Energy Transition Solutions

Seasoned leadership team with 50+ years of industry experience who have co-founded and grown multiple infrastructure platforms together since 2014.

Jerry Polacek, President

Mr. Polacek serves as the President of Energy Transition Solutions at Aggreko. Before joining Aggreko, Mr. Polacek co-founded Ecofin’s private clean energy and infrastructure investment business in 2016 and served as a Managing Director and Group Lead.

Previously, Mr. Polacek was a co-founder of Energy & Infrastructure Capital LLC (EIC), where he served as chief executive officer and chief investment officer from 2014 to 2016.

Prior to forming EIC, Mr. Polacek was a managing director at GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS), where he held various leadership roles focused on private equity and credit investment in the global energy infrastructure sector since joining in 2001. At GE EFS, Mr. Polacek co-founded the renewable energy group in 2006 as head of portfolio management and also managed its energy technology venture capital portfolio.

Prior to joining GE EFS, he was a controller at Morgan Stanley in its venture capital investment division and a senior auditor with Ernst & Young, where he passed the certified public accountant (CPA) exam.

Mr. Polacek graduated magna cum laude from Adelphi University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and earned a Master of Business Administration in finance and entrepreneurship with honors from Columbia Business School. He is a CFA® charterholder.

 

Matthew Ordway, Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Ordway serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Energy Transition Solutions at Aggreko. Before joining Aggreko, Mr. Ordway co-founded Ecofin’s private clean energy and infrastructure investment business in 2016 and served as a Managing Director.

Previously, Mr. Ordway was a co-founder of Energy & Infrastructure Capital LLC (EIC), where he served as chief financial officer and chief operations officer from 2014 to 2016. He was responsible for the overall financial and operational management of EIC, portfolio management, and originating, structuring and executing deals.

Prior to forming EIC, Mr. Ordway served as chief financial officer at Ridgeline Energy, a renewable energy developer where he was responsible for capital raising, M&A and the overall financial management of the company.

From 2009 to 2011, Mr. Ordway worked for a developer, First Wind, where he was responsible for project finance, M&A and capital raising. Before joining First Wind, Mr. Ordway was a member of Babcock & Brown’s North American Infrastructure group focused on making equity investments in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

Prior to joining Babcock & Brown, Mr. Ordway spent seven years at GE in various capacities. He served as a senior vice president at GE Energy Financial Services, where he led a team responsible for making principal investments across the energy sector and also worked as a portfolio manager, managing a $1 billion portfolio of investments across energy infrastructure sectors.

Mr. Ordway started his career at GE by running the Six Sigma program at GE Corporate, where he became a certified Master Black Belt. Before joining GE, Mr. Ordway worked at Andersen Business Consulting and as an engineer at International Paper Company.

Mr. Ordway holds a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Fairfield University, and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering and Master of Business Administration from Columbia University.

 

Prashanth Prakash, Chief Commercial Officer

Mr. Prakash serves as the Chief Commercial Officer of Energy Transition Solutions at Aggreko. Before joining Aggreko, Mr. Prakash co-founded Ecofin’s private clean energy and infrastructure investment business in 2016 and served as a Managing Director.

Previously, Mr. Prakash served as vice president of investments at Energy & Infrastructure Capital LLC (EIC) through 2016. Prior to forming EIC, Mr. Prakash was an assistant vice president at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, assisting with the development of new infrastructure debt products for institutional investors.

Prior to Deutsche, Mr. Prakash spent three years as an associate at JPMorgan’s Infrastructure Investment Fund (IIF), where he was responsible for sourcing, structuring and executing private equity energy and infrastructure transactions in the OECD countries.

He was also responsible for managing JPMorgan IIF’s 1.4 GW contracted power portfolio, developing strategic platform development ideas, business planning and forecasting, debt refinancing, capital planning, and analyzing recontracting and/or hedging opportunities.

Prior to JPMorgan, Mr. Prakash was an associate in Deloitte’s Financial Advisory group in New York, where he advised infrastructure companies and funds on mergers and acquisitions, utilizing his valuation and financial modeling skills.

Mr. Prakash holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering from National Institute of Technology, India, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Rochester. He is a CFA® charterholder.

Alexander Berry, Manager of Development Engineering

Mr. Berry is the Manager of Development Engineering of Energy Transition Solutions at Aggreko. He is responsible for managing engineering design and interconnection, capital cost estimation, technical due diligence, and energy modeling. 

Prior to joining Aggreko, Mr. Berry was the Design Engineering Manager at Nexamp wherehe managed the Mid-Atlantic region. There, he oversaw the engineering and construction support of several hundred megawatts of community solar and storage assets, in addition to directing over a gigawatt of development designs. He also executed value engineering strategies that significantly reduced capital expenditures across the renewable energy portfolio. 

Before his work at Nexamp, Mr. Berry served as a Project Engineer at Turner Construction Company. In this role, he was responsible for managing the construction of several prominent commercial and industrial buildings and gained experience in capital project management, cost estimation, and field engineering. 

Mr. Berry holds a Bachelor’s in Materials Engineering from the University of Connecticut and a Master’s in Engineering Management from Pennsylvania State University.

Chris Rose, Manager of Project Development.

Mr. Rose is the Manager of Project Development of Energy Transition Solutions at Aggreko. He is responsible for the development of all utility scale, battery storage and community solar projects.   

Prior to joining Aggreko, Mr. Rose managed wind and solar projects at NextEra Energy in the MISO and PJM markets. During his time at NextEra, Mr. Rose also worked in their natural gas infrastructure subsidiary.

Before his work at NextEra, Mr. Rose served as an Avionics Technician at Sikorsky Aircraft for 10 years. In this role, he was responsible for achieving and maintaining the flight readiness of all electrical systems on military aircraft. 

Mr. Rose holds a Bachelor's in communication and marketing from Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). During his time at CCSU, he was a member of the football team where he won two conference titles and lettering for four years.