Chief Executive Officer
Ray has been building companies, relationships, and brands in the energy solutions industry since 1989, leading three different energy solutions businesses to scaled growth and sustained success.
Decades of serving national markets as a service provider, an equipment manufacturer, and a utility consultant have created a national peer network and technical experience that spans commercial lighting, HVAC optimization, building intelligence, transportation electrification, demand response, distributed energy resources, renewable power, software development, systems integration, and practical applications of grid intelligence.
This diverse business and technical experience – concentrated within the commercial and utility energy solutions industry – provide Mr. Pustinger with a unique ability to see the entire field as major elements of the energy solutions industry converge.
In 2002 Ray began working with the team that would become Ally Energy Solutions. This was the start of a successful collaboration that would develop tens of millions of square feet of industrial energy solutions projects for clients that Ally continues to serve today.
Over the course of his career Ray has been both hands-on and in leadership roles in operations, engineering, finance, business development, marketing, strategic planning, reseller channel management and corporate development.
He has served as regional Vice President of a national lighting service company, President & CEO of national manufacturer of energy efficient lighting, President of an HVAC optimization software company, and CEO of an energy engineering consultancy that serves utilities throughout the United States.
The common thread through these diverse experiences is consistent leadership of high-performance customer-centric teams, with a business culture focused on common goals, creative problem solving, accountability, and the power of alignment of interests.
A frequent speaker at industry events and occasional author of trade press, Ray currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Peak Load Management Alliance and the Illuminating Engineering Society Roadway Outdoor Lighting Controls Committee. His past board service includes the Sustain OC Board of Directors, the interNational Association of Lighting Management Companies Board of Directors as well as several commercial boards.
Conducting Business in Context of COVID-19
/in Company News /by Ray PustingerAs individuals, parents, family members, and professionals, the impacts of the coronavirus, both physical and economic, are of great concern to us all. The daily news of canceled events, closed public facilities and travel restrictions prompt us to ask ourselves how we should proceed.
Ally Recognizes Exceptional Team Members with 2019 Wingman and Founders Award
/in Company News /by Ally EnergyThis past January, the entire Ally Energy Solutions team assembled in San Marcos, California to attend the company’s annual meeting. The meeting, entitled the Enterprise View of Energy, featured three days of educational talks, team building activities, and networking opportunities, that provided a chance for all team members to gather together and learn more about Ally’s long-term approach to energy efficiency as it applies to the company’s ever-growing portfolio of projects.
Ally Recognized by SRP as Top Contributor to the Arizona Utility’s Custom Incentive Program
/in Company News /by Ally EnergyAlly Energy Solutions is honored to receive the SRP Business Solutions FY2019 Top Contributor Award. This award is given to the top three Energy Efficiency Alliance members that deliver the highest kWh/kW savings to SRP’s custom business program. The award recognizes Ally’s work upgrading and optimizing industrial refrigeration systems for an Arizona manufacturer, resulting in 3,267,000 kWh in annual energy savings. The project also received more than $300,000 in SRP incentives.
Meet the Team – Ross Smith
/in Company News /by Ally EnergyBy and large, energy efficiency projects all have similar objectives – improve operational safety and work environment, save energy and money, and streamline processes. The types of projects are also similar – LED lighting and sensor retrofits, automated control systems, energy monitoring, data acquisition and analytics, and so on. But when it gets down to on-site design and implementation, the similarities end. Each individual project is both complex and unique. Because of this, designs must be fluid and focused on the energy and operational result. That’s why Ally Energy Solutions employs experts like LEED accredited electrical engineer and industrial controls expert, Ross Smith.
Ally Energy President, Shawn Rash Speaks at the E2 Clean Jobs Report Release
/in Company News /by Ally EnergyOn September 12, 2019, E2, “a national, nonpartisan group of business leaders, investors, and others who advocate for smart policies that are good for the environment and good for the economy,” released its 2019 Colorado Clean Jobs Report. The release event, held at the Marriot Spring Hill Suites in Grand Junction, included a panel discussion featuring Ally President, Shawn Rash; the leader of the Colorado Outdoors Project, David Dragoo; and Colorado Representative for HD-6, Chris Hansen.