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MANAGEMENT TEAM
Jesson Bradshaw, Co-founder Fulcrum
Mr. Bradshaw is responsible for overseeing financial and strategic decisions, as well as power operations for both the generation side and demand side of the business. Before establishing Fulcrum, Mr. Bradshaw worked eight years in various senior leadership roles with Dynegy's electricity marketing and fuel teams. These roles included trading, transmission, generation asset management, and negotiations for long-term purchase agreements with third-party generators, natural gas and coal supply, and transportation procurement for power generation facilities and emissions trading. His last position with Dynegy was Vice President of Generation Asset Management and Trading. Prior to his Dynegy years, Mr. Bradshaw gained field experience in construction oversight and construction safety, while working with Nova Corporation of Alberta, Canada. A 1995 graduate of the University of Dallas, Mr. Bradshaw holds a bachelor's degree in Economics.
Mohsin Ali Khoja, Co-Founder Tara
Prior to founding Tara Energy, Mr. Khoja worked for Enron Global Markets where he developed Enron's Natural Gas Liquids business. Mr. Khoja also worked for Enron Broadband Services and Enron International where he negotiated partnership and project development agreements with various foreign government agencies and upstream oil and gas development companies. Prior to Enron, Mr. Khoja provided project finance and advisory services at SNC-Lavalin Capital -- funding arm of the largest Canadian engineering, procurement and construction company. In 1993, Mr. Khoja founded `Asian Traders Ltd.', a wholesale trading enterprise that traded multiple commodities in the US, Europe, and Southwest Asia. Mr. Khoja has a BBA from University of Texas at Austin and an MBA in Finance and Strategic Management from the McGill University.
G.P. Manalac, Co-Founder Fulcrum
Mr. Manalac day-to-day responsibilities include managing operations for the renewable fuel and retail power platforms, and sharing oversight of the company's financial management team. He also manages business development activities to ensure alignment of the company's marketing strategy with its successful business strategy. From 1996 until establishing Fulcrum in 2003, Mr. Manalac served in several senior leadership roles at Dynegy, during the initial growth period of the merchant power business. During those seven years, he was Vice President of Generation Asset Management and Trading; and founded and led Dynegy's power asset management team. He was responsible for managing all commercial decision-making for Dynegy's physical electric assets, including hedging, bidding, asset optimization, market execution strategy, business management and contract compliance. For each generation portfolio attained through Dynegy's acquisition of third-party assets, Mr. Manalac led the integration and development of initial hedging and optimization strategies and was recognized by senior management for outstanding financial results. Mr. Manalac also founded Dynegy's quantitative analysis team and was responsible for the valuation of structured power transactions and power generation asset acquisitions. A 1996 MBA graduate of Rice University, Mr. Manalac earned a B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in Los Angeles.
Neville Ravji, Co-Founder Tara
Prior to Tara Energy, Mr. Ravji worked on strategy, structuring and deal negotiation in the retail energy industry at Enron Energy Services. Here, he was involved in some of the first commercial retail energy transactions completed by the company. At Enron, Mr. Ravji also worked on developing the broadband business as also the pulp and paper business. He spent time at a software startup company, working on business development. In India, Mr. Ravji was the founding partner of one of India's most successful grocery businesses, which he managed for 7 years. Mr. Ravji has an MBA in Finance and Strategic Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ken Dodgen, CFO
Mr. Dodgen is responsible for all accounting and finance activities at Fulcrum Power Services, including all debt and equity financings, financial reporting, treasury, banking, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Fulcrum in 2006, Mr. Dodgen spent 10 years in investment banking with JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch where he focused predominantly on mergers and acquisitions. He has executed numerous sell-side, leveraged buy-out, recapitalization, and buy-side advisory assignments across a broad range of industries. Prior to investment banking, Mr. Dodgen was the Assistant Treasurer at Affiliated Computer Services in Dallas, Texas where he was responsible for debt financings, treasury, and worked on growth acquisitions. He began his career at Coopers & Lybrand in the audit division. Community involvement is important to Mr. Dodgen and he currently chairs the Board of the Southside Place Park Association. He has previously served on the advisory councils for both BioHouston, and the Center for New Ventures & Entrepreneurship at Texas A&M University's Mays Business School. Mr. Dodgen is a licensed CPA. He received a BBA in Accounting from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
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