Nicole Bulgarino
President of Federal Solutions and Utility Infrastructure
As President of Federal Solutions and Utility Infrastructure, Ms. Bulgarino supports the company’s mission to energize a more sustainable world by helping customers build energy resiliency while leveraging smart, connected technologies.
Ms. Bulgarino is responsible for Ameresco’s leading business unit, which delivers advanced power generation and resilience solutions to Federal government agencies and utilities. Her team is also focused on exploring new market opportunities, including energy infrastructure development for data centers.
A licensed professional engineer, Ms. Bulgarino has spent over 25 years developing and executing innovative clean technology and distributed energy solutions through diverse contract structures. She has overseen the development and implementation of over $3 billion of energy projects – from a utility-scale solar and battery project for Hawaiian Electric and deep energy retrofits integrating Smart Building controls at courthouses and Federal buildings nationwide to the first comprehensive onsite generation, energy storage, and microgrid projects on U.S. military installations.
As President of Ameresco’s Federal Solutions and Utility Infrastructure, Ms. Bulgarino oversees more than 350 professionals specializing in engineering, commissioning, construction, operations and maintenance, and long-term performance measurement and verification. Under her leadership, Ameresco has guaranteed and delivered more cost savings from energy infrastructure improvements than any other provider, securing repeat business with the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the General Services Administration, the Veterans Administration, and the Department of Justice, among other civilian agencies. The utility clients that she and her team support include investor- owned utilities, municipal utilities, and co-ops.
Ms. Bulgarino is a seasoned industry executive with strong leadership, communications, and strategic execution talents. A recognized leader within the industry, she has developed state-of-the-art solutions, negotiated and executed a broad range of third-party financed contractual arrangements, managed project implementation, and presented on technical and business panels at major conferences and other industry events. As a leading woman in technology, she balances the management of this complex project portfolio with the articulation and pursuit of a strategic, long-term vision for corporate success. Ms. Bulgarino has been recognized with numerous industry awards and accolades, including the 2021 Environment + Energy Leader 100 list and 2022 Energy Storage Report’s Top 40 Women Leaders in Energy Storage, and S&P Global Platts recently selected her as a finalist for its Rising Star Individual award.
Ms. Bulgarino earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee and an Executive Management and Leadership Certificate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Video: Keeping the Power on – Why Energy Resiliency and Independence Matter from Ameresco
Nicole Bulgarino discusses strategies to improve energy resilience and the uniqueness of Ameresco’s approach.