Management Team

NORESCO executives offer solid leadership, extensive technical expertise and hands-on energy infrastructure design/build and asset management experience. Many have helped to guide the energy services industry since its inception in the early 1980s.

Neil Petchers, President
As President of NORESCO, Mr. Petchers has full responsibility for the management and performance of the Company. Concurrent to his role as President, Mr. Petchers maintains front-line responsibility for the federal related PC business, where he has directed project development initiatives that have resulted in more than $1 billion in federal government fixed and IDIQ ESPC contract awards and several hundred million in executed construction work. Mr. Petchers has extensive industry-related experience, having previously held several management positions in the utility industry and engineering and design-build contracting businesses. Mr. Petchers has previously served as Executive Vice President of NORESCO and as General Manager in charge of ERI Services, an energy services company in the Equitable family that was merged with NORESCO. Mr. Petchers is a respected expert in the energy efficiency industry and is author of Combined Heating, Cooling and Power Handbook. Mr. Petchers holds a BA with distinction in Political Science from Brandeis University and an MS in Energy Management from New York Institute of Technology, where he was the recipient of the School of Management's "Energy and Environment Award" for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Graduate Studies in Energy Management.

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David G. Mannherz, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
Mr. Mannherz has been with NORESCO for 13 years, serving as CFO for the past two years. He is responsible for all financial, accounting, information technology, legal, human resources, and general administrative functions for the organization.. Prior to his appointment as CFO, Mr. Mannherz served as EVP in charge of finance, accounting, information technology, while maintaining front-line responsibility for the management of performance contracting within the state and local government, correctional, K-12 public schools and higher education markets, and the facility services group. 

Mr. Mannherz has held management positions at Johnson Controls and ABB and was Vice President of Sales and Marketing and a managing partner of Scallop Thermal Management, prior to its acquisition by Equitable Resources, Inc. in 1997 and merger into NORESCO.  He is recognized for his substantial energy industry experience servicing federal government, municipal and institutional clients, having financed more than $1 billion in energy projects. 

Mr. Mannherz holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, New York.

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Paul F. Pimentel, P.E., Senior Vice President, Engineering
Mr. Paul F. Pimentel, P.E., is Senior Vice President of Engineering with NORESCO. Mr. Pimentel is responsible for all project engineering development, design and performance verification as a part of the federal performance contracting and ESPCs. He is a nationally recognized authority in the field of integrated energy and water use efficiency. As a mechanical engineer with 40 years of industry experience, he has supervised large-scale industrial production facilities, designed numerous water and energy system improvements and developed technical training courses. His accomplishments have earned him regular invitations to speak at major conferences, including those sponsored by the American Water Works Association, the U.S. EPA, and the California Department of Water Resources. Mr. Pimentel is the former President of the New England Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), and is a registered Professional Engineer in MA, CA, RI, NY, VA and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mr. Pimentel holds a BS in Engineering and Applied Physics from Harvard University.

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