Company / About
Built by people who have worked where power fails.
SES is an energy systems company building field-deployable solar power for defense, industrial, and production operations. Our team brings together decades of experience in field engineering, industrial manufacturing, power systems, and commercial operations — applied to a problem the energy industry has not yet solved at scale: reliable, portable, solar-charged power in the environments where it matters most.
Leadership
Bob Gorrie
Chairman & Co-founder
50 years of global sales, marketing, and manufacturing leadership across gas, industrial, automotive, and telecommunications. Bob has built and scaled businesses across multiple continents and brings deep networks in energy, defense, and industrial markets.
Rob Gorrie
Chief Executive Officer
25 years leading high-growth technology and energy companies from early stage to scale. Rob drives SES strategy, capital, and commercial development — with a focus on defense, government, and industrial markets where energy reliability is mission-critical.
Stephen Culbert
VP, Engineering
30 years of solar domain expertise spanning CPV electronics design, power systems architecture, and field-deployed energy systems. Stephen leads the SunDog electronics architecture, MPPT design, and power systems integration for the SES platform.
Darrel May
VP, Manufacturing
25 years of product design and manufacturing leadership for harsh-environment industrial systems. Darrel leads mechanical design, design-for-manufacturing, and the fabrication network that is building the SES prototype and pilot systems.
Advisory board positions are open — contact us if you have relevant expertise in defense, energy, or industrial markets.
The Company
Solar Electric Systems Inc. is incorporated in Canada, headquartered in North York, Ontario. We are developing the SES System — a complete modular field power platform that integrates a concentrator PV solar collector, modular battery storage, and a field-grade inverter into a single deployable unit.
The company was founded on a single observation: the markets that most need reliable portable power — defense, remote industrial, emergency response — are the markets that existing solar products have consistently failed to serve. Our team has built industrial systems before. We know what field reliability actually requires.
We are currently in prototype development, targeting P1 completion in Q3 2026 and commercial launch in January 2027. We are accepting qualified pilot partners now.
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