Gary Ragusa | Founder | EVP

Background:

Results-oriented professional offering years of progressive and hands-on experience in managing and overseeing all spectrums of the real estate industry on both national and global levels; noted for driving organizations to continuous improvement, growth, and performance; highly adept at leading and completing complex transactions and generating cost savings.

Expertise:

Acquisitions and Divestments, Business Valuations, Optimizing Portfolio’s, Joint Venture Formations, and transitioning newly formed companies.  Strategic leader, highly skilled negotiator, and excellent business partner.

Accomplishments:

  • Shell’s former Senior Real Estate Executive for North American
  • Successfully managed an international real estate teams to completed Shell’s U.S. and Canadian site disposal program
  • Led global retail new to industry site acquisitions programs
  • Led the formation process and negotiations to complete 3 Shell Joint Venture Companies.
  • Successfully transitioned wholesale retail energy companies to improve operational efficiency, and profit capabilities.
  • Former CFO to Shell’s JV fastest growing Joint Venture Tri Star Energy.
  • Led a global team in the design of Shell’s acquisitions and disposals processes.
  • Led CBRE and Shell Deal Teams to effectively deliver a mobility site pipeline of 167 sites (EV & Fuel), and coach on deal structure.
  • Gary Ragusa | Founder | EVP

    Background:

    Results-oriented professional offering years of progressive and hands-on experience in managing and overseeing all spectrums of the real estate industry on both national and global levels; noted for driving organizations to continuous improvement, growth, and performance; highly adept at leading and completing complex transactions and generating cost savings.

    Expertise:

    Acquisitions and Divestments, Business Valuations, Optimizing Portfolio’s, Joint Venture Formations, and transitioning newly formed companies.  Strategic leader, highly skilled negotiator, and excellent business partner.

    Accomplishments:

  • Shell’s former Senior Real Estate Executive for North American
  • Successfully managed an international real estate teams to completed Shell’s U.S. and Canadian site disposal program
  • Led global retail new to industry site acquisitions programs
  • Led the formation process and negotiations to complete 3 Shell Joint Venture Companies.
  • Successfully transitioned wholesale retail energy companies to improve operational efficiency, and profit capabilities.
  • Former CFO to Shell’s JV fastest growing Joint Venture Tri Star Energy.
  • Led a global team in the design of Shell’s acquisitions and disposals processes.
  • Led CBRE and Shell Deal Teams to effectively deliver a mobility site pipeline of 167 sites (EV & Fuel), and coach on deal structure.
  • Sue Espinosa Ragusa | CEO

    Background:

    An innovative, authentic, and transparent executive with years of technical and EPC execution experience in traditional energy, renewable, and bioenergy industries, aiming to monetize waste and organic residues.

    Expertise:

    Demonstrated broad project delivery capabilities in developing hybrid projects, conventional fuels and biofuels, battery storage systems, and in renewable energy, fuel cells, and power generation projects.

    Accomplishments:

  • Technical Director of a $1.2 billion Energy Efficiency Program to monetize flare gas.
  • Successful experience in reaching sustainable solutions in delivering projects that resulted in carbon neutralization and monetization of waste conversion to biofuels, RNG, biochar, and energy.
  • Known for developing practical solutions oriented to improve the life cycle cost for the client and transforming the biomass waste into a profitable product (BTX).