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Emily Thomas Watt

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Director of Energy Markets at Microsoft
📍 Greater Seattle Area, United States

Emily is the Director of Energy Markets, Americas at Microsoft, specializing in renewable energy and sustainable transportation. She leverages her Stanford University background in Civil and Environmental Engineering to drive significant energy projects.

Emily is passionate about creating sustainable energy solutions, particularly for data centers. Her work includes developing 24/7 renewably-powered data centers and collaborating on community support projects.

She played a key role in managing the attainment of environmental permits for Teslas Gigafactory.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Director of Energy Markets
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Seattle Area, United States
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Priorities

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Renewable Energy Development
Emily's career at Microsoft and Tesla focused on large-scale renewable energy systems, including photovoltaic and hydro projects, to power datacenters and manufacturing facilities.
Datacenter Energy Markets
As Director of Energy Markets, Emily focuses on energy components for datacenter colocation portfolios, modeling energy rates, and addressing unique market issues.
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Career

Work history

9-2021
Director of Energy Markets
Microsoft
9-2017 - 8-2021
Senior Energy Project Manager
Microsoft
8-2016 - 8-2017
Energy Project Manager
Microsoft
2-2016 - 7-2016
Senior Project Manager, Renewable Energy
Tesla Motors
2-2014 - 1-2016
Energy Efficiency Engineer
Tesla Motors
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Education
2011 - 2013
MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Stanford University
2005 - 2009
BS
James Madison University
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