Brad Chadwell

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Senior Director R&D – Energy and Technology at Electric Power Engineers

Knoxville Metropolitan Area, United States

Overview

Brad Chadwell is an energy innovation leader with over 20 years of experience in R&D across utility and technology sectors. As Senior Director at Electric Power Engineers, he focuses on maturing advanced grid technologies from concept to deployment. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and holds an MBA from The Ohio State University.

He is a co-inventor on multiple U. S. patents, including one for a "multi-stream microchannel device. "

Personality Overview

Not Easily Convinced

Systematic

Price-Sensitive

While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.  They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. They prefer to do thorough analysis of any situation.

Topics They Care About

Energy Innovation
Drives innovation in the energy industry by developing cutting-edge solutions at EPE, and previously led enterprise innovation strategy at the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Grid Modernization
Focuses on maturing advanced grid technologies to strengthen resilience. He is a speaker at the RE+ 25 conference on the topic of building the utility of the future.
Clean Energy Tech
His background includes directing programs in clean manufacturing and renewable energy, and he actively promotes solutions for building America's clean energy future.

Media Appearances

Brad has no verified media appearances

Work History

12-2025
Senior Director R&D – Energy and Technology at Electric Power Engineers
11-2022 - 11-2025
Dir, Enterprise Research & Innovation at Tennessee Valley Authority
12-2020 - 11-2022
Director of Process Transformation at American Electric Power
10-2017 - 12-2020
Manager, Innovation and Technology at American Electric Power
10-2017
Program Director, Clean Energy Technologies at Energetics

Education

BS ChE from Purdue University
MBA from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business

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Insights For Selling To Brad

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Emphasize on objective proof of ROI, help them do a thorough evaluation
  • If you have a lower priced product compared to the competition, call out the same
  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product

DONT's

  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.
  • Avoid rushing them, be polite and patient
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Brad is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Brad

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Brad move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Brad take some risk or not?

  • They can take some risk if they are confident that they have analyzed the circumstances well.


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