Brad Drake Email & Phone Number

United States

• Direct and manage the activities for Sales, Project, Configuration and Systems Engineers supporting the technical customer engagement• Partner closely with Executive teams to ensure customers receive timely, comprehensive technical support throughout the project lifecycle• Ensure team is adequately staffed and trained to represent all aspects of sales support, design support, construction, and commissioning with subject matter expertise• Facilitate the development of cross-departmental training with a focus on B&W’s Project Success• Act as the technical owner of engineering tools and aspects of solar projects and applications decisions for each project• Ensure customer facing documentation meets all industry standard criteria to satisfy utilities, EPCs, and developers and maintain all standard project level documentation in partnership with Operations, Construction, and Project Controls• Develops analytics and processes to optimize documentation production, standardize cost effective and repeatable designs• Partners cohesively with cross-functional teams to make sure technical inputs and outputs allow for efficient business execution

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

• Lead and collaborated with internal and external teams conducting special projects resolving contractual operational issues for large portfolios of legacy solar sites • Established work scopes, strategy, organization and operating procedures to ensure objectives & goals are accomplished on schedule• Directed and managed multiple contractors under various agreements, responsible for bid, award, managing contracts & amendments• Skilled in simultaneous projects management, schedule production, material procurement, warranty claims, client and public relations• Proficient in technical, design and engineering review and troubleshooting• Responsible for cost control, budget projection & tracking, financials, AP• Implementation of Safety Compliance & project Quality Control

Little Rock, Us

• Project lead and manager for construction phase activities for simultaneous utility scale & DG solar projects from planning to delivery• Established strategy, organization, tactical plans and risk mitigation• Improved targets for safety, schedule, budget, quality and revenue• Site and development, bidding phases, permitting, design and engineering• Procured major equipment, contracted EPC firms and managed projects through construction, utility interconnection and commissioning• Proficient in project budgets and schedules, estimating, self-perform and general contracting, subcontractor management and accounting• Developed project design specifications, preliminary site investigations, GIS, material certifications and QA/QC• Navigated land acquisitions, civil and environmental scopes, mechanical and electrical installation, testing and commissioning and project close out• Performed due diligence on project deliverables, local and National code requirements, zoning and planning, financier, client and public relations

Columbus, Kansas, Us

• Provided project management of large-scale commercial construction projects from siting engineering and bidding phases through planning, construction and close-out• Familiar with design-build, CM and hard bid projects• Responsible for client services, estimating, budget and contract creation and management• Managed design and engineering, schedule production, material procurement, subcontractor management, budget tracking and municipality and public relations• Responsible for design and contract amendments, subcontracts, material certs and testing• Experienced in site, civil and concrete work, steel erection, building envelopes and infrastructure, fire safety systems, MEP, finishes, HSSE, specialties and project turnover

• Live Oak Wind Project, LLC. – 200MW; Solomon Forks Wind Project, LLC. - 276MW; Provided EPC project management and construction monitoring of a utility scale wind facility• Served as primary point of contact for the project owner, EPC contractor, turbine supplier, client field team and independent engineering support• Provided contract management, due diligence, project scheduling, quality control and auditing, BOP cost estimating and procurement support• Supported interconnecting utilities and responsible for permitting acquisition and adherence monitoring• Responsible for producing Project Execution Plans, reviews of ALTA and Land Title Surveys, collection system design and construction, SCADA systems integration, substation commissioning, safety systems, mechanical completion and EOR sign off

• Provided project management of large-scale civil construction projects • Specialized experience in Vermont Agency of Transportation accelerated bridge and rail projects, interstate construction, civil infrastructure and residential construction• Provide site assessments and estimating, contract management, schedule production, material procurement • Responsible for project operations and staff management, project status monitoring, subcontractor management, budget tracking, client and public relations

• Provided oversight of safe and reliable utility scale wind power generating facility and substation operations and control and monitoring of asset management, plant operating budget and forecasts• Management of site contracts, warranties, personnel and subcontractors, substation, collection and high voltage equipment, O&M building, site equipment and site O&M• Ensured compliance with local, state and federal regulations including interconnecting utilities, NERC/FERC and environmental agencies• Responsible for Public Relations and interaction with local utilities, landowners, townships, organizations and communities• Responsible for producing Project Execution Plans, reviews of ALTA and Land Title Surveys, collection system design and construction, SCADA systems integration, substation commissioning, safety systems, mechanical completion and EOR sign off

• Multifaceted position overseeing the installation and commissioning of utility scale wind and solar projects• Responsible for roles as Assistant PM, Project Engineer, Environmental Compliance Manager and QA/QC Lead; included client relations, field engineering, staff and subcontractor management, client and regulatory reporting and cost control• Provided oversight of civil, mechanical and environmental design implementation, resolution of design issues, resource planning, constructability reviews and value engineering• Management of quality programs monitoring civil infrastructure, turbine component assembly and erection, substation construction, commissioning testing and project turnover• Projects Included: Kawailoa Wind – 69MW, Kahuku Wind – 30MW, Sheffield Wind – 40MW, Pilesgrove Solar – 20MW, Fowler Ridge Wind – 400MW

• Project manager for private consulting firm specializing in environmental remediation. Managed Northwest Arkansas and Oklahoma based projects, operations and site assessments. • Responsible for staff management, project acquisition, budget production and project status monitoring. Served as representation for State trust-fund reimbursement hearings.• Exposition of all State and/or Federal regulatory reports. Established, coordinated and directed subcontractors. • Developed plans and policy correspondence with clients and regulatory agencies. Retained Certified Remediation Consultant license in the State of Oklahoma.• Oversight of subsurface investigations; interpretation and modeling of hydrogeology, lithology and soil morphology. Directed & conducted mold and asbestos inspections, sampling and reporting. Organized and interpreted laboratory analytical data. • Lead draftsman for site, topographic and iso-contour diagrams and figures using AutoCAD.