Bit Stew Systems Inc. is a leader in Smart Energy Innovation. Our Grid Director 2.0 Platform suite is the industry leader smart grid management solutions and our products offer best-in-class features for AMI Deployment and Management, next generation Demand Response and Home Energy Management.

Founded in 2005, Bit Stew started with the vision of building a robust scalable software platform that provides real-time analytics, dynamic event management and a fast and easy way to integrate other applications. Today, Bit Stew is setting the energy industry standard with its Grid Director 2.0 Platform for the new world of Smart Energy - a world of real-time customer interaction, automated workforce deployment and a single view into the new smart grid.

Management Team

Bit Stew’s management team brings deep experience in the field of advanced software system design and smart energy. Thru this experience, the team has built a truly revolutionary smart grid platform – Grid Director 2.0.

Kevin Collins, Founder and CEO

Kevin drives the product vision and overall direction of the company. Through his hands-on experience at BC Hydro, Kevin has lead the company to the point of being a ‘game-changer’ within the smart energy ecosystem. Kevin has over 20 years experience in architecting, designing and building enterprise class information systems. Prior to launching Bit Stew, Kevin was Director of Architecture and Development at Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers, CTO and VP Engineering at Navio Systems, National Director of Enterprise Security at Experio Solutions (Division of Hitachi), and was a Senior Manager at Ernst and Young eSecurity Solutions.

Alex Clark, Founder and CTO

Alex drives overall product development for all Bit Stew Products. Like Kevin, Alex has leveraged his hands-on experience at BC Hydro to get a keen understanding of the scale and reliability requirements of a large utility. Alex was the original architect of the Bit Stew XML engine and is a renowned global expert in SOA (service oriented architecture and web services. Prior to forming Bit Stew, Alex was CTO at Navio Systems and Chief Software Architect at B3 Security.

Jett Winter, VP Sales and Marketing

Jett drives the company’s sales, business development and overall marketing efforts. His focus is to articulate and deliver a value proposition that is truly compelling to customers and partners. His resume includes the successful execution of IPO’s, Private Financings, M&A, as well as the creation top-tier executive teams. Jett has deep experience in software, SaaS, cleantech, and financial services. He has a BA in Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an MBA from Boston University.