I work in clean tech and live in sunny Boulder, CO.
cleantechkev
Kevin Haley
about

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What I do: business development, marketing and operations for small enterprise; focus in the clean energy sector
Experience: 12 years
Lives In: Boulder, CO
Enjoys: running (Marine Corps Marathon '16; Chicago Marathon '17), golf, skiing, travel, sailing, and generally being outdoors.
- Let's Connect -
I'm always looking to meet people interested in clean tech, entrepreneurship, small business ownership or outdoor hobby enthusiasts! Drop me a note below or reach out on LinkedIn and let's talk.
What I do: business development, marketing and operations for small enterprise; focus in the clean energy sector
Experience: 12 years
Lives In: Boulder, CO
Enjoys: running (Marine Corps Marathon '16; Chicago Marathon '17), golf, skiing, travel, sailing, and generally being outdoors.
- Let's Connect -
I'm always looking to meet people interested in clean tech, entrepreneurship, small business ownership or outdoor hobby enthusiasts! Drop me a note below or reach out on LinkedIn and let's talk.
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CV
Work Experience

Foss & Company
May 2022 - Present
- Vice President, Investments
- Connecting institutional investors with high value solar, battery storage, carbon capture and real estate projects across the U.S.
- Advises tax and sustainability teams on investing strategy, tax management solutions, and the rapidly changing tax credit landscape.
- Structures investments from $1M - $100M utilizing multiple tax credit investment vehicles.
- Helping to grow a "35 year old start-up company" delivering tax management and impact investing solutions in the renewable energy and historic preservation space.

Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Feb. 2019 - March, 2022
- Sr. Director, Growth
- Leads business development and client experience for a national business association engaging 250+ Fortune 1000 companies on clean energy procurement strategies.
- Responsible for primary revenue generation and organizational growth
- Oversees creation and improvement of internal member management tools and processes
- Supports consulting and research activities for companies buying and supplying renewable energy across the U.S.
- Designs and implements go-to-market strategies for CEBA products and services
- Serves on REBA's senior management team
- Manages membership committee of the board of directors
- Served as staff lead during M&A exercise to create CEBA

Rocky Mountain Institute
Oct. 2016 - Present
- Program Manager for RMI's Business Renewables Center (BRC)
- Operations lead for BRC, leads business development, creates go-to-market strategies, and oversees annual program marketing plans
- Specializes in project management, marketing, customer experience and consulting strategy
- Growing expertise in renewable energy markets, power purchase transactions and financial structures and wholesale power market dynamics
- Past focus areas include: corporate energy strategy, clean tech blockchain applications and gas-to-power business models

American Council On Renewable Energy
Feb. 2013 - Oct. 2016
- Communications Director for ACORE
- Created and executed communications and marketing plans, staff hiring and management, and annual budget planning exceeding $1MM
- Led industry-wide communications partnerships with national trade organizations, non-profits andmember businesses across the U.S.
- Provided strategic counsel on organizational operations, fundraising and key performance indicators
Go West Strategies
June 2012 - Feb. 2013
- Senior Communications and Partnership Consultant
- Extensive writing, research, analysis, marketing and social media work for EnergyFactCheck.org
- Researched and prepared the Clean Energy Under Siege report for the Sierra Club
- Conducted research and partnership development for the Energy Foundation

American Wind Energy Association
Nov. 2011 - June 2012
- Rapid Response Communications Consultant
- Designed and executed strategic public relations campaigns focused on earned media
- Engaged state and federal lobbying assets to advance messaging points and pass key legislation
- Prepared executive briefings, confidential opposition research, and talking point memos
Education

MBA, 2020
- MBA with a focus on finance and entrepreneurship

Completed in 2017
- Passed the Credential of Readiness 150-hour certificate program on the fundamentals of business

- Graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a minor in German
MY WRITING
Cutting Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Production: One of the Year’s Biggest Energy Challenges
January 31, 2018
By Richard Ward & Kevin Haley Leave it to the rocket scientists to solve our biggest climate mysteries. That’s exactly what NASA has done to kick off 2018, using a spectrometer imaging satellite to measure global methane emissions—a potent greenhouse gas that accelerates climate change—and revealing an alarming increase in these emissions that threatens our climate. […]
5 Reasons Why The Clean Energy Future Can’t Be Stopped
January 23, 2018
Energy used to be a boring industry—no pun intended. For over a century, the proven formula for success was to drill, mine, generate, and consume more energy than the year before. But in 1976, a young energy analyst named Amory Lovins decided to question that paradigm in an article titled “Energy Strategy: The Road Not […]
Out Of Paris And Into The Frying Pan
May 31, 2017
For a President whose campaign slogans included, “Drain the Swamp,” today’s announcement on withdrawal from the Paris Agreement looks pretty cynical indeed. The People v. The Swamp – #ParisAgreement edition (via @YaleClimateComm https://t.co/DMF6rBtoqy & @AmyAHarder https://t.co/p0CFRoAUpG) pic.twitter.com/UBybKTdd61 — Kevin Haley (@cleantechkev) May 31, 2017 A decision that favors special interest groups over what the public […]
After 100 Days Of Trump, Business Success Makes Clean Energy A Winner
May 2, 2017
They say “nothing succeeds like success” – and with a new Administration that places a premium on economic accomplishment, this business maxim can be repurposed as a baseline for any industry looking to cement its standing in Washington today. As the election results rolled in last November, many observers to the clean energy industry wondered […]