# Robert Young-Bobbett > Founding Engineer @ Piq Energy Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/robertyoungbobbett I build technology for the clean energy transition. I’m a founding software engineer at Piq Energy, where we’re developing a software and data platform to automate power grid simulations. Before joining Piq Energy, I led teams building AI solutions for sustainability and industrial applications at C3 AI and Keewi. ## Work Experience ### Founding Engineer @ Piq Energy Jan 2024 – Present Software engineer and data scientist building Piq Energy. Connect to the grid faster with Piq. Leading developers use Piq to bring grid studies in-house to find better sites, design better projects, and take full control of their most important decisions. Please reach out if you’re interested in joining the Piq Energy team! ### Manager, Data Science @ C3 AI Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Redwood City, California, United States Led data science teams to develop and deploy AI solutions for large industrial customers, generating tens of millions in ARR. Developed new approaches in production schedule optimization, aircraft predictive maintenance, forecasting, and NLP and LLMs for ESG. Managed and mentored a team of data scientists working across a variety of C3 AI products. ### Lead Data Scientist @ C3 AI Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 ### Senior Data Scientist @ C3 AI Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 ### Data Scientist @ C3 AI Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ### Chief Technology Officer @ Keewi Inc Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Santa Clara, CA Led Keewi's technology team to create better buildings with AI-powered smart plugs. Built Keewi's AI portfolio from zero to one with automated plug load controls, device classification and disaggregation, anomaly detection, and occupancy sensing. Implemented features across frontend, backend, IoT hardware, cloud, and data systems to broaden Keewi's value from energy to all aspects of the commercial built environment. ### Lead Data Scientist @ Keewi Inc Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Santa Clara, CA ### Data Scientist @ Keewi Inc Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Santa Clara, CA ### TomKat Intern @ Keewi Inc Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Santa Clara, CA ### DisneyCity Intern @ Disney Research Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Shanghai, China Developed a multi-disciplinary design optimization tool for human-centered urban infrastructure, measuring impacts of engineered systems on sustainability and livability metrics. ### CS106 Section Leader @ Stanford University Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Stanford, CA Taught weekly course sections for four terms of intro CS classes, provided feedback on coding assignments, and held office hours. ### TomKat/StartX Innovation Fellow @ TomKat Center Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Stanford, CA Co-founded ZenCharge, a startup designed to make urban electric vehicle charging easy. Prototyped V2X charger and applied lean startup methodology for customer discovery and product development. ### Schneider Fellow @ World Resources Institute Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Washington D.C. Metro Area Performed GIS research and co-authored public reports as part the WRI Aqueduct team: - Water-Energy Nexus: Business Risks and Rewards: https://www.wri.org/research/water-energy-nexus-business-risks-and-rewards - Aqueduct Projected Water Stress Country Rankings: https://www.wri.org/data/aqueduct-projected-water-stress-country-rankings - Blog posts: http://www.wri.org/blog/2015/09/clean-power-plan-whats-water-got-do-it, http://www.wri.org/blog/2015/08/ranking-world%E2%80%99s-most-water-stressed-countries-2040 ### Co-Founder, Chief Operations Officer @ Project BEST Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Alexandria, VA Built STEM education non-profit impacting thousands of students through 12+ middle school chapters and annual Science Innovation and Inspiration Youth Conference. ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/youngrs --- Source: https://flows.cv/robertyoungbobbett JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/robertyoungbobbett/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05