Robert “Bob” Gates is a Managing Partner of Windstreams Properties, LLC which owns and operates one of the first commercial wind projects in the Tehachapi Pass.

Bob’s career in wind energy is extensive, with his most recent corporate position as VP of Commercial Operations for Clipper Wind Power, including North American sales. Prior to joining Clipper, Bob served in a senior position within GE Energy’s wind energy segment, with responsibilities spanning wind power project development, wind turbine sales, and related activities in government and regulatory, construction and operations. Under his sales leadership, GE became one of the world’s most prominent wind turbine suppliers.

Bob Gates’ leadership in the global wind industry extends from the pioneering era in the early 1980’s, when, as a principal and senior manager of Zond Systems, the company grew to become a leading wind power project developer and wind turbine manufacturer.

Bob’s senior management role continued through Zond’s strategic and proactive acquisition by Enron in 1997, and the subsequent acquisition of the company’s wind turbine technology by GE in 2002.

Bob has served as a member of the board of the American Wind Energy Association since the outset of the U.S. wind energy industry in the early 1980’s, and the organization’s president in 1999-2000, and again in 2007-2008. Bob is also an acting board member of the California Wind Energy Association.