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Opower is a publicly held Software-as-a-Service company that provides cloud-based software to the utility industry and their customers . Working with 95+ utilities and serving 50+ million homes in 9 countries, Opower's customer engagement platform positions utilities as trusted energy advisors to the customers they serve. Opower's software provides customers with better information about their energy consumption, along with personalized ways to save energy and money. Opower's technology platform analyzes more than 300 billion meter reads to deliver its services, and has created enough energy savings through behavior change to power all the homes in a city of 1 million people for a year. The average customer receiving the Opower platform has cut energy usage by more than 2.5 percent.〔"(Energy Use: Neighbor vs. Neighbor )", ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', 9 November 2009.〕 The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy concluded in a June 2010 ''report''〔("Advanced Metering Initiatives and Residential Feedback Programs: A Meta-Review for Household Electricity-Saving Opportunities," ) American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, June 2010〕 that customer-feedback programs, like Opower's, could boost energy security, help the environment and save consumers money. According to the study, "feedback is proving a critical first step in engaging and empowering consumers to thoughtfully manage their energy resources". == History and growth == Founded in 2007 by long-time friends Dan Yates and Alex Laskey, Opower is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. As of February 2014, it employed more than 500 people in five offices: Arlington, San Francisco, London, Singapore, and Japan. In June 2010, iLike founder Hadi Partovi joined Opower's board to advise on its West Coast growth strategy.〔("Opower to Expand to West Coast, Names iLike Founder Hadi Partovi to Advisory Board," ) TechCrunch, June 29, 2010〕 In July 2010, Opower opened a second office in San Francisco and had Fred Butler, a former president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, join its Advisory Board. In 2013, Opower added former utility CEOs John Rowe and Dick Kelly, and former White House Director, Carol Browner, to its Advisory Board. Tom Brady, former Chairman of BGE, was named Chairman of the Advisory Board.〔("Former CEOs of Xcel, Exelon Join Opower ), ''Electric Light & Power'', June 10, 2013〕 Also in 2013, Opower added Marcus Ryu, CEO of Guidewire, and Deep Nishar, SVP of Products and User Experience at LinkedIn, to its Board of Directors.〔("Opower adds Guidewire's Marcus Ryu and Linkedin's Deep Nishar to Board," )"All Things Digital", September 16, 2013〕 On September 1, 2010, the World Economic Forum announced the company as a Technology Pioneer for 2011.〔(Thirty-One Visionary Companies Selected as Technology Pioneers 2011 )〕 In November 2010, the company announced its third round of venture capital funding, a $50 million investment led by Accel Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, to accelerate its expansion.〔("Opower plans expansion with $50 million investment," ) ''The Washington Post'', Nov. 30, 2010〕 During a visit to Opower headquarters in Arlington in 2010, President Obama said the company's growth is "a model of what we want to be seeing all across the country".〔("Remarks by the President on Clean Energy Jobs," ) White House press release, March 5, 2010〕 In May 2013, Opower was named to the Inaugural CNBC Disruptors 50 List.〔("CNBC Disruptor 50" ) CNBC, May 20, 2013〕 In November 2013, Opower was named the #1 fastest growing tech company in the DC region, and #20 in the US, by Deloitte.〔("Technology Fast 500 2013 Ranking" ), Deloitte, November 13, 2013〕 CEO Dan Yates gave the keynote address at the Cleantech Group's Cleantech Forum in San Francisco in March 2014. 〔(CEO Dan Yates #CFSF14 Keynote - Passion, Science, Incremental Change ), Vimeo, March 12, 2014〕 Opower held its initial public offering on April 4, 2014.〔("Opower IPO: Opens up strong, starts trading at $25 per share" ), Gigaom, April 4, 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Opower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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