Matt Tappin is the President of Stem’s Software Division. In this role, Matt oversees Stem’s software offerings, focusing on solar and storage asset management and dispatch optimization offerings, as well as edge devices. Matt joined Stem as it became a public company in 2021 to lead corporate development, leading the company’s inorganic growth strategy, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), investments, joint ventures, and related matters. Prior to joining Stem, he held senior corporate development positions at Royal Dutch Shell, where he focused on investments in the electricity sector, and Centrica, where he led corporate development for the distributed energy business globally. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker in Lazard’s Power, Energy & Infrastructure Group and a corporate attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.