jaffe

Principal Research Analyst, Navigant Research

Denver, CO

About

Sam Jaffe is an Analyst for Gigaom and a senior research analyst contributing to Navigant Research’s Smart Energy program, with a focus on energy storage technologies and applications. After a successful career in magazine journalism, Jaffe co-invented a novel compressed air energy storage technology and founded a company to commercialize it, Panea Energy.

Before joining Navigant Research, Jaffe spent 3 years at IDC Energy Insights as a senior analyst and a research manager, producing research reports on distributed energy technologies, providing custom research and consulting services to clients, and managing IDC’s Distributed Energy Strategies service. In 2012 he was selected as the second most influential global energy analyst in Text100′s annual survey of energy influencers. Jaffe, who holds a BA in English literature from Wake Forest University and an MA in Near East studies from New York University, is the author of two books, one on business and religion and another on the Korean economy.

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