Hal Kamine

Background

About Hal Kamine

As CEO and owner of Kamine Development Corp, Hal developed, built, and owned seven unregulated non-utility power generation projects located in New York and New Jersey between 1982 and These projects totaled 600 megawatts and represented a capital investment of more than $800 million. Hal pioneered the independent power business from its inception in the early 1980s until Since Hal was deeply involved in the deregulation of the electric as well as the natural gas industries, he anticipated the deregulation of the telecommunications industry. With that in mind, he formed KMC Telecom in 1995 which began as a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (“CLEC”) prior to the passage of the Telecom Act of 1996. The enactment of this law opened an even greater opportunity for Hal’s vision of a unique telecom company that customized services to its customers to be realized through an open and competitive marketplace. KMC Telecom eventually deployed over $2 billion in capital, had over 1,500 employees, and revenues of approximately $600 million per year. KMC Telecom became one of the country’s largest independent CLECs and built a national data platform that carried 1/3 of the US dial up. The CLEC was sold in 2005 and the data platform (Hypercube) was sold in 2013. Joined by his two sons Matt and Justin, Hal also started KDC Solar in 2009 which deployed approximately $400mil and was one of the largest owners and operators of net-metered solar projects on the east coast – with over 125 MWs of operational projects before being sold in 2019. Hal, Matt and Justin, founded KDC™ Ag in 2016 to tackle the huge problem of food waste. KDC™ Ag’s mission is to convert supermarket fresh food leftovers into animal feed and pet food and build their process to an infrastructure scale. Hal, Matt, and Justin continue to expand KDC™ into other large scale infrastructure platforms including helping our planet reduce and recycle waste paper and cardboard, as well as produce carbon-negative concrete. Hal graduated summa cum laude from Lafayette College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and became a Professional Engineer.