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Colorado, United States

Decarbonizing steam generation with electric boilers, high temperature heat pumps, and electric-thermal energy storage (hot rocks!).Supporting these projects with electricity procurement, virtual power purchase agreements, and utility negotiations. Supporting our clients with scope 1 and 2 decarbonization strategies and planning. Supporting the world with aggressive decarbonization.

• Created worldwide renewable strategy for Global 500 company, including on-site, off-site, green tariff, and other renewable electricity solution to meet RE100 goals.• Supported virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) procurements, including strategy, procurement, and contract negotiation support for solar development in AESO, wind developments in SPP and ERCOT.

Colorado

• Led and developed decarbonization strategies for large corporations, utilizing virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs), onsite energy efficiency and solar generation, and utility green tariffs. Performed virtual interviews of site teams to understand onsite opportunities at sites to develop onsite strategies and build energy teams.• Developed a supplier emission reduction program for large automaker to reduce Scope 3 emissions. Engaged suppliers through educational webinars, conference presentations, and client calls to support suppliers in developing and implementing a decarbonization roadmap. Project managed development of the program, including technical details, financial approach, and marketing.• Developed detailed strategy for a near-site renewable opportunity in Texas, including ERCOT and PUC strategy, tariff analysis, 4CP review, electric storage solutions including battery, chilled water, and hydrogen options, and economic analysis of project and alternatives.• Performed energy audits and implemented retrocommissioning measures at various sites for a Fortune 10 company.• Responsible for the West Energy Optimization P&L; led and mentored a team of 5 engineers.• Led client engagements with a range of Fortune 200 companies, including interfacing with a disparate internal groups. Created and presented educational material to develop a common understanding and language to discuss opportunities.

Managed up to inexperienced boss who needed assistance in day-to-day activities, including eating, sleeping, communicating, and learning. Gained valuable skills in patience, team-building, education, and perseverance.

Engineering manager who oversaw all technical work produced, mentored junior engineers, and led projects. Performed energy audits nationwide for a furniture retailer, including immediate energy conservation measure implementation.Performed 5 detailed energy audits for a metal manufacturer. Found a sales tax exemption opportunity at one site that had annual savings greater than the audit costs for all sites.Performed recommissioning studies on office buildings.Worked with in-house web application engineer on design and algorithms for utility demand side management incentive reverse auction program.

Greater Denver Area

I wore multiple technical hats at Iconergy, doing project management, performing Technical Energy Audits (TEA) for performance contracts, and re-commissioning and doing energy audits. We do work at industrial, government, and commercial buildings.Highlights of the work:-Re-commissioning 6 buildings at the Denver Federal Center.-Performed energy audits and "Level 1+" re-commissioning at a national company's commercial buildings.-Supported building modeling using Trane TRACE for a TEA with a Federal complex.-Performed a TEA at an industrial facility, including optimizing process heating, heat recovery, compressed air, other process improvements, as well as HVAC and lighting improvements.

Scs Bt Squared - Madison Wi

Partnered with the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Program to implement a Profitable Sustainability Initiative, funded through Department of Commerce grant. For the energy efficiency work resulting from that Initiative, I was the primary engineer who performed energy efficiency investigations, developed conceptual designs, performed calculations, and wrote reports for a variety of small to large industrial clients. Clients include glass, metal, and plastic operations, foundries, heat treating operations, food processing facilities, and others. Performed detailed investigations of facilities and systems, including compressed air, process heating, lighting, HVAC, heat recovery, fans, pumps, etc.Performed retrocommissioning for two Veterans Administration hospitals, a $1.4 million project. My work including detailed site investigations, Building Automation System (BAS) and data logger trending, trend analyses, system performance testing, air compressor and ventilation studies.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

As a Senior Project Engineer, I mostly performed contracted work for a utility to provide services for one of their demand-side management programs. I performed ASHRAE Level 2 energy audits and calculated project savings to determine energy reductions, cost-effectiveness, customer savings, and custom incentive amounts.

Ann Arbor, Mi

Investigated mobility and its sustainability in the United States by performing a thorough literature review, evaluating published predictions and models, and developing a model to evaluate the different approaches that could achieve sustainability in greenhouse gas emissions for the mobility sector.Updated fact sheets on the sustainability of various topics, mainly using information from the Department of Energy.

Bse, Engineering Physics

Activities and Societies: Center for Sustainable Systems, Men's Water Polo

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