VECKTA Leadership Team
GARETH EVANS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & CO-FOUNDER
Setting the vision
GARETH EVANS
Gareth is our Leader, strategically and passionately guiding VECKTA to success. He believes that it is a privilege to lead, collaborate and work with talented and motivated people. Gareth is committed to constantly evolving VECKTA as the world’s leading Energy Transition platform, in harmony with our vision, mission and values, all while having fun along the way!
Previously Gareth lead Worley’s Global Distributed Energy Systems strategy and Power Networks & Systems team, helping the company and its clients successfully navigate energy transition, leading to VECKTA.
He is a dad, husband and friend who seeks out adventure at every turn. Most recently he completed Brek Epic, a 6 day race, with his wife – check out the grueling accounts in his LinkedIn Articles.
TRISTAN JACKSON
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER & CO-FOUNDER
Blazing the trail
TRISTAN JACKSON
Tristan is our Trailblazer, charting new frontiers in the Energy Transition and DES landscape. He explores market opportunities and establishes proven pathways to cost savings, carbon reduction, and improved energy reliability and resilience for you, our global community, partners, and clients. Tristan lives in the field alongside energy system end users, equipment suppliers, and development partners, co-defining the energy systems and business models of the future. As CSO of VECKTA, Tristan combines his deep experience in team building, communication, and problem solving, with technical expertise, tenacity, and excitement for breaking new ground and producing extraordinary results.
He is a husband, outdoor and international explorer, lifelong leader and believer in a thriving, sustainable future for all.
DAVID OCHOA
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Guarding the future
DAVID OCHOA
David is our Realist, providing a consistent focus on Commercial Finance Management in all parts of the business with a requirement to establish best practices across the business. David collaborates with our leadership team, business development and operations to secure new work by creating strategic pricing and contracting strategies. David has worked on projects and acquisitions around the world with major project delivery companies in the energy and resource sectors.
David understands and delivers current and potential financial positions to the business. He serves as our financial partner to distill individual financial transactions and simplify results into an overall company position.
David lives with his family in Houston, TX.
VECKTA Leadership Team
GARETH EVANS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & CO-FOUNDER
Setting the vision
GARETH EVANS
Gareth is our Leader, strategically and passionately guiding VECKTA to success. He believes that it is a privilege to lead, collaborate and work with talented and motivated people. Gareth is committed to constantly evolving VECKTA as the world’s leading Energy Transition platform, in harmony with our vision, mission and values, all while having fun along the way!
Previously Gareth lead Worley’s Global Distributed Energy Systems strategy and Power Networks & Systems team, helping the company and its clients successfully navigate energy transition, leading to VeCKTA.
He is a dad, husband and friend who seeks out adventure at every turn. Most recently he completed Brek Epic, a 6 day race, with his wife – check out the grueling accounts in his LinkedIn Articles.
TRISTAN JACKSON
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER & CO-FOUNDER
Blazing the trail
TRISTAN JACKSON
Tristan is our Trailblazer, charting new frontiers in the Energy Transition and DES landscape. He explores market opportunities and establishes proven pathways to cost savings, carbon reduction, and improved energy reliability and resilience for you, our global community, partners, and clients. Tristan lives in the field alongside energy system end users, equipment suppliers, and development partners, co-defining the energy systems and business models of the future. As CSO of VECKTA, Tristan combines his deep experience in team building, communication, and problem solving, with technical expertise, tenacity, and excitement for breaking new ground and producing extraordinary results.
He is a husband, outdoor and international explorer, lifelong leader and believer in a thriving, sustainable future for all.
DAVID OCHOA
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Guarding the future
DAVID OCHOA
David is our Realist, providing a consistent focus on Commercial Finance Management in all parts of the business with a requirement to establish best practices across the business. David collaborates with our leadership team, business development and operations to secure new work by creating strategic pricing and contracting strategies. David has worked on projects and acquisitions around the world with major project delivery companies in the energy and resource sectors.
David understands and delivers current and potential financial positions to the business. He serves as our financial partner to distill individual financial transactions and simplify results into an overall company position.
David lives with his family in Houston, TX.
INTERESTED IN JOINING US?
We are building the most advanced platform for the energy transition market and we’re looking for great people to join our family
VECKTA Board of Directors
TONY
FRENCHAM
Energy
& Transition
TONY FRENCHAM
Tony is responsible for Worley strategy and execution planning for the Power Sector and for providing leadership on the Energy Transition. Through a career of over 30 years Tony has successfully established and grown businesses that delivered technical and organization innovation, addressing both industrial and consumer markets. Having operated in executive leadership roles around the world, Tony’s style reflects the understanding that every business must not only operate well but also change well, and he has been successful in developing teams that can do both.
Tony lives in Melbourne, Australia where he enjoys his time with family, friends, sport and music.
AMRITA
KARUNAKARAN
Engineering
& Construction
AMRITA KARUNAKARAN
Amrita is an experienced business leader with a track record of growth. With 20 years of experience in both established and start-up organizations, Amrita has a passion for growing businesses and generating new opportunities in the power, refining and mining sectors in operations and sales leadership roles. Today Amrita leads Worley’s Power Center of Excellence.
Amrita is passionate about supporting young women in engineering and helping them navigate their own professional development. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her two young children and husband, swimming, visiting family all over North America and watching every superhero movie ever made.
JOHN
ALLEN
Finance
& M&A
JOHN ALLEN
John is responsible for Worley’s mergers and acquisitions globally. John was the transaction and equity raising lead in Worley’s latest and very significant acquisitions of Jacobs ECR in 2018, $A4.7 billion and Amec FosterWheeler UK in 2017, $A303 million. Prior to this and since 2007 John has held senior roles leading the global tax team, finance and leading the business transformation team. The transformation team was responsible for restructuring the business to be fit for the future.
John lives in the beautiful city of Sydney with his wife and two boys. When he is not working he is watching sport or cooking with the boys.
NASER
PARTOVI
Investments
& Startups
NASER PARTOVI
Naser brings over 30 years of experience in investing, managing, and growing new businesses. He is the founder and CEO of Sanitas Health. Prior to Sanitas, Naser was CEO and Director of SKY MobileMedia and Managing Director of Enterprise Venture Capital (EVPC). Naser was also a Director at the La Jolla Music Society, and EvoNexus, a tech start-up incubator in Southern California.
Naser is passionate about helping improve the lives of as many people as possible by leveraging innovative technologies to solve problems through affordable and accessible solutions. He is married, has two daughters, lives in San Diego and loves hiking.
ADIB
NASLE
Microgrids
& Startups
ADIB NASLE
Adib is Founder and CEO at XENDEE. He is the inventor of model predictive control and real-time power analytics for electrical power distribution networks. Previously, Adib was co-founder and president at Power Analytics Inc. He is a Senior IEEE member, teaches microgrid planning and economic optimization at UC San Diego and holds 25 patents in the areas of power system design, optimization, and capacity assessment. He studied finance and accounting at Stanford University GSB, and has an MBA from Pepperdine University GSBM.
Adib lives in San Diego with his wife, son and their two dogs.
VECKTA Board of Directors
TONY FRENCHAM
Energy Transition
TONY FRENCHAM
Tony is responsible for Worley strategy and execution planning for the Power Sector and for providing leadership on the Energy Transition. Through a career of over 30 years Tony has successfully established and grown businesses that delivered technical and organization innovation, addressing both industrial and consumer markets. Having operated in executive leadership roles around the world, Tony’s style reflects the understanding that every business must not only operate well but also change well, and he has been successful in developing teams that can do both.
Tony lives in Melbourne, Australia where he enjoys his time with family, friends, sport and music.
AMRITA KARUNAKARAN
Engineering & Construction
AMRITA KARUNAKARAN
Amrita is an experienced business leader with a track record of growth. With 20 years of experience in both established and start-up organizations, Amrita has a passion for growing businesses and generating new opportunities in the power, refining and mining sectors in operations and sales leadership roles. Today Amrita leads Worley’s Power Center of Excellence.
Amrita is passionate about supporting young women in engineering and helping them navigate their own professional development. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her two young children and husband, swimming, visiting family all over North America and watching every superhero movie ever made.
JOHN ALLEN
Finance & M&A
JOHN ALLEN
John is responsible for Worley’s mergers and acquisitions globally. John was the transaction and equity raising lead in Worley’s latest and very significant acquisitions of Jacobs ECR in 2018, $A4.7 billion and Amec FosterWheeler UK in 2017, $A303 million. Prior to this and since 2007 John has held senior roles leading the global tax team, finance and leading the business transformation team. The transformation team was responsible for restructuring the business to be fit for the future.
John lives in the beautiful city of Sydney with his wife and two boys. When he is not working he is watching sport or cooking with the boys.
NASER PARTOVI
Investments & Startups
NASER PARTOVI
Naser brings over 30 years of experience in investing, managing, and growing new businesses. He is the founder and CEO of Sanitas Health. Prior to Sanitas, Naser was CEO and Director of SKY MobileMedia and Managing Director of Enterprise Venture Capital (EVPC). Naser was also a Director at the La Jolla Music Society, and EvoNexus, a tech start-up incubator in Southern California.
Naser is passionate about helping improve the lives of as many people as possible by leveraging innovative technologies to solve problems through affordable and accessible solutions. He is married, has two daughters, lives in San Diego and loves hiking.
ADIB NASLE
Microgrids & Startups
ADIB NASLE
Adib is Founder and CEO at XENDEE. He is the inventor of model predictive control and real-time power analytics for electrical power distribution networks. Previously, Adib was co-founder and president at Power Analytics Inc. He is a Senior IEEE member, teaches microgrid planning and economic optimization at UC San Diego and holds 25 patents in the areas of power system design, optimization, and capacity assessment. He studied finance and accounting at Stanford University GSB, and has an MBA from Pepperdine University GSBM.
Adib lives in San Diego with his wife, son and their two dogs.
Strong Partnership
VECKTA is a joint venture of global engineering consulting company Worley and microgrid planning assessment software developer XENDEE, created to revolutionize the way microgrids and distributed energy systems are designed, sourced, financed, and deployed. This unique combination enables VECKTA to provide the most advanced platform for the energy transition to customers around the world.
