Thomas Mills
President CEO at PACE AI
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Mills is a seasoned energy and cleantech entrepreneur who has led PACE AI as President and CEO, building DOE-funded edge+cloud AI/ML solutions that now run in over 20,000 installations and deliver 20–30%+ energy savings for HVAC and industrial cooling systems. With a background as a Navy submarine nuclear engineering officer, an MBA from Wharton, and experience on Wall Street and in corporate finance, he combines technical rigor with strategic capital and partnership expertise. He has deep relationships across U.S. electric and gas utilities, OEMs, and large property managers, and has guided numerous IPMVP-compliant trials, DOE and CEC projects, and global licensing initiatives. A repeat entrepreneur and investor mentor, Tom also co-founded a compostable container startup and serves on nonprofit and impact investing networks focused on the NEXT economy. Less obvious: his career blends front-line operational engineering discipline from naval nuclear service with hands-on commercialization of AI-driven industrial controls, enabling rapid adoption by conservative utility and enterprise customers.
10 years of coding experience
Doctoral program, Finance, Logistics, Project Management, Doctoral program, Finance, Logistics, Project Management at The George Washington University - School of BusinessMBA, Finance, MBA, Finance at The Wharton SchoolBSE, Chemical Engineering, BSE, Chemical Engineering at Princeton University
Spanish, French
Github Skills (146)
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dashboard10
payloadcms10
sector10
javascript10
backoffice10
api10
payload10
application-framework10
content-management-system10
typescript10
react-typescript10
jamstack10
dotnetnuke10
nodejs10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
dowjcr/web-frontend
Apr 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:16 reviews, 27 PRs, 57 pushes in 6 months
dowjcr/forms
Jan 2024 - Oct 2024
DCAC Reimbursement Forms System
Contributions:8 PRs, 20 pushes, 9 branches in 9 months
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