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Amshore Renewable Energy Announces New Executive Appointments

Amshore | March 03, 2022

Amshore, a leading renewable energy developer, announced promotion of Cas Purdy to Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and the appointment of Leo Anzaldua as Controller.

Both Cas and Leo are seasoned business executives responsible for maximizing our company’s operating performance and helping achieve corporate objectives. By promoting Cas, bringing Leo on board, and our investments in development, we are building out our management team with the talent we need to take our renewable energy development business to the next level. Our focus on delivering exceptional services to our clients will be enhanced by our ability to provide more corporate-level support to our development team—freeing them to focus on revenue-generating clean energy projects.”

Deana Strunk, Owner at Amshore

As Chief Administrative Officer, Cas has a broad range of responsibilities including strategic planning, finance, legal, human resources, information technology, marketing, communications and more. He was previously Executive Vice President at Amshore. Cas has more than 20 years of experience in business leadership. Prior to Amshore, he was Vice President and Head of Marketing at cybersecurity company Trustwave. He also held leadership roles at IBM, Websense (now Forcepoint) and Guidance Software (now part of OpenText). Cas received his bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from the University of Texas at Austin, and he studied French at the University of Paris (La Sorbonne).

As Controller, Leo leads and directs the accounting and finance functions at Amshore. He has more than 30 years of financial experience. For more than a decade, Leo was Controller/Vice President of Finance at ClimbTech. Before ClimbTech, he was Director of Accounting at Personal Administrators. Leo studied business administration at The Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2020 saw consumption of renewable energy in the United States grow for the fifth year in a row, reaching 12 percent of total U.S. energy consumption. Renewable energy was the only source of U.S. energy consumption that increased in 2020 from 2019.1

Over the last 20 years, Amshore has originated and developed solar and wind energy facilities generating 2.9 gigawatts of power covering over a half a million acres. Recently, Amshore promoted former senior project developer Aaron Young to Vice President, Development.

About Amshore
Amshore Renewable Energy develops sustainable energy solutions for utility companies and independent power producers looking to expand their renewable energy projects throughout North America. Amshore has originated and developed solar and wind energy facilities generating 2.9 gigawatts of power covering over a half a million acres, and the company offers advanced energy management control and novel energy storage systems. Established in 2002, Amshore is based in the Dallas, Texas, area.

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