Chief Commercial Officer of NorthStar Clean Energy, a CMS Energy company (NYSE: CMS)Reporting to the CEO, leading and growing NorthStar Clean Energy’s Commercial organization via P&L ownership, Commercial Strategies, Origination, Power Marketing, Pricing & Deal Structuring and Asset/Solution commercialization of new build Wind, Solar and Battery Storage projects in addition to the portfolio/commodity optimization of >2,000 MW operational Wind, Solar and Biomass assets in the US. Furthermore, heading up CMS Energy’s competitive Retail Supply and Wholesale Marketing/Trading business, called CMS Energy Resources Management (“ERM”), serving C&I clients in the state of Michigan.NorthStar Clean Energy, founded in 1987 and formerly known as CMS Enterprises, is a wholly owned subsidiary of CMS Energy. With ~250 employees and significant growth in the coming years, NorthStar Clean Energy develops, owns and operates portfolio of utility-scale and/or on-site wind, solar, energy storage and BiCRS (“Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage”) projects in the US and invests in innovative, customer centric decarbonization solutions to help clients reach their business and sustainability goals. NorthStar, through its competitive wholesale and retail electricity affiliate ERM, serves C&I customers in Michigan.CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS), founded in 1886, is a vertically integrated Fortune 500 energy company with ~10,000 employees and ~$20 BUSD market capitalization. It focuses on independent renewable power generation through its subsidiary NorthStar Clean Energy and utility operations through its subsidiary Consumers Energy, the nation’s 4th largest electric and natural gas provider serving ~70% of Michigan.

Advisory Board member for UH Bauer Global Energy Management Institute

Teaching Energy specific Executive MBA courses at the University of Houston C.T. Bauer College Global Energy Management program1. Energy/Electricity Value Chain2. Innovation & Commercialization(Renewables, Energy Storage and New Energy Transition focus)3. Energy Capital Projects Management

Started and heading up a new business function within ENGIE North America that integrates the synergies of Solution Innovation, Business Development, Commercialization, Origination and Structuring of Offsite/FOM Solar, Wind, Hydro, Battery Storage as well as Onsite/BTM Solar, Battery Storage, Demand Management products, DERMs and Commodity supply.Heading up Community Solar program for C&I customers – Projects acquisition, Market development, Product innovation, Customer offtake pipeline development, Growth strategy design. Managing ~100 MW-dc nameplate capacity and target to grow the portfolio to 300 MW-dc in 3 years.Structuring, negotiating and executing PPA/VPPAs and other creative long term contracts for RFP and bilateral structured opportunities.Strategic planning, market and customer segmentation, Go-to market strategy Developed 3rd Party partnerships for Business & Market Development, Origination and Commercialization purposes >$150 MUSD in gross margin and >15 Million MT carbon offset since 2018Scalable and adaptable business model with future uplift of >$150+ MUSD annual margin and additional >7.5+ GW nameplate renewable capacity

Developed cross-functional Business Development and Origination projects to invest capital towards new business alternatives as well as optimization of existing assetsExecutive/C-Level interface and consultation to explore integrated solutions Structured, negotiated and executed complex commercial deals Helped develop strategic JV partnershipsNotable project: 1,172 miles Dakota Access Pipeline (Partnership with Energy Transfer Partner, Commissioned in 2017)

P&L accountability to direct Commercial Deal Structuring, Pricing, Trading, Supply and Portfolio Management functions of 20 TWh Wholesale/Retail Power and Renewables portfolios ($1 BUSD revenue; $50 MUSD margin) in PJM, Midwest-ISO, NYISO and ISO-NE markets Traded/Hedged complex financial/physical Energy derivatives to manage Commodity riskFormulated commercial strategies on new business initiatives to help company grow through market entry, new business alternatives, product/service development and customer/channel segmentation in US Power and Renewables marketsDefined and developed synergy strategies to help integrate merchant generation assets with Retail/Wholesale commodity portfoliosAcquisition of Ventus, a Canadian Solar and Wind development company - key role in due diligence and projects evaluation Commercial business lead in converting Mt. Tom coal facility to a Solar farm in MA; due diligence, long term offtake origination, creative deal structuring

Senior advisor/consultant for project management and procurement of International Oil and Gas projects in Mediterranean, Middle East and Eastern Europe regionsNotable project: BTC pipeline, 1st offshore drilling project in Turkish Black Sea