Mike has led annual budgeting, capital investment planning and several P&L improvement efforts for 50,000 MW and 25,000 MW generation fleets, respectively, delivering over $1.5 billion in cumulative P&L improvement from 2010 thru 2017. He has also led multiple M&A operations integration efforts to form the two largest non-regulated generation portfolios in the U.S.

Mike has extensive international and emerging market experience in plant operations, business development, EPC, business start-up, capital investment and generation planning, having lived and worked internationally for over 20 years. His international operations and P&L experience involved responsibility for 300+ person operating asset union organizations, leading multiple successful union contract negotiations resulting in asset life extensions.

Mike’s more recent focus has been leading the development, origination and financing of the WattBridge 1150 MW ERCOT fast start peaking asset portfolio. He is responsible for all aspects of development, capital raise, debt marketing, deal origination, offtake agreements, credit agreement negotiation, project infrastructure, portfolio operations and P&L. Mike and the WattBridge team have raised $750M of capital and achieved 4 project financial closings over a span of 10 months thru November 2020 and brought an additional 1500 MW’s to advanced stages of development.

Prior to his ERCOT efforts, Mike had significant experience developing and closing projects in Nevada, California and Arizona including bring the 550 MW CC Walter Higgins generating station to commercial operation and achieving CEC approval of the San Miguel generating peaking station in CAISO.

Strategies that enhanced both short and long term free cash flow. Cliff has also managed and optimized assets with a long term heat rate call option, maximizing value proposition of the contract and operational cost requirements of the asset.

Cliff has extensive business operations and asset management experience at one of the largest deregulated portfolios in the U.S. Cliff led the development, implementation and enhancement of a capex and opex planning analytical decision making process utilized to improve generation performance, mitigate risk and optimize capital investment, while maximizing profitability and shareholder’s return. His team’s effort were responsible for the repositioning the 30,000MW US fossil-based portfolio that delivered $1.5B spend improvement over seven years.

Since joining WattBridge in December 2018, Cliff has been as a key member of the WattBridge Development team leading and managing all aspects of development, origination and assisting with financing requirements of WattBridge’s 1150 MW ERCOT portfolio. The WattBridge team have raised $750M of capital and achieved 4 project financial closings over a span of 10 months thru November 2020 and brought an additional 1500 MW’s to advanced stages of development. In addition to his development role, Cliff is also responsible the execution of all owner’s responsibilities and oversight of the development to commercial operations.