A team of experts.

Builders · Founders · Technologists · Bankers · Operators · Farmers

We bring centuries of collective experience across energy, power, engineering, and finance. We've built and operated critical infrastructure—and we know how to get projects done.

Experience Includes

Silver LakeNikeGE VernovaAWSThoma BravoApalachian Regional CommissionCNXGoogleQuorumCameronBank of AmericaOhio StateMerril LynchHarperCollinsHarvard Business Review

Our Founders

Shawn Cutter

Shawn Cutter

Farming, Energy, & Tech

  • •Founder/CEO building energy-first data campuses that power AI and grow food.
  • •Systems thinker across energy, infrastructure, and software.
  • •Focus: behind-the-meter power, thermal reuse, local food, water resilience.
Augustine Bui

Augustine Bui

Capital, Growth, & Tech

  • •Operator: growth, execution, partnerships, and scaling teams.
  • •Builds repeatable workflows from zero → de-risked project.
  • •Focus: delivery, stakeholder alignment, operations, GTM.
Dilshad Kasmani

Dilshad Kasmani

Legal, Energy, M&A

  • •Legal frameworks for hybrid infrastructure projects.
  • •Navigating regulatory landscapes in energy and tech.
  • •Focus: Risk management and compliance.

Our Core Team

Taimur Sheikh

Taimur Sheikh

Investment Banking, Energy

  • •Deep expertise in energy financing and capital markets.
  • •Structuring complex infrastructure deals.
  • •Focus: Capital strategy and investor relations.
Richard Rolland

Richard Rolland

Commercial Real Estate Developer

  • •26+ yrs; ~$400M industrial real estate deals across Texas.

Our Advisors & Operators

Jornell Aveledo

Jornell Aveledo

Private Equity, Manufacture & Utility

  • •20+ yrs CFO; cross-border finance, restructuring, M&A.
Brenda Standridge

Brenda Standridge

Data Center Developer & Operator

  • •HPE Global DC; ex-Google and AWS.
Tim Peters

Tim Peters

Power, Energy

  • •Decades in energy and cogen power.
Justin Zorn

Justin Zorn

Author & Policy Adviser

  • •Author at HarperCollins; writer for HBR, Washington Post, CNN.
  • •Senior Adviser, Center for Economic and Policy Research.

“Circular thinking for the AI era.”

EnergiAcres Mission