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Eric Thompson

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Roles available for:

  • Fractional
  • Consulting
  • Contract
  • Interim

FCCO

Fractional Chief Commercial Officer

  • Berkeley, California, United States
  • http://www.CleanEnergyGTM.com
  • Country experience:
    • United States of America
      Northern America

  • Languages:
    • English
      English
      Level: Native
Achievements
Charter
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  • Expertise
    Go-to-Market Strategy Enterprise Sales Business Development Partnerships CRM Pipeline Building Deal Closing Fundraising Cleantech SaaS & Hardware Commercialization Market Entry ICP & Channel Testing
  • Services

    Go-to-market strategy and execution, enterprise sales, business development, partnership structuring, pipeline building and deal closing, seed fundraising, and market entry for cleantech, SaaS, and hardware startups from a blank slate.

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Eric Thompson

Add to favorites

Roles available for:

  • Fractional
  • Consulting
  • Contract
  • Interim

FCCO

Fractional Chief Commercial Officer

  • Berkeley, California, United States
  • http://www.CleanEnergyGTM.com
  • Country experience:
    • United States of America
      Northern America

  • Languages:
    • English
      English
      Level: Native
Achievements
Charter
Why hire me in a fractional role
I've built go-to-market from zero for startups across cleantech, SaaS, and hardware, defining the ICP, running the channel experiments, closing enterprise pilots, and raising the seed. I bring the full commercial motion: first customers, revenue, and funding. Companies hire me to turn an unproven product into a repeatable pipeline fast, without the cost or ramp of a full-time CCO. I get in the trench and drive outcomes, not slideware.
Experience

Fractional role

  • This is a Fractional role Chief Business Development Officer
  • VP Business Development
  • This is a Fractional role CEO/Cofounder
  • This is a Fractional role CEO-Fractional

Strengths in this role: Implementing ground-up GTM strategy from a blank slate. Direct customer outreach and relationship building with executive and technical buyers. Technical fluency to credibly sell complex, engineered products. Thriving in dynamic, ambiguous startup environments. Defining and sharpening the ICP through market discovery. Building and leading consultative B2B sales teams. Structuring and closing enterprise deals and partnerships. Turning early signal into a repeatable commercial playbook.

Industry Group: Manufacturing

Industry: Renewables & Environment

Years of experience: 30 years

Industry Group: High Tech

Industry: Information Technology and Services

Years of experience: 30 years

Company name: Ensemble Energy

Company size: 8 employees

Role in this company: Led initial product GTM for an AI/ML asset performance management analytics platform serving large-scale energy operations. Built commercial strategy and execution from a blank slate. Identified and prioritized target markets, then tapped my professional network to open direct conversations with asset performance managers and engineering leaders at major wind operators. Ran early customer discovery to validate the value proposition, sharpen the ICP, and convert relationships into first pilot s.

Company name: Kavaken

Company size: 12 employees

Role in this company: Fractional CCO and business development lead for Kavaken, a clean energy company. I run go-to-market for North America from a blank slate: building and managing the wind-industry contact pipeline, defining target segments, and leading direct outreach to developers, asset owners, and OEMs. I represent the company at major industry conferences and expos to source new relationships, advance commercial opportunities, and build pipeline. Focus on converting direct executive relationships into deals.

Strengths in this role: Implementing ground-up GTM strategy from a blank slate. Direct customer outreach and relationship building with executive and technical buyers. Technical fluency to credibly sell complex, engineered products. Thriving in dynamic, ambiguous startup environments. Defining and sharpening the ICP through market discovery. Building and leading consultative B2B sales teams. Structuring and closing enterprise deals and partnerships. Turning early signal into a repeatable commercial playbook.

Industry Group: Manufacturing

Industry: Renewables & Environment

Years of experience: 30 years

Company name: Natel Energy

Company size: 20 employees

Role in this company: VP Business Development at Natel Energy, leading market entry and customer acquisition for paradigm-shifting hydroelectric turbine technology. I secured $25M in customer contracts across multiple segments, exceeding revenue targets and sustaining commitments through major technology pivots. Built and managed a consultative B2B sales team and developed the end-to-end BD process: market screening, origination, technical screening, project financials, and site negotiations.

Strengths in this role: Implementing ground-up GTM strategy from a blank slate. Direct customer outreach and relationship building with executive and technical buyers. Technical fluency to credibly sell complex, engineered products. Thriving in dynamic, ambiguous startup environments. Defining and sharpening the ICP through market discovery. Building and leading consultative B2B sales teams. Structuring and closing enterprise deals and partnerships. Turning early signal into a repeatable commercial playbook.

Industry Group: High Tech

Industry: Information Technology and Services

Years of experience: 30 years

Company name: Windscape AI

Company size: 5 employees

Role in this company: CEO/Co-founder of an AI/ML SaaS platform for wind operations. Built the company and its go-to-market from a blank slate, defined the ICP as asset performance managers at large wind operators, and ran direct outreach to convert executive relationships into paid pilots. I tested outbound, direct contact, and conference channels. Landed first customers and revenue, raised the seed, and closed the transaction transferring our IP and pipeline to Kavaken.

Strengths in this role: Implementing ground-up GTM strategy from a blank slate. Direct customer outreach and relationship building with executive and technical buyers. Technical fluency to credibly sell complex, engineered products. Thriving in dynamic, ambiguous startup environments. Defining and sharpening the ICP through market discovery. Building and leading consultative B2B sales teams. Structuring and closing enterprise deals and partnerships. Turning early signal into a repeatable commercial playbook.

Industry Group: Manufacturing

Industry: Renewables & Environment

Years of experience: 30 years

Company name: Nautica Windpower

Company size: 2 employees

Role in this company: Fractional CEO of Nautica Windpower, leading business recovery and strategy after the loss of the technical founder. I'm assessing the technology, IP, and market position to chart a viable path forward, then pursuing every avenue to preserve and commercialize the assets: joint ventures, engineering partnerships, and IP licensing across the offshore floating wind turbine space. I'm building relationships with potential partners and licensees to move the most promising options toward execution.

  • Board membership

    Company: Windscape AI, Inc.

    Position: Cofounder/Board Member

    From: 04/01/2022

    To: Present

  • Degrees & accreditations

    BS Mechanical Engineering

  • Success story

    At Windscape AI, I built go-to-market from a blank slate. I defined the ICP, asset performance managers at large wind energy companies, and tested outbound, direct account contact, and conferences simultaneously. Direct contact won decisively. I turned those relationships into paid pilots up to $30K, converting to ~$100K/year, and raised the company's seed round. First customers and revenue, built from zero.

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