Who We Are

Thomas W. Smith (Tom) is Caterpillar’s Power Solutions North America Gas Segment Manager. Tom leads a business development and field-based sales team of experts responsible for growing sales of Caterpillar brand power generation products and services into prime power gas applications in North America, including Distributed Power, Economic Dispatch/Resiliency and Combined Heat and Power (CHP). His team works with dealers and customers to develop and provide the best overall solution of power generation equipment and after sales support. Upon graduating from Miami University, Ohio, Tom began his career with Westinghouse Electric Corp. In addition to Westinghouse Tom has held positions of increasing responsibility with Rolls Royce Energy Systems, Equity Office Properties, Endurant Energy, and Professional Power Products Inc. Prior to joining Caterpillar, Tom was with Sterling & Wilson Power Solutions as President and CEO focusing on development, engineering and construction of micro-grid systems including cogeneration, hybrid, demand response and resiliency technologies. Tom is also very active in Power Generation industry associations including the United States Combined Heat and Power Alliance (President), Cogeneration World Coalition (Board Member) Northeast Clean Heat and Power Initiative and Midwest Cogeneration Association (Board Member).

Bill Castor is the Director of Business Development for Siemens Energy’s Power System Sales group primarily responsible for the development of small power and hydrogen production/use projects for the Western U.S. including complex initiatives involving the integration of Siemens Energy’s broad portfolio of conventional and renewable technologies. Over his 30 years in the business, Bill has held business development leadership positions with Air Liquide, Nations Energy, DTE Energy Services and Terra-Gen Power, all of which were entrepreneurial positions focused on the growth of conventional and renewable distributed generation and energy storage portfolios Bill has been with Siemens Energy for 8 years. He has earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Central Michigan University, an Executive Management Certification from INSEAD in Fontainebleau France and a Masters Degree in Business Administration (Finance) from DePaul University.

Emily Robertson has nearly 7 years in the CHP industry with 2G Energy Inc. She has more than a decade of sales, marketing, and project management experience in both the corporate and non-profit arenas across her career. She manages the North American team of Regional Sales Managers while also supporting customer relationships as well as relationships with industry associations. Emily has used her relationship building skills to bring several CHP projects to fruition.

Al Clark is Executive Chairman, formerly Chief Executive Officer, of Penn Power Group, LLC which owns and operates multiple businesses including Northeast-Western Energy Systems (“NES-WES”). NES-WES has a long history as INNIO Jenbacher’s largest authorized sales and service partner in the America’s providing integrated combined heat and power and distributed generation solutions supported with extensive application engineering, project management, parts and service support. Al has successfully developed and grown businesses in heavy-duty industrial, power generation, marine and on highway transportation industries. His experience includes business development, application engineering, and product support as well as financial management.