Fred Vaske Email & Phone Number

California, United States

I am the sole independent member of the SSE Board and chair the SSE Audit Committee. As a board member I also consult in an advisory capacity with the University COO & CFO on SSE matters.Sonoma State Enterprises is the not-for-profit auxiliary corporation of Sonoma State University, established to provide services crucial to college campus life. SSE operates retail & dining functions, vending, catering & event services, and housing services. SSE's net proceeds are provided to the University in support of the educational mission.

Oakland, California, Us

Leader of the 10-person corporate and project finance teams with responsibility for accounting, tax, FP&A, insurance, tax equity and debt. Member of a 3-person C-suite team responsible for establishing corporate strategy, execution plans and Board reporting. • Implemented quarterly strategic meetings between all employees to prioritize key corporate goals and team coordination. These meetings set addressed communication inefficiencies, created trust and proactive work habits across teams, and directly improved execution through utilization of a shared information infrastructure.• Implemented an Investment Committee to push major milestone and expenditure decisions into a senior leadership forum where proposals are presented and debated. This also addressed a governance need by providing written documentation for Board review. • Led implementation of a longer-range, more detailed FP&A forecast to support establish development capital needs and potential sources of growth capital.• Mentored and strategically guided a relatively inexperienced project finance team to establish a market presence with capital sources; successfully guided the company during 2024 in its largest ever capital raise of over $300MM.Adapture Renewables develops, acquires, owns and operates utility-scale solar energy assets and battery energy storage systems. Adapture Renewables is owned by the KIRKBI Group, the Danish family office that owns LEGO.

Responsible for strategy, finance, legal, accounting, FP&A and human resources. Ecodaptive was a start-up that built a financing & asset management platform to bridge the gap between local developers & institutional investors for distributed energy resources. We developed rooftop solar projects using leases under the Massachusetts SMART program and utilized virtual net metering to aggregate and export power for sale to investment grade customers. • Our innovative approach allowed us to work with Low to Moderate Income site hosts who do not otherwise qualify for PPA or traditional financing. • In the summer of 2021 the social justice aspect of our program was awarded an InnovateMass Grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.• We secured a $300MM purchase commitment from a major investment fund in late 2021 and were engaged as the construction and asset managers. • We sold the company to The Boston Solar Company, our EPC partner, in June 2022.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Led a 9-person project finance team in structuring, negotiating and closing tax equity and debt financings on owned solar projects in North America. I also led the Asset Management function with responsibility for a 224 MW operating portfolio.Ecoplexus is an IPP specializing in the development, design, engineering, construction, financing, operations and ownership of renewable energy systems for the commercial, government, and utility markets.

San Francisco, California, Us

Responsible for finance, accounting, FP&A, legal, human resource and investor management functions. As a member of the executive committee, focused intensely on internal execution of awarded projects, new project sales efforts, and corporate budgeting and fundraising.OnSwitch is a start-up provider of onsite solar and energy storage solutions to commercial properties. Utilized artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies to generate system designs and customer quotes and driving project development costs down to one-third the industry average.

Promoted to replace the outgoing CFO upon his recommendation. Led the finance department for EnSync, including accounting, FP&A, SEC compliance and project finance, in addition to legal and investor relations. Reported directly to the CEO with dotted lines to the Board and Audit Committee Chairs.• Managed a corporate finance team in Milwaukee and project finance team in San Francisco, as well as outside counsel, auditors and IR advisors. Spent at least one week a month physically in Milwaukee.• Presented and participated in strategy discussions at all Board meetings, prepared and signed SEC filings, and led investor development and fundraising efforts.

Established and staffed the structured finance team for EnSync as we worked to develop some of the first solar+storage PPAs in the US. • Led the process of drafting a bankable solar+storage PPA contract, created production and economic models acceptable to third-party engineers, and successfully closed the sale of our 6-site project portfolio in Hawaii to a third-party. This was the first arms-length sale of its kind in the US.

Oslo, No

Led structured finance for Scatec's U.S. solar projects, reporting to the global head of structured finance in Norway. • Established U.S. financing and portfolio M&A strategies to achieve investment and shareholder return goals. • Utilized strong industry relationships to successfully structure, negotiate and close a $157 million levered partnership flip financing of a 104MW utility project with Google and Prudential Capital.

Irvine, California, Us

Led the HQC North America structured finance team, establishing project finance funding facilities and executing structured finance transactions for commercial and utility solar projects in U.S., Canada and Mexico. Worked closely with HQC global finance group in Germany and South Korea to establish regional structured finance strategies for executing project financings and sales of HQC-developed projects.• Negotiated and closed two sale & leaseback financings for $55 million, including a 10MW solar plant constructed on a rehabilitated Superfund site.• Led initiative to establish lender and equity relationships for project financings in Mexico and Panama.• Established execution and M&A strategies for HQC’s 50MW Puerto Rico solar project; saved HQC from material losses by identifying financing flaws and advocating to pause development spending.

Austin, Us

Founded, developed and led the 7-person project finance team, closing over $1.75 Billion in solar utility project financings and equity sales between 2010 and 2012. Established company financing strategies and relationships with lenders, tax equity and sponsor equity investors to secure funding for projects in U.S., Canada, Japan and Europe. Part of the Executive team focused on establishing the cross-functional processes necessary to create an industry-leading utility-scale solar project developer. • Structured, negotiated and closed $345 million sale of an 80MW utility project portfolio to KKR and Google. First market use of leveraged partnership flip structure on a solar project. Nominated by Power Intelligence for “Deal of the Year” in M&A category for Generation Assets.• Structured, negotiated and closed $450 million sale of a 100MW Ontario project portfolio. • Raised $230 million construction & term debt facility for an 80MW utility project portfolio.

Richmond, California, Us

Senior member of the Structured Finance team responsible for negotiating SunPower's first solar PPAs with commercial customers. Negotiated with financiers to sell completed PPAs, under multiple financing structures, on both a portfolio and one-off basis. Responsible for initiating and developing relationships with financiers and securing project funding sources, including state-specific tax equity development. • Led PPA negotiations on 14 commercial transactions representing more than 25MW of capacity. • Co-led financier negotiations for SPWR’s first-ever project portfolio sales, representing more than 14 MW of capacity with a sale value of $97 million. Purchasers were Morgan Stanley and GE EFS.

Palo Alto, California, Us

Responsible for valuation of venture-backed private companies in technology, service and retail industries. Researched and developed complex financial analyses, including option valuation.

Responsible for all phases of business valuation engagements and the development of economic damage analyses for litigation.

Responsible for full appraisal engagements, including site inspections, interviews, research, financial analysis, report writing and client presentation. Established AccuVal’s West Coast office.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Vice President & Manager, Pricing and Associate Director Training Program (2000-02)• Responsible for the hiring, management and direction of the Associate Director (AD) program, a two-year management training program for candidates with an MBA and several years work experience. • Co-led the Pricing Group and managed the ADs in their role as financial analysts. Vice President & Transaction Manager, Secondary Markets and Syndications (1998-2000)Responsible for the sourcing, management and closing of complex structured transactions. Transactions included leveraged leases, participating loans, lease-in/lease-out structures, and portfolio acquisitions.• Led equity investor selection and negotiation for $314 million of GATX railroad rolling stock in two transactions. • Led management contract negotiations for a $615 million portfolio of aircraft and technology assets. • Co-led lease-in/lease-out financing of a $54 million mining and manufacturing asset portfolio. Director, Pricing & Analysis, Corporate Finance (1996-98)Responsible for financial structuring and analysis of GATX’s domestic and international asset-based transactions. Used Excel and specialized financial optimization programs to evaluate asset-based transactions.

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