LEADERSHIP

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kenneth Westrick

Kenneth Westrick is the founder and CEO of 3TIER, one of the largest independent providers of wind, solar and hydro energy assessment and power forecasting worldwide with offices in North America, Latin America and Asia. Westrick has led 3TIER’s “REmapping the World” campaign to accelerate global adoption and integration of renewable energy projects by eliminating the greatest barrier to developing renewable resources – lack of information.

Prior to founding 3TIER in 1999, Westrick earned both bachelor and masters degrees in atmospheric sciences from the University of Washington and was an integral member of the University’s PRISM Project, where he specialized in weather and environmental forecasting techniques and computer modeling strategies. Westrick also served nearly 14 years in the US Army, including tours with the US Army Ranger Regiment and Special Operations Command.

Under Westrick’s leadership, 3TIER has become the renewable energy information leader by combining cutting edge information technology with leading atmospheric and climate science. Today, 3TIER employs more than 60 people and serves customers around the globe.

Westrick is a regular spokesperson about the viability of renewable energy. His perspectives and thoughts have been featured in The Wall Street Journal Online, CNN, The Financial Times, USAToday.com, Forbes.com, The Washington Post, and The Seattle Times.

President, Global Operations, Pascal Storck

As the President, Global Operations, Dr. Pascal Storck leads 3TIER's sales and service operations throughout the world. His expertise in systems analysis, optimization and hydrologic sciences played an integral role in the development and implementation of 3TIER Group’s unique range of wind, hydro, and solar products and services. During his doctorate research in physical hydrology at the University of Washington, Storck designed, implemented and monitored a detailed data collection and computer modeling system to investigate flooding events in mountainous watersheds. This work was honored for its scientific contribution by both the American Geophysical Union and the Western Snow Conference. Storck holds a bachelors degree with distinction in environmental engineering from Cornell University, a masters in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a PhD in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Washington, where he was also named a NASA Earth Systems Fellow. Born in Dortmund, Germany and raised in Long Island, New York, Storck currently lives in Seattle, Washington.

Chief Information Officer, Bart Nijssen

Since joining 3TIER in 2005, Dr. Bart Nijssen has led 3TIER’s research and development efforts, first as the Director of Research and Development and now as the Chief Information Officer. Dr. Nijssen has an extensive background in hydrological sciences. From 2001 through 2005 he was an assistant professor at the University of Arizona, where he held a joint appointment in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources. Dr. Nijssen is lead or co-author of four book chapters and more than 20 publications in peer-reviewed scholarly journals on subjects including water resources, climate change, and hydrological modeling. He is a reviewer for Aquatic Sciences, Climatic Change, Global and Planetary Change, Journal of Climate, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Journal of Geophysical Research, Water Resources Research, American Geophysical Union, United States Geological Survey, National Science Foundation, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Since 2005, Dr. Nijssen has been serving as a member of the Hydrology Committee of the American Meteorological Society.