Name: Bennett Fisher
Title: CEO and co-founder
Company: Retroficiency, Inc.
Location: Boston
Place of birth: Fort Levanworth, KS
Family: Betsy (wife), Robby (son) and Bella (dog)
College: Johns Hopkins University and MIT Sloan School of Management
First job unrelated to your current field: Research Analyst at Cambridge Associates. Performed independent financial consulting for endowments and high net worth individuals.
First job in current field: Analyst at Pitcairn Properties, a commercial real estate private equity company. Helped source and underwrite +$300 million in acquisition and development deals.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Retroficiency is focused on scaling energy efficiency in commercial buildings - currently an expensive, manual, and time consuming process. Our data analytics software helps cost-effectively prioritize high potential commercial buildings and evaluate thousands of energy efficiency measures in minutes.
Hobbies: Ideation, family, working out
Favorite novel: Four Steps to the Epiphany
Favorite film: The Social Network
Keys to success: Vision, working with customers, and perseverance
Person you most admire (outside of family): Richard Branson
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Software development