Experience

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  Guilford Advisors, LLC

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Principal

    • 2013 - Present
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    Consulting firm that offers a unique blend of management, technical, and legal know-how to advise and assist companies and investors for business and project development, complex business investments, transaction structuring and negotiation, raising capital, dispute resolution, and technology and market demand verification. Activities often involved in understanding, planning and successfully executing client assignments include:• Analyzing client goals, challenges, and concerns.• Developing strategies to address client goals and challenges.• Assisting and advising clients in the execution of formulated strategies.• Forming and managing high performance / expert teams as needed to execute the process.www.guilfordadvisors.com

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  Davenport Newberry / Davenport Power

  • President & CEO

    • 2005 - 2012

    Led and managed the pursuit of geothermal power projects on Davenport’s geothermal leases at Newberry Volcano in Central Oregon. Utilized a mix of existing and new, innovative technologies for resource exploration and wellfield development. • Permitting: obtained NEPA and other federal permitting for development and demonstration activities, including drilling deep exploration wells. • Financing: $50 million of equity and U.S. DOE technology and demonstration matching grants. • Infrastructure: obtained water rights and electricity transmission into California.• Community impact: established relationships with communities, political representatives, regulators, and environmentalists.

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  Start-up companies and a venture investor

  • Consultant

    • 2003 - 2005

    Worked with start-up, innovative companies and projects, as well as a venture investor (The Abell Foundation), to develop technology verification and commercialization strategies and to improve business operations. Delivered analysis, advice, and leadership that enabled venture investments in – and improved operations for – new, technology-oriented businesses.

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  Constellation Energy Group and subsidiaries

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Legal, Management and Project Development positions

    • 1982 - 2002
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    Positions at Constellation included Senior Vice President of Constellation Power, President of Constellation Power Development, and Vice President and General Counsel for Constellation Holdings, the holding company for various businesses including real estate, financial investments and power plant acquisition, development and operation. • Launched, built and led an organization that successfully developed and acquired power projects in the United States and Latin America exceeding $2 billion of investment and 5,000 megawatts of capacity. These projects ranged from renewables such as geothermal and wind, to gas, coal and biomass thermal projects.• Created innovative business model for identifying and pursuing opportunities that resulted in a profitable portfolio of market-driven, competitive power projects.• Led and negotiated a variety of transactions including corporate, asset and lease financings, and the acquisitions and sales of companies and assets. • Directed corporate governance and resolved numerous disputes (negotiation & mediation) for Constellation Holdings and its subsidiaries and investment entities.

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  US Securities and Exchange Commission

  • Washington DC

  • Special Counsel/Attorney

    • 1977 - 1982
    • Washington DC

    Worked for the Division of Corporation Finance and the Division of Enforcement.