Rebecca Szymkowicz is a commercialization program manager within the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE’s) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT). In this position, she works with DOE program offices and national laboratories to develop and manage innovative funding programs and activities working to bring impactful energy technologies to market.
Rebecca joined DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) in 2015. She has previously worked on EERE’s Technology-to-Market and National Lab Impact teams within the Office of Strategic Programs, working to help promote commercialization of clean energy technologies, and within the Bioenergy Technologies Office, supporting a variety of projects. Immediately prior to joining OTT, Becca supported DOE’s Water Power Technologies Office’s Innovation & Commercialization team, working to promote the commercial potential of marine energy technologies and next generation hydropower and pumped storage systems.
Prior to joining DOE, Rebecca worked within the legal services industry. She has a master’s degree in Sustainable Urban Planning from the George Washington University.