Hal Keller
Marketing and Consulting
Mr. Keller brings over 35 years experience in engineering,
construction and finance. Prior to joining The Energy Group, he
served as President of KMS Energy, Inc. developers of power
projects in the US and Canada. KMS formed one of the earliest
income funds on the Toronto Stock Exchange, provided management
and administration for the KMS Power Income Fund, successfully
closed follow-on offerings, and later merged the Fund with the
Algonquin Power Income Fund. Since 1978 Keller has been a
major shareholder in the Chicago-based Forbes Electrical Services,Inc.
a 60 year old engineering, construction and electrical service
organization specializing in power generation systems. Keller served
as President and General Manager of Forbes for 15 years prior to
founding KMS.
Prior to his ownership in Forbes, he was President and General
Manager of Product Specialties, Inc. a subsidiary of Lancaster
Colony Corp. Keller earned a Bachelor of Science degree from
Ball State University in 1971 and post graduate degrees in
Electrical Engineering and marketing from Purdue and North American
University. Hal is a former musician, still plays brass for fun and
is a regular basketball player in the local YMCA men’s league.

Henry Martin
Consultant
While Director of Gas Recovery & Control for Waste Management,
Inc. in the early 80’s, Martin developed the computer models still
used today to determine methane production from landfills, and he
pioneered the gas-to-energy industry. Henry was named President
& General Manager of National Energy Systems, Inc. in 1987, a subsidiary
of the Marmon Group, formed to take advantage of the deregulation
of natural gas and the vanguard of electricity deregulation.
NES was merged with the KMS Energy Group in 1991 and Martin
served as Chief Operating Officer for KMS, which designed, built,
owned and operated cogeneration, waste-to-energy and independent
power production plants. Business activity included commodity energy
sales (gas and electric), steam, hot and chilled water, with plants in the
US and Canada.

As a Senior Officer Martin was responsible for all operating facilities of
the company including labor management, operating budget approval
and compliance, capital budgets, environmental compliance, technology
improvements, minor and major equipment maintenance, customer
relations, human resources, OSHA and employee safety, equipment
specifications and purchasing. Staff included Vice-President of Operations,
regional and local superintendents and hourly operating staff.
Henry received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from
Roosevelt University, Chicago, in1980, and an MBA from the University
of Miami in 2001. Henry is bi-lingual, competent in conversational Spanish.
Henry is an accomplished organist and tennis player.

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