Sean Tilley
Senior Business Manager, Renewables Technical Advisory, Americas at UL Solutions
Englewood, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSean Tilley is a senior renewables leader with 14 years of hands-on experience and 22 years in the global power sector, now leading UL Solutions’ Renewables Technical Advisory for the Americas. He blends deep engineering know-how—from microgrids to giga-scale projects—with P&L and lifecycle management to scale services across solar, wind, and battery storage. At Black & Veatch he drove technology commercialization, hybrid energy strategies, and global portfolio growth, frequently bridging technical diligence with market-entry and investment frameworks. Known for building cross-disciplinary teams and integrating digital tools, he accelerates client outcomes by aligning engineering solutions to business objectives. Sean also contributes to open-source front-end work (notably on the privacy-conscious Diaspora social network), reflecting an uncommon mix of UI attention-to-detail alongside infrastructure and project delivery expertise. Based in Englewood, Colorado, he holds an MS in Engineering Management (4.0) and a BS in Mechanical Engineering.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering at University of KansasMaster of Science (M.S.), 4.0, Master of Science (M.S.), 4.0 at University of Kansas – Engineering Management
Github Skills (11)
ruby-rails10
sass10
rails10
front-end-development10
ruby10
social-graph9
social-networking9
javascript9
html9
distribute7
decentralization7
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
diaspora/diaspora
Feb 2012 - Aug 2013
A privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:55 commits, 2 PRs, 27 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Sean primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Diaspora social network project. Their commits focused on fixing the positioning of timestamps and making adjustments to the photo uploader and related styling, likely using Sass. They also made changes to the application stylesheets and template files, and moved branding assets to a new directory. A merge operation incorporating changes related to reshare counts in the stream was also performed, likely adding front-end features.
social-networkprivacyrailsp2pprivacy-aware
DeadSuperHero/postmodern
May 2018 - Sep 2018
A federated article platform for journalists, powered by ActivityPub
Contributions:74 commits, 6 PRs, 53 pushes in 4 months
pixelfedjournalistsdiasporafederationactivitypub
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