Roadrunner Venture Studios is a company creation factory.We co-found breakthrough deep-tech ventures with the nation’s most brilliant scientists, engineers, and innovators in Energy, Space, Clean Tech, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, Quantum, and High Performance Computing.Our team gets involved at the earliest possible moment — often when a company is just a whiteboard scribble, a concept modeled in wire-frame, or as founders are puzzling through how to design a pitch deck or process payroll — and rapidly accelerates product development, commercialization, and recruitment.We are the ultimate company “starter-kit,” equipping our portfolio companies with everything they need to go from the kernel of an idea to a venture-backed growth engine. Our promise is clear: our founders leave our studio with a company, a check, a customer, and a team.

Revolutionizing the pathway to a National Super-Grid using patented tunnel boring robots (TBRs) to lower costs by up to 98%. Replacing/augmenting our outdated, vulnerable grid is a huge responsibility, one that EarthGrid is committed to, creating a SuperGrid that is reliable, efficient and resilient. Use cases include Data, Electricity, Transportation, Electric Grid, Tunnels, Green, Renewables, Private Interconnections, Utilities, and High Speed Rail.

Global critical mineral (graphite) technology company delivering products and tech into electric vehicle and energy storage markets.Recruited by Private Equity interests to lead the worldwide expansion into emerging markets. Head corporate strategy, growth game plan, product strategies, and channel partnerships. Lead investor relations and deliver industry thought leadership in a complex and dynamic technical, commercial, regulatory, and legislative space. • Leading the spinout and capital raise of the US subsidiary into a standalone publicly-traded US company with target of $100 – 200M.• Led the successful uplisting onto NYSE American exchange (GRFX) and capital raise of $13M.• Creating new business ecosystems in US and Europe in parallel to existing successful operations in Asia.• Personally driving key relationships upstream and downstream with legacy and emerging partners.

Proprietary technology platform delivering Smart Energy Infrastructure as a Service to the Small/Medium Business segment. Recruited by Private Equity investors to turbocharge a founder-led start-up into a first-in-class Energy-as-a-Service provider. Inspired and integrated existing talent to create disruptive solutions and breakthrough business model to unlock an underserved market by converting complex challenges into a superior customer experience.• Increased sales 20X in first 3 months.• Raised $10M in PE capital.• Created a ground-breaking Special Purpose Financing vehicle for new market.• Developed and secured the first SMB pay-for-performance contracts in the US.• Revamped go-to-market strategy, messaging, marketing, and recurring revenue model.• Reconstructed and realigned 15 vertically and horizontally integrated functional groups.

Design-build energy integration and infrastructure optimization capital projects and programs to Municipal, C & I, Pharma, Healthcare, Education, and Federal sectors from Alaska to Mexico & Montana to Guam.Recruited for business sector turnaround. Full P&L responsibility for the 100M+ business line. Responsible for Business development, Sales, Engineering, System design, Finance, Legal, Risk management, Procurement, Project management, Operations, Service, Performance assurance, and Workforce development. Integrated the talents of a large, diverse, and inclusive team of wildly intelligent seasoned professionals across multiple divisions and disciplines. Delivered worst-to-first turnaround of the division – received Maximum Performance recognition by exceeding all performance targets from problem discovery, solution inception, systems design, proposal preparation, contract negotiation through field execution and post-close servicing. • 50% YOY growth in run rate and profit in year 1 of the reorganization, 330% YOY growth in year 2. • Restructured entire organization and reshaped the culture from transactional to client-first / lifecycle.• Participated in M&A and integration of new solution sets, new financing tools, and new GTM strategy.• Transformed a culture of defeat into an inspired culture of collaboration, respect, and winning attitude.• Started new, sustainable recurring revenue streams through remote offsite and above site connectivity.• Created rigorous target acquisition protocols, go/no-go, gating, and project prioritization standards.• Project highlights: Solar - PV and thermal, waste-to-energy, microgrid, energy storage, water, critical environments, citywide/enterprise-wide energy transformation, and data center energy optimization.

Global water & wastewater engineering and construction company focused on environmentally responsible water treatment. Brought in to establish new business unit. Business development and operational responsibility for Water/Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Remediation, and Renewable Energy Transition initiatives for Energy, Oil & Gas, Mining, Manufacturing, and Hydropower. • Developed a qualified pipeline from zero to over $500M in less than one year, including solar PV and solar thermal, digester gas CHP, hydrogen generation, fuel cell.• Effective coordination of a diverse group of 100+ senior designers, engineers, project managers, estimators, pursuit teams, office staff, and legal. • Decreased turnkey proposal costs by 50% by creating fit-for-purpose inter-disciplinary task force.• Specialized in Alternative Project Delivery models including Progressive Design-Build, CM/GC, CMAR.

Early solar EPC integrator and solar equipment manufacturer with overseas operations.Tapped by Private Equity placed CEO to provide full executive leadership of 3 hyper-critical business units as part of a strategic turnaround:Floatovoltaics® Program - successful redevelopment of the world’s first commercial-scale floating solar technology. • Delivered the largest program rollout in company history on time, on budget, and beyond expectations.• Led a cross-functional team of 80+ internal and external experts, consultants, scientists, engineers.• Reduced installed system cost by over 60%, reduced labor costs by 40% and installation time by over 50%.• Defined, measured, and met all key metrics for program success including Price Point, Constructability, Engineering, Intellectual Property, Financing, Environmental Profile, O&M, and Marketability• Forged strategic international alliances with developers, manufacturers, and consultants for global launch.Structured Project Financing - repositioned the project portfolio, moved $20M in projects to completion.• Negotiated largest project in company history – on a brownfield Superfund site - through a highly innovative financing structure involving the owner, financiers, and major equipment suppliers.• Laid foundation for self-directed PPA, capturing 10-20% additional margin and long-term revenue.Thompson Technologies - leadership of internal and external resources including overseas OEM supply chain.• Re-focused on strategic growth opportunities andd discarded unprofitable/unsustainable product lines.• Positioned the division for M & A opportunity.

Full executive responsibilities for a multi-faceted financial services group. Personal oversight of all significant financial, legal, regulatory, and client transactions.• Founded the company as its sole producer, expanded into 4 business units across 50 states• Year-over-year revenue growth over 50% for 4 straight years.• Led the industry with innovative marketing strategies, increasing sales volume by 120% in 6 months• Shortened the production cycle from 4 weeks to 4 days - revolutionary in the industry• Cultivated and executed M & A of competing and complementary business platforms• Executed 5-year strategic risk-based expansion and prudent product/technology innovation• Engaged by Fortune 50 financial for advisory role in restructuring their Private Banking Unit• Visualized and launched several Controlled Business Arrangements.

Executive responsibility throughout the US including highly sophisticated and specialized process systems, equipment, and infrastructure for self-performing Infrastructure firms in commercial, industrial, and government sectors.• Waste-to-Energy Power Plant, NY $130 MM- Executive responsibilities for a revolutionary combined cycle WTE power plant. • Solar Energy Generation System (SEGS I & II), CA- 20MW Solar parabolic-trough superheated synthetic oil driving combined heat and power system• Total Energy Facility – Joint Water Pollution Control Plant, CA - Anaerobic Digester gas-fired 3 x 7.2MW gas turbines and 5MW energy recovery steam turbine system• Hyperion Treatment Plant - Secondary Treatment Expansion, CA $200 MM- Joint venture - oxygen reactors, clarifiers, cryogenic facilities, disinfection, and CoGen plant. • Tillman Water Reclamation Plant, CA- 25 million gpd joint venture installation from grit removal through dechlorinization• San Jose Creek Water Reclamation Plant, CA - Expansion of secondary and tertiary treatment modules• Anheuser-Busch Brewery, CO $77 MM- High-purity food-grade process equipment and piping, mechanical and water/wastewater treatment• NUMMI (GM/Toyota) plant, CA $23 MM- Plant overhaul, including water and wastewater treatment systems. Direct teaming with Toyota• Intel, Applied Materials, Arcata Graphics, National Semiconductor, Hewlett-Packard, etc, CA- Wide variety of scopes and diverse applications ranging from environmental to aerospace• Northrop Grumman Stealth Bomber Production Facility, CA $57 MM- Successfully negotiated future contracts totaling $15MM with Rockwell, Lockheed, and Northrop. • NASA (various), Vandenberg AFB - Highly specialized systems, equipment, and methods for aerospace including Titan and Space Shuttle