consumer marketing manager and a company spokesman
(“platform evangelist”) during the company’s Initial Public Offering; Vice
President of Business Development for PalmGear.com, a leader in the handheld
software industry; consulting to the U.S. Air Force on transferring
technology from federal laboratories to America’s private sector; and Director of Marketing
and Business Development for OxygenToGo, a medical rental business that achieved growth
of 15% per month.
Ted holds a Bachelors degree cum laude from Cornell University with a triple major in
Government, Biology, and Sociology; a Masters degree with honors in international
economics from Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies (SAIS); a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) from
the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania; and a certificate
from the Oklahoma School of Horseshoeing.
Ted and his wife, Laura, live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
To download a PDF of Ted's resume, click here.
He is the founding partner of Equilibrium Power, a constellation of projects focusing on the
financial and physical implications of the integration of renewable and distributed energy into
traditional electric grids. He is the COO of HOMER Energy, the software company with whom
he merged his prior work on analytics. He is also a partner in continuing exploration for
remote wind and geothermal opportunities.
He is on the board of directors for several organizations:
- Lower Valley Energy, an electric utility with $40 million in annual revenues serving
northwestern Wyoming.
- The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, a non-profit organization that
encourages local philanthropy.
- The advisory board of the Wyoming Small Business Development Center, a project
jointly funded by the Wyoming Business Council, the University of Wyoming, and the
federal Small Business Administration.
- The advisory board of the Jackson chapter of CLIMB Wyoming, a non-profit
organization that provides in-depth training to assist young women in re-entering the
job force.
He served on the board of the he Wyoming Business Council, the state agency responsible
to Wyoming’s economic development policy. He was appointed by Governor Freudenthal in
2003 and served the maximum of two three-year terms.
In 2004, Ted was a candidate for Wyoming’s sole seat in the U.S. House of
Representatives, concentrating his campaign on small business creation, new energy
sources, and logical economic policy. Although he lost the election to a six-term
incumbent, Ted won more votes than any other person in his party in the state's history
to that point.
His corporate experience includes Palm Inc. (the makers of the
PalmPilot), where he was a consumer marketing manager and a company spokesman
(“platform evangelist”) during the company’s Initial Public Offering; Vice
President of Business Development for PalmGear.com, a leader in the handheld
software industry; consulting to the U.S. Air Force on transferring
technology from federal laboratories to America’s private sector; and Director of Marketing
and Business Development for OxygenToGo, a medical rental business that achieved growth
of 15% per month.
Ted holds a Bachelors degree cum laude from Cornell University with a triple major in
Government, Biology, and Sociology; a Masters degree with honors in international
economics from Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies (SAIS); a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) from
the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania; and a certificate
from the Oklahoma School of Horseshoeing.
Ted and his wife, Laura, live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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