Matt Cote is the Director of Forecasting for UL Solutions. Mr. Cote is a trusted professional in wind and solar energy forecasting, with 18 years of technical, advisory, and leadership experience in the field. Working from within the Grid Solutions segment of the Renewables group at UL Solutions, Matt is the primary technical point of contact for key forecasting client accounts, focusing his efforts on independent system operators, electric utilities, and plant owners and operators with global renewable energy portfolios. He leads a skilled team with a diverse range of backgrounds, including meteorology, software development, data science, engineering, and project management. Matt is an expert at leveraging his industry knowledge and his team’s strengths to develop and implement robust and practical solutions to the complex challenges of integrating increasing amounts of renewable energy onto electric grids around the world. He holds a B.S. in Atmospheric Science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and an M.S. in Atmospheric Science from the State University of New York at Albany.