Exceptional people drive extraordinary outcomes

President & Chief Operating Officer

Jorg Heinemann is a technology operator and systems builder who has spent his career scaling complex, first-of-kind platforms from early-stage to global deployment. He began developing custom capital markets trading systems in Zurich, then spent years at Accenture leading large-scale technology integration for some of Silicon Valley's most demanding companies: Apple, HP, Sun Microsystems, and others. He brought that operational rigor to the energy transition: at SunPower, he led the global power plant business unit, guiding teams that built over 2,000 MW of solar infrastructure while driving more than 60% in cost reductions through engineering and process innovation. As CEO of Enervenue, he scaled a novel energy storage technology through four product generations, multi-GWh commercial traction, and automated manufacturing now scaling in China. At 1st Avenue Power, Jorg leads operations and execution, turning a category-defining technology vision into systems that perform at global scale.

SVP of Mergers & Acquisitions

Todd Bruckel is a clean energy development and investment professional who has spent his career acquiring and developing the land and capital infrastructure that makes large-scale-solar, wind, and battery projects possible. He currently serves as SVP, M&A at 1st Avenue Power where he leads project acquisition, due diligence, and development efforts for the company’s growing pipeline. Todd previously worked 15 years as head of real estate at Avantus, leading land acquisition and development for over 30 gigawatts of projects including some of the largest, leading edge hybrid projects in the U.S. such as Bellfield, Springbok, Eland, and Mt. Signal Solar Farms.  Todd also previously worked as SVP of Renewables at Accelerate Infrastructure Opportunities, originating equity capital investments in solar, wind, and battery storage assets across the US, and began his career as an Associate in the investment banking group at Deutsche Bank. He holds an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA and is a licensed California broker.

SVP of Technology

Dr. Finbar Sheehy is a technologist and analyst whose career sits at a rare intersection: deep engineering expertise, financial rigor, and strategic innovation. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Caltech and a Chartered Financial Analyst designation, a combination that allows him to evaluate emerging technologies not just for what they can do, but for what they can deliver economically at scale. Before 1AP, Finbar brought that lens to McKinsey and then to Avantus, where he spearheaded innovation initiatives, led techno-economic assessments, and built the company's IP portfolio to advance utility-scale solar deployment at gigaton scale. At 1st Avenue Power, he drives innovation strategy, IP development, and the technical and economic analysis that underpins 1AP's approach to next-generation power system design.

VP of People

Jody Atkins is a people and talent executive who has spent 15 years building the recruiting organizations that power high-growth technology companies. At NextRoll, she scaled talent operations 3.5x across North America, Europe, and APAC personally leading searches that placed the company's President, CFO, CTO, CRO, and CMO while pioneering AI-enabled recruiting infrastructure and maintaining offer acceptance rates above 93% through multiple organizational changes. She earned Partner of the Year recognition for employer branding, served as director of talent acquisition at Reflektive, and directed global recruiting operations at Riverbed Technology earlier in her career. At 1st Avenue Power, she leads People with both the operational precision of enterprise tech and a deep belief that the right team, built with intention, is the foundation of everything, and is doing exactly that.

VP of Operations

Drew Lowe is a strategy and operations executive who has spent his career building the procurement, supply chain, and financial infrastructure that lets technology companies scale without losing control. At Apple, he led global supply chain across multiple product ramps, managing real-time disruptions with an international team spanning three continents. At Hulu, he built strategic sourcing from the ground up and led a FinOps function responsible for $1.2 billion in spend, delivering over $250 million in savings. At SiriusXM, he centralized a world-class sourcing, partnerships, and contract management organization within product and technology. He began his career leading large-scale transformation programs at Deloitte. At 1st Avenue Power, Drew leads operations, bringing the rigor of world-class technology supply chains to the energy transition

VP of Product Development

Greg McPheeters is a mechanical engineer and product inventor who has spent his career designing the hardware systems that make solar deployable at scale. He began in 2001 at EcoEnergies, one of the country's earliest solar installers, developing proprietary mounting systems before modern racking companies existed. He went on to become the founding engineer at REC Solar's commercial business unit, later acquired by Duke Energy. In 2007 he founded SnapNrack, growing it to a gigawatt of deployment by 2016, protected by over 50 patents, and acquired by SunRun, now one of the most-installed residential racking systems in the US. At Ojjo, he led truss foundation development for leading solar tracker systems across multiple gigawatts of projects before joining NextPower through the Ojjo acquisition. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Santa Clara University. At 1st Avenue Power, Greg leads product development, bringing a career's worth of Innovative hardware design and systems thinking to the next generation of power plant design.

Executive Advisor

Kip Larson is a technology executive who has spent his career building the software and data infrastructure that allows large-scale physical systems to operate more intelligently. At Amazon, he led product management across fulfillment center operations technology and AWS IoT, developing machine learning and operations research tools that optimized one of the world's most complex logistics networks. At Convoy, he led marketplace product for the digital freight platform. He then brought that technology lens to clean energy as the first Chief Technology Officer of Avantus, where he expanded the company's capabilities in software engineering and machine learning to transform how solar power plants are designed, operated, and optimized. He holds an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. As Executive Advisor to 1st Avenue Power, Kip brings a rare combination of hyperscale technology expertise and clean energy systems experience.

Executive Advisor

Joe Inzerillo is a technology executive who has spent 35 years building the large-scale digital infrastructure that powers some of the world's most demanding media platforms. He began his career with the Chicago White Sox, and was the CTO for the United Center.  He joined MLB and was CTO and was a co-founder BAMTech Media, the technology company spun out of Major League Baseball that launched MLB.tv, the first over-the-top sports streaming service, and later powered HBO Now, the WWE Network, NHL and 40+ others before Disney acquired it.  As CTO of Disney Streaming, he led the technology behind Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu, and Star+ across global markets. He then served as EVP and Chief Product and Technology Officer at SiriusXM, overseeing  all technology including; satellites, in car embedded systems and streaming platforms. Currently he is serving as the President, Enterprise and AI Technology at Salesforce.  As Executive Advisor to 1st Avenue Power, Joe brings deep expertise in building reliable, scalable technology systems at global scale.

Executive Advisor

Jordan Greene is a deep technology entrepreneur, investor, and company builder who has spent his career commercializing frontier technologies at the intersection of AI, mobility, energy, and industrial markets. He is General Partner at Essentia Ventures, where he leads investments in companies shaping the future of deep tech. He is best known as co-founder and senior executive of AEye (NASDAQ: LIDR), where he helped build the company from inception through its public debut at a $1.5 billion enterprise value, serving as Chief Strategy Officer, EVP, and General Manager, and leading capital formation efforts totaling over $650 million from institutional and strategic investors. His expertise spans corporate strategy, IP development, go-to-market execution, M&A, and the commercialization of complex deep-tech systems. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Jordan holds degrees from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and College of Engineering. As Executive Adviser to 1st Avenue Power, he brings a proven track record of scaling category-defining technology platforms from inception to market.

Executive Advisor

Blair LaCorte is a serial technology executive and investor who has spent his career transforming companies at the frontier of emerging industries. He founded the GIS group at Autodesk, built global logistics technology at Savi Technologies that tracked supply chains across the Department of Defense, served as CEO of XOJET, one of the fastest-growing private aviation companies in North America, and as global president of PRG, the world's largest live event technology company. He went on to serve as an operating partner at TPG, one of the world's leading private equity firms, before becoming CEO of AEye, where he led the commercialization of AI-driven LiDAR technology for autonomous vehicles. Blair is a holder of multiple patents and was named an Innovator of the Year by NASA. He started his career at the power systems group at General Electric. As Executive Advisor to 1st Avenue Power, he brings a rare combination of inventor, dealmaker, and builder, someone who has taken category-defining technologies to market and knows how to do it again.