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Kirk Hayes

CEO, Brookwood
Director of Mission-Critical Infrastructure, Zero RFI

khayes@brookwoodgroup.com

An operator and builder focused on the power, technology, and project decisions that make critical infrastructure work.

At a glance

Built for the work that has to perform.

From high-precision manufacturing to utility-scale energy and mission-critical infrastructure, Kirk has led execution where capital, reliability, and delivery all meet.

4+ GW

Projects delivered to commercial operation

$5B+

Capital deployed across energy infrastructure

25+ yrs

Semiconductors and energy infrastructure

Career arc

From the factory floor to the power district.

Kirk’s work has followed the same thread: understand the system, build the team, and deliver the outcome. His experience spans manufacturing, renewable energy, storage, construction execution, and the infrastructure required by the AI economy.

1990 — 1996

Military

Six years in the U.S. Marine Corps, concluding as a Sergeant with an honorable discharge.

1990 — 1996

Military

Six years in the U.S. Marine Corps, concluding as a Sergeant with an honorable discharge.

1996 — 2010

Semiconductor manufacturing

Fourteen years in customer service, operations, and quality leadership at Applied Materials and Lam Research, supporting leading global manufacturers.

1996 — 2010

Semiconductor manufacturing

Fourteen years in customer service, operations, and quality leadership at Applied Materials and Lam Research, supporting leading global manufacturers.

2010 — Present

Infrastructure execution

Leadership roles across SunEdison, Tesla Energy, McKinsey, FTC Solar, Recurrent Energy, General Catalyst EnergyCo, Zero RFI, and Brookwood, spanning utility-scale solar, battery storage, and mission-critical infrastructure.

2010 — Present

Infrastructure execution

Biography

Experience with consequences.

Kirk has led engineering, procurement, project management, and construction across SunEdison, Tesla Energy, FTC Solar, and Recurrent Energy. At SunEdison, he led more than 1 GW of utility-scale solar construction and over $1 billion of capital responsibility. At Tesla Energy, he deployed commercial-scale battery-storage projects behind the meter in California.

As Managing Director of EPC at Recurrent Energy, Kirk built the project and construction-management organization and raised $500 million from BlackRock to execute against it. He has also led operations for a hyperscale data-center power district, engineering a standardized, repeatable 50 MW power block through reliability analysis and locked design decisions.

Before energy, Kirk spent more than a decade in semiconductor manufacturing, supporting fab customers including Intel, IBM, TSMC and Samsung. He later built pilot and production lines for a solar-cell manufacturer and was awarded a U.S. patent for thin-film photovoltaic manufacturing.

Selected experience

SunEdison

Tesla Energy

McKinsey & Company

FTC Solar

Recurrent Energy

General Catalyst

Applied Materials

Lam Research

Selected projects

Delivered on his watch.

Projects Kirk led at Recurrent Energy, where he built the project and construction-management organization, before joining Brookwood.

Kiowa County, OK

North Fork Solar

160 MW under a fifteen-year power purchase agreement with the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority. Reached commercial operation in 2024.

Kiowa County, OK

North Fork Solar

160 MW under a fifteen-year power purchase agreement with the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority. Reached commercial operation in 2024.

Liberty County, TX

Liberty Solar

134 MW DC, with power purchased by Autodesk, Biogen, EMD Electronics and Wayfair. Completed on time and on budget in 2024.

Liberty County, TX

Liberty Solar

134 MW DC, with power purchased by Autodesk, Biogen, EMD Electronics and Wayfair. Completed on time and on budget in 2024.

Morehouse Parish, LA

Bayou Galion Solar

127 MW DC across roughly 1,080 acres. Microsoft purchases 100 percent of the energy and the renewable energy credits. Operations began in 2024.

Morehouse Parish, LA

Bayou Galion Solar

127 MW DC across roughly 1,080 acres. Microsoft purchases 100 percent of the energy and the renewable energy credits. Operations began in 2024.

Maricopa County, AZ

Papago Storage

1,200 MWh, the largest standalone storage project in Arizona, under a tolling agreement with Arizona Public Service. Kirk led the project through construction.

Maricopa County, AZ

Papago Storage

1,200 MWh, the largest standalone storage project in Arizona, under a tolling agreement with Arizona Public Service. Kirk led the project through construction.

Mississippi

Sunflower Solar Station

Brought the 100 MW station through final completion and closeout for Entergy Mississippi following a field-wide medium-voltage cable replacement.

Mississippi

Sunflower Solar Station

Brought the 100 MW station through final completion and closeout for Entergy Mississippi following a field-wide medium-voltage cable replacement.

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