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Ottawa, ON, CA

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Designing ongoing funding opportunities under the Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program (SREPs).
• Providing technical advice and analysis to inform grid modernization programming and policy.
• Researching industry leading best-practices for renewable integration and electricity system trends.
• Reviewing project applications for eligibility and alignment with federal funding opportunities.
• Engaging with Canadian electricity stakeholders to ensure alignment with industry needs on electricity system initiatives.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Developed grid service requirements aligned with industry leading standards beyond existing Canadian grid codes for all funded projects under SREPs.
• Evaluated technical eligibility requirements of renewable generation, energy storage, and grid modernization projects under SREPs.
• Performed technical analysis to advise on Government of Canada initiatives in the areas of power systems, renewable integration, grid modernization, and electrification.
• Researched electrification pathways and potential within Canada and internationally to develop a whitepaper on challenges and opportunities for Canadian electrification.

North America

• Canadian Federal Government non-voting member on the NERC Reliability and Security Technical Committee.​The Reliability and Security Technical Committee (RSTC) is a standing committee that strives to advance the.
• Creating a forum for aggregating ideas and interests, drawing from diverse industry stakeholder expertise, to support the ERO Enterprise's mission.
• ​Leveraging such expertise to identify solutions to study, mitigate, and/or eliminate emerging risks to the BPS for the benefit of industry stakeholders, the NERC Board of Trustees (Board), and ERO Enterprise staff and.
• Coordinating and overseeing implementation of RSTC subgroup work plans.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Performed system design of commercial PV systems.
• Led connection application and system integration efforts for several multi-megawatt battery storage systems in Ontario.
• Drawing package development with AutoCAD.
• Analysed and modelled system performance for project development and commissioning.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Designed a hardware verification test-bench with C and System Verilog for a complete system block.
• Analysed digital waveforms to assess block performance and identify failures.
• Worked with design engineers to ensure implemented design met all requirements.

North York, Ontario, Canada

• Developed embedded software in C.
• Improved host tools in C/C++ used for communication with firmware through UART and I2C.
• Updated build tools and scripts in Python and Make.
• Created a tool with Python for automated generation of system block headers.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Managed and developed project management databases with VBA and SQL.
• Developed an equipment fault analysis tool with Microsoft Access to automate equipment replacement.
• Built complex data queries and macros with Excel and SQL for automated report generation.
• Worked with PSSE and Python to write automation scripts validating system modelling rates.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Analysed acceptance criteria to develop complete testing scenarios and quality standards.
• Improved a load testing system for assessment of website health.
• Managed database entries with SQL.

Master Of Applied Science - Masc, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Performed research focused on transactive energy solutions. Research focused on designing transactive energy markets and pricing.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Electrical Engineering

Graduated with Dean's Honours List Distinction Term Dean's Honor List: 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B Recipient of the Savvas Chamberlain.