Brent Brannen Email & Phone Number

• Furloughed as of 8/16/24
• Drove regional influence by communicating with external stakeholders to discuss project development plans, including economic improvements, renewable energy incentives, and tax abatement determinations.
• Strengthened PR recommendations for clients, formulating favorable community responses by leaning into county meeting minutes and social media footprints, and leveraging blind spots from competitor projects.
• Strategically implemented landowner engagement efforts for development client, resulting in real estate agreements which led to a combined 900+ MW of Solar + Storage projects located in SPP.
• Orchestrated land campaign for 125 MW Utility-Scale project in SERC and assembled information for development partner to submit for public utility RFP.
• Launched employee engagement initiatives to boost morale and retention, including but not limited to the annual team calendar and surprise and delight gifting.

• Researched land records and legal documents, performing in-depth real estate studies to outline landowner points of contact for land acquisition efforts.
• Launched market analysis that was used company-wide, highlighting county joint comprehensive plans, planning and zoning ordinance mitigation, and local permit and jurisdiction considerations.
• Managed early-stage site project site selection efforts, overseeing the prospecting and constraint considerations with Anderson Optimization, Transect, and MapRight.
• Owned a nationwide database detailing competitor project, community obstacles, and policy-based opposition, streamlining the research process and representation of findings.
• Executed over 100 preliminary project site evaluation reports, including due diligence and development efforts for environmental considerations, permitting, planning and zoning, real estate, and community relations.

• (re)Launched LEAD Entrepreneur Summit, the premier all-inclusive gathering of emerging and established entrepreneurs for businesses generating 5-75M in annual revenue.
• Streamlined marketing processes, creating new framework and protocol to improve lead generation by 234% when compared against prior gathering.
• Managed creative branding and gifting to fully customize the customer experience, acting primary point of contact for vendors and contractors essential for event support while also overseeing event budget.

• During FY19, my team completed 130+ turnkey recruiting events for $325k in contracts. Customers reported meeting FY19 recruiting goals at 93% of events and desire for future events at 94%.
• Under my leadership, customers reported a 5 out of 5 event rating for 97% of FY18 completed events and 94% of FY19 completed events.
• Division comprised of 5 states and have worked with customers to complete 300+ events in 17 different states over the past 36 months.
• Architect of talent acquisition timeline and contractor training protocol, personally hiring and onboarding all event contractors, while continuing to manage team leadership.
• Logistics supervisor for all purchase orders and invoices for promotion, apparel, and equipment vendors.
• Responsible for design and distribution of event marketing items which provided thousands of points of exposure per event.

• Responsible for event signup forecasting from provided volume of contacts, conversion rate analysis, and weekly reporting to National Director of Field Operations.
• Strategically implemented sprint event signup campaign from 4Q 2015 to 1Q 2016. Managed efforts of daily call team which resulted in verbal confirmation from 370 high schools in 15 different states.
• Created CRM email campaign for 20k prospective leads which implemented event sign up web forms, nurture sequences, and funnel tactics.

• Performed marketplace research for target regions to identify potential business opportunities.
• Led product development efforts for a 12 Week Multisport Training Program curriculum for national customer base.
• Partnered with contracted web developers to assist in SAAS iOS mobile and web-based app quality control testing.

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States

• Created hospitality initiatives to foster welcoming environment
• Advocate for the unique needs of the pediatric community
• Coordinated with nurses and doctors provide to provide support for patients and their families

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Economics And International Affairs

Master Of Divinity (M.Div.), Christian Ministries