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Langhorne, Pennsylvania, Us

Langhorne, Pennsylvania, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

Board director at Unicat Catalyst Technologies and brytemove energy. Advisor on methane detection and mitigation investments, including Flogistix and Longpath Technologies.

Houston, Texas, Us

Spearheading White Deer's Energy Transition strategy to provide growth equity to differentiated products & services business enabling more reliable, affordable, sustainable, and secure energy. Responsibilities include new investments (diligence, structuring, and transaction execution), portfolio company strategy & operations, ESG policies & reporting, and board directorships. Highlights include:brytemove energy (EV charging engineering & construction): 2x revenue growth in 2 years; honed focus on C&I fleets, utilities, EVSPs, and developers; led exploratory strategic initiativesFortress Power (residential and C&I battery energy storage systems): closed investment in December 2021; established company's first credit facility; completed bolt-on acquisition of proprietary EMS platform; launched C&I businessFlogistix (methane capture & production optimization products & services): incubated drone platform for methane detection; opened new manufacturing plant (increased capacity ~4x); refined IoT strategy; established multiple methane reduction partnershipsLongPath Technologies (methane detection & quantification services): led $22mm Series A round (closed November 2022); partnering with management on pricing and growth strategyUnicat Catalysts (catalyst OEM decarbonizing hydrogen production): closed bolt-on acquisition in April 2021 to double business & add global manufacturing footprint; awarded first patents; received Queens Award for Innovation; board memberTorcSill Foundations: successfully expanded into Power market (with particular focus on utility-scale battery energy storage); led multiple strategic & operational reviewsESG: Established White Deer's ESG program (adopted across all majority-owned portfolio companies), became a UN PRI signatory, developed reports using TCFD, GRI, and SASB standards, launched first life-cycle assessment reports

Irvine, California, Us

Alvin, Tx, Us

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Us

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Led partnerships, licensing, M&A, and strategic initiatives related to advanced smart building solutions, including disinfectant lighting, energy efficiency, IoT infrastructure, and API-based app partnerships.Disinfectant lighting | Launched licensing strategy with LED industry leaders to help make built environments safer. Sourced, negotiated, and closed inaugural deal with Leviton Lighting (announced 10/29/2020).Smart building alliances | Cultivated and managed ecosystem of 10 core smart building app partners smart building solutions across retail, commercial office, and industrial buildings. Delivered wide array of solutions, including energy efficiency, occupancy experience, health & safety, and business productivity.Lighting controls | Helped build Current's lighting controls product strategy and go-to-market initiatives, including spearheading its M&A strategy.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Current uses LED retrofits to install and power our Industrial IoT platform and drive real-world operational improvements for enterprise customers. Responsibilities include: Digital partnerships | Responsible for building a high-impact partnership ecosystem to drive adoption of Current’s LED and IIoT platform. Established 10 commercialized partnerships in 2019.Pipeline growth | Partnership-linked deal pipeline value increased 7x since December 2018.Product innovation | Lead cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise solutions in retail, industrial, and commercial office environments leveraging Current’s IoT platform.Marketing | Crafted a new marketing strategy for Current’s smart buildings IoT platform, including developing standardized pitch decks, launching webinars, issuing press releases, and leading training seminars.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Corporate strategy, partnerships, JV, and M&A leader focused on crafting and executing high profile initiatives across the business. Major initiatives included:M&A | Successful exit of Current from GE via acquisition by American Industrial Partners (announced Q4 2018). Responsibilities included jointly leading development of deal marketing materials (teaser, CIM, management presentations), building Current's corporate financial model, and managing diligence discussions with bidders.Strategy | Ran cross-functional special projects for Current’s CEO, CFO, CMO and others by transforming broad mandates into concrete tactics yielding critical outcomes. Initiatives included helping establish an exclusive partnership with AT&T for Current's smart cities IoT platform, developing & refining Current’s IoT business model, and expanding partnerships with 3rd party app partners.Intelligent Buildings IoT | Established and defined the unit’s business model. Led product pricing analyses to restructure Current’s SaaS, hardware, and professional services revenue models. Wrote critical partnership business plans, yielding $3mm+ orders in their first year.Intelligent Cities IoT | Worked with C-suite to establish exclusive AT&T partnership and investment. Partnered with product GM to build the business model, define product economics, and refine go-to-market strategy.EV charging | Led divestiture of GE's legacy EV charging business to industry leader ChargePoint.

Worked with fund’s senior executives to lead purchase and sale negotiations for utility-scale wind and solar assets, manage transaction due diligence, and develop economic and qualitative deal valuations.Closed deals | Joint venture with ConEdison to finance the development and construction of 240 MWAC Panoche Valley Solar project. Established strategic partnership with a regional solar developer to build a deal pipeline.Strategic initiatives | Drafted and presented reports on fund’s strategic initiatives to the Board of Directors.

As a Senior Associate, I worked closely with RET's executives, partners, developers and financial institutions to establish innovative structures for investments in utility scale renewable energy power projects.Responsibilities:Finance | Led project modeling, valuation, and diligence. The role also required extensive involvement in contract negotiations and corporate development efforts.Modeling | Spearheaded development of company’s proprietary financial model to more accurately evaluate deals and more quickly adapt to rapidly evolving financing structures.Closed deals | Acquisition of 240 MWAC Panoche Valley Solar project; $20mm+ mezzanine loan with ROFR rights to a late-stage development asset.

Tempe, Arizona, Us

Helped the largest American solar module manufacturer make utility-scale solar power a mainstream solution. Responsibilities included:Growth | Key member of deal teams that successfully closed 820 MWac of transactions (worth $2+ billion) and won short-listing for 295 MW of Power Purchase Agreements in 2013.Deal manager | Led due diligence teams, built financial evaluations, and drove portions of legal negotiations for each power plant acquisition, divestiture, and debt or tax equity financing.Global perspective | Developed country-specific valuation models for utility-scale solar power plants in the US, Japan and Middle East.Team builder | Supervised 10+ person multidisciplinary teams during transactions and simultaneously managed the project finance analyst team.

Tempe, Arizona, Us

Project finance | Supported utility-scale solar power plant acquisition, divestiture, and project finance transactions by driving due diligence, financial analyses, PPA bid initiatives, and transaction negotiations.Strategic initiatives | Worked directly with the CEO, CFO, and others to analyze international expansion plans, technology roadmap, and business financing options.

New York, Ny, Us

Worked directly with group head and coverage bankers to analyze, market and execute syndicated loans and high yield bonds.Covered 38 exploration and production, midstream and energy service companies. Supported $6+ billion in successfully closed corporate debt transactions.Annually ranked among top analysts at JPMorgan.

Worked with the Senior Advisor on Climate Change and Energy to Colorado Governor Bill Ritter. Researched and analyzed the effect of state climate regulations on pension fund investments in alternative energy. Created presentations for local government on energy and climate change legislation.

Conducted opposition research; observed and reported on campaign events, policy positions of other candidates; analyzed local and national media; prepared daily reports used to develop policy positions; created computerized library of media contacts and coverage, speeches, and campaign materials.