Mr. Damon has over 30 years of professional experience specializing in engineering design and development of electric generation and cogeneration systems. He currently is the Chief Executive Officer of Cummins & Barnard, Inc. (C&B), which is a privately held engineering-consulting firm focused on power generation development and engineering projects for electric utilities, independent power producers, large industrial and institutional clients throughout the United States. Mr. Damon has been a principal and co-owner of C&B since 1990, leading the project development and strategic consulting business for coal, natural gas and renewable fired power projects. He previously worked for Consumers Power Company, Gilbert-Commonwealth, Inc. and Alternative Energy Ventures before joining C&B. He also held board seats on a minerals and wind turbine company, MKBY, and a start-up construction company that was recently sold to Aker Kvaerner Songer in which he was also a founding member. Mr. Damon graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and continued graduate studies at both Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. |