Rob Gaudette

Robert Gaudette is executive vice president of NRG Business, where he manages the largest B2B retail gas and power platform and one of the three largest providers of demand response in North America. He oversees the company’s broad portfolio of commercial and industrial products and services as well as its market operations, including gas trading, power trading, origination, commercial analytics, and real-time operations. Gaudette and his team manage supply and optimization in support of teams across NRG and utilize its commercial and market expertise to help regional and national customers manage their energy strategy and manage customer relationships from acquisition through execution and retention. He served four years as an army combat engineer officer in the U.S. Cavalry, including a one-year deployment to Bosnia, and as the executive officer of a combat engineer company in the Second Armored Cavalry Regiment. Gaudette earned a B.S. in chemistry from The College of William and Mary and MBA from Rice University.