Building strength through partnerships.

Biogas Development’s strength comes from our diverse and complementary experiences in the financial, engineering, legal, project development, and waste management disciplines. Our partners have held key positions throughout government agencies and companies such as General Electric, Waste Management, and Dewey & LeBoeuf.

Our Directors

Ahren Tryon

Chief Executive Officer

Leads company strategy and transactions
20+ years of experience in midstream, renewable and infrastructure sectors
$6B of energy and infrastructure M&A and developments
Former partner in energy and infrastructure practice at 700+ attorney international law firm
Former federal pipeline presiding official and White House Energy Project
task force member

James Tomlinson

Chief Operating Officer

Leads operations, project management, engineering, and construction
30 years of experience in large scale energy system design, manufacturing, installation and operations, business development and field services
Program manager and senior engineer with Cooper-Cameron, Solar Turbines and General Electric with specializations in gas compression/upgrading and utility scale power generation

Max Vernier

Chief Financial Officer

Leads corporate and project finance, capital raising efforts, and treasury management
10 years of experience in banking and project finance, formerly a SVP with Live Oak Bank, starting a lending division focused on energy transition, sustainable infrastructure, and bioenergy/biofuels
$2B of transaction experience in renewable energy involved with debt (loans and bonds), equity, tax equity, grants, and other types of financing
Current Managing Partner in Virentis Advisors - consultant and capital advisor
Current member of the Board of Directors of American Biogas Council and the Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition

Avery Duckwall

Chief Development Officer

Leads construction and project management.
9 years of construction risk mitigation and banking experience as a VP at Live Oak Bank.
$2B of asset management for renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure projects such as anaerobic digestion, composting, landfill gas, municipal wastewater treatment, waste de-packaging facilities, agroforestry, bio-based product manufacturing, and utility scale solar.

Vance Kemler

Chief Resource Officer

Leads feedstock analysis and optimization with decades of anaerobic digestion experience and background in zoology
30+ years in the waste sector: oversaw Waste Management, Galveston, Lubbock, Denton, Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority operations
Nationally acclaimed best practices leader – received Distinguished Achievement Award from the Solid Waste Association of North America
Published and implemented methane utilization research with University of Texas Arlington civil engineering department

Chelsey Gettys

Executive Administrator

Leads management of administrative functions and support of the directors with corporate and project-level operations.
11+ years experience in a diverse background of operations management, cybersecurity, nuclear security and safety administration.
A robust career history that includes significant roles in local municipality governments, federal government agencies and the critical infrastructure defense sector.

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