Team — ISS Mining

Founder

Co-Founder & CEO

Thomas Flake

$75M+ Raised

U.S. Navy Veteran

NASA Program Lead

MBA, William & Mary

Thomas Flake is a seasoned entrepreneur and U.S. Navy veteran with deep expertise in engineering, operations, and innovation. He has raised over $75 million in funding across telecom and blockchain ventures, including designing and operating a cutting-edge cryptocurrency data center. His past roles include founding Picus (a CLEC), leading the Peninsula Technology Incubator, and serving as Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt for Naval Special Warfare. With an MBA from William & Mary and multiple industry certifications, Thomas drives the vision and execution behind ISS's AI-powered infrastructure.

Founder

Co-Founder & COO

Charles Clement

10+ yrs Construction

Commercial Solar

COO, Southeast Energy

Field Operations

Charles Clement is an operations leader with 10+ years of experience in general construction and commercial solar deployment. As COO of Southeast Energy Solutions, he manages implementation, logistics, and team coordination across all field operations. Known for his executional discipline and leadership in scaling field teams, Charles ensures projects are delivered on time and at quality across all phases of ISS's infrastructure development.

Executive

Chief Engineer

Skip Smith

Certified Energy Mgr

500+ MW Delivered

Waste-to-Energy

Consultancy since 1996

Skip Smith is a Certified Energy Manager and nationally recognized expert in waste-to-energy systems, with over 500 MW of reclaimed heat and gas-to-power projects delivered. Since founding his consultancy in 1996, he has specialized in rapid ROI energy conversion systems, landfill gas, digester gas, and electrochemical purification of process gases. His deep technical knowledge and hands-on experience make him central to ISS's hybrid solar and gas-powered architecture.

Executive

Chief Growth Officer

Roberto Saad

Founder, SolaraWise

Industrial Engineering

Go-to-Market

Growth & Partnerships

Roberto Saad is a growth leader and founder of SolaraWise Solutions, with a track record of building high-performance acquisition engines across the solar and energy sectors. With an Industrial Engineering degree from the Latin University of Panama, he brings systems-level thinking to growth strategy, go-to-market execution, and investor alignment. At ISS, Roberto leads growth end-to-end — customer acquisition, strategic partnerships, capital formation, and performance infrastructure — ensuring the platform scales from first-mover deployments to hyperscale with the same operational discipline.

Board

Board of Managers

Brant Jones

Master's in Social Work

People-First Leader

Solar Veteran

Culture & Integrity

Brant Jones is the Co-Founder and people-first leader behind the company's mission. With a Master's in Social Work and years of solar experience, Brant brings a unique ability to fuse technical excellence with genuine customer care. His focus on integrity, trust, and service-driven growth shapes the cultural and operational foundation of the organization as it scales into the commercial and infrastructure space.

Board

Board of Managers

Nip Lunga

20+ yrs Telecom/Energy

Founder, Rural Wireless

Energy Procurement

Market Strategy

Nip Lunga brings over 20 years of experience in telecom and energy strategy. He founded Rural Wireless Internet to expand broadband access to underserved communities and later advised industrial clients on energy procurement at InSource Power. His long-standing partnership with Skip Smith has produced multiple successful generation projects. At ISS, Nip leads market positioning, utility engagement, and regulatory alignment across energy and data infrastructure.

The team behind ISS Mining.

Founders, operators, engineers.

Thomas Flake

Charles Clement

Skip Smith

Roberto Saad

Brant Jones

Nip Lunga

How we work.

Excellence

Innovation

Integrity

Expertise

Build the next decade of AI infrastructure.