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Asheville, North Carolina, Us

• Led project management for 15 greenfield utility-scale solar farm in various development stages mainly in the regulated Southeast ranging from 50 to 160 MW AC• Complete project due diligence for environmental, threatened and endangered species, historical, archaeological, wetlands, geotechnical, hydrological, corrosion, soils, title, CPCNs, EHS reports, and land use concerns• Experience working with title and survey, ALTA, mineral searches, and curative items• Actively led utility interconnection applications in five states, contingent studies, managing milestones, payments, reviewing and getting interconnection agreements executed along w/ associated purchase power agreements • Responsible for land aggregation, landowner relationships, community meetings, addressing community and local concerns, due diligence payments, purchase and lease agreements, negotiating amendments, and extensions • Led project zoning, dealt with ordinances, state & local permitting, and established community relationships • Responsible for financial closings for developmental loans, late stage, and construction loans• Collaborated with acquisitions, siting, engineering, power marketing, finance, and markets teams to evaluate site layouts and constraints, technology options, schedule implications, interconnection applications, costs, and studies• Constant communication with landowners and external stakeholders on updates of project progress

Gainesville, Fl, Us

• Prospected businesses, homeowners, utilized DayLite CRM for tracking, and managed opportunity pipeline• Brand building at public events, new marketing efforts, Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce, Builders Association of N Central FL, Urban Land Institute, and other networking groups• Consultatively answered customer questions, discussed how solar works, and provided references• Performed full solar site evaluation including shade analysis, electrical systems, site measurements and system layout • Discussed the financial benefits of solar, costs of solar, how to finance it, and the financial incentives available • Explained detailed return on investment calculations, all product details and warranties, and utility bill savings• Designed solar systems in 3D, created proposals and contracts, and presented all materials B2C and B2B

Edison, New Jersey, Us

• Actively engaged in all aspects of utility-scale solar construction • Completed 2 ground-mounted solar farm projects rated at over 13.5 MW DC• Started, managed, and in charge of a high-profile solar car canopy project at an active 24/7 utility headquarters site• Coordinating on-site operations with superintendent and subcontractors• Quality control of project, materials, and subcontractors• Tracking project progress - milestones, production numbers, man-hours, materials, deliveries, and timelines• Constant communications with the project developer, vendors, owners, subcontractors, engineering, and inspectors • Tracking and managing project change orders, requests for information (RFI), submittals and inspection reports• Procurement of all solar materials (racking, inverters, DAS, switchgear, transformers, combiners, etc• Bidding and selecting subcontractors to buy out the project from surveying, land clearing, civil, electrical to landscaping and hydroseeding• Managing Subcontractor Agreements, Performance Services Agreements, and Certificates of Insurance• Accounting - receiving materials, paying subcontractors, vendors, invoices, and vouchering

Wallingford, Connecticut, Us

Responsibilities• Complete solar distribution sales process from first contact, qualification, business analysis, system design and pricing, through project approval, contract signing, and payment collection• Growing customer base, maintaining and expanding on existing customers, and adding new contractors from different business verticals • Lead management using multiple platforms, lead gathering through Solar and Renewable Energy Organizations, Trade Shows, and holding other local presentations and hosting training events• Branding and marketing online, in person, through green banks and clean energy organizations, chambers of commerce, environmental groups, building industry associations, green building specialists/ architects, real estate groups, and lending organizations

New York, New York, Us

Our new company Southern Current LLC has merged together two profitable solar companies - Sustainable Energy Solutions and Solbridge into one company under one roof. Now we serve as an EPC solar company for residential and commercial solar along with large scale utility solar farms.At Southern Current, we design, sell and install high performance, affordable, low maintenance solar energy systems that provide a lifetime of clean energy. Southern Current provides services to homeowners, businesses, government facilities and project developers across the Southeast. We offer turn-key engineering, procurement and construction services including the following:- Initial site consultation and evaluation- Design and installation- Project consultation- Project development and financing- Materials procurement and commissioningSouthern Current will work with you to evaluate any applicable financial incentives including tax credit and grant opportunities. We work with developers to evaluate incentives available throughout the Southeast to choose optimal project locations offering the greatest return. Contact us today to start learning about your solar options!Please visit them online or give the office a call at:Office: (843) 277-2090www.southerncurrentllc.com

Milan, Italy, It

•Managed daily workload to service territory of accounts with outside sales representatives and sales managers•2014: Combined sales revenue of approx. $25 Million USD & $3.6 Million USD in contribution margin •Interfacing directly with customers, commissioned external sales representatives, internal outside sales managers, and managing all territory accounts with finance, production, logistics, engineering, and purchasing•Aggressively quoting, completing bid proposals, order entry, pricing, metals and blanket price agreements•Managing production capacity planning, committed stock, consignment, forecasted orders and inventory levels •Manage cable orders, quality issues, invoice issues, purchased metals contracts and aged inventory

Milan, Italy, It

•Managed daily metals hedge books for North America (NA) totaling more than $725 Million USD Annual Spend – both physical metals purchasing and corresponding financial futures hedging•Collected all metals requirements from NA factories monthly, allocated metals orders to all NAFTA suppliers, only other international suppliers if shortage or force majeure, created all purchase orders (POs) in SAP•Coordinated and created all metals delivery schedules to each supplier and each factory to ensure manufacturing production would not be stopped due to metals raw materials•Expedited metals orders, managed all toll accounts, monitored inventory levels with each factory continuously •Meticulously balanced outstanding positions vs. daily order intake and factory shipments•Performed daily stock broker calls to manage all NA metals positions on the London Metals Exchange (LME) and NY COMEX Metals Exchange (COM)•Executed buying out all businesses books down to 0 positions every prompt date on both LME and COM exchanges through strategically distributing the short or long contracts into future trade months•Showed increased responsibility and futures contracts sales coverage management •End of month reconciliation of all strategic metals bought and sold per business entity and inventories

Milan, Italy, It

•Managed daily metals hedging books and outstanding positions vs. daily order intake and factory shipments•Created Monthly Metals POs, Truck Schedules, and supply of Yearly Spend $650 million USD•Metals Purchase Quoting, Pricing and SAP Coverage entry and tracking•Monthly Reconciliation of metals accounts, books, free stock, inventory, POs, Inter Company and Scrap

İstanbul, İstanbul, Tr

•Performed factory purchasing duties in plastic, glass and packaging material groups: request for quotes (RFQ), benchmarks, material price changes, engineering change orders (ECOs), negotiations, and SAP MRP•Established contact and conducted meetings with local and international vendors regarding projects, quality issues, quotes, cost savings, and purchasing agreements / contracts

İstanbul, İstanbul, Tr

•A rotational 12 month purchasing training program in Germany which involved language immersion, projects, networking, offsite training retreats, direct supplier meetings, collaboration, and independent assignments•Trainee Group Project for Siemens Marketing encompassing teamwork, management, and personality trainingRotation 4: Product Division Laundry (Apr 2010 – Jun 2010) Berlin, Germany •Project management: compiled data, created and tracked a project overview between US, Germany and China•Trained and worked on the laundry division tooling management project forms, tracking, PDM, and reportingRotation 3: Corporate – Central Purchasing Direct Materials (Jan 2010 – Mar 2010) Munich, Germany • Compiled US Steel supplier profiles, performed purchasing analytics, edited data and updated a steel sourcing analysis paper, and actively participated and presented US business at global steel buyer workshop• Introduction to Global Commodity Groups: resins, steel, metal components, indirect materials, original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), and International Sourcing Units (ISU)Rotation 2: Product Division Dishwasher (Oct 2009 – Dec 2009) Dillingen, Germany •Overview and participation in purchasing strategies, platform parts, single source risk analysis, negotiations methods, benchmarking, quality issues, Low Cost Country (LCC) analysis, sourcing, and legal documentation• Explored important purchasing agreements: supplier, quality, Parts Per Million (PPM), logistics, supplier efficiency programs, and long term pricing agreementsRotation 1: Product Division Cooking (Jul 2009 – Sep 2009) Traunreut, Germany •Analysis, tracking, and implementation of Country of Origin (COO) of materials •Experience creating a tooling management tracking system for distributing costs of global common parts tools

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Designed website platform through collaboration with staff and end users. Edited content, verified data, and organized content transfer to the new website. Trained staff members to use new the web-based platform. Networked with local non-profits and other contributors to the objectives of the Great Plains Institute.

2008, Bioproducts And Biosystems Engineering And Global Studies

German & The European Union

Environmental Science