How We Got Here

Our founder and CEO, Dr. William (Bill) Burke, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Controls, Energy, and Machine Learning. His dissertation examines how to control thousands of thermostats to benefit both homeowners and utilities. As a builder and engineer, Bill sees the massive opportunity for utilities to manage their loads and engage their customers through the IoT and connected in-home devices.

Kentucky natives, Bill and his wife left the Bay Area to bring their family back home. Bill was offered a position at GE in Louisville developing high-performance residential energy management software. He started Virtual Peaker in 2015 with its first client, Glasgow (Kentucky) Electric Plant, and now the SaaS company has expanded to become a global leader in demand response programs. The team at Virtual Peaker is fun-loving, smart, and full of energy, and Bill is thrilled to be based in Louisville, an emerging tech hub with enormous talent and potential.

Taking the Lead: Our Mission

Our mission is simple: to help utilities decentralize, digitize, and decarbonize using loT and smart home tech so that together we can help save the planet.

Our Core Values

From the beginning, we’ve tried to make decisions our stakeholders would be proud of. Our core values are at the center of every one of those decisions, and our growth is rooted in these values. Really, it’s that simple.

Open-Minded
We have strong opinions held loosely.

Honest
Honesty is paramount in everything we do and say.

Inclusive
We have an appreciation and respect for diversity of thought and culture.

Friendly
Not only are our people friendly, but our technology is user friendly.

Decisive
We have a bias towards action. We move quickly and deliberately.

Planet First
Climate change is an existential threat and we are here to do our part.

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