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Leadership

The leadership team brings together key professionals with many years experience within the finance, utiltity, and renewable energy industries.
The combination of skills and contacts results in broad origination opportunities supported by disciplined underwriting, credit structuring, and technology review.
Renergy Capital Management Team



Jeff Phillips - Managing Partner
Chicago Office: Chief Investment Officer
  • Up until September 2009, Executive Managing Director, US Securitization Group at BMO Capital Markets Corporation
  • Jeff has been in the banking business since 1983. He has structured a broad range of loan transactions (from leveraged finance to structured finance) and, since starting BMO's securitization line of business in 1991, has managed the line of business for BMO (financing transactions across a broad array of structures, asset types and industries).
  • During the 1980's, Jeff originated and managed a leveraged loan portfolio that grew to over $2BN. From 1991 to 2009, Jeff was responsible for the origination and management of a portfolio of structured loans that, over the course of 18 years, grew to an $11BN portfolio, comprised of over 90 loans.
  • Jeff received a BBA in 1978 from University of Michigan (major in Accounting) and an MBA in 1983 from Dartmouth College's Amos Tuck School (focus in Finance and Marketing). Also completed the Executive Program at UC Berkeley.

Joe Agliozzo - Partner
LA Office: Marketing & Legal Officer
  • Has participated in the acquisition and funding of solar companies and projects with a value in excess of $100M.
  • Completed due diligence, credit and construction analysis with investment committee recommendation/report preparation on over 50 solar projects in last 2 years – over 75MW in total.
  • Extensive developer and other sources of deal flow contacts, with over 10MW in current projects in various stages of preconstruction planning and ready to commence in Q1/Q2 2010 He has participated in the acquisition and funding of solar companies and projects with a value in excess of $100M since 2006.
  • He has also raised or advised companies raising over $250M in institutional venture capital, debt and equity finance since 1999.
  • He was a founding team member of four startup companies, several of which were later acquired by publicly traded companies.
  • A graduate of the University of California Los Angeles (B.A) and the University of Southern California (J.D.).
  • He is an attorney and member of the California State Bar since 1993.

John Markham - Partner
Chicago Office: Operations Officer
  • John has over 18 years of broad experience leadership in the Electric Utility Industry. He has managed product field installations, new business development, facility operations, and product marketing networks.
  • Prior to Renergy Capital, John provided product and project solutions within the electric power distribution market with Executive Vice President positions at Hotsplicer Corporation and G&W Electric Company.  Highly experienced in engineering and manufacturing management roles, John has managed product design teams, ISO 9001 facility operations, and product marketing campaigns with annual sales over $40 million. 
  • Key experiences include: field management of energy distribution projects, switchgear products and standards, transmission voltage cable splicing systems, generation technologies, and utility sales representative management. 
  • John received his BS in Manufacturing Technologies from Illinois State University