Neil Black, a key advisor to Broadscale since its inception in 2012, has spent over 20 years working on emerging energy technologies.

Neil co-founded California Bioenergy (“CalBio”) in 2006, served as president through February 2024, and remains on the board. CalBio is one of the leading dairy digester developers in the U.S. Working closely with dairy farmers, CalBio captures methane from manure management systems, which is used to power natural gas trucks and buses and to generate electricity.

Prior to joining CalBio, Neil was a managing principal at GreenOrder, a strategic advisory firm that worked with more than 100 enterprises to make energy and environmental innovation a source of competitive advantage.

Prior to working in the energy arena, Neil helped develop and invest in technology companies. Between 1997 and 2003, he was CEO of two technology companies, one at the intersection of the Internet and traditional media and the other an innovator in online ad serving and distributed hosting.

Neil has an undergraduate degree from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.