Bobby Hollis
Microsoft
Vice President, Energy
Bobby joined Microsoft in October 2023, leading the global Energy Team. Previously, Bobby has served in many different capacities around energy technology, including time at Breakthrough Energy Catalyst and Mainspring Energy, a new energy technology start-up. Most of the past decade was spent at Meta, where Bobby led all of the company's global data center development efforts, as well as its energy program sourcing of over 6 gigawatts of new renewable energy projects globally, and Apple, where he led new innovative market structures in Asia and the US that enabled Apple to become one of the first companies to achieve 100% renewable energy.
Since 2007, Bobby has spent his career focused exclusively on energy and renewable generation acceleration around the globe. Before his energy work in the technology sector, Bobby led renewable energy for Nevada’s largest utility, NV Energy, adopting customer-oriented approaches that radically changed renewables within the utility sector. His tenure included innovative customer projects with Apple and Nellis Air Force Base, as well as a state-wide SmartGrid deployment and major policy changes to retire all coal and replace it with renewable generation.
Early in his career, Bobby practiced corporate and regulatory law at Jenner & Block and Baker & Mackenzie, in Washington, DC, and Chicago, as well as development efforts at Invenergy LLC, one of the largest renewable energy developers in the US. Bobby holds a J.D. in Law from the University of Iowa College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida.
He and his partner previously split their time between San Francisco and Las Vegas, but are looking forward to getting to know Redmond.
