Vincent "Vince" Canino joined Capstone Green Energy on March 11, 2024, bringing along a wealth of experience amassed over three decades in the Energy sector. His expertise spans various areas, including power generation, renewable energy, sustainability, and performance contracting. With a rich background encompassing Fortune 100, startups and mid-cap companies, Vince has honed his skills and abilities in connecting business strategies to operational excellence, leveraging the extension of human capital to drive success.

Mr. Canino has extensive experience in executive leadership, manufacturing effectiveness, product development, and sales/market strategy development. He has a strong track record of creating highly capable and accountable teams through employee engagement. He enjoys creating high-performing teams by prioritizing trust and encouraging healthy conflict, which accelerates problem-solving and drives action on key tasks. He drives real change by creating experiences and behaviors that build a culture of accountability and ownership, which in turn creates sustainable results.

Prior to joining Capstone, Mr. Canino was Chief Operating Officer at ESS Inc., where he led the operational organization of the world's leading developer and manufacturer of its iron flow long-duration energy storage systems. Before ESS Inc., he served as President and CEO of the Smardt Chiller Group, leading the entire global organization across five continents and seven factories whilst consistently delivering double-digit CAGR's. Prior to Smardt, Mr. Canino held senior leadership positions at Trane Commercial Systems (a division of Ingersoll Rand), where he most notably launched a renewable energy solutions business. Before Trane, Canino launched DG Energy Solutions, which built, owned, and operated cogeneration and district cooling plants; most notable projects were cogen plants for Home Depot, the Church of Scientology, and a central plant at NFL Film Labs. He began his career with General Electric during the Jack Welch era, where he started as a mechanical engineer at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory and then held growing roles at GE's Power Systems business; most notably being one of the originators of GE's Long Term Service Agreement business and leading the Distributed Generation and Energy Rentals business for the Western US during the energy crisis in early 2000's.

Mr. Canino earned his Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering Technology (Magna Cum Laude) from Binghamton University, NY, and his Master's in Engineering Mechanics (Cum Laude) from Penn State University.