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Pleasanton, Ca, Us

Planned, built, and delivered imaging and analytical product development programs for customers with TEM capabilities, while leading cross-functional teams of up to 20 people. Drove product lifecycle (PLC) organizations, overseeing up to six PLC programs simultaneously. Developed a supportive PMO with accelerated NPIs, including developing and introducing a PMI-based product development program/project framework aligned with the company’s PLC management model.Developed a PLC organization for two camera development projects, releasing both cameras to the market in less than a year while staying within a tight development budget of $265K.As part of a technology partnership with the Swiss company Dectris, led the development of two new products with a budget of $650K; products were commercialized within a year, generating $7M in revenues during the Beta & Pilot phases.Created initial revenues of $8M by completing four projects with shortened timelines to free up resources.

Birmingham, Alabama, Us

Established and led a System-Level Energy Storage Research and Test Center (ESRC) supported by DOE, National Laboratories (ORNL, PNNL, SNL), the State of Alabama, Southeast Utilities, and EPRI. Created a new energy storage research and test team, and led cross-functional project teams to deliver research and test services. Formed a collaborative Expert Advisory Board for the new program. Drove project development and delivery while leveraging industry partnerships with software and commercial testing companies, utilities, vendors, and research organizations.Turned around the project to build the Energy Storage Research & Test Center by restructuring the program, redefining the development approach, and rebuilding the team, ensuring all required deliverables for the initial phase were provided on time and within budget, securing $1.2M in funding for phase 2.Facilitated hosting the annual Southeast Energy Storage Symposium for two consecutive years, collaborating with DOE/OE, PNNL, and SNL to organize speakers, sponsorships, technology showcases, and a public utilities commission workshop for the 2-day event, resulting in energy storage modeling project developments and new energy storage and test business for the companyExpanded capabilities by enabling research and testing of used EV battery packs and second-use EV battery pack-based systems by integrating a Test Bed component, and developing the conceptual design to integrate a solar PV performance test bed with energy storage systems for solar+storage use case applications.

Catalyzed deal-flow for EV, solar, and renewable fuel technology firms while promoting best practices and orchestrating access to start-up investor funding. Pre-qualified start-ups for private investor due-diligence. Fueled deal flow via 13 marketing and business development events with more than 1,000 professionals.Provide leadership, product management, Agile coaching, energy domain expertise, as well as architectural advice to Utility Big Data Analytics software development teams.

Høvik, Oslo, No

Spearheaded initiatives to position the organization for revenue growth driven by new service offerings with competencies in EE & DR, EM&V, LR & Forecasting, EUDD, Meter Data Analytics, T&D Asset Management, DER, and Carbon Emission Reduction.Achieved validation of a new product and increased revenue by a few hundred thousand dollars per year by creating an internal strategic partnership between the Software, Sustainability, and T&D Advisory teams to develop a new software-based analytic solution offering for predictive asset management and optimization.Reduced implementation costs for new Demand Response (DR) programs and eliminated the spending of hundreds of thousands of dollars on annual audit services by developing an international partnership with the OpenADR Alliance and forming an international DR team with experts from Europe and North America.Created a project pipeline worth several million dollars by introducing an account management approach to encourage regular conversations with existing and potential utility regulator clients regarding potential business opportunities.

San Ramon, California, Us

Provided leadership, energy domain expertise, product management services, and Agile coaching to utility, Big Data, analytics, and software development teams.Steered the re-platforming effort of GE Energy’s GridIQ Insight Product Suite leveraging GE Digital’s Predix Data Solution Development Framework, eliminating delays and legal fees related to external vendor software licensing issues.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

Led the Agile team and built the Big Data energy business model from the ground up in 15 months.Positioned the company for 10-15% revenue growth p.a. in the new Smart Grid vertical by developing business and market entry strategy, directing sales channel formation, and cultivating technology partnerships.

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Strategically positioned the $100M semiconductor company for significant productivity growth through supply chain benchmarking, IT infrastructure integration, and operational planning.Tripled inventory turns and reduced working capital by $10M+ by eliminating excess inventory through semiconductor supply chain planning.

Wiesloch, Bw, De

Forged and led a financial consulting firm for 300 high net-worth clients. Managed $12.5 million in short-, mid-, and long-term investments.

Munich, De

Strategized and lead implementation of a new power quality business model for the North and Latin American power transmission market. Provided leadership and execution leading to a $120 million pipeline in mission-critical, large-scale, high-tech power transmission projects with $55million in new infrastructural solution sales to power transmission operators in the U.S., Brazil and Paraguay.

Munich, De

Positioned multi-billion $US Main-Line Rolling Stock Division for double-digit increase in productivity and cost competitiveness by forming, developing and leading a new strategic train product solutions management unit. Positioned $100 million Electrical-Multiple-Unit (EMU) train business segment for market entry in Eastern Europe. Developed main-line electric train projects with a variety of train technology solutions for European market segments including a train technology solution sold to the Portuguese Railways for $60+M.

Munich, De

Hired to design, develop, engineer, test, commission and document standards-based process control systems for industrial manufacturing solutions in the metals industry. Coordinated technology development and deployment between R&D, Engineering, and on-site teams. Results included between $US7-10 million in annual material and production cost savings for metal manufacturing customers driven by introduction of standards- and model-based, self-tuning, adaptive strip tension control system which also reduced supplier's engineering and commissioning time by 80%.

International Executive Master In Business Administration (Mba) Degree, Evanston, Il

Doctorate (Ph.D.) Research, Electrical Engineering (Optimal Control Systems), Providence, Ri

Doctorate (Ph.D.) Degree, Electrical Engineering (Cybernetics & Automation), Rostock, Germany

Master Of Science (Ms) Degree, Electrical Engineering, Rostock, Germany