Jim Alderson Smith is a Managing Director and leads Crux’s Industry Coverage team. Jim is responsible for efforts to source, educate, and provide support to clean energy developers and manufacturers across their tax credit sales, tax equity raises, and other capital needs. Jim leverages his prior experience developing renewable energy projects and sourcing tax equity to guide his team’s work and support clients as they enter new, complex markets. Jim has led many of the largest transactions facilitated by Crux. Prior to joining Crux, Jim worked at Onyx Renewable Partners as the Senior Vice President of Business and Project Development where he led the origination team. Jim holds a Masters of Engineering from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Wharton.