At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Renewable Energy space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Eduardo Alvarez
Chief Operating Officer of Amyris
Eduardo Alvarez joined Amyris as Chief Operating Officer in October 2017. He has over 30 years of global operations experience both running and advising growth companies. Previously, he served as Global Operations Strategy Leader for PwC. During his tenure, he co-led the integration of his prior company, Booz & Company, following its acquisition by PwC. In his role, he grew operations into a global practice with $1.5 billion in revenue and 4,000 employees. His assignments focused on delivering structural cost improvements while also driving sustained revenue growth. His experience also includes roles at Booz Allen Hamilton, General Electric and AT&T. Alvarez holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering in computer control and manufacturing from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan. He is a board member of The Chicago Council of Global Affairs.
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About Amyris: Amyris Biotechnologies specializes in creating renewable products focusing on fuels and chemicals.
James Geshwiler
COO and Co-founder of Catalyze
James has been an active seed-stage investor in mobile, cloud, consumer and enterprise software for more than 15 years. He has been on the boards of many early stage technology companies and is passionate how companies can best transition from seed to scaling. He helped shape the transformation from Converge Venture Partners’ predecessor organization, CommonAngels, and has been a leader in shaping the professionalization of angel investing, co-founding two associations with the help of the Kauffman Foundation. James has been on the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council and the Board of the MIT Alumni Association. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program at the UT-Austin, a master’s degree in political science from UCLA, and an MBA from MIT. James also is an avid rower and member of Cambridge Boat Club.
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About Catalyze: Catalyze is a renewable energy data analytics, development, and asset management platform.
Ted Wiley
President, COO, & Co-Founder of Form Energy
Ted Wiley arrived at Aquion Energy as the first employee of the company in 2009 and ran all day-to-day operations for the first two years. He is currently focused on business and market development. Prior to Aquion, he was a senior associate at Hudson Clean Energy Partners where he helped develop the firm’s strategy on bio-fuels while working actively on two solar investments. Before Hudson, Ted deployed to Iraq as an Army platoon leader for the 1st of the 23rd Infantry Battalion leading hundreds of combat missions and helping to organize the country’s first free elections. Ted earned a BS in Physics at Seattle University and attended Harvard Business School where he received an MBA with concentrations in clean technology entrepreneurship.
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About Baseload Renewables, Form Energy: Form Energy develops and commercializes a low-cost battery system that can store wind and solar energy for a long duration.
Samuel Adeyemo
Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Aurora Solar
Samuel Adeyemo is the Co-Founder and COO at Aurora Solar.
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About Aurora Solar: Aurora Solar is a SaaS company that uses aerial imagery to assess solar installation projects.
Larry Ortega
Chief Operating Officer of Asomeo
Mr. Ortega is a large engineering program manager with experience financing upstream and midstream energy projects. He is supporting the effort to initiate a $350M effort to exploit an ultra-high production, 2,000 barrel per day average well, oil field in central Australia and led the development of a business plan with complete financials for a $1.4 billion midstream project in the Southwest. Helped design the exploration and production operations, and financials resulting in a $6M initial investment. He developed an analysis of new energy exploration, drilling, completion and rework technologies. Also worked with, and developed simplified explanations of, complex radiometric, micromagnetic and magnetotelluric methods. He is an Air Force Academy Graduate where he was awarded his Bachelors in Engineering, and also holds a Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering from USC as well as an MBA from the University of Phoenix with an emphasis in the Finance and Management of Hedge Funds.
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About Asomeo: Asomeo is the US-Based Energy Company Specializing in Oil Exploration.
Michael Gary Barrett
Chief Operating Officer of CleanSpark
Mr. Barrett is a licensed General Engineering and General Building Contractor with over 25 years experience in the construction and development industries. He is also a founding partner and principle of ICON Renewables, LLC. Where he has gained over 10 years of specialized waste-to-energy project development experience. He has worked directly with national and international industry leaders producing thousands of tons of high-value feedstocks annually. Mr. Barrett has served as a professional consultant for several public and private sector firms and provides services such as investigation, discovery and research. Mr. Barrett has provided regulatory management over many large commercial and industrial projects such as Rio-Tinto Kennecott Mine and Facilities, Utah’s Olympic Oval, Salt Lake County Emergency Operations Center, Jail and Sheriff Headquarters, Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility and many other large projects.
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About CleanSpark: CleanSpark is the developer of a patented and revolutionary “stratified” downdraft gasifier.
Kevin Kassekert
COO of Redwood Materials
Kevin Kassekert is the COO at Redwood Materials.
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About Redwood Materials: Redwood Materials is a battery recycling startup that makes electric vehicles and sustainable materials for circular supply chains.
Caroline Cochran
founder and COO of Oklo
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About Oklo: Making reactors people want.
Jon Bornstein
President & Chief Operating Officer of Amprius
Jon has more than 25 years of leadership in technology development and operations across a diverse set of technologies.
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About Amprius: Amprius develops an anode out of silicon nanowires for lithium-ion batteries.
Remco van den Elzen
Co-Founder and COO of Leap
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About Leap: Leap is a marketplace for Distributed Energy Resources to participate in the energy market.
Varun Nagaraj
COO of Bidgely
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About Bidgely: Bidgely leverages the power of AI to optimize utility customer engagement and is the choice of leading utilities
Ian Cohen
Co-founder & COO of Toggle
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About Toggle: Construction robotics for reinforced concrete
Christopher Ryan
President, COO & CTO of Gevo
Dr. Christopher Ryan is the President and Chief Operating Officer at Gevo. He started his tenure at Gevo in 2009 with more than 20 years of experience in strategic leadership, business development and research and product development in biobased materials. Most recently, Dr. Ryan was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer for NatureWorks LLC, which he co-founded in 1997. While at NatureWorks, Dr. Ryan was involved in the development and commercialization of the Company’s new biobased polymer, polyactide (PLA), from lab-scale production and the introduction of PLA, through its $300 million world-scale production facility. He also spent four years working in Corporate R&D for HB Fuller, a specialty chemicals company. Dr. Ryan completed the Management of Technology program at the University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology, holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. in chemistry from Gustavus Adolphus College.
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About Gevo: Gevo focuses on the production of isobutanol, thereby bringing renewable and cost-effective fossil fuel alternatives to consumers worldwide.
Patrick Chopson
COO, Co-Founder of Covetool
Focusing on the crossover between architecture and technology, Patrick Chopson leads cove tool, a building consulting software company delivering daylight, cost, and energy modeling. He oversees product development and strategy for cove.tool providing a web based software for cost optimization vs energy performance to dramatically lower the cost of green buildings. Graduating in 2014 with a Master’s in High Performance Buildings from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Patrick focuses on architecture, process integration, and computational design. Multiple publications have written about Patrick’s impact in the AEC industry including Architect Magazine, Tech Crunch, Site Selection, ArchDaily and more. He is a licensed architect with over 14 years of experience in both architecture and mechanical engineering firms. His undergraduate in architecture is from Kennesaw State University in Marietta, GA.
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About Covetool: Covetool is a B2B SaaS company that helps make buildings energy efficient while saving on construction cost.
Les Smith
Sr VP & Chief Operating Officer of Indigo Natural Resources
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About Indigo Natural Resources: Indigo Natural Resources is an energy and gas production company.
Aidan Snyder
Co-Founder and COO of Orenda
Aidan Snyder is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Orenda. He has extensive consulting experience in the renewable energy industry, primarily focused on energy storage in New York State. Mr. Snyder previously worked for both NY-BEST and NYSERDA, where he supported developers in determining the viability of energy storage projects and advising on permitting. He also contributed to the development of New York’s Energy Storage Roadmap and several other procedures that were vital to the development of New York’s energy storage markets. Mr. Snyder earned a B.A. in Political Science from Haverford College.
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About Orenda: Orenda is a renewable energy technology company that develops and operates utility scale energy storage assets.
Rebecca Cranna
COO and CFO of Cypress Creek Renewables
Rebecca Cranna is the COO and CFO of Cypress Creek Renewables.
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About Cypress Creek Renewables: Cypress Creek Renewables is a national provider of local solar.
Ken Young
Chief Operating Officer of Apex Clean Energy
Ken Young is the Chief Operating Officer at Apex Clean Energy.
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About Apex Clean Energy: Apex Clean Energy is a developer of commercial-scale wind and solar energy facilities.
Andy Atherton
COO of Regher Solar
Andy is currently COO of Regher Solar. Previously Andy held SVP and GM roles at Healthline Media and AppNexus A well-known and respected executive in digital advertising, Andy previously spent four years as COO and Co-Founder of Brand.net, a pioneer in programmatic reserve technology and a leading digital media buying solution for top brands. Prior to Brand.net, he was Vice President of Pricing & Yield Management for Yahoo!, responsible for maximizing monetization of a global portfolio of display inventory worth $2B annually. Before Yahoo!, Andy was President and Co-Founder of Optivo, a venture-backed startup that developed price optimization software for e-commerce retailers. Andy received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T.
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About Regher Solar: Regher Solar is developing cutting edge silicon solar panels to power the future space economy.
Timothy Parsons
Chief Operating Officer of Sunlight Financial
Tim Parsons serves as the chief operating officer responsible for Sunlight’s credit risk management and operations. Tim joined Sunlight from Citigroup where he was the Chief Risk Officer for Citi’s $14B Sears Card portfolio. Previously Tim held senior credit, operations and analytics roles at start-up small business lending Swift Financial, JP Morgan Chase and MBNA America. Tim’s nearly 20 years of credit experience spans consumer & small business credit card, unsecured personal loans, medical practice finance, small business cards and lines, and retail sales finance. Tim holds a B.S. in finance from the University of Delaware.
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About Sunlight Financial: Sunlight Financial is a premier, technology-enabled point-of-sale financing company.
Trevor Weed
COO of Blue Raven Solar
Trevor oversees the operations department and is responsible for making sure Blue Raven Solar delivers on commitments to homeowners. Trevor brings operating experience from the healthcare industry and has a background in service operations/supply chain management with McMaster-Carr. He is also an accomplished marathon runner.
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About Blue Raven Solar: We are a full service, end to end solar company that offers BluePower™ and BluePowerPlus+™ as the most innovative solar financing products.
Tyler Anthony
SVP & COO of Pepco Holdings
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About Pepco Holdings: Largest energy delivery companies in the Mid-Atlantic region
Tim Stuart
COO of Republic Services
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About Republic Services: Trust earned through action—day after day—that’s our pledge to you. With resolve and professionalism.
Micheal Dunn
COO of Williams
Micheal Dunn is the COO of Williams. Prior to that, Micheal served as the president of Questar.
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About Williams: Williams is an energy infrastructure company that connects North America’s hydrocarbon resources to growing natural gas markets.
John Dwyer
Co-Founder & COO of Tynt Technologies
John Dwyer is VP Engineering & Technology Development for Consumer Technologies Group (CTG) at Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX). CTG services customers in the consumer electronics markets with a full offering of product development and supply chain capabilities. John has held various leadership roles within Flextronics over the last 13 years. He has 25 years industry experience in operations, manufacturing technologies, and product development with companies such as Honeywell, Motorola, and Newell-Rubbermaid. John holds an MBA from Northern Illinois University and a BS Industrial Engineering from Millikin University.
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About Tynt Technologies: Tynt Technologies is a developer of a smart window to prevent glare while maintaining views and save energy.
Ronald Westhauser
COO of Redaptive
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About Redaptive: Redaptive is an Efficiency-as-a-Service tool for commercial and industrial customers.
Joshua Hitt
COO and Co-Founder of UCAP Power
Joshua Hitt currently works as Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at UCAP Power.
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About UCAP Power: UCAP Power develops ultracapacitor technology and adaptable products for a range of power storage solutions.
PETER NORTMAN
Chief Operating Officer of CODA Energy
Peter Nortman brings more than 20 years of automotive and battery engineering experience to CODA Holdings. Nortman is responsible for the overall engineering of the company’s core technology products.
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About CODA Energy: CODA Energy designs and builds scalable energy storage solutions that support a smarter, cleaner and more reliable grid.
Dirk Kloosterboer
COO of Darling Ingredients
Dirk Kloosterboer comes to Darling Ingredients with the January 2014 acquisition of Vion Ingredients, a division of Vion N.V. He is currently serving as Chief Operating Officer – Darling Ingredients Inc. Dirk Kloosterboer graduated in 1980 from the Agriculture University in Wageningen, the Netherlands, from the Food Technology field of study. He began his carrier as a dairy expert for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working in Columbia from 1980-1984 on a project called “Industria Lechara Narino.” After returning to the Netherlands, he began working for the “B.V. Nederlandse Thermo-Chemische bedrijven,” currently known as Sonac Burgum, where he held several positions from technologist to general manager. In 1996, Dirk Kloosterboer made a move to the holding company, Rendac B.V., where he served as General Manager. In 2001, he became member of the Board of Directors of Rendac’s mother company, Sobel N.V., and began serving as Chairman of the Board in 2003. During this time, Sobel was transformed into VION Ingredients, a division of VION N.V. Dirk Kloosterboer continued to serve as a member of the Board of VION N.V. and became CEO of the VION Ingredients division, with its worldwide subsidiaries Ecoson, Rendac, Sonac, Rousselot, CTH and Besthides. After the January 2014 acquisition by Darling, Vion Ingredients now operates its six brands under the name Darling Ingredients International.
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About Darling Ingredients: Darling Ingredients is global leader in creating sustainable food, feed & fuel solutions from organic by-products.
Chris Dawson
COO of Sunrun
Chris Dawson serves as chief operating officer at Sunrun, leading the company’s sales, commercial, operations and lead generation teams, as well as the wholesale and solar mounting solutions business. Chris brings best-in-class experience in sales and operational efficiency to Sunrun with over 25 years of experience working in consumer-facing companies. Chris spent the majority of his career with Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., a leading powersports vehicle manufacturer. At BRP, he held various executive roles in strategy and marketing, was then appointed Vice President and General Manager of BRP’s International division and subsequently Vice President and General Manager of Global Sales and Consumer Experience. In this latter role, Mr. Dawson was responsible for the company’s largest division with direct operations in 21 countries and distribution in over 100 countries through more than 2,500 dealers and distributors. Mr. Dawson left BRP in 2015 to join California-based start-up Icon Aircraft as COO and thereafter was a co-founder and partner of a management consulting firm.
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About Sunrun: Sunrun provides residential solar electricity and solar power services for homeowners.
Jason Kaminsky
COO of kWh Analytics
Jason Kaminsky is the VP of Partnerships at kWh Analytics, responsible for the firm’s strategic relationships with financial partners and solar developers. Just prior to joining kWh Analytics, Jason spent more than three years as a Vice President of Environmental Finance at Wells Fargo Bank. As a senior member of the Wells Fargo deal team, Jason originated, underwrote, and financed tax-equity investments during a time when the bank added nearly $1bn of solar assets. Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2011, Jason worked at SPG Solar, where he supported the CEO on strategic corporate initiatives and established the company’s technology selection framework. His time in the energy sector also includes roles at Chevron and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Jason is a speaker on such topics as tax-equity financing, solar technology selection, and the water-energy nexus. Jason received both his B.S. in Mathematics and his B.S. in Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Environmental Sciences from UCLA. He holds an M.S. degree in Environment and Resources from Stanford University, and also completed his M.B.A. at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About kWh Analytics: kWh Analytics provides solar asset data and portfolio analytics for the solar industry.
Adrian Chapman
President & Chief Operating Officer of WGL Holdings
Adrian P. Chapman is President & Chief Operating Officer of WGL Holdings, Inc., and Washington Gas. He is responsible for all aspects of the regulated utility including operations, customer service, engineering, construction, field operations, safety, rates, gas acquisition, information technology and human resources activities. He serves on the board of directors for several wholly owned subsidiaries of WGL Holdings, Inc.
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About WGL Holdings: WGL Holdings is a public utility company that provides clean, efficient, and diverse energy solutions.
James Luster
Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Pine Gate Renewables
As Founder and COO of Pine Gate Renewables, James is responsible for leading strategic operations and company growth initiatives and oversees Pine Gate’s nationwide business development efforts. His background includes managing a 300+ MW development pipeline and the origination and build-out of more than 100 project locations. His areas of expertise include utility relations, regulation, land evaluation, interconnections and zoning process. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida.
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About Pine Gate Renewables: Pine Gate Renewables is a U.S. developer of 2-25 MW utility-scale solar farms.
Jeremy McCann
COO of Genlith
Jeremy McCann serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Genlith.
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About Genlith: Genlith is a venture holding company that focuses on energy storage and critical battery materials.
Wayne Wisniewski
Chief Operating Officer of Eagle Energy Trust
Mr. Wisniewski has 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, starting as a drilling and completion engineer, and holding various engineering and management positions in multiple companies including the last 13 years with a major international E&P company. Mr. Wisniewski holds a Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University, where he earned the Harold J Vance Award for academic achievement, and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
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About Eagle Energy Trust: Eagle Energy Trust is a publicly traded exploration and production company, focusing primarily in the Salt Flats area.
Parker Hallam
Chief Operating Officer of Ark Field Services
Parker Hallam is a well-versed scholar who has studied the fundamentals of business management. He hails from a small town in Texas called North Richland Hills. With an extensive background in startup firms, he has excelled in consulting roles for small companies throughout the United States. Search or browse for his noteworthy accomplishments now!
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About Ark Field Services: Ark Field Services is a multi-conglomerate firm centralized around the oil and gas industry.
Charles Greene
Chief Operating & Technical Officer of Powercast
Dr. Charles Greene is the chief operating officer and chief technical officer of Powercast Corporation. He has over seventeen years of experience in the Radio Frequency (RF) field, including fourteen years at Powercast. Dr. Greene is an expert in wireless power transfer, antenna design, and RFID. He has over twenty issued US patents and many other foreign and pending patents in the wireless power and RFID fields. Dr. Greene has published many articles and presented at various industry-leading conferences in the US, Europe, and Japan. He received a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2001, 2002, and 2006, respectively.
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About Powercast: Powercast is the pioneer of RF-based wireless power technology, combining FCC-approved transmitters and receivers for over-the-air charging.
Douglas Massih
Chief Operating Officer – Infrastructure Sector of TRC Companies
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About TRC Companies: TRC Companies is a pioneer in groundbreaking scientific and engineering developments.
Troy Martin
COO of ClearTrace
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About ClearTrace: ClearTrace is a software company that provides automated energy and carbon accounting for investors, enterprises, and real estate owners.
Jeff Ritchey
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Clean Solar
Jeff Ritchey is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Clean Solar. Jeff is a San Jose native and an award winning winemaker. He owns Sensorium Wines and was a wine consultant for several wineries in the Santa Cruz and Monterey areas. Jeff holds degrees in Geology (B.S. – UCSB) and Enology (M.S. – UC Davis). He has taught solar installation classes at Metro Education.
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About Clean Solar: Clean Solar is a solar installation company that offers comprehensive, custom solar solutions to meet specific electricity needs.
Mike Mansfield
COO of AOT Energy
Mike Mansfield is the Chief Operating Officer AOT ENERGY.
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About AOT Energy: AOT Energy trades in key energy commodities, including petrochemicals, natural gas, LNG and coal, worldwide.
Bernerd Da Santos
SVP & COO of AES
Bernerd was named AES’ COO in January 2015. Responsible for AES’ global operations including more than 35,000 MW and eight utilities serving tens of millions of people, Bernerd drives our businesses’ operational excellence, performance and efficiencies. He played a critical role in the implementation of AES’ six Strategic Business Units (SBUs) to further the execution of AES’ strategy by driving business performance through asset, work, revenue and sourcing management programs, replicating best practices globally and achieving world-class performance. Bernerd puts safety first and is proud that AES people and operations contractors have achieved global lost time incident rates that rank in the top 10% based on US benchmarks. He brings proven experience in international corporate finance and business transformation for generation, transmission and distribution companies in the United States, Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia to his role as COO. Bernerd built his capabilities through positions of increasing responsibility prior to becoming COO. Most recently, he served as CFO for AES’ Global Finance Operations. He was previously CFO for the Utilities group and for the Latin America and Africa group. Bernerd joined AES through its acquisition of La Electricidad de Caracas (EDC) where he held a number of leadership positions. Bernerd is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Universidad José Maria Vargas with Bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration and Public Administration, Business Management and Finance, and an MBA. He also completed the Advanced Program at Instituto de Estudios Superiores y de Administración (IESA) in Caracas. Bernerd is a member of the Boards of AES Brasiliana, AES Tietê, AES Eletropaulo, AES Gener and Indianapolis Power and Light. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of privately held AES companies.
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About AES: AES improves lives by providing safe, reliable, and sustainable energy solutions in every market it serves.
Stephen Sadle
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Solar Wind Energy Tower
Steve Sadle is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 40 years of diversified experience in management, contracting, and heavy infrastructure development, interfacing with both the government and private sectors. In addition, he is experienced in Web-based vertical extranet applications and has developed operating extranets in the construction and transportation industries. Steve Sadle served as Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer and Director of a public technology company. He was also the Founder and President of a successful regional construction company and was awarded the Small Businessman of the Year Award for the Washington Metropolitan Area.
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About Solar Wind Energy Tower: Solar Wind Energy is offering a bold new approach to overcome the current limitations of conventional wind energy sources.
Michele Nesbit
Co-Founder and COO of BoxPower
Michele Nesbit is a co-founder and VP of engineering at BoxPower, a company that designs and manufactures solar energy systems in a 20-foot shipping container.
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About BoxPower: BoxPower, designs and manufactures solar energy systems in a 20-foot shipping container.
David Kley
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Clear Creek Midstream
David Kley is the co-founder and chief operating officer at Clear Creek Midstream. David joined Clear Creek after serving as the vice president of engineering at EnLink Midstream. Prior to EnLink, he held various roles at Williams. David began his career at Williams in 1991 and held various positions at Panhandle Energy, Aquila, ENSTOR, Tarpon Gas Storage and Triton Energy Partners before returning to Williams in 2010. David holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University and an MBA from Colorado State University.
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About Clear Creek Midstream: Clear Creek Midstream is an independent energy company that provides a full suite of midstream services to oil and gas producers.
Roger Byford
Chief Operating Officer of Optimus Technologies
Roger is an investor and an active member of the Optimus team. He has been a special advisor to the company from the beginning. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Vocollect for many years and Chief Technology Officer until its acquisition in 2011. Roger earned his M.A. in Electrical Engineering from Cambridge University. Roger enjoys watching Formula One racing in his free time.
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About Optimus Technologies: Optimus Technologies is the market leader in EPA compliant biodiesel conversion systems for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
John Gatling
Chief Operating Officer of Hess Midstream Partners
John Gatling was appointed chief operating officer of our general partner in December 2015. He has served as chief operating officer of Hess Infrastructure Partners since December 2015. John Gatling is also the head of Hess’ midstream business and leads Hess’ onshore infrastructure, commercial, land, supply chain and finance functions. He has been director of operational excellence and strategic business planning for Hess since 2012. John Gatling served as the senior manager of global production strategic planning and performance management at Hess from 2010 until 2012. Prior to joining Hess in 2010, he spent 14 years with Aera Energy, a joint venture affiliate of Shell and ExxonMobil, where he provided leadership for operational excellence, execution of projects, strategic planning and commercial.
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About Hess Midstream Partners: Hess Midstream Partners focuses on processing natural gas and fractionating natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the United States.
Brent Koski
COO of United Hydrogen Group
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About Plug Power, United Hydrogen Group: United Hydrogen Group (UHG) provides full range of products and services to the worldwide hydrogen economy.
Julian Huzyk
COO of Vessels Carbon Solutions
Julian Huzyk has 35 years of experience in the natural resource sector. A mining and mineral process engineer by training, he worked at several underground and surface mines and associated processing facilities before transitioning to the oil and gas sector. As a natural gas facilities and project engineer he designed and managed the implementation of gathering, treating and processing facilities as well as electric power systems. He has also had extensive experience with Rocky Mountain area natural gas basins and natural gas transport infrastructure having worked for Amoco Production Company and K N Energy, Inc.
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About Vessels Carbon Solutions: Vessels Carbon Solutions offer methane and electricity generation services.
David Kurzman
COO of Newpath Energy Capital
David H. Kurzman is COO. Previously, David was a Portfolio Manager at the Leuthold Group focusing on the firm’s two CleanTech strategies: the Leuthold Global Clean Technology Fund and the Leuthold CleanTech Opportunity Portfolio. Prior to joining the Leuthold team, David was Managing Partner of Kurzman CleanTech Research, a private research and consulting firm, and managed a pool of private capital for high-net worth investors. David has held a number of research positions in Clean Technology areas including Senior Vice President of the Clean Technology Research Group for Panel Intelligence, LLC, and sell-side analyst for both Needham & Co. and H.C. Wainwright & Co. David was also an Analyst at Value Line Inc. and the Weitz Funds, an Omaha-based mutual fund company. David has been an invited speaker to investment audiences regarding Clean Technology topics and investment strategies, including the Silicon Valley Financial Planners Association (“FPA”), the Orlando FPA, and various university endowments. His work has been recognized by leading news channels, including CNBC, PBS’ Wall Street Week, Bloomberg News, Reuters, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s Financial Weekly, Morningstar and others. David was named “Best On The Street” by The Wall Street Journal in 2003 for the area of Electronic Components & Equipment, was rated as a Zack’s All-Star Analyst in 2001 and 2002. David has a B.A. from Grinnell College, and he completed additional classes in accounting at Drake University.
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About Newpath Energy Capital: A specialty finance company providing capital solutions to end users and manufacturers of energy related equipment.
Riley Rowland
Co-Founder & COO of Everflux Technologies
Riley has spent the last six years working closely with General Courier of South Portland, ME to increase productivity while lowering fuel consumption and carbon emissions, first as Freight Coordinator, and for the last two years as Freight and Warehouse Operations Manager. He also studied and received a degree in HVAC/R systems from Northeast Technical Institute. Riley is a native of Maine, where his family has employed sustainable and organic farming techniques since he was a child. Growing up homesteading with his family sparked his interest in complete life cycle farming and minimizing waste. He moved to California to join lifelong friend Daniel, in the pursuit of growing Everflux, while leaving the world a more green and sustainable place for future generations.
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About Everflux Technologies: Everflux develops technologies that promote cradle-to-cradle resource recycling, regenerative farming and landscaping
Tim Kingsbury
COO & CFO of Pasteurization Technology Group (PTG)
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About C3Nano, Pasteurization Technology Group (PTG): Pasteurization Technology Group (PTG) develops eco-friendly wastewater disinfection with the generation of renewable energy.
Chad Rogers
Chief Operating Officer of WindMar Home
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About WindMar Home: WindMar Home provides solar installation services for residential, commercial and industrial sectors.
David Nix
COO of Mapdwell
David heads product development and management at Mapdwell. With a diverse background spanning across architecture, building science, design, and technology, Dave is driven to bridge large-scale multidimensional data and innovative user interaction to enrich cities and urban life. David holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and Bachelor of Arts from the Wake Forest University. In 2009, he was chosen by the U.S. Department of State to be placed as a Fulbright scholar at the Tohoku University School of Engineering in Japan.
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About Mapdwell: Advanced tools for energy decision-making.
John Madrigal
COO of Advanced Green Innovations
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About Advanced Green Innovations: Advanced Green Innovations is a privately-owned technology company that develops and commercializes a suite of green technologies.
Philippe Lavertu
Chief Operating Officer of Marathon Capital
Philippe Lavertu is Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Marathon Capital, responsible for the day-to-day management of the firm.
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About Marathon Capital: Marathon Capital Management is an taxation-driven, financial and business services firm catering to high net-worth individuals.
Marcelo Figueira
COO & EVP of Petra Systems
Marcelo Figueira is EVP/COO at Petra Systems.
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About Petra Systems: Petra Solar is a technology company, pioneering “smart solar” which couples distributed solar energy generation with smart grid technology.
Tod Higinbotham
COO of ZincFive
Tod Higinbotham is the COO at ZincFive.
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About ZincFive: ZincFive is an intelligent energy storage and delivery solutions company providing nickel-zinc battery based UPS solutions.
Ian D. Charles
Chief Operating Officer of ArborWind
Ian Charles is the Co-Founder & Chief Engineering and Operations Officer at Digested Organics LLC.
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About ArborWind, Boleyn Advisory Group, Digested Organics: Vertical axis technology with 9 cent LEC
Guy Winters
Chief Operating Officer of Pro-Tech Energy Solutions
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About Novitas Capital, Pro-Tech Energy Solutions: Pro-Tech Energy Solutions is a renewables & environment company specializing in renewable energy, mechanical, and installation services.
Prady Iyyanki
Chief Operating Officer of Forum Energy Technologies
Chief Operating Officer @ Forum Energy Technologies.
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About Forum Energy Technologies: Introducing Forum Energy Technologies – a global provider of manufactured technologies.
Ronald L. Suiter
Chief Operating Officer of World Energy
Ron was General Manager for one of Boeing’s major airplane programs in Southern California as an engineering manager and systems designer. Earlier at Douglas Aircraft he was Director managing over 500 engineers involved in all types of airplane system design. Currently, with partner Ventana Systems, Inc., Ron is responsible for program development and project management of strategy and policy analysis projects primarily in transportation, energy, and complex system management. Ron has led the development of Ventana Public Sector projects including for the Federal Aviation Administration and multi-agency Joint Planning and Development Office, the Department of Energy and National Energy Technology Lab, and NASA Headquarters, Johnson Space Center, and Langley Research Center. He is currently assisting clients to help California develop effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions policies. – MBA, University of Southern California; B.S. Electrical Engineering, Lehigh University
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About Ventana Systems, World Energy: World Energy has completed research and pre-prototype development of two monumental achievements in science.
Dave Allen
COO of AltAir Fuels
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About AltAir Fuels: AltAir Fuels develops and operates projects for the production of low carbon fuels and chemicals derived from sustainable feedstocks.
Frank Kneller
Chief Operating Officer of Verengo Solar
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About Verengo Solar: Verengo Solar is a Southern California-based solar provider that builds the most trusted solar company in California.
Christian Pennisi
COO of Jennova
An avid entrepreneur, Christian Pennisi got his start in business at 16 when he began his own online reselling company. Since that time, he has worked in business development and marketing for a number of other businesses. He joined Jennova in 2010 and has played a crucial role in reframing the company internally as well as breaching into new market spaces.
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About Jennova: Jennova is an “energy solutions” company. We have developed a small-scale energy-harvesting platform .
Hunter Wallace
COO of Atlas Sand
Hunter Wallace is the COO at Atlas Sand.
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About Atlas Sand: Founded by long-time E&P operators with significant experience in the Permian Basin alongside the best talent in the sand mining industry.
Daniel Rubin
Chief Operating Officer of REPOWER by Solar Universe
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About REPOWER by Solar Universe: REPOWER is a residential & commercial solar aggregation company that is creating a marketplace of product offerings
Devon Bloss
Co-Founder/COO of VOLTA
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About VOLTA: Developer of SMART Energy & Environment Management Systems (SEEMS); Distribution and Consultation of Advanced Battery Energy Storage Systems
Jon Harding
COO of Charge Bliss
Jon is responsible for CBI’s daily operations and is a passionate steward of all clean energy. He has significant experience managing multiple, large projects with a wide variety of scope.
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About Charge Bliss: Charge Bliss was organized in 2011 to combine intelligent technologies for building energy management with electric vehicle charging.
Rick Boneau
COO of DW Energy Group
Rick Boneau serves as the Chief Operating Officer at DW Energy Group.
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About DW Energy Group: DW Energy Group is an oil and energy company providing oil and gas exploration services.
Michael Lisowski
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of FuelCell Energy
Michael Lisowski is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at FuelCell Energy.
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About FuelCell Energy: FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) is an integrated fuel cell company that designs, manufactures, installs, services and operates
Ian Lamont
COO of Pontic Technology
Ian does senior consulting projects for TLG Marketing. Ian joined his son’s at TLG in June after more than 40 years of senior executive operational leadership experience, including the last two decades as CEO of companies ranging from Fortune 500 to a start-up. Ian is a respected strategic business and market planner, who has created and launched numerous businesses and successful products in the energy, media, e-commerce and service areas. Known for his leadership and his ability to come into difficult situations with energy, passion and focus, Ian creates a productive culture for change while involving other key leaders in developing a strategic plan for a sustainable turnaround and innovative growth opportunities, whether it is people, teams or revenue. A former boss perhaps best describes Ian “You consistently amaze me, not only in the financial results you get, but especially because your people respect, admire and love you. I would just settle for respect from mine.” Despite a career that not only exceeded his goals, but his dreams, Ian is most proud of his extraordinary wife of 40 years, Oksanna, his son’s Evan and Shawn, and the men they have grown to become, and their own extraordinary wife’s Hannah, an outstanding estate and trust attorney and Lisa, a superb technologist and educator.
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About Pontic Technology: Patented thermal disinfection system technology for germ-free, clean water solutions