Galland Consulting
Project and program management, strategic planning, and business development for solar energy equipment manufacturing, construction automation, controls technology, and energy systems integration work.
Matt Galland, Founder
Matt is a program director and business development manager that, for the last two decades, has helped companies run a multitude of projects for utility-scale solar plant construction automation, residential and commercial solar, and solar + energy storage systems. His clients span manufacturing, big-box retailers, EPC’s, utility companies, project developers, and plant owners throughout North America and around the world. His work includes leading commercial project planning, execution, and oversight as well as R&D demonstration programs for the Department of Energy, the California Energy Commission, and the California Public Utilities Commission. Beyond his time in the renewable energy industry, Matt also brings more than a decade of Fortune 500 international management consulting experience from his time at Deloitte.
With his partner-clients, Matt has proposed, won, and managed more than $100M of commercial projects and grants for early-stage utility solar construction automation with robotics and autonomous vehicles, residential and commercial solar + energy storage business modeling, and homebuilder partnerships to offer net-zero energy homes, community solar, and microgrid programs. Matt now consults with innovative companies on a range of construction automation, emerging energy applications, technologies, business models, and grant programs.
Domain expertise: Solar plant construction automation; Microgrids; Solar PV project development; Energy storage; Electric vehicle supply equipment; Smart inverters; Demand management; Residential and commercial energy monitoring and controls; Data analytics; Distributed energy resource management systems; Zero net energy homebuilding; Technology integration; Energy policy and regulation.
Representative clients, partners and agency affiliations: Terabase Energy, NEXTracker, Enphase, SunPower, Alion Energy, US Department of Energy, DNV KEMA, Sandia National Labs, SunSpec, Peak Load Management Alliance, Grid Alternatives, Pacific Energy Center, Underwriter Laboratories, Pacific Gas & Electric, Sacramento Municipal Utilities District, California Energy Commission, and California Public Utilities Commission.
Services
From strategy to execution, let Matt help your company transform ideas into action and value propositions into new business models and revenue streams. With a balanced measure of program development, process improvement, and change management, Matt will facilitate the kind of growth your company needs to succeed in today’s competitive world.
Plan & Design
Facilitated executive and strategic leadership workgroups. Customer focus group studies. Market research. Needs assessments. Project scoping. Requirements development and documentation. Staffing and budgeting. Business modeling. Project timeline, milestone and resource planning. Financing. Proposal development. Bid management. Contracting.
Build & Test
Stakeholder and staff team engagement and communications. Project status reporting. Issue escalation and resolution management. Staff management. Contract task performance monitoring. Subcontracting. Project accounting, billing, and periodic reporting. Unit and system test script development. Commissioning planning.
Deploy & Scale
Commissioning. Monitoring, measurement, and evaluation. Customer support. Issue management. Regulatory reporting. Community outreach. Training and education. Change management. Team leadership. Contract disposition or renegotiation. Vendor managemenet. Trade show management. Public relations. Deal monetization and economics scaling.