Speakers

Stephen Comello

Stephen Comello

Nuclear Scaling Initiative


  • Currently Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at the EFI Foundation, Executive Director of the Nuclear Scaling Initiative, and Co-Managing Director of the Energy Futures Finance Forum.
  • Previously, he served for over a decade as a faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he co-led the Rapid Decarbonization Initiative.
  • With 23 years of experience in scaling emerging technologies in the energy and environmental sectors, he specializes in policy and business model innovations. His expertise includes techno-economic analysis, policy and project finance, corporate strategies for the energy transition, and open innovation.
  • At Stanford, he held leadership roles in numerous research initiatives and industry collaboration programs.
  • He has authored numerous publications on energy policy, industrial organization, development economics, innovation management, and carbon accounting.