Management Team
Gary Mole, Chief Executive Officer
Gary Mole is an energy entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in the energy industry. In 1991, Gary founded Pinnacle Marketing which was a purchasing company for Sydney Harbor Casino in Sydney, Australia. He went on to form Essential Utilities Energy Corporation (“EUC”) – Australia and served as its Managing Director from 1995 to 2001. In this role, he was responsible for entering into major power agreements with generators such as TXU, Entergy and AEP which represented over 16,000 gigawatts of power. In December, 2001, Gary founded EUC – USA, a company established to explore deregulation in the United States. As CEO, he was responsible for major power agreements with TXU, Reliant, Constellation Texas and New York, Gexa Energy, and Con Ed Solutions. Gary went on to form Glacial Energy which today operates in all deregulated markets.
Mark Finley, President
Mark Finley is a businessman with over 16 years of senior management experience in energy, telecommunications, and real estate. Prior to joining Glacial Energy, Mark spent 10 years as President and CEO of Finley Enterprises, a tier one Telecommunications consulting company which was responsible for network development for major telecommunication companies including T-Mobile, AT&T, Nextel, Sprint, and General Dynamics. Mark joined Glacial Energy in 2006 as Senior Vice President of Sales in New England and went on to develop New England into Glacial Energy’s largest market. Today Mark serves as Executive Vice President, responsible for business activity in all territories serviced by Glacial Energy. Mark is a graduate of Tabor Academy and studied at Franklin & Marshall and Cornell University.
Joel Finley, President of Sales
Prior to joining Glacial Energy, Joel served as the Owner/Project Manager at Realty Development Corporation of Massachusetts and as a Site Ac quisition Manager for Finley Enterprises. There he managed all aspects of real estate network development and site acquisition including leasing, zoning, and permitting for companies such as T-Mobile, AT&T, Nextel, Sprint, and General Dynamics. Joel’s relationship with Glacial Energy began in 2006 as an Agent. In 2007, Joel joined the company as a Business Development Manager, was promoted to Regional Director of Sales for Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He was then promoted to Senior Vice President of Sales in New England and was instrumental in Glacial Energy’s entrance into the Maine and New Hampshire markets. Today, Joel serves as President of Sales for all markets. He attended Massachusetts Maritime Academy and is a 1996 graduate of Sierra College in California.
John Mulcahy, Chief Financial Officer
John has 20 years experience in the banking and finance industry covering a broad spectrum of industries. He began his professional career at Wells Fargo Bank were over the course of his career he became Vice President of the commercial banking group having successfully originated, structured, and closed 500 million in financings. Based on his success within the bank of identifying and financing growth companies, John ventured out on his own to create, finance, and run, a series of successful start-up companies. John’s first successful venture was a HR Software solution to fortune 500 companies. The company was acquired by Concur and SilkRoad technologies. Seeing growth in the natural resource market, John started Meridian Capital Group, a boutique merchant banking group that focused on Natural resources such as timber, minerals and Oil & Gas operations where John fulfilled the CFO role. John holds a B.A. in Business Finance and B.A. in Political Science from Mount St. Mary’s University.
Paul Konikowski, Chief Operating Officer
Paul brings almost 20 years of technical experience in the workplace with more than 10 years of that time spent in the retail energy field. He began his energy career supporting Shell Energy Services where he held a role as an IT manager and led a business analysis team. In 2006, Paul moved on to MXenergy where he served a number of roles including Director of Infrastructure, Director of Customer Operations, and Managing Director of IT and Customer Operations. Most recently, Paul worked at Spark Energy where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Paul holds a Bachelor of Business degree from Stephen F. Austin State University where he did a double major in Marketing and Computer Information Systems.
Michael Giery, Senior Corporate Counsel
Michael has an extensive business history encompassing both management and ownership experience. He worked as a public servant for both the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in a number of roles that encompassed both law enforcement and social services. Michael was also a member of The Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services specializing in the legal representation of indigent clients. Prior to joining Glacial Energy, Michael worked as an attorney specializing in network development and regulatory matters for a number of major telecommunication companies. He has an undergraduate degree from Johnson & Wales University and a Law Degree from Massachusetts School of Law.
Juliana Claussen Konikowski, Executive Vice President of Portfolio Management
In 2002, Juliana began her energy career as a Corporate Account Manager for Constellation Energy Group where she managed large industrial accounts in the US, Canada, and Mexico. She then moved briefly to Aleris International as a Base Metals and Natural Gas Trader where she was responsible for managing the company’s metal exposure and all natural gas physical and financial procurement for US based plants. From 2006 to 2011, Juliana joined Constellation Energy Group/MXenergy as Vice President of Risk, Pricing & Portfolio Management. Juliana attended Pontifica Universidade Catolica in Sao Paulo, Brazil and holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.
