Mike joined the CPower team in 2018 as SVP of Financing and Operational Analytics, where he is focused on optimizing the Company’s capital structure and driving operational excellence through cross-functional collaboration. Prior to joining CPower, Mike was a Senior Vice President in Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Markets Group, where he closed numerous financings for private equity-owned and entrepreneur-owned companies across multiple industries. Mike received an MBA in Finance from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and a B.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from the University of Michigan Business School. Mike loves the entrepreneurial spirit and strong focus on teamwork that his colleagues at CPower exhibit, all of which create a fun and inclusive culture that helps us better serve each other and our customers. In his free time, Mike enjoys spending time with his daughter, playing softball, and hiking, with his personal highlight being completing the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim hike in a single day in 2016.

Engaging with new technologies is one of Tony’s favorite pastimes. His willingness to embrace change and share his knowledge with others make Tony one of CPower’s most dependable team members. He played an integral role on the team that developed CPower’s Customer Interface, a complete demand response solution that brings powerful energy management tools to the customer’s desktop or mobile device. Tony often sets the experiential tone for many of CPower’s customers. Whether live or via webinar, his technology demos are known for their clarity and often remembered for their enthusiasm. They’re a microcosm for CPower’s customer experience. Tony’s career in the energy and technology industries has spanned more than 25 years. He holds an electrical & electronic engineering degree from England’s Croydon College.

Focusing on the customer is central to Ryan’s approach to product management. “Understanding and empathizing with existing market problems provides the primary guidance in developing a meaningful solution,” he says. “I take the approach that if I’m designing a feature that’s not delivering meaningful improvement for my customers and solving their problems, it’s usually not a feature worth pursuing.” He was drawn to CPower’s culture, size, and entrepreneurial spirit. He’s also excited by the opportunity to deliver next-generation solutions and associated value. In the office, Ryan enjoys team building and collaboration associated with delivering value, particularly on innovative efforts. Out of the office, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two young daughters, reading, painting, pairing good food with good friends, DIY home projects, and keeping up with his sports teams.

“Honesty, integrity, transparency, and hard work are the only basics to success,” Paul says. He builds on these basics every day at CPower, traveling the length and breadth of Texas to ensure our customers succeed. He has been a part of CPower in its various forms since 2008, and except for a brief stint in Virginia, Paul has spent his professional life in the Lone Star State. Paul has a Bachelor’s of Applied Science, with a concentration in applied Corrosion Technology studies, and his roles and titles are practically too many and varied to mention. He’s done just about everything in the energy industry, from national sales to installing gas compression, remote monitors. But one thing has remained constant. Paul is all about the customer. Daily interaction with customers and CPower teams keeps his daily experience new, fresh, challenging, and rewarding. Paul keeps applies these same qualities to his off-work hours. You’ll find him on any given holiday or weekend riding and camping cross-country on an antique motorcycle, occasionally taking his dog for a local sidecar ride. You’ll also find him at hot rod shows, fishing, hiking, and building and flying remote-controlled aircraft (he’s an avid member of his local R/C club). Perhaps this quote describes Paul best: “Passion, curiosity, and the desire to continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty separate the top from bottom.”

Alex comes to CPower with a background in start-ups and solid experience growing and quickly evolving young companies. She’s clearly been putting her Business degree from American University’s Kogod School of Business to good use. For Alex, one of CPower’s most admirable characteristics is its openness and accessibility. “I like that there is an open-door policy within CPower so that everyone is accessible to one another,” she says. “Customers are able to speak directly to knowledgeable employees, without being transferred from department to department before finding the answers they need.” Alex enjoys kickball and softball and going to the park with her dogs. As much as she loves CPower, though, she admits to a different dream job: “Open a zoo and play with baby animals all day.” We’ll be the first in line when it opens.

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For Tari, coming to work each day at CPower lets her experience two things she believes should be a part of everyone’s daily work life: challenges and fun. Tari has more than 20 years of IT experience in application delivery, web development, program management and disaster recovery across the consumer electronics, hospitality and retail catalog industries. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMI) and holds a Six Sigma Black Belt, a BA from Gustavus Adolphus College, and a Doctor of Law degree (JD) from the University of Minnesota Law School. A devout theater lover, Tari is CPower’s resident playwright whose skits have been known to bust the occasional gut with laughter at company meetings.

Before joining CPower but after earning his MBA from George Washington University, Russ spent time at Honeywell and Carrier honing his skills in the energy business. When he took the opportunity at CPower, he found an atmosphere that encouraged collaboration, teamwork, and cross-functionality, as well as something he didn’t expect to find: a management team that is accessible. He credits this combination of working attributes at CPower for the efficiency and excellence with which he and his team are able to accomplish their goals. When he’s not at CPower, Russ enjoys time with his wife and their young daughter. When they let him out on his own, he enjoys jogging, fishing, and sometimes a little golf.

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