Our Leaders

Dr. Kozak obtained a PhD in Statistics for work on machine learning theory, with a particular emphasis on high-dimensional optimization and modeling under uncertainty.

He also has an MBA from the University of Oxford. With 15 years working in Power, at companies like Solea Energy and Yes Energy, David witnessed firsthand the need for a risk-aware financial due diligence in siting, financing, and M&A activity of solar assets.

Dr. Parno has a PhD in Computational Science and Engineering from MIT, where he also did a Postdoc. He was a research scientist at CRREL for six years and a Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth.

He was also the Principal Researcher at Solea Energy where he advanced algorithmic trading solutions as the senior-most contributor. As CTO Matt leads technical development and power flow modeling for Distill.

Sonya brings nearly two decades of energy market experience spanning product data, and operations in the power sector.

Before Distill, she was Head of Data at Equilibrium Energy, where she led the development of large-scale data platforms that powered trading and science across storage, renewables and financial portfolios. Earlier in her career, Sonya served as Vice President of Operations at Solea Energy and Director of Data Products at Yes Energy. At Distill, Sonya drives product vision, and strategy, ensuring the company delivers innovative, data-driven solutions.