July 16-18, 2010  |  Friday/Saturday: 9:00am - 7:00pm  Sunday: 9:00am - 4:00pm  |  Walworth County Fairgrounds, Elkhorn, WI  | 262-248-0970

Building and Financing a Wind Farm

Who Should Attend: 
Everyone Interested in Wind Energy

Times and Locations For This Event

Tent D - Wind Power Tent

The reality, in dollars and cents, of making large-scale green energy a reality in today's economy.

Presenter: 
Blake J. Lacher
Bio: 

Successfully initiated, developed and implemented (with Board approval) a new business plan to invest equity in US-based renewal energy projects.
Recruited external resources to ensure success of team.
Invested more than $600 million in wind energy projects within a two-year timeframe.
Was the highlight of ABN AMRO Bank's "Sustainability" focus in 2006 and 2007.

Defined a course of action and led a turnaround and transformation of a structured finance business in Brazil.
Achieved "buy-in" from global business leaders and local senior management.
Recruited local as well as global resources to build the "right" team to deliver success.
Profitability increased from $1 million to over $40 million in two years.

Demonstrated excellence in managing a large, multi-site/multi-jurisdictional/multi-cultural team with a complex budget that overlapped product, regional and jurisdictional lines.