Meet the team
Founders

Chase Lochmiller
Chase's leadership experience at Crusoe has included building a high functioning team of more than 300 professionals encompassing engineering, technology, business development, manufacturing, finance, law, operations and administration. Chase has also held key roles in more than $600 million of fundraising with venture, project and credit capital investors for Crusoe.
Previously Chase was a quantitative researcher and trader at Jump Trading and GETCO, where he developed and managed a portfolio of algorithmic trading strategies. Chase holds undergraduate degrees in math and physics from MIT and a masters degree in computer science from Stanford, where he specialized in artificial intelligence. He is currently on the board of CSforAll, an organization whose mission is to make high-quality computer science an integral part of the educational experience of all K-12 students and teachers. As a personal interest, Chase has climbed five of the “seven summits” including Mt. Everest.
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Cully Cavness
Cully is an energy industry professional with a passion for innovative environmental solutions. Prior to co-founding Crusoe, Cully served in leadership and management positions in the upstream oil & gas industry and geothermal energy industry as well as in energy investment banking.
Cully holds an undergraduate degree in geology from Middlebury College, an MBA from the University of Oxford and is a Thomas J. Watson Fellow in the subject of energy economics. Cully was named as a 2021 Entrepreneur of the Year by EY and Denver Business Journal's 2023 40 Under 40. He has won numerous awards for leadership as well as environmental and technology innovation. Cully is an endurance athlete who has competed in biathlon, IronMan and 50 and 100-mile ultra marathons.