Blue Ridge Power has announced the addition of four senior leaders joining the company, including Tom Kosto as EVP of Pre-Construction.
Kosto joins the company from Horne Brothers Construction, which was acquired by Blue Ridge Power, where he was the vice president of the solar division. He brings more than 24 years of experience in construction and sales management, where he’s overseen all types of renewable projects from large wind farms to a 262MW solar projects.
Tom joined Horne Brothers in 1997 as a project manager for the wireless construction business. In the early 2000’s he left to work in the marine industry for several years before re-joining Horne Brothers in 2010 to lead the renewable construction and solar division, helping to grow the company to nearly 400 people and completing 4.6GW of solar projects. Now, as EVP of Pre-Construction for Blue Ridge Power, he will oversee all aspects of budget development, constructability reviews, scheduling, permitting and landowner coordination.
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