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Seattle, WA, US

Aarhus, DK

Aarhus, DK

Seattle, WA, US

• Lead interdisciplinary team of engineers, students and professionals design of solar projects
• Full electrical design process management from load analysis, through construction to O&M
• Management of equipment selection, RFP development and vendor bid review process
• Manage relationships with international partners/NGOs and community groups

Daxing District, Beijing, CN

Manage execution of multiple utility scale wind projects, OEM regional design coordination, transport, installation over site, commissioning, energization and operations hand off planningManage contractor and owner/operator interfaces, contract and change negotiation for TSAs, Transport, Site staffing, sub-supplier and other subcontracts.Manage multiple.

Daxing District, Beijing, CN

• US Prototype Program, 3.4MW New Facilities include tallest land based wind turbine in North America: 130m HH, 3S Prototype, Dynamic Load Bank System, Collection System, Roads, Integration with existing O&M Building.
• Manage development pipeline and Interconnection due diligence, schedule, budget risk and fatal flaw analysis
• Manage contractor selection, contract and change negotiation for all Geotech, Survey, Environmental, DSA, BOP, and IE contracts
• Manage Tallest US tower manufacturing process with multiple international partners
• Manage multiple international partners and departments through hyper accelerated R&D design, construction, commissioning, test and operations phases to Equipment Certification cost safety targets
• Manage substantial design/process and interface changes due to R&D nature of Prototypes

• Project Management, Design, General Contracting, managing multiple jobs, clients, schedules and subcontractors
• Complete construction planning and execution from foundation to finish
• Electric vehicle research, development, and proof of concept prototyping

Manage RFP Process for Design and Construction ContractsManagement and change negotiation on BOP, TSA, Electrical, civil design and auxiliary sub contractsManage Schedule, and BudgetAssemble and manage cohesive construction site supervision team for owner OEM Delivery and Scope negotiation and managementManage Emergency Storm repair/replacement damaged.

Technical Backup for RFP Process for Design and Construction ContractsTechnical backup and change negotiation for BOP, TSA, Electrical, civil design and auxiliary sub contractsManage Schedule, and Budget, to on time and on budget completionAssemble and manage cohesive construction site supervision team for ownerManage Financing IE relationship

Oversight of construction of new facilities including 10 miles of Transmission line, Collection Substation, Collection System, 83 GE 1.5MW XLE turbines, O&M Building and existing Substation interconnect build out All Construction Process onsite Safety, Quality and Cost Oversight Owner Representation, Reporting and JV Relationship building Turbine erection.

Resource Assessment support of multiple wind development projects RFP/bid process, in-field oversight and assessment Manage commissioning, decommissioning and maintenance of Met towers and Sodar units Installation of remote monitoring and power unitsData acquisition, processing, reporting and instrument troubleshooting

Construction problem solving, planning and decision makingMultiple job site scheduling and time managementInspection, assessment and materials estimatingComplete construction planning and execution from foundation to finish

Free Flow Micro Hydro Turbine development and testingTwo complete Design and Analysis iterations from solid modeling to final reporting and presentationsPrototype and test fixture construction, optimization and field testing

Design, fabrication and installation of custom aircraft hardware for aerosol and cloud research applicationsMajor structural aircraft retrofit for installations of meteorological sampling equipment Operation of heavy maintenance, repair, loading and aircraft taxi equipment in sensitive areasLarge and small aircraft repair and maintenance, both power plant.