Roman Grod

BIO

Roman is the Manager, of Energy Market Operations Canada for Rodan Energy, a leading North American provider of DER asset optimization, demand response, energy intelligence, and metering solutions. Roman holds a Bachelor of Arts, Honours Economics degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. 

Roman works part of the Rodan leadership team on delivering on our mantra, Making Sustainable Attainable. In his role, Roman leads a team dedicated to delivering best-in-class energy solutions, across North American deregulated markets. Roman’s regulatory knowledge in different ISO’s and a team of strong energy analysts have helped Rodan continue to be the largest Demand Response aggregator in Canada.

Roman actively contributes to the community and was recognized as one of the top 30 under 30 in the Ukrainian Diaspora in 2021 and bestowed the Lieutenant Governor′s Community Volunteer Award in 2016. He served as President of the Ukrainian Canadian Students Union from 2019 – 2021. His duties included popularizing organizations in the country and the world and providing assistance to Ukrainian students. In particular, Roman initiated SUSK Connect, an online database that lets talented youth unite and collaborate on projects, as well as find out about career opportunities and networks. Besides these activities, Roman organized the first virtual national awareness campaign about the Russian-Ukrainian War. During his time as president, SUSK has been successful in raising over $100,000 for the SUSK Endowment fund.