Kristen Ilgenstein is Vice President and Corporate Controller at Form Energy, where she leads the company’s accounting organization and oversees financial reporting, accounting operations, and controls. Since joining Form, Kristen has helped build and scale the accounting function to support the company’s growth from an early stage technology company to a commercial manufacturing organization.

Kristen brings more than 20 years of accounting and finance experience across energy, manufacturing, and public accounting. Prior to Form Energy, she ran an independent consulting practice advising development stage and manufacturing companies on audit readiness, technical accounting, and financial operations. Previously, she spent nine years at SunPower in a variety of Controller and Director roles, where she led accounting and finance functions supporting commercial and utility scale solar projects and managed teams across the U.S., Europe, and the Philippines.

Kristen began her career at KPMG, where she spent nearly seven years in public accounting and rose to Audit Manager, leading audit engagements for public companies, government entities, and international manufacturing businesses.

Kristen holds a Master in Professional Accounting from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Louisiana State University.