Mauricio Vargas
President & CEO, Board Member @ Heartland
About
Transformational CEO and board member with 20+ years leading water tech, clean tech, energy, and hydrogen companies through rapid growth, market disruption, and capital-intensive project execution. Over my career, I have: • Raised $500M+ in equity and project financing from top-tier investors including Soros, Caterpillar, Baupost, Fortistar, and MERS Pension Fund. • Scaled multiple companies from pre-revenue to $400M+ projected revenues, building multi-billion-dollar project pipelines across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. • Led a $200M acquisition, integrating and tripling the acquired business in under two years. • Built lasting partnerships with Fortune 500 companies including Shell, Chevron, PG&E, Lockheed Martin, and Cargill. • Delivered innovative infrastructure in hydrogen production, PFAS destruction, waste-to-energy, and water remediation. Recognized for building elite leadership teams and driving adoption of breakthrough technologies, I am passionate about advancing the energy transition and creating scalable infrastructure solutions that deliver long-term value for investors, partners, and communities.
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United States
Executive Office
Board of Directors, Advisory, Business Development, Start-ups, Management, Strategy, Energy, Renewable Energy, Leadership
Experience
President & CEO, Board Member
Heartland
Transforming how PFAS destruction & waste water is dealt with at industry, landfills and power plants by offering by the gallon solutions so that clients can focus on what they do best.
Board Member
BayoTech Hydrogen
Executive Chairman
BayoTech Hydrogen
United States
President & CEO, Board Member
BayoTech Hydrogen
Providing hydrogen molecule solutions to enable new applications. Raised $200MM from venture capital, private equity and strategic investors.
CEO
Concord Blue
Greater Los Angeles Area
Global waste-to-energy and biomass technology developer. Raised $50MM from pension fund and strategic investors.
BioEnergy and EPC Business Leader
Lockheed Martin
Responsible for global bioenergy business strategy, implementation of creating a $400MM line of business over 5 years.
Officer and Executive Vice President Corporate and Business Development
Plasco Energy Group
Plasco is a gasification and project development company that raised $500MM to develop green technology to improve environmentally how municipal waste is dealt with at landfills.
President - North America Business Development
The AES Corporation
CEO - Greenhouse Gas Services a GE AES Venture
The AES Corporation
Responsible for creating a leading carbon offset business for voluntary, pre-compliance and compliance markets.
Company Officer & Vice President AES Brasil
The AES Corporation
Led efforts to identify senior management needs and upgrade all strategic senior positions in $10 Billion business.
Managing Director Internal Audit Operations
The AES Corporation
Audited and recommended Improvements to operations in of fleet of 80 power plants – focusing on commodities (fuels such as coal, gas, hydro), inventory management, asset management and process optimization. Identified and tracked implementation of over $250MM in Revenue Enhancement opportunities by decreasing overall losses, increasing billing opportunities, increasing revenues and increasing collections.
Executive Regional Manager
GE
Managed 98 employees, 4 district managers and $300 million in sales.
Southern California District Manager
GE
Responsible for highest sales and profit growth district in the US. Led 28 people and a $68MM business focused on electrical distribution and control products.
Interim GM/Sales & Marketing Manager - Mexico
GE
Sales Engineer
GE
Phoenix, Arizona Area
Sales Engineer
Siemens
Education
USC Marshall School of Business
General Management, Entrepreneur, Marketing
Harvard Business School
Executive Education
UC Irvine
mechanical engineering, specialization in combustion
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Executive Education
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