TerraScale · The Bench
Everyone currently on the bench — CXO practitioners and Creative Studio contractors — across every function and specialty we cover.
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CFO-caliber operators who've structured deals, raised equity, and stewarded capital across the energy value chain.
Scaled Quanta Renewable Energy Services from $5M to $100M+ in revenue. Career spans McKinsey, Bridge Strategy Group, and executive advisory across four continents. MBA with Distinction, Harvard Business School; Mechanical Engineering & Mathematics, Rice University (summa cum laude).
20+ years across the energy value chain as founder, CFO, and principal investor. Founded TerraStor Energy and Poplar Resources; CFO of Magellan Petroleum (NASDAQ:MPET); principal roles at Mubadala, Arcapita, and Compass Partners. Harvard A.B., CFA charterholder.
30+ years scaling high-growth companies as CFO, COO, and CPO. Executed 20+ M&A transactions, raised $40M+ in equity, and built global teams across the U.S., Africa, and Asia. Currently CFO-in-Residence for health-tech and SaaS companies. MBA Indiana University; Wharton fintech executive education.
Finance, operations, and leadership executive with a track record of launching ventures, managing multimillion-dollar budgets, and building high-performing teams under pressure. Known for translating strategy into measurable outcomes across diverse industries.
Serial executive across 10+ ventures with 4 exits and $100M+ in capital raised. Deep experience spanning corporate finance, revenue operations, and C-suite leadership. Board member across 8 organizations with a track record of scaling early-stage companies to exit.
CPA and founder of Lucerna Financial Solutions, providing strategic accounting and outsourced CFO support for growing professional service businesses. Background spans public accounting, corporate finance, and entrepreneurship, with a focus on integrating bookkeeping, tax strategy, and CFO advisory to support long-term business growth.
Scientists, engineers, and operators who've taken advanced technologies from lab to market.
30+ years commercializing deep-tech energy innovations — batteries, fuel cells, electrolyzers, and catalysts. Former C-suite executive with 20+ patents and $20M+ in government-funded programs (DOE, ARPA-E, NASA). Ph.D. in Materials Science.
40 years in energy as consultant, executive, entrepreneur, investor, and educator. Co-founded two ventures; led a venture-backed startup as CEO; helped clean energy companies raise tens of millions in equity. Ph.D. Marketing, Virginia Tech; Economics from Stanford and MIT.
30+ years as an energy entrepreneur, investor, and advisor. Founded and raised capital for Downeast LNG (PE-backed), Negotiauction, and Green H2. Advised 30+ energy and climate startups on go-to-market, capital raises, and financing. Active angel investor with Resilience Earth Capital.
Ph.D. in Computer Science (Kent State) focused on multi-agent systems and market design. AI Engineering expertise in Context Engineering and AI Governance across Finance, Healthcare, and Insurance verticals.
Strategy executive with a Ph.D. bringing deep expertise in cleantech commercialization and energy transition. Experienced in navigating complex stakeholder environments and building the strategic foundations for early-stage ventures.
Executive leader with deep experience in operations, growth strategy, and scaling technology companies. Brings a track record of building teams and systems that enable early-stage ventures to move from concept to commercial traction.
20+ years scaling engineering organizations at Twitter, Nextdoor, and UKG. Built Twitter's first real-time fraud detection system; helped launch Bootstrap (one of the web's most adopted front-end frameworks); led Nextdoor through rapid expansion as Director of Engineering. Degree from UC Davis.
Innovation and AI leader. Former Senior Director / Head of Innovation at PayPal with 100+ patents. Visiting Fellow at SDSU's James Silberrad Brown Center for AI. Speaker and thought leader on applied AI, generative productivity, and innovation strategy.
Senior operators who've built markets, shaped brand narratives, and driven growth at scale.
Led global product marketing for Tesla's Industrial Energy division ($10B+ portfolio). Experience spans Wärtsilä, Fluence, and Audi. Currently Director of Global Marketing at etalytics GmbH. Fulbright Scholar, fluent in German, contributor to Atlantic Council and POLITICO Energy Summit.
30+ years building clean energy markets at Nest, Google, and SunPower. Specializes in defining market opportunities and scaling programs — from concept to one million customers — across B2B and B2B2C organizations in solar, storage, EVs, and VPPs.
30+ years in brand marketing and innovation at SiriusXM, Tumblr, and BBDO. Served as Entrepreneur in Residence at Exelon — America's largest energy distribution company — investing in early-stage cleantech. Cornell and Wharton graduate.
16 years building and leading marketing organizations for venture-backed startups across NYC, California, and Ohio. Helped scale companies from pre-revenue to market leadership — driving millions of users, tens of millions in revenue, and multiple successful exits. Experience spans cleantech, energy tech, industrial automation, FinTech, SaaS, and B2B and B2C markets. Core strength is orchestrating growth in early-stage environments: sharpening positioning, accelerating go-to-market execution, and building scalable demand generation engines.
18+ years leading sales, business development, and go-to-market for renewable energy and clean tech companies including AMS, Peak Power, and ChargeNet. Previously at AWS in the Energy Infrastructure and Data Center Engineering teams. MBA, Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
Executives who've stood up operations, navigated complexity, and built the infrastructure for growth.
20-year marketing and strategy operator across Toyota, Hyundai, Genesis, Cox Automotive (KBB), and Deloitte. Drove 45% revenue growth on KBB's Instant Cash Offer platform. Founder of Luma Auto. Full professional Mandarin fluency. MBA UC Irvine.
18+ years spanning management consulting (Kearney — 4 continents, 14 countries), startup founding, and C-suite operating. Established North America operations for Indian unicorn Moglix from scratch with full P&L ownership. B.Tech IIT Kanpur; MBA Indian School of Business.
Fractional Chief Strategy Officer who helps organizations build structural foundations for sustainable growth. Co-founded multiple businesses and nonprofits. Particularly effective with companies navigating growth complexity, organizational identity challenges, and problems with no easy answer.
25+ years of global leadership experience in R&D, product strategy, and operational transformation. Helps early-stage and growth companies turn promising ideas into scalable products, with deep experience spanning startups to Fortune 500 enterprises, including regulated product environments like medical devices. Certified Six Sigma Black Belt with a pragmatic Lean approach to capital efficiency and execution.
20+ years in operations and executive leadership across the energy sector. Former utility sector CEO with firsthand knowledge of how utilities and contractors manage field data, storm response, and regulatory compliance. Head of Business Development at Relantic Inc. (OSU spinout).
13+ years bridging startups and corporations across accelerators and innovation programs. Former cleantech startup founder with deep expertise in pitch decks, business development, GTM strategy, and community-building. Strong VC network and hands-on empathy for the founder experience.
Managing Partner at TerraScale. Previously CPO at FitPros and EcommerceBrands.com, and co-founder of Wheelwell — a venture-backed automotive marketplace acquired by AutoAnything. Earlier spent nearly a decade at Apple across retail, institutional education marketing, and product marketing, helping build the initial Genius Bar infrastructure. Also led fractional consulting for early-stage clean energy innovators through Solix, LLC. Based in San Diego.
Managing Partner at TerraScale. Previously co-founded and led the nation's largest fractional executive practice at BRITE Energy Innovators, and co-founded Hyr Medical — a SaaS platform that reshaped healthcare staffing. Earlier was an innovation strategy and product development consultant, product engineering leader at Fortune 500 companies, and faculty member at Case Western Reserve University. MBA from Michigan Ross; M.S. from Ohio State (Summa Cum Laude); B.S. from UIUC (Cum Laude).
Operations and product leader with experience helping growth-stage companies build the processes and organizational structures needed to scale. Focused on bridging strategy and day-to-day execution for founding teams.
Operators who've built revenue engines from the ground up — from first dollar to nine-figure scale.
Customer Success executive who drove 116% ARR growth at a Google Ventures portfolio company, delivered 130% Net Expansion at a software analytics firm ($470M revenue), and scaled a cybersecurity SaaS from 4,000 to 15,000 customers. Deep expertise in CCO functions and GTM strategy.
20+ years of C-suite revenue leadership. As CRO of SHARE Mobility, drove a $12M Series A via LinkedIn-first lead generation. Grew Healia Health from 1 to 160+ customers and earned a Y Combinator invitation. Track record: $4M to $45M revenue growth as President across multiple ventures.
Cleantech go-to-market leader and entrepreneur focused on commercializing renewable energy and clean energy software. Co-founder of Windscape.ai, with prior C-level business development roles across clean tech SaaS and hardware ventures, including Chief Business Development Officer at Ensemble Energy. Specializes in taking early-stage clean energy products from pilot deployments to repeatable revenue.
Executive leader with experience across revenue growth and general management. Profile details in progress — reach out directly for background.
Fractional CRO and RevOps professional with deep experience building revenue operations infrastructure for growth-stage companies — specializing in the systems, processes, and team structures that turn pipeline into predictable revenue.
Leaders who've taken physical products from prototype to production — navigating complex supply chains and quality systems.
Quality and operations leader across automotive, aerospace, EV battery systems, and advanced manufacturing. Known for leading cross-functional teams through complex product launches, operational scale-up, and customer-critical quality initiatives. Expertise in APQP/PPAP, supplier development, and audit readiness.
Seasoned creative contractors who build brand, web, and content for our clients.
Senior product designer with ~12 years of experience in end-to-end UX/UI for SaaS and digital products. Specializes in design systems, user testing, motion design, and Webflow. Has supported 28+ companies globally; formerly Pfizer and Liferay. Led a ShelterBuddy redesign that accelerated adoption by 50%.
Web developer with experience building and shipping digital products across the full stack. Focused on clean, performant front-end development and translating design systems into production-ready code for startups and early-stage companies.
Search marketing and SEO specialist focused on strategy for content-driven sites. Former Head of Search Strategy at Trace Media Marketing. Expertise spans technical SEO, content and keyword strategy, and search visibility optimization — including how generative AI systems interact with web content.
Creative director and designer with expertise spanning brand identity, graphic design, UI/UX, and marketing strategy. Background includes work across the U.S. and UAE with early-stage and growth-stage companies.
Full-spectrum creative contractor spanning brand identity, content marketing, graphic design, lifecycle marketing, market research, marketing strategy, PR, SEO, social media, UI/UX, and web development. Brings end-to-end creative and strategic capability for early-stage and growth-stage companies.
Creative contractor spanning brand identity, content marketing, graphic design, market research, PR, SEO, and social media marketing. Brings a broad creative and communications skill set for early-stage and growth-stage companies building their presence.
Creative contractor with expertise across brand identity, content marketing, graphic design, UI/UX, and web development. Brings end-to-end design and build capability for companies establishing or evolving their digital presence.
Creative designer with expertise across brand identity, graphic design, and UI/UX. Brings a focused visual and product design skill set for companies building or refining their brand presence and digital experience.
Performance marketer with expertise spanning brand identity, content marketing, graphic design, lifecycle marketing, market research, marketing strategy, performance marketing, SEO, and social media. Brings a full-funnel marketing and growth skill set for companies scaling their acquisition and retention efforts.
Creative professional with experience across brand identity, graphic design, UI/UX, marketing strategy, and web development. Recently joined the TerraScale Creative Studio bench.