EnTech was founded by Karl Bruce and Phil Baggerly in 2009. Karl is a seasoned executive whose career has focused on building and managing information service organizations, and Phillip has been actively involved in many aspects of renewable energy initiatives over the past seven years.
Jeff Tompkins and Jesse McDowell were recently brought on board to add their strong skill sets and in-depth experience to Energy Technology Solutions.
Team Bios
Karl Bruce is a seasoned executive whose career has focused on building and managing information service organizations that create competitive advantage and enable excellence through efficient and effective use of information technology. After spending 12 years with Arthur Anderson/Accenture, Karl served as the CIO for companies ranging in size from $200 million to $7 billion. In 2001, Karl formed KLB Consulting to provide growing mid-sized clients with guidance in selecting and implementing IT solutions necessary to achieve and sustain competitive advantage and operational excellence: profitable growth, flawless execution, superior customer service, security, and scalability. As a result of his work with Horizon Organic Dairy, in 2002 Karl was honored as one of “The 25 Most Influential Execs” in the consumer goods by Consumer Goods Technology magazine. Karl co-founded Energy Technology Solutions with Phil Baggerly in 2009.
Phillip Baggerly is a founding principal with Energy Technology Solutions, and has been actively involved in many aspects of renewable energy initiatives over the past seven years. Phil has established international strategic partnerships with German home building, HVAC and mechanical companies over the past 7 years. Phil has focused on developing superior technology homes and commercial properties, which contain cutting edge renewable energy HVAC, plumbing and mechanical systems in conjunction with the housing markets in Colorado. Phil has also been actively involved in commercial real estate development, portfolio acquisitions and dispositions, equity fundraising, asset and property management, leasing and related consulting for over 26 years. Phil specializes in the repositioning and disposition of under or non-performing trouble assets and possesses a strong skill set to create value for such troubled assets. Phil has represented institutional clients such as TIAA-CREF, Lincoln National Life, Chase Bank, AEW and the RTC in the acquisition, asset and property management and disposition of all types of commercial real estate valued at over 2 billion dollars in value and has successfully consummated over 1,000 leases in the past 26 years. Phil holds a BA in Finance-Real Estate (1984) from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. He resides in Centennial, Colorado with his wife Elizabeth and two children, Susanna and Thomas.
Jeff Tompkins began his career in 1997 after graduating with a BA in Pre-Law from John Brown University. After spending 4 years as a process engineer and manager for a few high tech companies (including US West and Relera), Jeff spent the next 7 years involved in all facets of mortgage financing (including owning his own mortgage company called Teacher’s Funding Group), and for the last 5 years has been a principal with Advisor Commercial Realty, LLC, in commercial property acquisitions, leasing, and property management for retail, office, land, flex industrial and special use properties. Jeff brings a strong gift for organization, company and project administration, team leadership and in-depth experience in commercial real estate to Energy Technology Solutions.
Jesse McDowell began his career in real estate development in 1999 after receiving a BA in Business/Economics from Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. After spending six years as a Development Manager for a boutique development firm based in Littleton Colorado, Jesse founded Ascent Development Inc. to expand the scope of development projects and services available to select investors and clients. Jesse has been involved in the acquisition, planning, and development of over 900,000 square feet of built space and hundreds of acres of land development totaling more than $160 million in project value. Jesse brings a practiced ability to interact with clients and investors of all facets of business to the Energy Technology Solutions team. His expertise in navigating the myriad aspects of real estate from land use to entitlements to project completion enhances Energy Technology Solutions ability to implement a full range of solar power solutions.