Key Personnel
Brian Redmond
Ben Jacoby
Greg Krause
Peter Moritzburke
Brian Redmond
Mr. Redmond has over 18 years of experience in the development, structuring, financing and management of power plants, pipelines, and gas storage fields, and in the marketing of wholesale power and gas, and is a co-founder of both CP Energy and Paragon. He has held positions as President of Houston Pipe Line Company and President of Louisiana Resource Company, Managing Director of Enron, and Executive Director of UBS Warburg Energy. Mr. Redmond's experience also includes over six years of international assignments with Enron where he was responsible for asset development and joint venture management in the Middle East, Turkey, and Indochina. Mr. Redmond has negotiated, financed and successfully closed transactions with an aggregate value of over $5 billion where he was responsible for debt and equity financing documents as well as the core project documents including off-take and supply agreements, operations and maintenance agreements, easement agreements, construction contracts and manufacturer's warranty agreements associated with the development and financing of both fossil fuel and wind-powered electricity generating projects. In addition, Mr. Redmond has extensive experience representing sponsors, equity investors, lenders and construction contractors in connection with the development, financing, operation, acquisition and disposition of both domestic and international power and gas projects. Mr. Redmond earned his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1990. In addition, he holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech.
Ben Jacoby
Mr. Jacoby has over 16 years of experience in the development, financing and asset management of independent power generation facilities, and is a co-founder of Paragon. Prior to Paragon, he held various positions with Enron Corp. from May 1998 to February 2003. As a Vice President of Enron North America, Mr. Jacoby was responsible for certain power project development and wholesale origination activities. From 1990 through 1998, he held various positions with KENETECH Corporation, an independent power producer with a significant presence in the wind power sector. As Vice President of KENETECH Corporation, Mr. Jacoby was responsible for wind project finance activities including project debt and equity syndications. During his career in the energy industry, Mr. Jacoby has originated, negotiated and closed a wide variety of transactions having an electric generation capacity in excess of 5,000 MW and a value in excess of $5 billion in the aggregate. Mr. Jacoby earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California in 1990, and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1987.
Greg Krause
Mr. Krause has over twenty-five years of energy industry experience in business development, project development and asset management. From 1993 to 2003, Mr. Krause worked in various commercial roles for Enron Corp., which included transactional and asset management support in connection with the sale of both domestic and international assets of Enron Wind. His accomplishments in the energy industry include development of a 510 MW simple-cycle power generation facility in South Florida. He also has relevant experience in the acquisition, development and divestiture of energy-related assets. Mr. Krause earned his Master of Business Administration from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor of Science in engineering from Texas A&M.
Ben Jacoby
Greg Krause
Peter Moritzburke
Brian Redmond
Mr. Redmond has over 18 years of experience in the development, structuring, financing and management of power plants, pipelines, and gas storage fields, and in the marketing of wholesale power and gas, and is a co-founder of both CP Energy and Paragon. He has held positions as President of Houston Pipe Line Company and President of Louisiana Resource Company, Managing Director of Enron, and Executive Director of UBS Warburg Energy. Mr. Redmond's experience also includes over six years of international assignments with Enron where he was responsible for asset development and joint venture management in the Middle East, Turkey, and Indochina. Mr. Redmond has negotiated, financed and successfully closed transactions with an aggregate value of over $5 billion where he was responsible for debt and equity financing documents as well as the core project documents including off-take and supply agreements, operations and maintenance agreements, easement agreements, construction contracts and manufacturer's warranty agreements associated with the development and financing of both fossil fuel and wind-powered electricity generating projects. In addition, Mr. Redmond has extensive experience representing sponsors, equity investors, lenders and construction contractors in connection with the development, financing, operation, acquisition and disposition of both domestic and international power and gas projects. Mr. Redmond earned his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1990. In addition, he holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech.
Ben Jacoby
Mr. Jacoby has over 16 years of experience in the development, financing and asset management of independent power generation facilities, and is a co-founder of Paragon. Prior to Paragon, he held various positions with Enron Corp. from May 1998 to February 2003. As a Vice President of Enron North America, Mr. Jacoby was responsible for certain power project development and wholesale origination activities. From 1990 through 1998, he held various positions with KENETECH Corporation, an independent power producer with a significant presence in the wind power sector. As Vice President of KENETECH Corporation, Mr. Jacoby was responsible for wind project finance activities including project debt and equity syndications. During his career in the energy industry, Mr. Jacoby has originated, negotiated and closed a wide variety of transactions having an electric generation capacity in excess of 5,000 MW and a value in excess of $5 billion in the aggregate. Mr. Jacoby earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California in 1990, and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1987.
Greg Krause
Mr. Krause has over twenty-five years of energy industry experience in business development, project development and asset management. From 1993 to 2003, Mr. Krause worked in various commercial roles for Enron Corp., which included transactional and asset management support in connection with the sale of both domestic and international assets of Enron Wind. His accomplishments in the energy industry include development of a 510 MW simple-cycle power generation facility in South Florida. He also has relevant experience in the acquisition, development and divestiture of energy-related assets. Mr. Krause earned his Master of Business Administration from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor of Science in engineering from Texas A&M.
Mr. Moritzburke has worked with investment banks, energy developers, utilities, regulators, and environmental services companies in multiple roles for over 12 years. Prior to joining Paragon, he was an independent consultant providing advisory services to renewable energy companies. As Vice President of Operations for BESST, Inc. in 2005 and 2006, Mr. Moritzburke restructured the environmental products and services startup into a profitable growing company. Mr. Moritzburke is co-inventor on 7 patents. Before joining BESST, Inc., Mr. Moritzburke was Associate Director of Research with Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA). From 1997 through 2004 he advised CERA clients in power asset investment, development, and operation, and analysis of market fundamentals and trends. Mr. Moritzburke earned his Master’s degree in International Business Management from UC San Diego in 1996, and his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from UC Davis in 1989.