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Kevin Haley

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

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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
    WORKS
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    QUOTES
    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 […]

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