About Alpha Omega Power

Prior to founding Alpha Omega Power, Paul was Executive VP and Head of Origination for Broad Reach Power. He has almost 30 years of experience working with institutional clients to structure transactions in the power and commodity markets. Paul is passionate about partnering with clients and other stakeholders to help solve problems in the power sector. During his career he has held leadership positions at Swiss Re, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Constellation, and Enron. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a BBA in Finance.

Kara leads the corporate finance, accounting, and compliance efforts at Alpha Omega Power. Prior battery experience includes serving as the Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis at Broad Reach Power, where she built out the accounting, planning and reporting functions. She also served as the Controller at GlidePath Power Solutions. Kara began her career at Ernst and Young, working first as an auditor before moving into transaction and structuring consulting under financial accounting advisory. Kara is a licensed CPA in the state of Texas.

Guillaume Dufay, pronounced "ghee-yom," is a cofounder of Alpha Omega Power. He leads project management activities from the early stages of development through construction and asset operations. Guillaume holds an Engineering Master's degree and is a certified Project Management Professional. He has developed and deployed gigawatts of batteries across North America since the early days of lithium-ion energy storage. Prior to starting Alpha Omega Power, Guillaume held various project management and engineering roles with leaders in energy transition, such as Broad Reach Power (now Engie) and Akuo Energy, as well as in oil and gas technology companies.

Michael leads corporate development, acquisitions, and project underwriting at Alpha Omega Power. Prior to AOP, Michael worked in similar functions as Vice President, Finance at Broad Reach Power. Before his career in renewable power development, Michael focused on energy private equity investments as a Vice President at NGP Energy Capital Management. He previously held positions at Lime Rock Partners and Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.

Luke Shillington joined AOP as Chief Development Officer in August 2024. Mr. Shillington brings over 15 years experience working on many of the largest and most recognizable renewable energy generation and storage projects in the U.S. serving in roles as an entrepreneur, energy development executive, development strategist, and land entitlement/natural resources permitting expert. He has a history of building and leading successful teams, growing development portfolios and platforms, and executing. Mr. Shillington joins AOP from Strategic Land and Energy Development, a development services consultancy that he founded in 2022 with a focus on development strategy and execution for some of the largest and well-capitalized renewable energy and BESS developers in the world. Previously, he held the role of VP, Land Entitlement at 8minute Solar Energy where he built one of the most accomplished and successful discretionary permitting teams in the industry. He has experience developing projects on private, state, federal, and tribal lands in the majority of ISO regions in the U.S.

Nate Kaiser is the Senior Vice President of Commercial at Alpha Omega Power LLC, bringing over two decades of expertise in energy storage, renewable energy integration, and power market strategy. Prior to joining Alpha Omega, Nate held senior leadership roles at Avantus, E.ON Climate & Renewables, and TransAlta, where he specialized in energy marketing, origination, and portfolio management. A graduate of IE Business School with an MBA and Trinity Western University with a BBA, Nate combines strategic vision with hands-on experience to advance the integration of renewable energy solutions in evolving markets.

Dan Barbeau joined AOP in September 2024 and oversees Structured Finance. He has extensive experience in tax equity and project finance debt capital raising across a variety of renewable energy and energy storage asset types. Dan was previously with CRC-IB (f.k.a. CohnReznick Capital) where he was instrumental in building their energy storage advisory practice and developing innovative tax credit financing structures following the passage of the IRA.