Thomas R. Smith Email & Phone Number

Brattleboro, Vermont, United States And Boston Massachusettes

Indoor vertical farming of microgreens is a great opportunity for income and long-term capital growth. Based on my interest in sustainable products and environmental, social and governance (ESG), I recognized the potential in microgreens and became principal investor and leader of two microgreen businesses, Grateful Greens in Brattleboro, Vermont and Boston Microgreens in downtown Boston.Grateful Greens is an indoor, vertical farming company that grows and sells nutrient-rich microgreens throughout Northern New England. Based in downtown Boston, Boston Microgreens sells its premium products to high-end restaurants throughout the city. These two ventures comprise the parent company, Grateful Greens Acquisition, LLC. Unlike leafy greens, microgreens are a premium product that can be grown year-round in climate-controlled warehouses. They are best consumed within 2-3 weeks from harvesting and therefore, they don’t compete with California or other major producers hundreds to thousands of miles away. We have two investment strategies in play to address the short shelf-life issue: (1) Bespoke container farms to bring production closer to distributors and end markets, and (2) freeze-drying capability for use in green drink supplements such as Primal Greens or Athletic Greens, and in beauty products like soap, cosmetics, and cosmeceuticals. Once freeze-dried, the life expenditure is “frozen in time”. We are currenlty seeking early stage investment capital to expand our facilities, markets and labor to grow profitably. To learn more about us, go to www.gratefulgreensvt.com and www.microgreens.boston.

Brattleboro, Vermont

Here are some highlights of senior leadership roles throughout my career...Chief Executive Officer, Omega Optical: Omega is a leading designer and manufacturer of the most diverse and technically sophisticated optical thin-film coatings and filters within the photonics industry. As a member of the Board of Directors, my role involved putting the company into more growth-enable hands by securing Artemis Capital Partners to provide majority financing. Chief Development Officer, Ogin Energy: I spent six years with this renewable energy company backed by Silicon Valley VCs and wind industry leaders. My role was to develop a commercialization strategy involving early adopter partners, the creation of an independent subsidiary and targeting of C&I opportunities in Europe.Chief Executive Officer, Direct Drive Systems: I led a successful $15,M Series A equity round for the producer of high-speed electric motors, generators and power electronics targeted for O&G industries. I successfully recruited key technical expertise from large blue chip engineering companies and obtained initial production orders from Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Siemens.

Greater New York City Area

EVP, PSEG and President, PSEG Fossil Promoted by the Chairman of PSEG to grow PSEG Power and change the culture of this critical PSEG subsidiary that had just emerged from New Jersey’s electric sector restructuring. PSEG Power is one of the largest IPP companies in the US with 12,000 MW in operation and 4,000 MW under construction. Member of PSEG’s Executive Committee. Direct responsibilities included: P&L of PSEG Fossil ($2 billion revenue subsidiary of PSEG Power); PSEG Power’s growth (greenfield and M&A) initiative; and PSEG Power’s $4 billion construction program.• Developed , financed and constructed 4,400 MW ($3 billion) of gas fiired combined cycle generation in New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Indiana.• Acquired 1000 MW of coal, oil and gas generation in Connecticut from WE Energy at a significant discount to seller’s original purchase price.• Restructured the organization, upgraded leadership competency, overhauled construction and production units, inspired cost saving initiatives resulting in savings of $24 million.• Developed and negotiated precedent-setting mercury emissions legislation for coal-fired generation plants in Connecticut, winning bipartisan praise from both political and regulatory communities for environmental leadership.• Dramatically improved safety performance of PSEG Fossil Operations, reducing the OSHA incident rate from 3.26 in 2001, to record low of 0.94 in 2002.

Miami, Florida

Bechtel/PG&E development company and successor to the J. Makowski Company, I built the Latin American organization and business from the ground up to an NPV valuation of $220M in 1.5 years. While at J. Makowski (a PE-sponsored IPP startup), I was instrumental in the value creation and in the ultimate sale of the company to Bechtel and PG&E. I built a development organization which had one of the most successful competitive bidding records of any independent power company at the time. I also expanded the power development program to Latin America through greenfield projects in the investment grade countries of Colombia and Chile.

Mba

Activities and Societies: Energy Club, Intramural Football Coach

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Magna Cum Laude.