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Thorsten Heller

CEO at Greenbird Integration Technology (acquired by GE Vernova in 2023)

Oslo, Norway

Founder and C-level executive working at the intersection of energy, software, data, and AI, helping shape the future of the AI-native power grid.

Chief Innovation Officer, GE Vernova Grid Software, driving innovation and advanced technology strategy to accelerate the transformation toward more intelligent, data-driven, and increasingly autonomous grid operations.

Former CEO and Co-Founder of Greenbird Integration Technology, creator of Utilihive, a leading Energy iPaaS platform enabling utilities to connect, integrate, and unlock the value of operational data. Scaled Greenbird from startup through Series A and Series B funding before its acquisition by GE Vernova in 2023.

Focused on advancing the next generation of grid intelligence: combining data platforms, AI, and domain expertise to help utilities move from fragmented systems toward intelligent, adaptive, and autonomous infrastructure.

Convinced the future power grid will be AI-native.

Available For: Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Oslo, Norway
Speaking Topics: Energy Revolution, Energy Transition, AI for Energy, Emerging Technologies, Grid Intelligence, Grid Innovation

Thorsten Heller Points
Academic 0
Author 40
Influencer 347
Speaker 54
Entrepreneur 0
Analyst 0
Total 441

Points based upon Thinkers360 patented algorithm.

Thought Leader Profile

Portfolio Mix

Company Information

Company Type: Company
Minimum Project Size: $100,000+
Average Hourly Rate: $300+
Number of Employees: 50,001-100,000
Company Founded Date: Undisclosed
Media Experience: 15++ years
Last Media Interview: 09/14/2025

Areas of Expertise

Agentic AI 30.61
Agile 30.13
AI 30.01
Analytics 30.13
Big Data 30.36
Business Strategy 30.09
Climate Change 30.32
Cloud
Data Center 30.04
Digital Disruption 31.00
Digital Transformation 30.71
Diversity and Inclusion
Emerging Technology 30.50
Energy 44.43
Entrepreneurship 30.16
Future of Work
Innovation 30.71
IoT
Leadership 30.16
Lean Startup
Management
Open Innovation
Predictive Analytics
Renewable Energy 31.40
Smart Cities 33.14
Social 30.32
Startups 31.15
Sustainability 31.39

Industry Experience

High Tech & Electronics
Oil & Gas
Other
Utilities

Publications & Experience

28 Article/Blogs
Who Will Check the Machines?
Import from substack.com
October 20, 2026
Why Grid Software Providers need a new Path from Junior to Senior

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

Why AI always picks 7
Import from substack.com
October 15, 2026
And why the Grid should care about this

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

Trust in what we know, trust in what we do
Import from substack.com
October 11, 2026
Why the Cognition/Control Boundary needs a second Boundary under it

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

The Closer to the Breaker, the Closer to Home
Import from substack.com
October 07, 2026
Self-hosted vs. cloud-hosted Models in an AI-Native Power Grid

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

Two Classes of Third Party Agents in an Agentic Grid
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October 04, 2026
Inside the Fence or outside the Fence

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

Grid Operational Software should adopt AI Coding faster
Import from substack.com
September 30, 2026
Not slowing down the AI Engineering Adaption

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

Is Ghost Demand the Toxic Asset of the AI Buildout?
Import from substack.com
September 25, 2026
474 GW queued, 90 GW verified, and a Decade of Grid Capex riding on this Gap

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

Conway's Law and the Grid
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September 22, 2026
Why two Org Charts slow down the AI-native Power Grid

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

The Four Things Money Can’t Buy
Import from substack.com
September 15, 2026
Or why over-raising and maximising Valuations might be a Liability for Startups

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

The Grid doesn’t really need A Copilot, does it?
Import from substack.com
September 13, 2026
Spoiler Alert: It needs AI as the execution layer instead

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

MCP Doesn't Replace Your APIs
Import from substack.com
September 08, 2026
But it changes who calls them.

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

Is Modularity Just Moving Up a Layer?
Import from substack.com
September 03, 2026
Or where does Modularity sit in the AI-Native Power Grid

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

The Software-Defined Grid / Capacity
Import from substack.com
August 31, 2026
Or what does Software-Defined really means in the Context of Grid

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

The Business Zoo, Vol. 2
Import from substack.com
August 27, 2026
A field guide to corporate fauna, part 2.

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

Grid Ground Truth
Import from substack.com
August 20, 2026
Why State Estimation Isn’t Enough And What Is the Grid Ground Truth

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

The Journey of Trust for the AI-native Grid
Import from substack.com
August 06, 2026
A framework for the journey from AI assistance to autonomous grid operations — and the honest question nobody in the boardroom wants to ask.

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

The Cognition - Control Boundary in an AI-native Grid
Import from substack.com
August 02, 2026
The Boundary Everyone's Suddenly Talking About (and Getting Wrong)

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

The Business Zoo, Vol. 1
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July 13, 2026
A field guide to corporate fauna.

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

There's No Such Thing as Good Data
Import from substack.com
June 26, 2026
Data quality isn't a property of data. It's a relationship between data and a decision. The question was never whether it's good enough but it's good enough for what.

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

When the Cost for Code goes towards Zero
Import from substack.com
June 24, 2026
The moat was never the code. What stays hard is the physics.

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Tags: Agentic AI, Energy, Innovation

Strategy is figuring out what not to do
LinkedIn
December 17, 2020
Gartner defines its approach as follows: A pace-layered application strategy is a methodology for categorizing, selecting, managing, and governing applications to support business change, differentiation, and innovation.

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Tags: Innovation, Sustainability, Data Center

Speed is the new Currency of Business
LinkedIn
November 18, 2020
We could now start a huge discussion to question the meaning, purpose, and true impact of an event such as Davos. Let us rather stick to our field of expertise where we can influence and make a difference: Enterprise Architecture for Utilities.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Innovation, Renewable Energy

The top 7 trends I observed at Asian Utility Week 2019
Renewable Energy World
September 17, 2019
20,000 miles travelled, three speeches given, 11,000 attendees mingled with, dozens of interesting industry people met and a small dash of jetlag. We’ve just come back from Asian Utility Week 2019 with our heads full of insights from the many people we spoke with.

An Energy Sector at tipping Point.

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Tags: Agile, Big Data, Digital Transformation

PROPELLING UTILITIES TO A DIGITAL FUTURE
Greenbird Blog
June 20, 2019
Changing the mindsets and thought processes of the people working in utilities is a key part of building Digital DNA. Only when this happens can new operating models be introduced and innovative technologies be used to their full potential. Changing mindsets is the hardest part of building Digital DNA.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Digital Disruption, Leadership

The Dirty Job of Data Provisioning
Linkedin
May 14, 2019
Data provisioning—the process of making data available in an orderly and secure way to users, application developers, and applications—is a significant challenge for most utilities. With many widely varying demands for data, the job of data provisioning is more important than ever.

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Tags: AI, Big Data, Digital Transformation

3 Keynotes
Building the digital DNA to drive utilities´ digital transformation
Asian Utility Week
September 04, 2019
About the Digital DNA organizations and especially utilities need to drive the digital transformation

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Tags: Big Data, Digital Transformation, Leadership

Dancing with an elephant: How innovative tech companies can help utilities to accelerate their digital transformation"
Asian Utility Week
September 03, 2019
Dancing with an elephant: How innovative tech companies can help utilities to accelerate their digital transformation.

how to do business with huge organizations and how to work smart together to drive the digital transformation

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Startups

DATA IS THE NEW RENEWABLES
EU Sustainable Energy Week
June 18, 2019
Data is the new Renewables. Data becomes the most important "tool" to drive climate neutrality in the EU. Modern technology, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Renewables, Electrification of Transport, Microgrid, Intelligent Waste Management, Smart Cities, ..... everything will be completely data driven. All industries will be data and software companies. Innovation comes from the edge what means, that data must be accessible in a secured and managed way to 3. party. No data, no green future.

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Tags: Big Data, Renewable Energy, Smart Cities

4 Speaking Engagements
The Smart Connector Podcast: Entrepreneur Spotlight Thorsten Heller
The Smart Connector Podcast
May 21, 2020
The Smart Connector Podcast: Entrepreneur Spotlight Thorsten Heller

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Startups, Entrepreneurship

Data-driven Pioneers: Accelerating digital transformation
Smart Energy TV
January 07, 2020
Greenbird CEO, Thorsten Heller discusses some of the biggest trends both for retailers and DSOs in the energy sector in 2019.

As utilities adapt to a changing energy landscape, Greenbird has adapted its Utilihive digital integration platform to accommodate new and evolving priorities.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Digital Disruption, Climate Change

Platformed Utility
Social
November 28, 2019
The Changing Energy Systen

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Digital Disruption, Business Strategy

Social Media for Utilities
youtube
November 14, 2018
about the importance of social media for the energy industry

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Social, Startups

4 Videos
Data Hubs, Data Lakes, Data Warehouses: How are they different?
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May 11, 2021

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology, Sustainability

3 Expert Tips to increase Data Quality
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April 30, 2021

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology, Sustainability

3 Expert Tips to help create more value from Metering Data
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April 19, 2021

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology, Sustainability

Data-driven Pioneers: Accelerating digital transformation
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February 05, 2021

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology, Sustainability

4 Webinars
Smart Grid Globetrotters - Experience from around the World
Digital Grid Initiative
June 09, 2021
Im 3. Webinar der Digital Grid Initiative gingen Jonas Danzeisen, CEO Venios GmbH und Thorsten Heller, CEO greenbird auf eine Weltreise über 4 Kontinente und gaben Einblicke in unterschiedlichste Smart-Grid-Projekte. Angelegt als eine vergleichende, technologische aber absolut unterhaltsame Standortbestimmung erfuhren die Teilnehmer, mit welchen Herausforderungen Netzbetreiber in anderen Ländern kämpfen und wie deren Lösungen aussehen.

Inhalte des Webinars:

Konkrete Projektberichte und Use Cases aus 7 Ländern
Überblick zu regional unterschiedlichen Treibern und Herausforderungen der Netzbetreiber
Darstellung verschiedener Herangehensweisen und Strategien
Nutzung unterschiedlicher Lösungsräume mit Blick auf vorhandene Regulatorik und Gesetzgebung
Zielgruppe: Entscheider und Digitalisierungsverantwortliche von Netzbetreibern

Referenten:

Dr. Jonas Danzeisen, CEO Venios GmbH
Thorsten Heller, CEO greenbird
Dr. Anja Martin, Marketing & Kommunikation SMIGHT, Moderation

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Tags: Sustainability, Renewable Energy

Future Grid Operations - Analogue or Digital?
Digital Grid Initiative
March 09, 2021
Contents and objectives of the Webinar:

Show what challenges the energy transition brings to grid operators.
Show where established, analogue solutions for stable grid operation reach their limits.
Outline which tasks and important skills are needed for a successful energy transition in the grid.
Learn which new solutions and processes exist for digital grid operation.
Discuss how distribution grid operators can make themselves fit for the future by digitalising their processes and structures.
Aimed at:

Grid operators decision-makers and digitalisation managers
Speakers:

Oliver Deuschle, CEO SMIGHT
Dr. Andreas Ulbig, COO Adaptricity
Franziska Heidecke, Head of Digitalisation and Innovation, ED Netze GmbH
Thorsten Heller, CEO Greenbird (Moderator)

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Tags: Analytics, Emerging Technology, Renewable Energy

Digital Integration for the Data Driven Platformed Utility
Dell Technologies / Brighttalk
July 23, 2020
Dell Technologies hosted webinar about the Future Digital Utility.

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Tags: Big Data, Digital Transformation, Sustainability

THE AGILE UTILITY DRIVING THE ENERGY CLOUD
SMART ENERGY TV
September 15, 2019
The ‘Agile Utility’ is a buzzword that is being embraced, however, understanding the methodologies and best practices around the implementation remains uncharted territory for many. As traditional utilities are adapting to industry 4.0, you may ask yourselves this question: Is agile right for me and my organisation? Is agile right for my project?

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Tags: Agile, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation

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