Leadership Team/Founders

Dan Powers, CEO

Dan Powers is a policy and research advocate, writer, speaker and convener and Executive Director for both CO-LABS and the Society for Science at User Research Facilities (SSURF). Dan has been Managing Director of EER since 2019.

Lazar Gintchin, CTO

Lazar Gintchin is an experienced agile technology leader with a multifaceted skill set that spans the realms of Technology Vision, Strategy, and Architecture. He has successfully overseen the end-to-end journey from concept to launch for various SaaS products, including mobile and web. With over 20 years of experience and various leadership roles he has both led engineering teams and brought alignment with their business stakeholders.

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Emeritus

Joshua Putterman, Former CEO

Joshua Putterman was an international development finance risk specialist. He served as an Operations and Research Officer with the World Bank from 1995 to 1999, and held research positions with the Financial Times Energy Group and Platts before starting his consultancy JPIA in 2003. Joshua founded EER with Thomas Jagger in 2014.

Thomas Jagger, PhD, Former CIO

Thomas Jagger was a theoretical statistician and research scientist in extreme weather climatology and risk analysis. Research Lead and PhD Advisor, Florida State University.

“Joshua and Thomas provided impact data to BHHIC to assist in our assessment of regional exposures related to specific weather expectations.”
— Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Companies

AchieveMent Highlights

  • 2025 - Dan Powers becomes CEO.

  • 2024 - MultiScale Parametric Risk Assessment product presented to the market. See News for October 2024.

  • 2023 - Welcomed Lazar Gintchin as CTO.

  • 2021 - Formal launch of Extreme Event Risk Consultancy Practice.

  • 2019/20 - Initiated formal consultative product development.

  • 2017 - Validated new model through NREL program. See press release.

  • 2016 - Introduced multiscale analysis to model.

  • 2015 - Partnered with Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Companies to test initial model.

  • 2014 - Founded company and developed initial model.

 
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