Jason Young

Innovation for the Energy Transition

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

About

Searching for new innovations and business models paving the way for a sustainable energy system. Experienced project and client relationship manager for new product & business innovations. Expertise: Innovation, corporate venturing, business modeling, value proposition development, product development, project management, scrum, lean startup, process analysis, change management, renewable energy

Experience

  • Alliander (Full-time · 14 yrs 4 mos)
    • Manager Research & Innovation - System Operations
      Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

      Leading the research and innovation activities at System Operations. Responsible for a team of innovation consultants, business developers, software developers and data scientists to discover, test and scale the innovations we need to develop our system operations capabilities and mitigate congestion in the Netherlands.

    • Partnership & Business Development Lead - System Operations
      Sep 2019 - Nov 2025 · 6 yrs 3 mos

      Responsible for the development of strategic partnerships for the co-creation of new products and innovations needed for energy grid operators to support the energy transition. I'm looking for opportunties to collaborate with established companies and peer DSO's for the creation of innovative digital solutions needed in the new energy systems landscape.

    • Venture Building & Business Development - Alliander New Business
      Apr 2017 - Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Working with Alliander's portfolio of startups; coaching and challenging entrepreneurial teams, helping them to grow their businesses from early-stage startups, to scale-ups, and into sustainable businesses. Responsible for the business development of Alliander's Digital Solutions portfolio.

  • Research Intern at One Planet Foundation
    Jan 2011 - Aug 2011 · 8 mos

    Researched sustainability and climate initiatives implemented at the city-level in the Netherlands. Focus is on the breadth of the sustainability initiative and municipal strategies for implementing these strategies in area development.

  • Epic (Full-time · 5 yrs)
    • Senior Project Manager - Implementation Services, Epic Europe
      Oct 2007 - Jul 2009 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Provided overall project management for first phase of product implementation and led orders management system implementation for first international client located in the Netherlands. Also coordinated internal resources responsible for localisation of the Epic software for the Dutch market.

    • Project Manager - Implementation Services
      Aug 2004 - Oct 2007 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      Coordinated the Epic resources and managed the implementation of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system. Included oversight of extensive change management process, standardizing and transitioning paper clinical workflows to electronic workflows across several inpatient and outpatient locations. Also served as primary contact and escalation point for project leadership with the client.