Martin Echeverria (he/him)

Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments at Halberd Energy Capital | Stanford GSB alumni interviewer | Energy transition, project finance Houston, Texas, United States · 500+ connections

About

I invest in power and energy infrastructure, mostly battery storage and transmission-adjacent projects in Texas and Mexico. I started as a field engineer on gas pipelines, and I still read site plans before I read models. Since 2016 I have interviewed Stanford GSB applicants in the Houston area for the admissions office, about 15 a year. I like hearing what people actually did and what they would do differently, more than polished stories. Outside work I coach youth baseball and spend too much time on the Gulf Coast with a fishing rod.

Experience

Halberd Energy Capital (infrastructure private equity, about $3B under management) - Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments · 2021 - present · Houston, TX Lead a team of 6 investing in storage and grid projects; board member of 3 portfolio companies. - Principal · 2016 - 2021 Closed 9 investments in ERCOT solar and storage, including two that went through contested county abatements.

Cordillera Midstream Partners (pipeline operator) - Associate, Corporate Development · 2014 - 2016 · Houston, TX - Field Engineer, then Project Engineer · 2008 - 2012 · Midland, TX and Monterrey, Mexico Managed construction of 140 miles of gathering lines; learned the most from landowner negotiations.

Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business - Master of Business Administration (MBA) · 2012 - 2014 Activities: Energy Club co-president, Global Study Trip to Chile, Arbuckle Leadership Fellow.

Rice University - BS, Mechanical Engineering · 2004 - 2008

Volunteering

Stanford GSB Admissions - Alumni interviewer, Houston region · 2016 - present East End Youth Baseball League - Volunteer coach, under-12 · 2019 - present Houston Food Bank - Saturday warehouse volunteer · 2015 - present

Skills

Project finance · Energy infrastructure · Board governance · Spanish (native)

Interests

Gulf Coast fishing, Astros baseball, Mexican history books, smoking brisket badly but often