Tony De Vito

SOP Leadership, Master Corporate Trainer, Motivational Keynote Speaker

Tony is a widely recognized expert in clean transportation, urban vertiports, and sustainable energy.  He remains devoted to the advancement of progressive, disruptive, and innovative technologies. His call to action is, “When our children look back on the world their parents left them … Will they say thank you?”

He is deeply thought-provoking, inspiring, and entertaining as an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) pundit known for leading dynamic presentations, training sessions, keynote addresses, workshops, and discussion panels.  He is a seasoned Business Strategist, Consultant, and Author with a reach that has positively influenced over one million people.  He understands that building green is the right thing to do, and the smart thing to do.  Green infrastructure attracts more customers, benefits internal team members, offsets our carbon footprint, yields even greater cost savings through reduced energy consumption, and places less of a burden on natural resources.

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Areas of Expertise:

SOP Leadership, Business Development & Strategy of Clean Transportation | Urban Vertiports | Sustainable Energy:

  • Clean Transportation:  Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEV), Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS), Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), Hydrogen Refueling Infrastructure (HRI), Hydrogen Fueling Stations (HFS), Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV), Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (HCEV or H2), Hybrid-Vehicles
  • Urban Vertiports:  Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), Urban Vertiport Infrastructure (UVI), Urban Air Mobility (UAM), Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL)
  • Sustainable Energy:  Distributed Energy Resources (DER), Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), Micro-Grid Generation (MG), Photovoltaic Solar Panels (PV), Energy Management Systems (EMS), Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOF), Combined Heat and Power (CHP), Small Hydro-Electric Power (HEP), Fuel Cells, Biomass, and Cogeneration

What He Offers:

  • Subject Matter Panelist
  • Conference & Event Leader
  • Motivational Keynote Addresses
  • Master Corporate Training Consulting
  • Green Technology Reporting & Advocacy Blog

Early Life & Education

Anthony Phillip De Vito Jr. was born in Rochester, New York, on November 22, 1966, to Anthony De Vito & Grayce Rosa De Vito.  Early on he showed an aptitude for electronics and was a nerd who thrived in school music programs.  In his 20’s he worked for the US Army as a journeyman electrician, electronic technician, and shop foreman (E5-Sargent) working with the last vestiges of the ARPANET (network that was the basis for the Internet … Advanced Research Projects Agency).  He is a decorated Gulf War Veteran who was based out of Fulda Germany.

Tony has a Bachelor of Science, College Park, MD, University of Maryland, 1994, Business Administration and a Masters of Business Administration equiv. Heidelberg, Germany, Bowie State University, 1996, (Master thesis: Econometric forecasting of Deutsche Mark currency trends utilizing Artificial Intelligence | Neural Networks), soft computing, fuzzy logic, rough sets, evolutionary computation, probabilistic evidential reasoning, trend predictive networks, multi-valued logic.

While Tony is a native English speaker; he also speaks German (on a professional level); and is learning Mandarin & Spanish.  He is currently taking classes to get his private pilot’s license (PPL).  He has three daughters and lives in Los Angeles, California.

Career

After the army and grad school, Tony worked for the Nevada Power Company (NV Energy) as a Financial Analyst in their treasury department.  In 2001 he moved to San Diego to get more involved in the nascent solar industry.  He has contributed to 34,000+ solar panels having been installed; and been one of the founding developers of the solar electric programs for both the Home Depot and Costco.  Since 2015 he has been driving and working within the emerging zero-emission vehicle industry.

Tony maintains leading edge awareness of market trends and opportunities in various markets such as developing fleets, hotels/hospitality, retail, offices, medical facilities, parking garages, multi-unit dwellings, and municipalities.  Responsible for augmenting energy markets across in-house engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services, he works with new and existing clients nationwide to provide turn-key infrastructure solutions for their electric vehicle charging and hydrogen fueling stations.

Tony has worked with fortune 100 C-level executives, government leaders, non-profit community activists, and small business owners from a wide range of business sectors looking to achieve their goals in climate change, reaching air quality standards, and long-term economic development.  He has shared his experience and insights both educating and inspiring others to better understand the benefits of clean transportation, decarbonization, sustainability, and renewable energy.