Mark brings more than 35 years of power generation leadership experience to NAES, having served in a wide range of management positions, including President of Operational Energy Corp (OEC), Chief Executive of Wood Group Gas Turbine Services, and, most recently, CEO of EthosEnergy.

While his roots in the business have always been power plant O&M, he has accumulated broad experience in EPC, third-party and OEM rotating equipment aftermarket services, and long-term maintenance contracting.

Arslan is a globally experienced financial and business leader with expertise honed from more than 20 years in the engineering, construction, and energy industries. He has a long track record in mergers & acquisitions, operations finance, financial reporting & analysis, planning and forecasting, risk management, and project & contract management.

1 fun/interesting fact: Enjoy binge watching underdog stories on Netflix.
Favorite quote: Two: “Trust is earned in drops and lost in buckets” and “No matter what you look like, what matters is the size of your heart and the strength of your character.”
Least favorite food: Noodles of any kind (I always make a mess eating those.)
Dream job: Authentic desi street food place.
Most fascinating place you’ve travelled: I narrowed travel to place I have hiked to… Ice line Trail (Yoho National Park, Canada)
Superstitions: None. But if my wife is getting a strange vibe from someone or something … I don’t go near that.
Hidden talents: Cooking but not following recipes. Just kind of winging it as I go.
Pineapple on Pizza: Yes, but then it’s not a Pizza.

Stan is responsible for leading NAES Power Contractors, E3, and Bay4, where he leverages more than 20 years of HR, operations, and industrial engineering expertise. He provides a wealth of experience leading human resource initiatives within fast-growth, innovative companies in the aerospace and forest products industries. He has a strong track record of increasing value through human capital management, operational excellence, and strategic planning and execution across several businesses.

While at NAES, Stan has focused on championing NAES’s values of instituting ethical business practices, driving continuous improvement, and working with his team to support business development and growth through talent development.

Favorite quote: Hire well, manage little, and always play like an underdog.
Hobbies: Hunting & Fishing
Dream job: Alaskan state trooper game warden
Most fascinating place you’ve travelled: Remote village in Alaska
Superstitions: Never stick chopsticks straight up
Pineapple on Pizza: Sure

1 fun/interesting fact about you: I love volcano science!
Favorite quote: “…the mountains are calling, and I must go…” John Muir
Your dream job (outside working for NAES, of course): Yellowstone Park Ranger
Most fascinating place you’ve travelled: Yellowstone National Park, 12 times
Funniest comedian: Steve Martin
Any superstitions: Don’t step on cracks in sidewalks and never say out loud something you don’t want to come true
Hidden talents: Photography
Pineapple on Pizza: Yes or no: Yes

After growing up in NJ and attending college in the Midwest, David continued his journey west to Seattle University Law School and still further west to Anchorage, Alaska where he was stationed as an Army JAG lawyer. He joined NAES in 2007.

Favorite quote: “But first, coffee.”
Hobby: Cross-country skiing, running, sea kayaking
Dream job: World Cup cross country ski wax tech
The most interesting person you’ve met: My wife, who speaks Chinese, Russian, Spanish as well as English, was a professional clarinetist, and bicycled solo from Fort Collins, Colorado to Ushuaia, Argentina.
Most fascinating place travelled: India
Hidden talents: Wiggling right ear, learned at the age of 11 after much practice in front of a mirror.
Pineapple on Pizza: A travesty, but will eat in a pinch

1 fun/interesting fact: I was a former president of a soccer club with over 800 kids.
Favorite quote: “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” Nelson Mandela
Least favorite food: Corn nuts
The most interesting person you’ve met: Astronaut Story Musgrave
Funniest comedian: Sebastian Maniscalco
Favorite song: Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven
Pineapple on Pizza— Yes or No: No

As NAES’s Vice President, Compliance and Fleet Services, Alan brings more than 22 years of power industry experience to his role as leader of the NERC, Environmental, Fleet Services, and Gridforce business units.

1 fun/interesting fact: I went to 6 different elementary schools in four different states
Favorite book: Non-Fiction – Getting Naked by Patrick Lencioni; Fiction – Lord of the Rings
Most interesting person you’ve met: Mike McCready (Lead guitarist for the rock band Pearl Jam)
Most fascinating place you’ve travelled: Shenzhen, China
Pineapple on Pizza: No

Pat’s 30+ years of experience include consulting, project management, strategic development, and sales/commercial leadership both domestically and internationally. His extensive experience in the energy sector includes working with developers, utilities, IPPs, and financial institutions across a platform of conventional, renewable, and emerging technology projects.

Favorite quote: Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. -Babe Ruth
Favorite book: Endurance – Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
Hobbies: Duck Hunting and Hockey
Dream job: NHL Hockey Analyst
Most interesting person you’ve met: Tim Green retired professional football player & radio/TV personality
Most fascinating place you’ve travelled: Istanbul, Turkey
Funniest comedian: Sam Kinison
Pineapple on Pizza: Yes

Jason Pond was the President of Greenberry Industrial from 1999-2021 after assuming the company’s leadership from his father, who founded the business in 1974. Over the past 19 years, Mr. Pond has grown and diversified Greenberry through an entrepreneurial leadership style, building and retaining highly motivated teams, and successfully identifying opportunities for long-term growth and stability.

1 fun/interesting fact: I used to mountain climb and have summitted two of the three major peaks in the pacific northwest
Favorite quote: “If not me, then who?” – Keni Thomas Expanded it means “Leadership has never been about the rank, the position nor the title we hold. It is the example we set for the people we serve. Who is on your left and who’s on your right.”
Most interesting person you’ve met: R. Davis Layne. Thirty-seven years of government service and deputy assistance secretary for OSHA under three Administrations. He taught me patience and the skill to maneuver through government agencies and politicians.
The most influential Person in your life?: Marv Valentine, Camp Rotary BSA Director and Ranger.
Hobby: Anything outdoors. The woods are my second home.
Hidden talents: Survival skills – you want me with you when you’re lost.
Pineapple on Pizza: No, but at times I have to order it as a compromise with the wife and daughter.

In addition to overseeing business operations and providing strategic direction for E3, Ginger also manages pre-financing, refinancing and sale/acquisition projects, especially for wind, solar, battery storage, natural gas, water systems and transmission technologies. With a background in both engineering and construction, she also provides construction monitoring services across the different technologies.

One fun/interesting fact: I LOVE camping with my family. And because campsites are shockingly hard to come by, I’ve become a competitive campsite reservation collector and strategist.
Dream job: I’d love to start a non-profit to provide everyday support for those that are battling mental health concerns. I already have a name for it. One day!
Most fascinating place you’ve travelled: Nepal; I trekked the Annapurna Sanctuary.
One thing you’re really good at: Keeping an open mind.
Funniest comedian: My sister. She can make me laugh so hard that I can’t breathe.
Favorite quotes: Two: (1) You can’t compete with me. I want you to win too. AND (2) Into the woods I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
Superstitions: I don’t say anything out loud that I don’t want to come true.
Pineapple on Pizza: Depends, but I’m open to it.

Having started his career in high school delivering parts for his father’s electrical construction company, Mr. Olsson has more than 30 years of experience in the electrical construction industry. Following in his father’s footsteps, he developed an affinity for heavy industrial electrical construction. After earning a BS in Economics from the University of Oregon, Mr. Olsson helped to form what is now Olsson Industrial Electric.

Since 2015, Ms. Ingersoll has been the leader of the Gridforce team growing existing core transmission and balancing authority services, and exploring expansion opportunities in remote generation start and dispatch, microgrids, and cyber security.

CJ Ingersoll graduated from the University of Houston Law Center in 1999 and is a Licensed Attorney in the State of Texas. She started her legal career as a solo practitioner prior to shifting to a career in the energy sector as a System Operator at Duke Energy North America in 2001.

John has been in the power industry for 25 years with experience in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. He began his career in the maritime industry before moving into the waste-to-energy field where he was involved in several plant start-ups and operations management. Prior to joining PurEnergy as Vice President in 2010, he was the President of Advanced Energy Systems, Inc., formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of NSTAR and now owned and controlled under a joint venture. John also worked for PurEnergy prior to joining AES and was General Manager of a biomass facility in upstate New York and a combined cycle peaking facility in Florida. Prior to that, he ran Delta Power Service’s East coast operations which included two pulverized coal fired plants and two combined cycle gas turbine facilities. He also served as the General Manager of a 30 MW combined cycle power plant in Lowell, Massachusetts.

John holds a B.S. in Marine Engineering from Massachusetts Maritime Academy and an M.B.A. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is a First Class Engineer in the State of Massachusetts.