CCMT, Meet the Team

James Sherman, Co-Founder and CEO

Mr. Sherman co-founded CCMT in 2013 and oversees all of CCMT’s strategic planning activities, business partnerships, and customer engagement. Mr. Sherman helped pioneer the medium and heavy-duty battery electric truck industry in the US starting in 2010 with the founders of the Proterra transit bus company and the founders of TransPower, the first company in the US to make heavy-duty battery electric terminal tractors and day-cabs. He is a recognized subject matter expert on medium and heavy-duty battery electric truck industry and market.

Mr. Sherman also practiced environmental law in New York and New Jersey for over 25 years, including serving as Assistant Counsel at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) where he advised the Commissioners and senior staff of the operating units on compliance with federal and state Clean Air Act laws and regulations. He was Chairperson of the Montclair, New Jersey Environmental Commission, where he co-authored the Sustainable Montclair Planning Guide in 2003, and was also a Trustee of the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (the ANJEC). Mr. Sherman lives in Montclair, New Jersey with his wife and two sons. In his spare time, he enjoys downhill skiing, hiking and camping in the Adirondack and White Mountains, and listening to rock and roll. “Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.” (attributed to David McCullough).

Flint Kinkade, Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Kinkade is an environmental scientist by training and has overseen the remediation of hundreds of contaminated sites across New Jersey and the nation as the head of his own environmental consulting firm. He now brings his methodical approach and business acumen to CCMT where he is in charge of all aspects and phases of electric school bus projects. This includes customer engagement, school bus fleet finance, infrastructure, and follow-on support. He lives in Bloomfield, New Jersey with his wife and daughters and is on the Bloomfield Environmental Commission. In his spare time, Flint is an avid pickle-ball player.

Bill Franks, Chief Technical Officer

Mr. Franks is an engineer, banker, and power and energy developer. He has worked in many countries in Europe, Asia as well as the USA. These countries include Ukraine, where under the auspices of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) he was the principal in financing the completion of the Rivne and Khmelnitsky nuclear power plants (K2R4). Currently, he is consulting on compressed air energy storage (CAES) projects in Germany, the Netherlands, the US, Canada and shortly Poland. He is also managing a flywheel energy storage project with Beacon Power LLC, New York City Transit (NYCT) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Agency (NYSERDA) where he successfully secured a $1 million grant for this project from NYSERDA.

Jeff Rosen, CCMT Vice-President of Project Management

Mr. Rosen has been a Construction Project Manager for the past 18 years with a strong focus on orchestration of various trade teams with the goal of effective and streamlined project life cycle completions. He works with architects, engineers, sub-contractors and hand selected trade teams based on specific project applications. He has guided numerous projects teams to completed projects within the defined scope, budget, and tight project time-lines, all while managing risk and driving state of the are quality construction projects. His emphasis is always on safety first, with an immaculate project safety record.

Jeff is also an EMT for Morris County where he has lived with his family for the past 23 years. He has been a ski instructor, Nitrox Master Diver, and a long-distance cycler.

Mollie Smith, Director of Grants & Incentives

Ms. Smith is a marketing and design professional with over tweny years experience working with media and environmental science industries. She now channels her communications and analytics expertise into developing projects and grant proposals for CCMT to leverage private, local, state and federal grant funding opportunities. In 2024, this included the US EPA's 19 million dollar Clean School Bus Program Grant award that will benefit the school districts of Bloomfield, Elizabeth, Lakewood, Newark and Union City, New Jersey. She also serves as Coordinator for the Township of Bloomfield's Green Team and leads their ongoing efforts to guide and document sustainable actions per Sustainable Jersey's Certification Programs for both municipalities and school districts.