CHARLESTON, S.C., March 25, 2021 -- Palmetto, a rapidly growing technology company accelerating the national adoption of clean energy, announced today that it is acknowledging the transformational, multi-year business contributions of Chief Technology Officer (“CTO”) Jared Wray by creating a new position for him - the post of Palmetto co-founder. Wray, whose full title is now CTO and co-founder, is credited with accelerating Palmetto’s technology evolution to an online clean energy marketplace.
“The first time I met with Jared and shared my technology vision for Palmetto with him, Jared was able to lay out a game plan to transform our technology offering,” stated Chris Kemper, Palmetto founder and Chief Executive Officer. “From there, he led a team to develop an end-to-end software and logistics platform that is changing the industry. Now, Palmetto’s digital marketplace is an end-to-end solution that is revolutionizing and democratizing the utility industry. For us, this is just the beginning of great things to come.”
“Palmetto is a technology-driven company that allows homeowners to save money while benefiting the environment - which is exactly what they want,” stated Jared Wray, Palmetto co-founder and CTO. “By moving the entire process online to our marketplace we can provide a better experience and a path to clean energy for everyone.”
Residential clean energy remains a relatively untapped market, with roughly three percent of U.S. homes having solar panel installations. Palmetto’s marketplace technology digitizes the solar transaction process for the customer, and drastically reduces solar soft costs for homeowners - improving the ease of installation and day-to-day operation.
With over 20 years of experience developing integrated technology systems and building teams at scale, Jared is an early cloud pioneer with a passion for building platforms and robotics. As founder and CTO of Tier 3, a laaS-based platform and advanced cloud management company, Jared created the Tier 3 cloud and built it into an industry-recognized performance leader. CenturyLink acquired Tier 3 in 2013.