• ReCon Associates

    Energy Consulting and Project Development Services

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  • Making your business grow…

    ReCon Associates is a multi-disciplinary consortium of seasoned business, financial, technical and scientific professionals with global reach and prospective.

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    ReCon Associates delivers strategic and tactical consulting services to executives of renewable energy and clean tech firms.

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About us

ReCon Associates members include seasoned energy executives, managers, academics, scientists and researchers. Collectively, ReCon’s principals have over 300 years in the energy industry. ReCon maintains “of counsel” relationships with world-class engineering and legal firms. All members have boardroom and senior management experience in their respective fields. Members collaborate on a project-by-project basis, focused on the specific needs and circumstances of the client.

Key members include:

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Key members include:

Timothy M. Baye

Coordinating member and a founder

Tim Baye is ReCon’s coordinating member and a founder. Since 1984, Baye’s career has focused on renewable energy business development and finance through executive, academic and advisory capacities. His project portfolios include U.S., Latin America/Caribbean, Australia, North Africa and West/Central European. Baye’s core competencies include, project/corporate strategy/planning, financial and investment analysis, contracting (offtake and supply) and, project evaluation, planning and development; bioenergy (primary), solar (secondary).

timothy.baye@reconassociates.com

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Key members include:

John Haeckel

John Haeckel is the founder and CEO of Clean Fuel Partners, LLC which owned 2 and operated an additional 2 anaerobic digester facilities located near Madison, WI beginning in 2015.  One of the facilities also included a nutrient recovery system. After selling its facilities, Clean Fuel Partners has evolved into a consultancy focused on helping dairy farmers, investors and others assess and implement strategies to develop renewable natural gas.

Prior to founding Clean Fuel, John was an investment banker and corporate executive. As a banker, he specialized in financial restructurings of large corporations in financial distress, including Chrysler, the maker of Wonder Bread and Hostess products, and a 100,000 animal dairy operation in Idaho. As an executive, he was chief financial officer of Broadway Department Stores, a California-based company with 82 department stores. Following this role, he joined the predecessor to CB Richard Ellis as CFO and worked with the CEO to build the first global real estate services firm.

John holds a BA and an MBA from Rice University.

 johnhaeckel@reconassociates.com

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Jeff Bedard

Founder and managing partner of Providence Partners

Jeff Bedard is founder and managing partner of Providence Partners a mixed-use builder developer focused on developing resource efficient, sustainable, residential, retail, hotel and office projects in high-density urban locations.  He is also managing partner of Resort Energy Ventures , providing international clients guidance for distributed energy generation projects.  Bedard has over 25 years experience in both real estate and U.S. Federal government agencies. Bedard is ReCon’s principal resort energy systems advisor.

jeff.bedard@reconassociates.com

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  https://revenergyventures.com/

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Bill Johnson, Jr.

Principal of Timberian

Bill Johnson Jr. is a principal of Timberian, a full-service forestry, woody feedstock bio-energy and, wood manufacturing optimization firm based in Northwest, Wisconsin. Johnson, Jr. brings over 25 years of experience in the forest industry. Johnson also holds executive positions with Futurewood Corporation, Flambeau River Papers, and Johnson Timber Corporation. Timberian, one of ReCon’s newest associates, provides turn-key, woody biomass supply-chain development services.

bill.johnsonjr@reconassociates.com

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  https://www.johnsontimber.com/

Key members include:

Nisha Thirumurthy

Nisha Thirumurthy has over 15 years of experience in power sector diversification, energy technology transfer and deployment, renewable energy project development, and strategic planning, with international experience in India, China, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.   Nisha’s contributions via  the U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab and the Clinton Climate Initiative have allowed her to advance energy and climate initiatives for governments, agencies and corporations.  As ReCon’s lead project analyst and financial modeler, Nisha’s talents benefit all of our client’s endeavors – across geography and technology platforms.

nisha.thirumurthy@reconassociates.com

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Dave Kettner

Dave Kettner is a seasoned legal executive and licensed patent attorney with deep expertise in intellectual property strategy, licensing, and enforcement. With over 18 years of experience and leadership in the renewables industry, he most recently served as President & General Counsel of Virent, Inc., a pioneer in renewable fuels and chemicals. Under Dave’s leadership, Virent played a pivotal role in several historic aviation milestones involving SAF while introducing bio-polyester to the market in products from Patagonia, Toray, and Coca-Cola. Prior to Virent, Dave was Chief Legal Counsel at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and practiced law privately.

davekettner@reconassociates.com

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T.j. Morice

Tony “T.J.” Morice is Managing Member, TNT Ventures LLC.  Morice is ReCon’s lead biomass thermal and densified fuel expert.  T..J. has over 18 years managing business and technology development a one of the largets wood pellet plants East of the Mississippi, adding 3 companies during that time.  God has opened a variety of doors in business and renewable energy, including ReCon, which has allowed pursuit of a variety of opportunities via TNT Ventures LLC.  Morice is a founding member of the Biomass Thermal Energy Council, President of Heating the Midwest (HTM)  and Wisconsin State Wood Energy.

tj.morice@reconassociates.com

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 https://tntventures.webnode.page/

Key members include:

Juan Fronjosa

Juan Fronjosa is an investment banker and entrepreneur with proven track record in emerging markets’ project development and implementation.  Mr. Fronjosa possesses significant expertise in cross-border project and structured trade finance, having participated in numerous medium size emerging markets transactions totaling close to $500 million.  He has more than 15 years of professional experience working with multilateral agencies / government backed sources of funding, utilities and extractive industries (oil & gas and mining sectors).

juan.fronjosa@reconassociates.com

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Steve Hartig

Steve Hartig serves as ReCon’s senior biorefining and emerging technology lead.  Hartig serves multiple clients working predominantly in strategy and innovation in biofuels, biomaterials and sustainability in general.  He is an experienced global executive with expertise across multiple business segments and technologies including biofuels, industrial biotechnology, renewable energy, specialty chemicals and materials, automotive, telecommunications and coatings.
He has led businesses in the US, Europe and Asia ranging from start ups, to restructuing existing organizaitons and to having responsibility for organizations of over 1000 people.   He has extensive experience in building new business strategies and gaining organizational commitment for them balancing technology and business.

steve.hartig@reconassociates.com

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Key members include:

Jessica Niekrasz

Jessica is an experienced company-builder, developer, biogas systems operator, master networker and professional advocate.  A key member of ReCon’s deep bio-refining team, Niekrasz provides clients insights and ability to communicate effective marketing and development strategy valuable to audiences both inside and outside the industry. In her own words:
“My experience is as a trusted advisor and strategist within the biogas industry supporting solutions at the intersection of renewable energy, water, and agriculture. I bring extensive strategic, communication, and managerial experience to solving complex challenges. My toolkit is deep and diverse with experience from entrepreneurial efforts, biogas ownership/operation, marketing strategy, policy development, and life coaching.
My brand is growing industries that do well by doing good. In short, if it makes a difference in the air we breathe, the water we drink, or the land on which we live, I’m in.”

jessica.niekrasz@reconassociates.com

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ReCon, of counsel firms

With the complexity of modern energy systems, seldom with any service provider have in-house world-class competencies across all disciplines. ReCon maintains strong relationships with trusted firms in order to provide the solution sets required by most types of clients. ReCon’s of counsel firms are leaders in their fields of expertise and share ReCon’s commitment of exceeding the client’s expectations…..in all aspects of the engagement.

Legal and Financial Advisory Firms – Primarily Midwestern & Washington D.C. based, to support ReCon’s Domestic and International Practices

Consulting Engineering – Close collaborations with consulting enegineering firms both Domestic U.S. and International

Solar Technology Vendors and Developers (multiple parties)
Note: Recent economic developments in the photovoltaic panel and engineering industry has brought about the commoditization of this sector. ReCon’s energy system development efforts recruit contributions from international, regional and local service providers best suited to the client’s circumstances and objectives.

Wind Developers (multiple parties)
Engineering Procurement, Contracting and Construction Management (EPC multiple parties)
Project Financing, both equity and debt (multiple parties)

ReCon Associates delivers strategic and executional consulting services to Energy, Renewable Energy & Clean Tech companies, developers and investors.

ReCon Associates is a multi-disciplinary consortium of seasoned energy and clean tech business, financial, technical and scientific professionals with global reach and perspective.

We provide value by enhancing, streamlining and accelerating the client’s ability to achieve their objectives in the energy project space.

ReCon Associates differs from many other consulting firms in our approach. Our services are specifically targeted to build the client’s internal capacity, through advisory services, partnering and training.
Our firm serves the client’s executive management consultation needs, while drawing upon our teams’ extensive knowledge and experience, both in the trenches and in the boardroom. While familiarity with many engineering, technology, finance and legal vendors is a trait our team shares with the larger firms, retaining a high degree of objectivity allows us to focus on meeting the client’s  specific needs.
ReCon Associates’ competitive advantage is excellence in understanding the business, legal and technical requirements for successful execution of the energy project.

Our mission and vision is to assist the customer in translating the organizational goals, the technical options and the financial objectives into a realistic and actionable energy project.