Our Team

SANJAY SHRESTHA

President
ANDREW MARSH

Chief Executive Officer
DEAN FULLERTON

Chief Operating Officer
PAUL MIDDLETON

Chief Financial Officer
TIM CORTES

Chief Technology Officer
JOSE LUIS CRESPO

Chief Revenue Officer
GERARD CONWAY, JR

Chief Legal Officer
RICK MASON

Executive Vice President of Global Supply Chain
CHRIS SURIANO

General Manager, Hydrogen Generation and Services
ALAN SHARKEY

Executive Vice President of Project Execution
BENJAMIN HAYCRAFT

Executive Vice President of EMEA Region
PAUL SULLIVAN

Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing
KEITH SCHMID

Executive Vice President, Special Projects

SANJAY SHRESTHA

President

Sanjay Shrestha joined Plug as Chief Strategy Officer in 2019. In 2024, Mr. Shrestha was promoted to the role of President. His leadership will focus on driving growth and expanding value for both customers and shareholders as Plug continues its momentum leading the green hydrogen economy.

As General Manager, Sanjay broadened the company’s product portfolio and expanded the Energy business to offer end-to-end solutions including electrolyzer, liquefier, and cryogenic businesses, while successfully overseeing the build-out of the Company’s hydrogen production plants.

Prior to joining FBR, Mr. Shrestha spent seven years as the global head of renewables research coverage at Lazard Capital Markets. During his tenure at Lazard Capital Markets, he was a member of the Institutional Investor All America Research team and was also ranked as one of the top five stock pickers on a global basis. Prior to Lazard Capital Markets, Mr. Shrestha spent seven years at First Albany Capital, where he built the firm’s renewables and industrial research practice. Starmine/Forbes Magazine ranked him the number 1 stock picker and the number 1 earnings estimator during his tenure at First Albany Capital. Mr. Shrestha serves as an independent director on the board of directors of Fusemachines, an AI company.

Mr. Shrestha holds an Honorary Doctorate from Saint Rose College.

ANDREW MARSH

Chief Executive Officer

Andy Marsh joined Plug as President and CEO in April 2008. Under his leadership, Plug is a leading innovator in the renewable energy field, helping to create the first commercially viable market for green hydrogen and fuel cell (HFC) technology. After successful endeavors to commercialize HFC technology in the material handling industry, customers such as Amazon and Walmart, turned to Plug to develop world-class hydrogen solutions that solve every step of operations, which led Plug to build an end-to-end green hydrogen ecosystem. With the ecosystem, Plug provides production, storage and handling, delivery, transportation and dispensing of hydrogen to allow its customers to meet their business goals and decarbonize the economy.

In 2024, Mr. Marsh’s focus adjusted to the role of CEO. As CEO, Mr. Marsh is advancing Plug’s vision and guiding the company to achieve dominance in the hydrogen ecosystem. He is focused on building the company to leverage Plug’s combination of technological expertise, talented people and focus on sales growth to continue the company’s leadership stance in the future energy economy.

Previously, Mr. Marsh was a co-founder of Valere Power, where he served as CEO and Board Member from the company’s inception in 2001 and through its sale to Eltek ASA in 2007. During his leadership, Valere grew into a profitable global operation with more than 200 employees and $90 million in revenue derived from the sale of DC power products to the telecommunications sector. Also during Mr. Marsh’s tenure, Valere Power received many awards such as the Tech Titan award as the fastest growing technology company in the Dallas Fort Worth area and the Red Herring Top 100 Innovator Award. Prior to founding Valere, he spent almost 18 years with Lucent Bell Laboratories in a variety of sales and technical management positions.

Mr. Marsh is chairman of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association and a member of the Hydrogen Council. He holds a master’s in electrical engineering from Duke University and a master’s in business administration from SMU.

DEAN FULLERTON

Chief Operating Officer

Dean Fullerton joined Plug as Chief Operating Officer in August 2024 with a long track record of success as a leader in the supply chain and logistics engineering industry. He is responsible for ensuring the execution, delivery and service of all customer deliverables. Mr. Fullerton will drive safety, quality and reliability standards to strengthen Plug’s operational efficiency, while fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

Mr. Fullerton joined Plug with 14 years of experience at Amazon, where he was responsible for global engineering services and oversaw operations engineering, planning and analytics, reliability and maintenance engineering, global security, real estate transactions and global procurement. His notable achievements include building the world’s largest and most complex automated e-commerce network on unprecedented schedules, delivering 16 middle-mile sort centers in one year— a task that took competitors seven years. He also completed Amazon’s largest project to date, a $1.5 billion airport and parcel facility, precisely on schedule. Mr. Fullerton was awarded the National Safety Council’s Green Cross Safety Innovation Award for developing groundbreaking collision avoidance technology for powered industrial trucks, significantly enhancing industry safety standards. He also led Amazon’s Hydrogen Economy team that reduced Amazon’s carbon footprint and generated significant cost savings. Additionally, Mr. Fullerton negotiated Amazon’s most successful warrant contract, adding billions of dollars in value. He has submitted five patents, with four approved and one pending.

Mr. Fullerton began his career at United Parcel Service, where he spent 13 years in the Industrial Engineering department. He then spent eight years as a Principal/Director at a supply chain and logistics engineering consulting firm. Before joining Amazon, he served as Sr. Director of North America Engineering and Maintenance at Gap Inc. Throughout his career, Mr. Fullerton has consistently tackled significant business challenges and delivered measurable results, setting high standards for himself and his teams.

Mr. Fullerton has a Master of Business Administration from San Diego State University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from University of Redlands.

PAUL MIDDLETON

Chief Financial Officer

Paul Middleton joined Plug as Chief Financial Officer in 2014, bringing a proven background in strategy, mergers and acquisitions, controls and risk management for manufacturing and technology companies.

Prior to Plug, Mr. Middleton worked at Rogers Corp., a global manufacturer and distributor of specialty polymer composite materials and components. During his tenure at Rogers, Mr. Middleton served in many senior financial leadership roles including Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, Treasure and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Rogers, Mr. Middleton managed all financial administration for the tools division of Cooper Industries.

Mr. Middleton holds a master’s in and a bachelor’s in business administration BA from the University of Central Florida. Additionally, he is a Certified Public Accountant.

TIM CORTES

Chief Technology Officer

In 2021, Tim Cortes was promoted to Chief Technology Officer for Plug. His focus includes responsibility for the company’s long-term technology strategy and vision. Mr. Cortes works with the leadership team to develop technology roadmaps, design solutions and implement processes that make technology development a significant differentiator for Plug. He further works with product engineering and product management to drive improved delivery, quality, and reliability through functional excellence and long-term sustainable engineering processes.

Mr. Cortes collaborates with industry leaders and assesses customer needs to ensure that the organization proactively anticipates, supports, and solves technical problems in support of customer issues. Additionally, Mr. Cortes identifies potential M&A opportunities that will drive the technology roadmaps as well as position Plug to vertically integrate in key component and subsystem elements.

Mr. Cortes joined Plug as Vice President of Hydrogen Energy Systems in January of 2015. Prior to joining Plug, Mr. Cortes served as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering at Smiths Power. In these positions, he was responsible for research and development, as well as solutions for global applications. During his tenure at Smiths Power, Mr. Cortes led product line expansion that resulted in a doubling of revenue growth in less than six years.

Mr. Cortes holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University. Additionally, he holds several patents covering power system architecture.

JOSE LUIS CRESPO

Chief Revenue Officer

Jose Luis Crespo, Chief Revenue Officer, is responsible for leading Plug’s strategy on revenue generation and overseeing Sales teams and commercial activities across all products and applications. He will actively drive top and bottom line, increasing both total revenue and net profit by maximizing sales and cost management to establish profitability. Mr. Crespo joined Plug as Vice President of Business Development and International Sales in 2014, was promoted to Vice President of Global Sales in January of 2015, Executive Vice President of Global Sales in 2020, and GM of Applications in 2021.

Under Mr. Crespo’s leadership, Plug has seen tremendous growth in fuel cell adoption, securing multi-site global customers including Walmart, Amazon, Home Depot, GM and Stellantis. Plug has additionally secured Carrefour in France and ASDA in the UK and continues to expand its European presence. Mr. Crespo has enabled accelerated adoption of hydrogen fuel cells and today there are more than 50,000 GenDrive products operational in electric material handling equipment.

Prior to joining Plug, Mr. Crespo served as Vice President of International Value Stream at Smiths Power. He successfully brought together two international business divisions, including sales, manufacturing, and field support. Under his leadership, Smiths Power achieved combined sales of $14M in the first year after the acquisition.

Mr. Crespo holds an MBA in global management from the University of Phoenix and a degree in telecommunications engineering from the Engineering University of Madrid, Spain.

GERARD CONWAY, JR

Chief Legal Officer

Gerard Conway joined Plug as Associate General Counsel in 2000 and was promoted to General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in 2004. As General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, he is responsible for advising the Company on legal issues such as corporate law, securities, contracts, strategic alliances and intellectual property.

Mr. Conway also oversees governmental affairs. In this role, he advocates on energy issues, policies, legislation and regulations on the state, federal, national and international levels on behalf of Plug and the alternative energy sector.

Prior to joining Plug, Mr. Conway spent four years as an Associate with Featherstonhaugh, Conway, Wiley & Clyne, LLP, where he concentrated in government relations, business and corporate law. Mr. Conway has more than 20 years of experience in general business, corporate real estate and government relations.

Mr. Conway holds a Juris Doctorate from the Boston University School of Law. He received a bachelor’s in English from Colgate University.

RICK MASON

Executive Vice President of Global Supply Chain

Rick has been with Plug since 2000, serving in multiple manufacturing, quality, and engineering roles before moving into the role of VP of Operations in 2012. He shifted to a commercial position of Vice President, Product and Program Management in 2021 to oversee the Applications Business Unit product lines and then transitioned to the role of Vice President, NextGen Solutions in 2023. There, he led the development and creation of new innovative solutions and accelerated the adoption of hydrogen into new and existing markets. Mr. Mason was promoted in February 2024 to his current role as Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain, leading the company’s global strategy in advanced sourcing, procurement, materials management, inventory control, sales and operations planning, distribution, logistics, and supplier quality programs.

Prior to Plug, Mr. Mason held engineering roles with Borg Warner Automotive and Alcoa.

Mr. Mason earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Clarkson University and holds an MBA, management of technology from Syracuse University.

CHRIS SURIANO

General Manager, Hydrogen Generation and Services

Chris Suriano joined Plug as Executive Vice President of Service in 2019, bringing nearly two decades of experience in the Power Generation Services business in a variety of technical, commercial, operational, and P&L leadership roles. During his first four years at Plug, he successfully implemented the execution strategy for Plug’s Global Services expansion, including overseeing over 300% growth in revenue and install base for Material Handling, Hydrogen and Electrolyzer services around the world. In this role, Mr. Suriano has been pivotal in positioning Plug for success within the Hydrogen Ecosystem through world leading customer experience, business leadership and service operational excellence which has resulted in relationship expansion with Plug’s most important clients.

In January 2024, Mr. Suriano took on expanded responsibilities as General Manager, Hydrogen Generation and Services. In this role, he has responsibility for ensuring Plug’s success in generating, delivering, commissioning and servicing the Plug hydrogen network reliably and at scale for customers globally. With green hydrogen core to the success of the Plug ecosystem, Mr. Suriano provides focused leadership for this important growth segment as Plug continues to solve for decarbonization of the world’s transportation, energy and industrial infrastructure.

Prior to joining Plug, Mr. Suriano served as Region Director for Field Core, Inc., a GE company where he led the successful startup of a new Field Services organization in the Northern United States. He has held multiple leadership positions over the course his career, including Service Director for Power Service, Operations Leader for Power Generation Service, and Global Steam Turbine Leader for Power Generation Service.

Mr. Suriano earned his bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Manhattan College and currently resides in the New York area with his wife and three children.

ALAN SHARKEY

Executive Vice President of Project Execution

Alan began his career at Plug in 2022 as Sr. Director, Hydrogen Project Management before transitioning to Vice President, Project Execution later that year. In this current role as Executive Vice President, Project Execution, Mr. Sharkey leads the project execution and engineering design of Plug’s hydrogen facilities with a goal of building and sustaining the company’s global hydrogen network.

Mr. Sharkey has more than thirty years of global construction engineering and project management experience, including leadership roles with Audubon Companies, Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd., and Shell Oil Company.

BENJAMIN HAYCRAFT

Executive Vice President of EMEA Region

Benjamin Haycraft is the Executive Vice President of the EMEA region for Plug where he oversees business initiatives and operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa to accelerate the company’s growth.

Mr. Haycraft joined Plug in May 2021 as Vice President of Strategy & Business Development in Europe. In that role, he helped define and execute Plug’s European strategy and contributed to Plug’s European initiatives, including the JVs with Renault (Hyvia) and Acciona Energia (AcicionaPlug), the acquisition of Plug’s system solutions group, the first green hydrogen plant in Europe, and broadly identifying strategic partnerships and structuring acquisitions. Prior to Plug, Mr. Haycraft served as Head of ESG Corporate Finance at Santander Corporate and Investment Banking where he advised on ESG corporate finance topics, including the structuring of Plug’s joint venture with Renault and Acciona.

Mr. Haycraft has international experience working in New York, Madrid and Paris, and has held several leadership positions across strategy, financial planning, and merger and acquisition execution. Mr. Haycraft also serves as a supervisory board Member for Hyvia, a board member for AccionaPlug and Gravithy, and chairman of the expert committee at HY24. He earned his masters of science in corporate finance from Emlyon Business School.

PAUL SULLIVAN

Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing

Paul joined Plug in 2020 as Program Director, Service before moving into the role of Director, Continuous Improvement and Reliability in 2021. He was promoted in February 2024 to Executive Vice President, Global Manufacturing, responsible for leading Plug’s global operations and optimizing the performance of all manufacturing facilities.

Mr. Sullivan has nearly three decades of relevant leadership experience in manufacturing operations, procurement, planning and engineering with global companies including Delta Electronics, Eltek, Tyco Electronics Power Systems, Valere Power, and Lucent Technologies.

KEITH SCHMID

Executive Vice President, Special Projects

Keith Schmid joined Plug Power Inc. as Chief Operating Officer in 2013, bringing more than 24 years of experience in the fields of industrial power systems and energy storage. Mr. Schmid is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the corporation.

Prior to joining Plug Power, Mr. Schmid served as President of SPS Solutions, a power solutions and energy storage consulting firm, from 2011 to 2013. Previously, Mr. Schmid served as CEO of Boston-Power Incorporated, a provider of large format lithium ion battery solutions, in 2011, and as President and CEO of Power Distribution Incorporated, a power distribution and protection company, from 2007 to 2010. Additionally, Mr. Schmid held the position of General Manager, Industrial Energy Division- Americas for Exide Technologies from 2001 to 2007.

Mr. Schmid holds an M.B.A and a Master of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.