Christopher Hecht
Senior Energy Trader - Storage And Flexibility at Vehicle-to-Grid, Vehicle-to-Home and Smart Charging Conference
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolChristopher Hecht is a senior energy trader and researcher with eight years of experience focused on unlocking flexibility in Germany’s electricity market through storage, bidirectional charging and V2G/V2H solutions. He combines academic rigor from a PhD candidacy at RWTH Aachen and an MSc (Distinction) in Renewable Energies with hands-on roles across industry—from data science and product management to leading pilot projects and conferences that advance smart charging. Currently driving storage and flexibility trading at Terra One, he has practical familiarity with commercialization, project leadership and the technical nuances of electrochemical storage developed as a scientist at RWTH. Christopher’s background uniquely bridges modelling and market-facing product delivery, and he often operates where engineering complexity meets regulatory and market design. As Conference Head for the Vehicle-to-Grid community, he also plays a convening role that accelerates adoption beyond pure research.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) at Universiteit TwenteDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at RWTH Aachen UniversityMSc with Distinction Renewable Energies and Power Systems Management, MSc with Distinction Renewable Energies and Power Systems Management at City, University of London
English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Dutch, German
Github Skills (24)
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plex8
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quadratic-programming7
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numerical-optimization5
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matlab2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Don-Chris/Plot2LaTeX
Feb 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:23 releases, 24 commits, 36 pushes in 8 months
Don-Chris/Compile_Matlab_Functions_to_MEX
Mar 2022 - Sep 2023
Contributions:1 release, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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