Catherine Von Burg
Founder and CEO
SimpliPhi Power
Catherine Von Burg is a Founder, President & CEO of SimpliPhi Power, a California-based technology
company that designs and manufactures safe, efficient, and enduring energy storage and management
solutions that seamlessly integrate solar, wind, generator, or any other power generation source for
residential and commercial markets. Founded in 2010, SimpliPhi is a mission-based company focused on
empowering people and communities globally to generate, store, and utilize power on their terms, anytime,
anywhere, on or off the grid.
Committed to the transformation of the power grid and creating equitable access to renewable energy by
leveraging innovative distributed energy storage solutions, Catherine established the IDEA campaign,
dedicating 1% of annual revenue to high-impact philanthropic projects and joined the UN Global Compact,
incorporating the Ten Principles of sustainable business into SimpliPhi's operations. Catherine serves on
the Board of Directors of the California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA), as well as the Advisory
Board for Footprint Project and Alegria Farmacy.
Catherine’s career spans a diverse portfolio of strategic planning, policy development, executive
management, and multidisciplinary team building in the fields of biomedical engineering and research,
health and human services and environmental conservation, publishing white papers and spearheading
national program, policy, and business-driven initiatives with organizations such as Pew Charitable
Trusts, Rockefeller Institute, Columbia University, and John Hopkins School of Biomedical Engineering.
Catherine’s leadership has resulted in receiving honors such as the Gold Stevie Award and The Edison
Best New Product Award in 2016. In 2017, Catherine was nominated to participate in an exclusive
entrepreneur program hosted by the U.S. Department of State, Unreasonable Group, USAID, and the
World Bank, representing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal No. 9, ‘Industry, Innovation
& Infrastructure’. In 2019, Catherine was presented with the NAWBO: Ventura County Woman Business
Owner of the Year Award, and in 2020 she was honored with the Meaningful Business 100 Award and
received recognition in 2021 as a Global Power & Energy Elite and an Inc. Female Founders 100.
Catherine believes that access to renewable and affordable energy is fundamental to economic growth,
social equity, and environmental sustainability and to building our collective future globally. With over a
decade of profitable growth, she has demonstrated that even early-stage companies like SimpliPhi Power
can scale while adhering to a triple bottom line in which equal weight is placed on people, planet, and
profit in all their strategic business decisions.