John has worked in real estate and renewable energy development since 2007. Prior to co-founding SMT, John was Partner and General Counsel at Lodestar Energy. While at Lodestar Energy, John and the team developed nearly one hundred megawatts of PV projects in the northeastern United States. While at Lodestar Energy, in addition to development activities, John spearheaded financial and M&A closings with various counterparties such as tax equity investors and debt providers. In addition to renewable energy development, John is Managing Partner at KKS Investments, a student-housing development company focusing on the southeastern United States. John holds a JD from Brooklyn Law School, an MBA from the University of Florida and a BA from the University of Florida.
David J. Spotts
David brings fifteen years of solar EPC and executive management experience. Throughout his career, David hasdeveloped and constructed approximately 1GW of PV projects in the United States. Prior to SMT, David served as a Senior Vice President of Engineering at Sunpin Holdings.
Ryan C. Scott
Ryan has nine years of acquisition and operating experience with oil and gas assets. He has independently acquired and divested hundreds of thousands of mineral and leasehold acres, spanning 19 states and covering every productive oil and gas basin in the continental United States as well as parts of Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. Ryan is the owner and manager of Terre Verte Company, Inc., which holds an extensive portfolio of fee oil, gas, mineral and royalty interests, federal overriding royalty interests, operated and non-operated working interests, and other various real estate assets. In addition to his duties with Terre Verte Company, Ryan is a Partner at SMT, where he is responsible for site acquisition, permitting and business development. Prior to his involvement with the oil, gas and renewable energy space, Ryan began his career as an analyst at Branzan Investment Advisors, an alternative investment fund manager. Ryan graduated with a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Samuel W. Malin
Sam Malin is a clean energy development professional with a decade of experience successfully siting, engineering, permitting, modeling, and financing clean energy infrastructure. Before SMT, Sam held various roles as lead developer or engineer on over $1 billion of now-operational solar, wind, and energy storage projects with Invenergy, SunEdison, and Lodestar Energy. He holds an MBA from Columbia University and a BS/MS in civil and mechanical engineering from Northwestern University.