Cypress Creek adds key operational talent

March 9, 2021

Cypress Creek welcomes Director of HSSE Wade Halverson, VP of Fleet Legal Operations Ben Davidson, and Director of IT Jennifer Lillis to the team. Wade, Ben and Jennifer each bring over a decade of experience and underscore Cypress Creek’s focus on operational excellence.

Wade’s addition to the team demonstrates our holistic approach to health, safety, security and environment. Wade comes to Cypress Creek with 22 year of experience across the utility, pipeline and construction industries. At Cypress Creek, he leads our Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) Council and drives our culture of safety across the company and with all of our contractors and sub contractors.

Ben runs legal and commercial matters affecting our owned fleet and our Operations & Maintenance Services division. He has over a decade of experience in the renewable energy and infrastructure industries, including at the global law firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, TerraForm Power and Brookfield Renewables. Ben’s expertise will be instrumental in growing our 1.6GW fleet and our O&M services for customers.

Jennifer oversees Cypress Creek’s information technology organization and strategy. She brings to Cypress Creek 20 years of experience between IBM and Cisco managing global teams, large scale services and complex enterprise systems development supporting new business models and transformation. At Cypress Creek, Jennifer and her team empower our businesses with reliable, cost-effective and modern technology solutions.

“As we grow our work in powering a sustainable future, one project at time, we are committed to operational excellence,” said Becky Cranna, COO and CFO of Cypress Creek Renewables. “Wade, Ben and Jennifer bring a depth of experience that will drive value creation across the company.”

From Left to Right: Wade Halverson, Ben Davidson and Jennifer Lillis

Cypress Creek Renewables
Cypress Creek Renewables is powering a sustainable future, one project at a time. We develop, finance, own and operate utility-scale and distributed facilities across the country. With more than 10.9 gigawatts of solar developed and more than 3.6 gigawatts under management, Cypress Creek is one of the country’s leading solar and storage companies. For more information about Cypress Creek, please visit www.ccrenew.com.

About Cypress Creek Renewables

Cypress Creek Renewables is a leading renewables developer and independent power producer. It develops, finances, owns, and operates utility-scale and distributed solar and energy storage projects across the United States with a mission to power a sustainable future, one project at a time. Since inception, Cypress Creek has developed 12GW of solar projects. Today it owns more than 2GW of solar and has a more than 20GW solar and storage pipeline. Cypress Creek’s leading O&M services business, Cypress Creek Solutions, operates and maintains more than 4GW of solar projects for customers across 24 states.