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Jenny Yang
Board memberJenny is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. She was co-founder/CEO of two AI companies, Aida (acquired by Vision Critical) and Metafor Software (acquired by Splunk). Previously, Jenny was a Partner at BDC Capital where she led investments in technology startups. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, she was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Co. Jenny began her career as an engineer at Telus and Nortel. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from UBC and an MBA from INSEAD.
Ian Irvine
Board memberIan has over three decades of experience in the renewable energy industry, beginning his career with a wind turbine design company in the mid-80s. He founded award-winning renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy, later sold to Wood. Throughout his career, Ian has shown his desire to push the industry forward and was involved in many industry firsts and some of the world’s largest renewable energy projects.
Gareth Brown
Board memberGareth has over a decade of experience leading identification, development, construction, financing and operation of renewable energy assets for a world leading renewable energy technical consultancy. He is an entrepreneur, chartered engineer with the IMechE, and has degrees in mathematics and mechanical engineering.
Michael Ciaramella
Board memberPrior to joining Longbow, Michael was the Financial Lead at KANATA Energy Group, a midstream company backed by Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan, ARC Financial and Energy Spectrum Capital. As a key member of the corporate development team, Michael participated in evaluating over $7 billion in infrastructure related investment opportunities within the energy sector.
Prior to KANATA, Michael was an M&A Advisory Manager with Deloitte where he advised domestic and international clients across the full M&A lifecycle including involvement in both buy-side and sell-side transaction services, integration, and corporate finance mandates.
Michael holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary, is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and a CFA Charterholder.
Tom Rand
Board memberAn entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author and speaker with a focus on carbon mitigation. A managing Partner of ArcTern Ventures and sits on the board of a number of clean energy companies and organizations. Tom holds a BSc in electrical engineering (U of Waterloo), an MSc in philosophy of science (University of London and LSE) and an MA and PhD in philosophy (U of Toronto), is an Action Canada Fellow, and has been a member of a number of federal and provincial advisory boards.
Gareth Brown
Chief Executive OfficerGareth has over a decade of experience leading identification, development, construction, financing and operation of renewable energy assets for a world leading renewable energy technical consultancy. He is an entrepreneur, chartered engineer with the IMechE, and has degrees in mathematics and mechanical engineering.
Craig McCall
Chief Revenue OfficerCraig has over eight years experience in the renewable energy industry and most recently led a world-leading renewable energy technical consultants Optimization and Control service line. To date, Craig has been involved in more than 100 wind farm optimization projects across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Michael Reid
Chief Technology OfficerMichael has a background in the development of large-scale cloud software solutions, including Amazon RDS, Splunk, and Hootsuite, and also previously founded a startup providing cloud-based privacy-preserving machine learning. His expertise is architecting and building software that is scalable, reliable and secure.
Angel Valerio
VP of OperationsAngel is an operations professional with over a decade of practical and managerial experience in Mexico and Canada's manufacturing, high-tech agri-food and energy industries. Co-founded two technology-based companies, developed new industry-oriented renewable energy technologies and lead the deployment of multimillion-dollar machinery deployed in 20+ countries. Angel holds a Philosophy Doctorate in Applied Physics and Renewable Energy from UBC.
Renewable energy expertise across the globe
Founded in 2017 by wind industry experts, Clir has over 125 employees across the world. We’ve built a unique team that understands the industry — from financing and development, to operations and optimization. With 200+ GW of wind and solar data, and clients located across the globe, we have a team of experts ready to support your project — wherever it may be.
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