Strategy for companies building the energy transition.

Energy Shift Labs helps climate and energy tech companies validate products, enter utility markets, and turn technical capability into revenue.

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Services

Three ways we work

Focused engagements at the intersection of product, commercial strategy, and the grid.

Product & GTM Strategy

Product validation, positioning, roadmap, and go-to-market for energy and climate tech companies. From concept to first revenue — and from first revenue to scale.

Utility Market Entry

Presales strategy, pilot design, and deployment planning for teams selling into utilities. We've closed and deployed these deals — we know where they stall.

Fractional Product Leadership

Embedded, VP-level product leadership for early and growth-stage companies. Senior judgment without the senior headcount — until you're ready for it.

About

Built on two decades of shipped products and closed deals

Energy Shift Labs was founded by Sean Holman — 20+ years across energy, IoT, and enterprise SaaS, working where product strategy meets the grid.

He helped scale Opower from $1M to $150M ARR through its acquisition by Oracle. At Kaluza, he led North American product validation and the first US direct managed EV charging deployment with PG&E, alongside an in-app Tesla enrollment integration. He co-founded Lacuna Technologies, raising $33M.

The energy transition doesn't need more slideware. It needs products that ship and deals that close. That's what we build.

$1M → $150M
ARR growth at Opower, through the Oracle acquisition
First in the US
Direct managed EV charging deployment with PG&E, at Kaluza
$33M raised
As co-founder of Lacuna Technologies (IoT / Edge AI)
20+ years
Energy, IoT, and enterprise SaaS product leadership

Building for the grid — or betting on someone who is?

Let's talk about where product strategy can move your business forward.

sean@energyshiftlabs.io