Meet the Team
We are a team of entrepreneurs, coders, finance experts and thought leaders, working toward a world filled with 100% clean energy for all. But our true measure of impact is reflected in the number of people prospering in the clean energy economy. We’re excited to build that world with you.
Billy Parish
Founder & CEO
Billy Parish is Founder and CEO of Mosaic, a leading financing and technology platform for sustainable home improvements. He has founded, invested in and advised numerous clean energy companies and organizations during the last 20 years. Parish was honored as one of Rolling Stone’s “25 People Shaping the Future,” an Utne Reader “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World,” and was elected a Fellow by Ashoka, the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. Parish is co-author of Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money & Community in a Changing World. Learn more about Billy and the story of Mosaic.
Patrick Moore
President and Chief Operating Officer
For the last 20 years, Patrick has grown and managed industry-leading consumer lending businesses, including Capital One and Toyota Financial Services. In each of his three prior COO positions, he launched and scaled successful point of purchase financing businesses, most recently in the home improvement channel.
Melissa Ballenger
Chief Financial Officer
Melissa has served as Chief Financial Officer for domestic and international banks, including Cross River Bank, TD Bank and Santander Bank. She has more than 25 years of experience, including senior leadership positions with high-growth fintech and payment systems. Melissa is experienced in raising capital, building partnerships and financial management for public companies.
Nagaraju Bandaru
Chief Technology Officer
Nagaraju is a technology and product executive with over 20 years of experience in innovation, architecture, product delivery, and operations. He is an entrepreneurial technology leader and most recently led growth and transformation of market leading products at Intuit and Clarivate Analytics (formerly part of Thomson Reuters). He has delivered successful outcomes for startups, private equity, and large public companies by creating technology vision, strategy, and roadmaps.
Tamiko Kikuchi
Chief Product Officer
Tamiko leads Mosaic’s product management and product design teams. She has executive experience in high-growth companies and has a passion for building great products and teams. Prior to Mosaic, Tamiko has had leadership roles at ServiceNow and Renovate America.
Richard Lewis
Chief Risk Officer
Richard has over 25 years of consumer leadership experience at major banks, fintech lenders, and consulting firms. This deep consumer lending experience has been tuned to guide several fintech leaders in the development of their lending programs. Most recently, Richard was Upgrade's Chief Risk Officer, responsible for credit risk, regulatory compliance, and operational risk.
Richard Johns
Chief of Funding
Richard has more than 25 years of experience in the corporate treasury and capital markets arenas, including executive funding and liquidity roles for Ally Financial and Capital One. He has experience in capital markets, derivatives, asset liability management, cash management and treasury systems, and has managed funding programs across 15 countries. Richard also led the Structured Finance Association for five years and has served on multiple U.S. federal and international regulatory committees.
Carol Sewell
Vice President of Marketing
Carol has more than 25 years’ experience building relevant brands and top- and bottom-line growth. She has worked in automotive, financial services, technology, petroleum and agriculture. Her passion is comprehensive research that informs brand strategy and strengthens distribution channels, customer bases and product launches. Her communications programs manage strategic and organizational change that achieve internal alignment towards key business results.
Jeff Kruczynski
SVP, Operations and Customer Experience
Jeff has spent over 25 years in various operational roles and industries, and has a passion for building high-performing teams. Before starting at Mosaic, Jeff led production and delivery of customer experience, operations, and customer care at TurboTax (Intuit), Mitchell International, Renovate America, and Sun Microsystems. In addition, he served as an Air Force intelligence officer and is a certificated Six Sigma black belt.
Anitha Srinivasan
SVP and General Manager of Servicing
Anitha has over 18 years of experience in leading business transformations and customer operations at fast-growing consumer lending businesses, holding prominent roles at Affirm, Capital One and Westlake Financial Services. At Mosaic, Anitha is responsible for both scaling the Servicing Business Unit, as well as delivering enterprise-wide strategic programs as the Head of Business Operations.
John Bumgarner
General Manager of Solar and Storage
John is a longtime solar industry professional with more than 13 years of experience managing new partner development and training, business intelligence and portfolio management. Prior to Mosaic, he held leadership positions at Sunrun and REC Solar, Inc. He works closely with Mosaic’s clients throughout the solar ecosystem including OEMs, distributors, installers, sales organizations and SaaS platforms.
Paola Humphrey
Vice President of Sales, Solar
Paola has over 12 years of experience leading high-performance sales teams. She currently leads the solar sales division for Mosaic. Prior to joining Mosaic, she held leadership positions at Tesla and SolarCity. She is also known to dance when happy, laugh long after the joke is over, and bring plenty of spice to the job. Paola's passion is to make the world a better place for generations to come.
John King
Senior Vice President & Head of Strategy and Corporate Development
John is a senior finance, investment and strategy leader with over 20 years’ experience in the power and renewables industry. He has deep, cross-functional expertise in the residential solar sector including corporate development, capital raising and execution, treasury, planning, analytics, and product and market development. John has helped manage and scale residential solar businesses experiencing hyper-growth since 2015 and prior was an institutional investor, credit analyst, and investment banker for 18 years.
Kim McNealy
General Manager, Home Improvement
Kim has over two decades of experience in business development and customer experience strategy, leading marketing efforts for top brands such as Yoplait®, Betty Crocker®, Pillsbury™, Nature Valley™ and Intuit's TurboTax®. Kim oversees the home improvement business operations at Mosaic, developing, deploying and maintaining highly competitive products and services throughout the home improvement ecosystem, from OEMs, distributors and SaaS platforms, to installers and sales organizations.
Julianne Spears
General Counsel
Julianne oversees all aspects of Mosaic’s legal affairs and brings extensive experience in finance, M&A, and corporate law. Prior to joining Mosaic, Julianne served as Associate General Counsel at Renew Financial, and was a member of the energy and infrastructure department at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
David Dobbs
Vice President of Engineering, Applications
David has more than 20 years of experience leading a variety of technology products and teams. He has held leadership positions in engineering at companies such as Travelocity, Dogster and Spruce Financial, where he designed, developed and implemented a number of large-scale product initiatives. He is passionate about clean energy and prides himself on bringing diverse teams from around the world together to work toward common goals.
Jamie Kline
Vice President, Business Growth
As an experienced sales leader, Jamie has led several teams in the solar and multi-family housing industries. Prior to Mosaic, Jamie led the buildout and development of new partner verticals at Sunrun and most recently led the national sales function of a multi-family startup. With his expertise in leading and developing national sales teams, Jamie will help Mosaic bring energy freedom to more homeowners.
Noura Panaritis
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Applications
Noura Panaritis is experienced in M&A integrations and partnering with senior leaders to develop large-scale transformations to enable growth and scale. Her most recent positions include head of business transformation at LightSpeed Commerce and managing director at J.D. Power. In her role at Mosaic, Noura will act as the technology business partner for sales, marketing, finance, business operations and people operations.
Sam Jammal
Chief of Staff
Sam has experience leading teams at early growth companies, managing strategic partnerships and opening new markets for technology products. He began his career as a civil rights attorney. Sam later served as a Chief of Staff in the United States House of Representatives and in the Obama Administration at the United States Department of Commerce. His more recent leadership positions include Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Firefly and Director for Policy and Electricity Markets at SolarCity and Tesla. At Mosaic, Sam uses his industry knowledge to advise on market opportunities, execute on strategic initiatives and accelerate the transition to 100% clean energy.