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January 4, 2026 67 mins

#54 – Naeem Turner-Bandele: His plan is electrifying

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  • Likes to drink Ginjinha, a Portuguese cherry liqueur
  • Wanted to be a professional soccer player.
  • Moved to Brazil and discovered power outages were frequent.
  • Then he got a serious concussion and pivoted to wanting to start an energy technology company.
  • From no interest in engineering to getting a PhD.
  • He is known for being a man with a plan
  • Dissertation topic was integrating renewables into the electric grid
  • His company, Latimer Enterprise, is named for Lewis Howard Latimer
  • About lights bulbs not lasting a long time: it was called the Phoebus cartel.
  • The power industry treats customers as load, not as a customer.
    • He works with the customers as customers and people.
  • Naeem ran track in addition to soccer.
  • 200/400 double vs 400/800 double in track
  • Renewables are a challenge to the grid but the big issue is still storage.
  • Get an energy audit! Naeem can help.
  • Naeem is a big movie fan.
  • Recommends the movie “Sinners” – vampires in the Jim Crow south
  • Naeem loves “Citizen Kane”. Bert – not so much.

Naeem’s company and email: www.LatimerEnt.com, naeem@latimerent.com  

Bert’s Company – www.dexterityeng.com

Hat tip to Joseph McDade for free use of his music "Mirrors".

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