Jack is responsible for executing agreements with utilities and trading partners that wish to own equity or transmission rights in the company’s portfolio of transmission projects.
Prior to joining Grid United, Jack was responsible for arranging green electricity supply, energy storage, and hedges for global-scale e-fuel projects in North America. Prior to joining HIF, Jack was President of Live Power (a wholly owned subsidiary of Yes Energy), which operates a proprietary network of patented sensors to measure power plant production and transmission line flows. Previously, Jack was President of Apex CAES, LLC, a company focused on development of long duration energy storage. Before joining Apex, he was Senior Vice President of Cinergy Corp., (now owned by Duke Energy) where he was responsible for the Power Trading and Marketing group with a significant physical trading presence and large Energy Management desk for third-party generation. Prior to joining Cinergy, Jack was President of the West Region at Reliant Resources (now owned by NRG Energy), which included a 5 GW generation portfolio in the southwest US.
Jack graduated with highest honors from the University of Kentucky, and received an MBA from the Wharton School. Between undergraduate and graduate school, he was an officer in the U.S. Army cavalry regiment assigned to patrolling and defense of the border between East and West Germany.