Energy as a Service from Energy Experts
Executive Committee:
Jose Lorenzo
Chief Executive Officer
Jose brings 25+ years experience in leading global businesses in home and life space controls, power software solutions and field services. He holds a M.D., Electronic Engineering from University of Vigo and an MBA from IESIDE.
Jose Ramon Salgado
Chief Revenue Officer
Jose Ramon brings 22+ years’ experience leading end to end infrastructure and technology projects for major international industries. He’s passionate about business challenges and opportunities, driving results and changes through a proactive and collaborative style to GreenStruxure teams. He holds a M.S. in Computer Engineering from University of Sevilla and an Executive MBA from San Telmo Business School.
Pierre Heninger
Chief Financial Officer
Pierre has 22+ years experience leading structuring financing solutions in equipment and customer finance partnerships. He holds a B.S. in Finance from the Paris Graduate School of Management and completed the corporate university leadership program with INSEAD in banking and change management.
Clark Wiedetz
Chief Sales Officer
Clark has been in the energy business for over 22 years working in market segments including Commercial/Industrial, Higher Ed, Healthcare, Utilities and the Federal Government. His passion is to be a leader in the clean tech space and drive onsite generation spearheaded by renewable energy to help organizations reduce their GhG emissions and increase reliability. Clark is on the board of the Georgia Tech Energy and Environmental Management Committee and has a BSME from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Dawn Mahoney
Chief Legal Counsel
Dawn has 20+ years legal experience, heavily focused in the clean energy and equipment finance sectors. She has a passion for energy, sustainability and the entrepreneurial, innovative, “find a way to yes” culture of start-ups. Dawn carries that culture through to her legal practice in building legal departments that serve as go-to business partners. Dawn earned a J.D. from Massachusetts School of Law and a B.S. in Political Science from Bridgewater State University.
Denis Coupé
Chief Technology Officer
Denis has 25+ years experience leading international offer development and marketing, R&D, supply chain and purchasing management. He has an M.S., Engineering from the Arts & Métiers Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the Grenoble Graduate School of Business
Javier Ramirez
Senior Vice President of Construction
Javier has a 25+ years track record working for energy facilities around the world and has proven experience in all aspects of developing, building, and operating critical infrastructure in the energy sector. Javier holds a B.A. in Electronic Engineering Management from Santo Tomas de Aquino University (Colombia), a Management Development Program from IPADE Business School (Mexico) and a Master in Global Management from Thunderbird Business School.
Jon La Follett
Senior Vice President of Energy Solutions
Jon has 15+ years of experience solving real world problems with science and technology by developing products to meet market value drivers via agile R&D and product development. He holds B.S. degrees in Physics and Computational Physics from Oregon State University, and M.S. and PhD degrees in Physics from Washington State University.
Senior Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents:
Karim Hajjar
Senior Vice President of Digital Services
Karim has 20+ years experience in the telecom and energy management field, leading development and digitization of offers, and implementing innovative digital services. He holds an M.S., Engineering from Telecom SudParis, and an executive MBA from INSEAD.
Harini Sundaram
Vice President of Marketing & Sales Operations
Harini has 22+ years of experience in energy management and technology, leading global strategic transformations driving business growth in IoT/digitization and sustainability.
She holds a M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras, MBA from INSEAD and Executive MBA in Sustainability from MIT Sloan.
Jacob Friedman
Vice President of Development (East)
Jacob Friedman has 20+ years developing projects, products and technologies in the distributed energy space. He prides himself working to meet customers’ long-term energy and sustainability goals. He holds an MBA in Finance and B.S. in Chemical Engineering, both from the University of Connecticut.
Ramón Reina
Vice President of Engineering
Ramon has 20 years experience in the energy sector, mainly in solar energy, developing and constructing projects worldwide in different management positions, and believes engineering is a key differentiator in the sector. He has a M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Special Award, from the University of Seville.
Mark Cegelis
Vice President of Supply Chain
Mark has 25+ years of procurement experience across diverse market segments. Mark has supported the establishment, development and cultural absorption of strategic procurement processes within the garment, automotive, consumer electronics, robotics and energy industries. Mark is a fellow in Logistics Systems at MIT, received his MBA with a focus on Organizational Behavior from Suffolk University and competed his Bachelor’s Degree at Merrimack College with a focus on Business Management.
Patricia Sayegh
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Patricia is an accomplished in-counsel with diverse experience managing a broad spectrum of legal affairs on behalf of growing companies. She is known for in-depth and comprehensive legal expertise, skillful handling of commercial contracts, strong business acumen, superior communication and interpersonal skills, and results-driven leadership ability.
Patricia holds a Juris Doctor from New England Law in Boston and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Texas State University.
Spencer Wells
Vice President of Development (West)
With over 10+ years industry experience, Spencer has developed and installed over 65 commercial and industrial energy projects on the West Coast. He has a passion for helping customers navigate the energy landscape and implement projects that help meet both customer financial and sustainability goals. Spencer holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Economics from UC Santa Cruz.
Origination & Development:
Alex Giles
Project Developer
Alex built his professional experience in sales, marketing, and project management roles after completing his undergrad in Business Administration. Throughout his early career, He found that sustainability was his passion and life's mission, so he got his master's degree in Environmental Sustainability at CU Boulder. With large focus on renewable energy systems, and he got direct experience with PPAs & ESAs, onsite solar modeling, and decarbonization at scale.
Gaston Ortega
Director of Project Development
Gaston leverages 18 years of power grid modernization experience, serving North American electric utilities and large power consumers. He graduated with honors with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University. He’s developed a strong business acumen and passion for energy and sustainability goals, on-site microgrids, battery energy storage systems and energy management systems to decarbonize, decentralize and digitalize energy systems globally.
Justin Goldstein
Senior Demand Generation Manager
Justin has been a top sales performer for 25+ years. His ability to assemble, recruit and motivate industry leaders to collaborate around GreenStruxure’s clear vision, ensures our clients meet their net-zero targets. Mr. Goldstein’s clients and partners find him to be attentive to detail, collaborative, and takes recommendations on strategic and tactical direction. His talent of understanding emotional intelligence, technology application, client pain points, business economics, and diligence in follow up, all resulted in his successful professional growth.
Lara Sellars
Director of Project Origination
Lara has been a top sales performer in many diverse fields, and has 20+ years experience in new product launches, business development, key account management, recruiting and training. Lara has her BS from the University of Natural Health and has recently completed the Women’s Leadership Institute at UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management.
Zoe Kusnick
Project Originator
Zoe is empowered to lead customer facing origination activities from lead generation to presentation of a budgetary proposal up to a formal commitment from the Customer. Zoe joins GreenStruxure with a BA in International Affairs, with a concentration in Environmental Studies from The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs.
Shawn Li
Project Development Engineer
Shawn was inspired to help make the energy system more resilient and sustainable after experiencing firsthand Beijing's "airpocalyse" and drastic energy conservation measures post-Fukushima. He has a Master of Environmental Management in Energy from Duke University.
Kelshall Burke
Project Originator
Joining the team with over 8 years of sales experience in solar development, Kelshall’s mission is to find new customers and their respective leads by working with GreenStruxure’s channel partners or by networking. Kelshall owns the origination process up to the point where GreenStruxure receives an expression of interest from the customer.
Kevin Brooks
Senior Director of Development
After starting his career in the US Marine Corps and graduating from the US Naval Academy and the University of Southern California, Kevin has over 28 years of business development experience. Kevin has focused on closing qualified opportunities coming from the origination activity or by working directly with customers, building trust and engagement and developing projects.
Efe Tekin
Director of Project Development
With over 12 years of experience in commercial and industrial business development operations and a track record of managing multi-million-dollar projects, Efe is responsible for the origination of projects through the full tender and negotiation process. Efe holds a Masters of Science in Material Science Engineering and Bachelors of Science in Physics, both from Istanbul University.