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Tiago has over 13 years of clean energy experience. Prior to co-founding CEP, he held positions in the development, M&A and asset management teams in Contour Global – a LSE listed IPP with a focus on emerging markets and Europe. Tiago has also worked as an independent engineer focused on hydropower feasibility studies and design. He has led and supported the development and/or acquisition of 10 GW of renewable projects in three continents encompassing solar, wind, hydro, CSP and BESS technologies. Tiago holds Bachelor’s degrees in Civil and Industrial Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC).

As co-founder, Mike brings 16 years of clean energy experience to the team. Mike has overseen all aspects of the energy storage portions of 7 projects totaling 2.8 GWhs while leading the development of an 8 GWh storage project pipeline. He has held executive roles with industry leading solar (Trina) and Wind (GE) companies. Mike has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University.

Beth manages energy storage project development for the project pipeline through offtake, procurement contracting, and early engineering. Prior to joining CEP, Beth was most recently as the lead PV+Storage analyst at First Solar supporting project bidding including cost estimating, system optimization, dispatch modeling, and customer engagement. She optimized indicative PVS designs and supported proposals for 30+ sites, with over 600 MW and 2 GWh of energy storage. Additionally, she supported regulatory involvement, operational control desk dispatch development, and energy storage vendor communication. Beth has a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University.

Over his career, Will has managed 220+ late stage and operating distributed solar and storage projects, totaling 400+ MW. Prior to joining CEP, Will held positions at Altus Power America, as an Associate and Head of Asset Management for a portfolio of 150+ distributed energy systems and Conergy Holdings, developing the US Asset Management platform. Will also worked at ConEdison Solutions, helping to structure the distributed wind and solar platform for its first commercial investments. Will holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Management from York College of Pennsylvania.

Shaughn has 17 years of experience overseeing the development and construction of more than 2,000 MW of solar and wind projects across all market segments including residential, commercial, and utility scale. Before stepping in as the Executive Vice President of Origination at CEP, Shaughn was formally the CTO of CD Arevon USA, Inc. Prior to joining Arevon, he was the Director of Technical Development at CleanPath Ventures, where he was responsible for the technical delivery of their global solar PV portfolio. He brings to the team 10 years of experience in technical asset management of solar PV operations, having worked across multiple US states. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from the University of California Santa Barbara.

Sophie Xu is a Senior Associate on the CEP team, focused on financial analysis and structuring for Crossover’s product offerings. She has supported CEP’s work on its 3.1 GW MISO portfolio and continues to work on its pipeline of upcoming projects. Prior to joining CEP, she worked at Veeam Software as a data science senior analyst and at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets as a private equity analyst. Sophie holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Yale University.

Ben has over a decade of experience in the energy industry having begun his career in various commercial roles at Calpine Solutions. He worked at NRG Energy where he oversaw the development of utility-scale thermal generation and energy storage projects in the West before joining Recurrent Energy as the Director of Origination and Structuring responsible for designing and executing unique energy storage and renewables offtake agreements throughout the United States. In recent years, he has led the structuring and execution of unique offtake agreements resulting in construction of more than 2,300 GWh of utility-scale battery storage projects, along with more than 800 MW of solar projects. Ben attended Loyola University in Maryland.

Sarah has assisted in executing four solar PV PPAs, totaling 794 MW. She currently manages origination efforts for solar plus storage assets in California and other WECC states. Prior to joining CEP, she was on the Origination and Structuring team at Recurrent Energy, focusing on marketing efforts in ERCOT and CAISO. Sarah also spent time as an Asset Analyst in Project Finance at Sunrun. She graduated from Elon University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Environmental Studies. Sarah is an alumna of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute, a group of clean energy professionals who are dedicated to creating an equitable, resilient, and decarbonized economy.

Throughout Eric’s career, he has originated or underwritten over 150 MW of solar and storage projects. He currently manages the origination efforts of a 4.8 GW solar portfolio. Prior to joining CEP, Eric was a Natural Gas Trader at Duke Energy. In this role, he managed the commercial trading strategy for a natural gas portfolio consisting of over 300 BCF in annual burn. As a Senior Analyst, he focused on business development and acquisitions for assets in Duke Energy’s renewable energy investment group. During this time, Eric was part of the successful acquisition of a 75MW solar facility in Florida and deploying Duke’s first utility-scale microgrid in Indiana. Eric also has held various trading roles at Twin Eagle and ACES Power Marketing. Eric holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from East Carolina University and an MBA from Clemson University.

Before joining CEP, Christine was most recently with Clark Construction, a national general contractor, known for building large-scale projects from the Smithsonian and presidential museums, to hospitals, sports arenas, and airports. In her time with Clark, Christine provided strategic support, guidance, and proposal development towards securing new work totaling more than $1.5 billion. The last three pursuits Christine led at Clark resulted in the award of $200 million, $250 million, and $180 million projects. Prior to Clark, she honed her digital and content marketing expertise at a real estate investment firm and at specialized creative agencies. Christine holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine.

Vincent Su is a Senior Associate on the CEP team, focused on financial analysis and structuring for Crossover’s product offerings. He has supported CEP’s work on its 2.0GW CAISO Energy Storage portfolio and continues to work on its pipeline of upcoming projects. Prior to joining CEP, he worked at Capital Dynamics as a Senior Associate on the Investment Team where he contributed to the launching of the 3.5 GW+ Asset Management Platform, oversaw tax equity financing for a 40+ project C&I portfolio and helped manage late-stage development and financing for the firm’s first 240 MWh energy storage retro-fit. Before joining Capital Dynamics, he held several roles in middle market private equity at Brookside Equity Partners. Vincent holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Rutgers University and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University.

Austin Welch is an Associate at CEP. Prior to joining the Team, he was an Associate on the Finance & Capital Markets team at Invenergy LLC where he was focused on utility-scale wind generation transactions in ERCOT and SPP, contributing to the success of 7 projects totaling 1.2 GWs of generation. Austin holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with a concentration in Energy Management from Southern Methodist University.

Nikos is a Senior Associate of Strategy on C&I projects at CEP. He focuses on analyzing potential investments in pre-FNTP distributed renewable projects and recommends new market opportunities. Prior to joining CEP, Nikos worked at SunPower where he co-developed the energy storage business model and value proposition and explored new market opportunities across the US—including Equity SGIP which resulted in 56% market share and market entry in IL, which exceeded target by 150% and became the highest growth market for SunPower. Nikos holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a MSc in Water Resources Science and Technology from National Technical University of Athens, Greece, as well as a Masters’ degree in Sustainable Design and Construction, Energy Track from Stanford University.

Liz is an Associate on the CEP team, focused on financial analysis and structuring for Crossover’s product offerings. Prior to joining CEP, she worked at Capital Dynamics on the Clean Energy Infrastructure team, where she oversaw closing, construction, and tax equity funding of 40+ C&I solar and storage projects. She also contributed to construction and back leverage financing of a 380 MW solar project and supported CEP’s work on the 3.1 GW MISO portfolio. Prior to CD, she worked at Barclays in the Power & Utilities group, focusing on solar M&A. Liz holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Brown University.