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Cincinnati Area, Ky

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Responsible for initial development and design of energy efficiency, cogeneration and renewable energy solutions for government agencies, commercial, industrial and utility sectors.

Greater Boston Area

(Atlantic Power acquired many power plant assets and staff from Capital Power)Manages principle contracts and business strategy for a portfolio of electricity power plants in the US and Canada. Assesses technical and financial viability of capital improvement projects as well as new development opportunities. Member of the corporate transition team facilitating the integration of 18 assets formerly owned and managed by Capital Power Corporation.

Greater Chicago Area

(formerly EPCOR, aquired Primary Energy Ventures)Development Engineering: Responsible for engineering performance, operations and cost estimates for up to $500M annually of potential new acquisitions and greenfield/ brownfield power plant development, including biomass, gas turbine, coal and gasification technologies. Ensure alignment of technical plant characteristics with commercial contract and environmental requirements. Assess risk and upside potentials. Operations:… Show more (formerly EPCOR, aquired Primary Energy Ventures)Development Engineering: Responsible for engineering performance, operations and cost estimates for up to $500M annually of potential new acquisitions and greenfield/ brownfield power plant development, including biomass, gas turbine, coal and gasification technologies. Ensure alignment of technical plant characteristics with commercial contract and environmental requirements. Assess risk and upside potentials. Operations: Develop budgets and long-term forecast models for existing assets, including capital planning. Engineer plant performance improvements and advocate cost/benefit justification to executive management. Renegotiate power or thermal off-take agreements. Strategically position assets for new environmental regulations through permit renewals, BACT review and new emissions control installation (SNCR, SCR, SO2 sorbents).Special Projects: o $87M conversion of two coal plants to biomassDrive development and preliminary engineering phases of project. Create models analyzing cost/benefit of technology options. Develop pro forma to assess rate of return and corporate stock accretion impacts, including critical sensitivities. Champion project to executive team and author board documents for all stage-gate phases. Manage Title V air permit and wetlands application development and approval.Negotiate contract and oversee onsite construction for largest equipment vendor, including performance guarantees and liquidated damages.o Power purchase agreement renegotiation with local utility and arbitration before state utility commissionManage pro forma modeling to determine negotiated pricing and structure. Investigate utility’s avoided cost methodology and author technical affidavits for arbitration proceedings. Help negotiate with utility and lead meetings with commission staff. Show less

Managed early stages of new development and engineering projects for independent power producer. Met independently with potential customers and stakeholders.Authored successful competitive proposals for new development projects, including $800M gasification facility.Acted as commercial asset manager for large coal pulverizing facility at Indiana steel mill. Negotiated new contract eliminating $10M in revenue variability.

Managed State of Illinois Bulk Natural Gas Purchase Program for 50 large state-owned facilities. Authored requests for proposals, evaluated vendor submittals, and secured gas commodity contracts for $15M annually. Developed price risk management strategies using futures, hedging, options and index pricing, resulting in $1.7M in savings over 2 years. Provided energy management and conservation services for commercial, institutional and industrial clients.Managed energy… Show more Managed State of Illinois Bulk Natural Gas Purchase Program for 50 large state-owned facilities. Authored requests for proposals, evaluated vendor submittals, and secured gas commodity contracts for $15M annually. Developed price risk management strategies using futures, hedging, options and index pricing, resulting in $1.7M in savings over 2 years. Provided energy management and conservation services for commercial, institutional and industrial clients.Managed energy consulting team of 15 mechanical engineers and consultants, conducting over 75 energy conservation audits of industrial and institutional facilities, including chemical, metal casting, pulp and paper products and plastics manufacturers.Authored grant proposals and energy service contracts. Show less

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

GPA 5.0/5.0. Teaching and Research Assistantships. Master Thesis: A Computational Fluid Dyanmics Study of Heat Transfer withing.

Ba, Physics

Activities and Societies: Varsity Soccer, Student Residential Staff, Social Committee Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board Society.

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