Dan Dwight

Responsibility for building a new practice area in cleantech and renewable energy while also providing strategic, operations and financial leadership to clients. Tatum supports the development of cleantech and renewable energy companies of any size or lifecycle stage and provides operating and due diligence support to private equity groups, venture capital firms and hedge funds who invest in cleantech and renewable energy.

Developer of high efficiency, solid-state transformers and power converters for controlling high voltage AC and DC power transmission, micro grid, energy storage and other smart grid distribution applications for the utility and renewable energy markets.

NASDAQ listed leader in providing utility scale distributed power solutions for the renewable energy market. Committee memberships: Compensation (Chairman); Audit; and Governance & Nominating.

Developer of a disruptive high voltage technology with multiple applications: energy efficient air movement, air filtration, air purification, micro cooling and sound management. Led restructuring of an investment holding company into a clean technology operating business. Established vision and strategic direction around a combination of product development and technology licensing. Turned start-up clean technology investment into a revenue generating, positive cash flow operating business.

Asia Pacific business leader responsible for GE Capital’s entry into the Asian private equity market. Built and staffed the organization and sourced, negotiated, underwrote, closed, monitored and exited investments across the Asia Pacific region.

Asia Pacific business leader responsible for defining a strategic vision and formulating and executing business plan for GE Capital’s entre into the Asia Pacific Commercial Financing business.

Senior business development and operations executive responsible for developing and executing business plans for expanding Vendor Financial Services internationally: Established and staffed Asia Pacific Operation and organized multifunctional team to drive restructuring of GE Capital’s European Commercial Business to execute a pan-European strategy. Led domestic business development operation, including spearheading large acquisitions.

Senior business development executive providing operational, strategic and business development support to CEO, including rationalization of industrial business units through workouts and implementation of best practices across multiple GE industrial businesses; identification and evaluation of GE Corporate Research & Development clean technologies (fuel cells, advanced materials, and electric vehicle components); and development of new business ventures based on proprietary GE technology.

Internal consultant performing extensive operating and financial reviews of 16 Company owned or affiliated businesses in 20 domestic and foreign locations. Addressed client problems through data gathering and analysis, customer and employee surveys, competitive analysis and constant interaction with line personnel and operating management, as well as worked with all levels of management to implement solutions.

Completed management training classes and rotated through job assignments in finance, engineering and manufacturing.