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< Back Jacques Cantin, PE Senior Project Manager, PE Jacques Cantin is a Senior Project Manager at Camelot Energy Group with over 13 years of experience delivering renewable energy and energy storage projects. Based in Montreal, he has led utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) and wind projects across Canada and the United States, overseeing project development, systems integration, design, construction, and commissioning. Prior to joining Camelot, Jacques managed storage and renewable projects for a battery storage technology provider and a renewable energy developer and founded a technology start-up focused on wind turbine blade de-icing solutions. At Camelot, he manages advisory engagements for developers, asset owners, and investors, providing technical due diligence, market and economic analysis, and owner’s engineering support for solar, storage, and other clean energy assets. Jacques holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from Université Laval and an Executive MBA from Queen’s University. Jacques.Cantin@camelotenergygroup.com

< Back Michelle Aguirre Project Manager Michelle Aguirre is a Project Manager with over 4 years of experience in managing engineering projects. Michelle has expertise in electrical safety, quality assurance, technical report writing, and project management. Michelle has supported with Technical Advisory, Owner’s Engineering, and Supply Chain services on commercial to utility-scale PV and BESS projects with construction monitoring, technology reviews, and managing the quality assurance and traceability of major equipment. Prior to joining Camelot, Michelle was a Product Safety Engineer at TUV SUD. Michelle is a registered Engineer-in-Training in the state of California and holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of California-San Diego. She is actively pursuing the NABCEP PV Installation Professional certification. michelle.aguirre@camelotenergygroup.com

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< Back Mark Warner Project Manager Mark Warner, a Project Manager at Camelot Energy Group, has over 5 years of experience in the renewable energy development and EPC contractor space. Mark has extensive background in project development, siting, energy analysis, design, construction planning, and permitting for commercial and utility-scale solar projects. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Maine. mark.warner@camelotenergygroup.com

< Back Taylor Parsons Director, Technical Advisory Taylor is Camelot’s Director of Technical Advisory, and has over 10 years of experience in the energy industry. His primary focuses have been in technical due diligence, energy modeling, and analytics for solar, wind, and energy storage assets. Taylor has led some of the largest due diligence engagements for M&A on projects, platforms, and portfolios. Prior to joining Camelot, Taylor was a Team Lead and Project Manager in DNV's M&A and Energy Assessment Teams. He also supported the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Systems Engineering team engineering and analysis for wind turbines. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, and is actively pursuing his Executive MBA in Energy (renewables focus) from the University of Oklahoma. taylor.parsons@camelotenergygroup.com

< Back Raafe Khan Head of Energy Storage Raafe is Camelot's Head of Energy Storage at Camelot Energy Group. He brings a great depth of knowledge across the energy storage project lifecycle having held tactical and leadership positions at TATA Power (public utility), Mortenson Construction (EPC), Sunnova Energy Corporation (finance + asset management), Pine Gate Renewables (project development), and Visteon Corporation (product development). His interdisciplinary approach has resulted in over 5 GW of operating projects (wind + solar + storage) and over 25 GWh (storage) across the United States. He is a recipient of several national and international awards, including being a Forbes Under 30 honoree in the field of energy. An ardent advocate for energy access and equity, he is an accredited lecturer for the Battery MBA program and devotes his time to educating stakeholders in the energy storage space about technical and commercial challenges from the cell to a fully functional container system. Raafe has a Bachelor's in Electrical & Electronics Engineering degree from Manipal University and a Master's in Energy Science, Technology & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. raafe.khan@camelotenergygroup.com

< Back Michelle Aguirre Project Manager Michelle Aguirre is a Project Manager with over 4 years of experience in managing engineering projects. Michelle has expertise in electrical safety, quality assurance, technical report writing, and project management. Michelle has supported with Technical Advisory, Owner’s Engineering, and Supply Chain services on commercial to utility-scale PV and BESS projects with construction monitoring, technology reviews, and managing the quality assurance and traceability of major equipment. Prior to joining Camelot, Michelle was a Product Safety Engineer at TUV SUD. Michelle is a registered Engineer-in-Training in the state of California and holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of California-San Diego. She is actively pursuing the NABCEP PV Installation Professional certification. michelle.aguirre@camelotenergygroup.com

< Back Bill Coon Head of Construction Bill is Camelot’s Head of Construction and oversees all aspects of solar and storage construction and installation quality. This work includes construction monitoring, field supervision, and QA inspection of clean energy construction projects. Bill has over 20 years in the construction field and prior to joining Camelot oversaw QA and safety for a solar construction company and spent time as a construction project manager, solar inspector, and engineer. Bill has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University. Bill also holds Installer, Inspector, Commissioning, and Maintenance certifications from the North American Board of Certified Energy Professionals (NABCEP) and is a licensed electrician. bill.coon@camelotenergygroup.com

< Back Bill Atkinson, CEM Senior Project Engineer Bill is a Senior Engineer with over 17 years of experience in the renewable energy and energy storage industry. During that time, Bill has worked extensively developing and implementing rigorous quality assurance and inspection processes for clean energy incentive programs and Bill has inspected more than 530MW of PV and energy storage systems. Bill has performed hundreds of design reviews, technology evaluations, major agreement reviews, and site assessments. Bill is a Certified Energy Manager, Certified PV System Inspector, and holds a B.S. in Community and Regional Planning and Sustainable Technology from Appalachian State University. bill.atkinson@camelotenergygroup.com

< Back Aaron King, PE Senior Project Engineer Aaron is a Senior Project Engineer at Camelot Energy Group and has over 10 years of experience in the solar and storage industry. Aaron works across Camelot’s Technical Advisory and Owner’s Engineering departments supporting clients on a wide variety of services. He has acted as a project manager and technical lead on different projects and portfolios at all different stages of development from M&A due diligence, design and permitting, construction monitoring, site inspections, testing & commission, and asset management. Aaron started his career designing commercial rooftop systems and solar canopies. Aaron has also worked as a technical PV consultant and owner's engineer with a range of different clients including utilities, property management companies, EPCs, municipalities, state governments, and large universities. Aaron is a licensed Professional Electrical Engineer (Power) in the state of Massachusetts and holds a M.S. in Energy Systems Engineering from Northeastern University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. aaron.king@camelotenergygroup.com

< Back Shawn Shaw, PE Founder, CEO Shawn Shaw is the founder and CEO of Camelot Energy Group and has over 21 years of experience in the renewable energy and energy storage industry. During that time, Shawn has supported public programs in more than 10 states and acted as technical advisor to many of the largest banks and financiers in the world, providing technical due diligence, owner’s engineering, and independent engineering on well over 8 GW of solar PV and 5 GWh of energy storage projects in the US, Latin America, and Europe, ranging from design and construction of offgrid island power systems to acting as Independent Engineer for financing multiple 400MWh energy storage projects in complex US markets. Shawn has experience working with a wide variety of equipment suppliers, project developers, banks, financiers, government entities, and incentive program administrators. Shawn is a registered electrical engineer (Power Systems) in New York State and holds a B.S. in Applied Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Recently authored Energy Storage Systems: Based on the IBC, IFC, IRC, and NEC in collaboration with the International Code Council. shawn.shaw@camelotenergygroup.com