The Team

Meet the team.

JAZZ is a small team with deep roots. We've been working with the same communities since 2010 — that's not a coincidence. It's how the work gets done right.

Founder & Chief Evangelist

Ketan Bhalla

Ketan founded JAZZ Solar in 2010 with a clear mission: to be a catalyst of meaningful change in energy, starting with the communities that need it most. An electrical engineer with an MSc from the University of Alberta and two patents to his name, he previously founded CHiL Semiconductor (acquired by International Rectifier/Infineon for $75M) and CeyBa/Sybarus (acquired by Lucent). Since founding JAZZ in 2010, he has built one of Ontario's most trusted Indigenous-energy platforms — 30+ MW deployed, 20+ First Nations partnerships, and a reputation built project by project.

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General Manager & CFO

Walter Buzzelli

Walter brings 35 years of leadership across the energy and electronics sectors, with a track record of building businesses and navigating the industry's major transitions. As Managing Director of Panasonic Eco Solutions Canada, he grew the division from $4M to $46M in revenue. He previously served as VP Finance at Sanyo Canada and as Board Chair of CanSIA in 2018–2019 — helping steer the association through its evolution into CanREA. He is now Managing Director of Right Path Advisory Inc., advising clean energy companies on growth, governance, and strategy.

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Director, First Nations Energy Sovereignty

Nancy Sooley

Nancy is the first call for any First Nations community exploring solar, microgrids, or energy sovereignty. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Indigenous consultant, she brings over a decade of experience in environmental assessment, regulatory approvals, and community engagement across Canada's North — including five years as Manager of Project Environmental Assessments at Wataynikaneyap Power, the landmark Indigenous-owned transmission project connecting 17 remote First Nations communities off diesel. Her approach starts with relationship: listening to a community's history, governance, and vision before a single line is drawn.

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Senior Director of Operations & AI

Jon Carr

Jon has been with JAZZ for over six years, working his way from PV systems design through project delivery to leading company-wide operations. As Director of Operations, he manages a portfolio of 25–30 active projects spanning solar EPC, battery storage, O&M, and capacity building — across roughly 15 First Nations communities in Ontario. He built and scaled the operations team that keeps it all moving, and is a certified Tesla Powerwall installer. Before moving into operations leadership, he spent years in the field doing system design, commissioning, and grid interconnection work with Hydro One.

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Senior Director of Development

Grace Russell

Grace brings over a decade of operational and project management experience across Canada's renewable energy sector, including senior roles at Grasshopper Solar Corporation, Solar Power Network, and Hanwha QCells Canada. At JAZZ, she leads business development — identifying new project opportunities, advancing the pipeline, and managing strategic partnerships. An active voice in the industry, she has moderated at CanREA's Operators Summit and sits on the board of the London Renewable Energy District Co-op.

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Senior Operations Manager

Anoop Gandhi

Anoop's connection to JAZZ goes back to 2015, when he interned here at the start of his solar career. Over the following decade he coordinated 3,500+ solar projects and $100M+ in installations across Ontario, Alberta, and the Maritimes — most recently as a founding team member and Director of Operations at MySolar Group — before returning to JAZZ in 2026. A mechanical engineer with a Master's in Sustainable Energy from Carleton University, Anoop pairs deep full-cycle EPC expertise and a passion for the clean-energy transition with a proven ability to build and scale project delivery teams.

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Project Developer

Rob Miller

Rob is a veteran renewable energy developer with more than 20 years of experience and 400+ MW of projects across Canada. As Managing Partner of 3G Energy since 2015, he leads origination and project development. Before that, he served as Director of Business Development at Northland Power. He holds an M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from UBC and a B.E.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Western, and has served on the CanSIA/CanREA Board as Treasurer since 2010.

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Senior Project Coordinator

Asenia Lyall

Asenia keeps JAZZ's project pipeline moving on the research and funding side. An MFA graduate from Toronto Metropolitan University with a background in writing and editorial work, she brings sharp attention to detail and clear communication to grant applications, NRCan proposals, and project documentation. Her ability to translate complex technical and policy information into compelling, accurate writing has made her a key part of how JAZZ secures funding for community energy projects.

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Senior Project Coordinator

Luis Felipe Villarroel Quinde

Luis brings a rare combination of formal project management rigour and hands-on engineering depth to the JAZZ project team. A PMP-certified mechanical engineer with a Master's in Energy from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, he spent over a decade leading industrial EPC projects across the propane and food processing sectors in Peru — managing multi-million dollar CAPEX portfolios from design through commissioning. He came to Canada through Fanshawe College's Renewable Energies Technician program and joined JAZZ to apply that same structured discipline to solar and battery projects.

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Office Manager & Bookkeeper

Sini Kokkat

Sini is JAZZ's longest-serving team member. She keeps the company running behind the scenes — managing bookkeeping, accounts, and office operations with quiet precision. Her institutional knowledge and attention to detail are foundational to how the team stays organized and on track.

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