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Robert Kaplan

Vice President
Energy Investment Banking
+1 212.271.3741
rkaplan@tweisel.com


Robert Kaplan is a Vice President in Industrial Growth and Alternative Energy Investment Banking at Thomas Weisel Partners. Robert joined the firm in 2007 and is based in New York. He has over 7 years of experience in Investment Banking. Prior to joining the firm, Robert was a Vice President at First Albany Capital, completing 20+ Industrial Growth and Alternative Energy transactions. Robert received a BS degree from Lehigh University and an MBA from the Leonard Stern School of Business.
Notable Transactions

Company Name
Ticker Trans. Type Trans. Amt.
(in M)
Trans. Date
Sunpower
SPWR CVT $175.0 USD 2/5/07
Capstone Turbine
CPST PP $11,807.0 USD 1/18/07
First Solar
FSLR IPO $458.9 USD 11/16/06
Itron, Inc.
ITRI CVT $300.0 USD 7/31/06
Satcon
SATC PP $12.0 USD 7/19/06
Sunpower
SPWR FO $206.5 USD 5/31/06
ISE
-- PP $25.0 USD 3/8/06
Energy Conversion Devices
ENER FO $374.5 USD 3/1/06
Sunpower
SPWR IPO $159.4 USD 11/16/05
Telkonet
TKO PP $20.0 USD 10/28/05
Evergreen Solar, Inc.
ESLR CVT $90.0 USD 6/23/06
Evergreen Solar, Inc.
ESLR FO $66.7 USD 2/3/05
Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc.
FSYS FO $26.5 USD 2/1/05
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.
QTWW FO $64.4 USD 10/21/03
Plug Power, Inc.
PLUG FO $55.2 USD 7/19/01

TWP transactions indicated in bold.