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Oakland, California, United States

Oakland, California, United States

Oakland, CA

• Develop, implement and utilize long-term resource valuation methodology for EBCE’s all resource Request for Offers (RFO). Completed NPV and portfolio risk analysis for 400+ offer variants submitted utilizing cQuant.
• Drove renewable energy solutions to meet a 7,100 GWh annual load demand across two counties and 14 cities by managing, procuring, trading, soliciting, and analyzing financial hedges, renewable energy credits (RECs).
• Drove renewable energy solutions to meet a 7,100 GWh annual load demand across two counties and 14 cities by managing, procuring, trading, soliciting, and analyzing financial hedges, renewable energy credits (RECs).
• Advised and influenced the Board of Directors to approve an aggressive carbon reduction goal of 100% GHG-free by 2030 by leading and coordinating EBCE's Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) process, including consultant.
• Led contract negotiations on three long-term power purchase agreements as part of EBCE's Fall 2020 all resource RFO based on commercial and operational terms that regulate long and short-term contract management.
• Develop and maintain quantitative energy risk mitigation management models to monitor energy portfolio exposure, mark-to-market, asset production risk, load uncertainty risk, open position, and budget versus actual.

San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

• Demonstrated expert knowledge of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), including energy, resource adequacy, capacity, and ancillary services markets, pricing, and settlements process.
• Developed, owned, and justified short-term energy procurement strategies for renewable, battery and hydroelectric generation assets; ensured strategies conform to risk management and compliance policies.
• Executed and quality-controlled results and price forecast for long-term two-year… Show more
• Executed and quality-controlled results and price forecast for long-term two-year hydroelectric models for use in integrated resource planning, generator outage scheduling and resource adequacy.
• Conducted data analysis on profit and loss (P&L) of our bidding and scheduling practices, utilizing Visual Basic (VBA) and SQL to query and perform data manipulation of large settlements and meter data sets.
• Created, troubleshot, and version-controlled major upgrades based on root cause analysis of process failures, eliminating an hour of work each day; managed process improvements across multiple lines of business.

San Francisco, California

• Procured 25K+ MWs through market transactions by actively bidding and scheduling a diverse portfolio of resources, including natural gas, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, renewable, and clean energy sources.
• Optimized generation portfolio and forecast potential revenue through self-coded models, ensuring optimal use of resources and renewable energy credits (RECs) awarded improving revenues by 20%.
• Communicated clearly and consistently with Power Generation, CAISO Settlements… Show more
• Communicated clearly and consistently with Power Generation, CAISO Settlements, Portfolio Management, Electric Gas Supply, Real-time Operations, Market Design Integration, and Contracts Management to ensure all bidding.
• Studied both theoretical and practical concepts for United States ISOs (e.g. NYISO, MISO, PJM, ERCOT), as well as global wholesale and retail power markets (e.g. European, Australian). Show less

Clifton Park, NY

• Performed energy audits and prepared energy conservation studies and engineering analysis for residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal buildings.
• Facilitated and completed studies, including scoping visits, site surveys, instrumented audits, technical assistance, project review, report preparation, and presentations.
• Generated Excel spreadsheet-based energy efficiency calculations and easy to comprehend financial analysis and data analytics for use in customer-facing… Show more
• Generated Excel spreadsheet-based energy efficiency calculations and easy to comprehend financial analysis and data analytics for use in customer-facing technical reports.
• Networked directly on project work with National Grid Energy Efficiency Services, New York State Energy Research, and Development Authority (NYSERDA) FlexTech program and Local Law 84 & 87 benchmarking. Show less

Industrial Assessment Center

• Categorized and quantified energy usage, proposing modifications to improve energy efficiency and manufacturing facilities’ productivity, as well as decrease pollution.
• Analyzed field gathered measurements and presented the results, recommending cost effective improvements in comprehensive technical reports.
• Collaborated with a diverse group of engineers on packaging a complete turnkey energy efficiency solution for end customers with a projected energy cost savings of… Show more
• Collaborated with a diverse group of engineers on packaging a complete turnkey energy efficiency solution for end customers with a projected energy cost savings of 15%.
• Developed new modeling spreadsheets forecasting energy efficiency expenses based on research of multiple external suppliers and proven sourcing practices. Show less

• Listened to customer tribulations and suggested creative comprehensive solutions.
• Collaborated with other Apple team members to ensure the best possible customer service experience.
• Used analytical problem solving to deliver timely turnaround on all inquiries from upper-level management.

• Monitored, maintained and troubleshoot internet and network connectivity within the residential halls.
• Diagnosed and provided resolutions to problems on the spot as an on-call customer service agent.
• Encouraged, enabled and educated residents on how to use technology via one on one training sessions.

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Energy Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Power & Energy Society

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: American Society of Mechanical Engineering