In addition to his duties as Director for RCT, Mr. Thierbach is Vice President for EIG Global Energy Partners, a leading institutional investor to the global energy sector.

Prior his current roles, Mr. Thierbach served as Director and Chief Operations Officer for i2S, Inc., a company serving the U.S. Intelligence Community. There he managed strategic growth, proposal development, and day-to-day operations.

Mr. Thierbach came to i2S from the Grosvenor Funds, a Washington, DC-based venture capital firm, where he played an active role in the operations and growth of numerous portfolio companies. Before Grosvenor, Mr. Thierbach was an information technology and strategy consultant for KPMG.

He began his civilian career after serving for 10 years in the U.S. Navy flying the F-14 Tomcat. A decorated combat veteran, Mr. Thierbach completed two combat cruises during the first Gulf War and is a graduate of the Navy’s Fighter Weapons School, “Top Gun.”

Mr. Thierbach received his B.A. from the University of Virginia and his M.B.A. from The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, where he teaches part-time as an Adjunct Lecturer in the M.B.A. program.