Fueling Change.
Fueling change means empowering drivers with a way to make clean, American-made fuel a part of our daily lives. The American consumer has waited too long for a better fueling option, one that positively affects our economy, our environment and the engines that power our lives.
Propel builds, owns and operates a growing network of clean fueling points. Our goal is to provide you with easy access to high quality clean fuels, and quantify the positive impact of your fuel choice. Propel CleanDrive shows the difference you make when you choose renewable fuels instead of petroleum. And we’re building clean fuel points both at traditional gas stations, and in new locations convenient to you.
Together, we can change what we put in our tanks, protect our environment, and break free from imported oil.
Our Team
Matt Horton, Chief Executive Officer
As Propel’s Chief Executive Officer, Matt leads our efforts to bring choice at the pump, delivering consumers convenient access to clean, renewable fuels. Matt sets the vision for the company and oversees Propel’s fundraising, strategic partnerships, and expansion plans.
Matt’s experience has spanned a broad spectrum of investment activities and board responsibilities most recently with @Ventures, a cleantech-focused venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies. Matt was an early leader in the cleantech investment arena, having developed a cleantech investment initiative at Garage Technology Ventures in 2002, where he served as a Venture Partner and Director of Emerging Technologies. He began his career as an investment banker in Andersen’s Global Corporate Finance group, focused on capital formation for early stage technology companies. As a venture capital investor, Matt is responsible for investments in cleantech companies including 212 Resources, Cobalt Biofuels, Miasolé, Hoku Scientific, and ClearFuels.
Matt is a regular speaker at renewable energy and clean technology conferences, and holds a B.S. in Accounting from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.
Andy Wynne, CPA, Chief Financial Officer
As Propel’s Chief Financial Officer, Andy leads our financial planning and accounting functions including capital strategy, budgeting, and new market analysis for Propel’s growing renewable fuel network.
Prior to joining Propel, Andy served as CFO and Executive Vice President of Tully’s Coffee Corporation, a leading specialty coffee retailer and wholesaler operating retail outlets in across the western United States and throughout Asia. At Tully’s, his responsibilities included overseeing accounting, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, and SEC reporting.
Before joining Tully’s in 2005, he served as Corporate Assistant Controller for Fisher Broadcasting, Inc., a Seattle-based communications company that owns and operates 13 full power television stations, seven low power television stations, and eight radio stations in the Western United States. Andy began his career at KPMG and holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Gonzaga University.
Jim Cannon, Vice President, Construction and Development
As Propel’s Vice President of Construction and Development, Jim oversees the development, design and construction of our rapidly expanding network of green built fueling stations.
With an extensive 26 year background in design, construction and maintenance of retail outlets, Jim most recently served as Vice President of Design, Construction, and Facilities at Jack-In-The-Box, where he was responsible for the construction and rebranding of hundreds of locations every year including their Quick Stuff fuel brand locations. Prior to his nine years at Jack-In-The-Box, he oversaw development programs for a number of retail brands, including 24 Hour Fitness, BRIAZZ, Boston Chicken (including Noah’s and Einstein’s bagel chains), and Stride-Rite retail. Jim has built several corporate infrastructure and growth teams allowing for explosive, first-to-market growth of new retail units nationwide.
Throughout his career, Jim was instrumental in creating the administrative functionality for major capital improvement and growth programs. With compliance to internal audit and key financial controls, he created systems that allowed organization to achieve corporate governance awards for accountability and capital stewardship.
Jim Iacoponi, Vice President, Operations
As Propel’s Vice President of Operations, Jim leads our efforts to source the most sustainable fuels, grow sales and product lines, and enhance the fueling experience of our customers.
Jim brings nearly three decades of downstream, commercial and retail fuel management experience to Propel. He spent the last 28 years working for Arco and BP, most recently as Vice President, Strategy and Planning for ampm convenience stores, where he led the financial restructuring of the business. During his career, Jim held many senior level positions including Regional Vice President, East-of-Rockies, Director of Retail Strategy, Senior Business Advisor – Global Marketing Executive Team, as well as Global Project Director for Finance. In these positions he continually improved the customer experience and re-engineered performance management processes across global business units with a continuous focus on the bottom line.
Jim began his career as a marketing engineer, designing the industry's first convenience store facilities, with successive roles in chemicals, refining, mergers and acquisitions, and retail operations. Jim holds an M.S. in Management from Purdue University, and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
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Carbon neutral operations
Low carbon fuel, carbon free operations. Propel offices and Clean Fuel Points operate carbon neutral. In addition to sustainable & efficient site design, we offset the balance of our energy use with carbonfund.org to fund projects in renewable energy, energy-efficient technologies, and planting carbon-absorbing trees. For more information visit carbonfund.org
Awards and Recognition
American Institute of Architects Honor Award
Redefining the fuel station, Propel's Downtown Seattle location was recognized by the Seattle Daily
Journal of Commerce and AIA Seattle for innovation in design and sustainability.
InfoWorld 100 Award
The InfoWorld 100 was awarded to CleanDrive, Propel's personalized emissions reporting platform. The award celebrates IT projects that use technology in smart, innovative ways to meet business and technical objectives.
Sacramento Sustainable Business of the Year Award
Awarded based on outstanding contributions to sustainability and pollution prevention in the Sacramento community with Propel's E85 fueling infrastructure project.
50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy
Propel was named one of the top 50 companies in the industry and the only "last-mile" fuel provider to win a spot on the list by Biofuels Digest.
Committees & Memberships
National Biodiesel Board
Puget Sound Clean Cities Coalition
ASTM International
Associated Builders and Contractors
WestStart-CALSTART
Business Leaders For Climate Progress
Growth Energy America's Ethanol ProducersCleanDrive
Propel employees actively reduce CO2 and imported oil by using alternative fuels. And we can track our team's positive impact with CleanDrive. Click on the widgets below to see our CleanDrive report. You can sign up too.
News
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Contact Us
Mailing Address
Propel Redwood City
2317 Broadway
Suite A30
Redwood City, CA 94063
Phone: (800) 871-0773
Fax: (800) 871-0773
Propel Seattle
4444 Woodland Park Ave North
Suite 214
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: (800) 871-0773
Fax: (800) 871-0773
