Our People

Our highly experienced team leverages our scale using industry-proven best practices.

Our highly experienced team has a proven track record across project lifecycle, with notable experience in development, operations, financing and portfolio management, including trading and risk management.

Leadership

Kevin Smith

Chief Executive Officer

Kevin brings more than 40 years of experience in both renewable energy and conventional energy to his role as Chief Executive Officer at Cypress Creek. He’s spent the last 20 years of his career in executive positions in renewable energy and energy storage, but earlier in his career, he was a design engineer on nuclear facilities and then developed natural gas fired power projects across the U.S. and internationally.

Nancy Bucher

Chief People Officer

Nancy leads Cypress Creek Energy’s people strategy, overseeing talent acquisition, employee growth and development, total rewards, and culture initiatives.

Mike Discenza

Chief Financial Officer

As CFO, Mike manages the financial, tax and digital activities of Cypress Creek. He has extensive global executive leadership experience across innovative infrastructure, renewable energy, financial, and project development companies. 

Jeffrey Meigel

Chief Investment Officer

Jeff leads the Structured Finance, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Investment Analytics groups, and the Investment Committee.

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Jerome O’Brien

Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel

Jerome manages the legal department and oversees other functions at the company including safety, insurance, and ESG initiatives.

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Roshan Popal

Chief Technology Officer

As CTO, Roshan leads the AI, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Systems, IT & Security, and Software Engineering functions at Cypress Creek. He brings 27 years of experience across multiple industries, with deep expertise spanning enterprise technology strategy, information security, and the deployment of AI-driven systems at scale.

Peter Toomey

Chief Development Officer

Peter leads the company’s Development team, working with external and internal stakeholders to grow and advance projects in our development pipeline.

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Jeremy Wodakow

Chief Commercial Officer

Jeremy is responsible for the operating, commercial, and financial performance of Cypress Creek’s growing portfolio of operating assets and our third-party O&M services business – Cypress Creek Solutions. He also structures renewable supply to meet the needs of our customers to commercialize development projects.

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