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Baltimore, Md, Us

Baltimore, Md, Us

Manages a team in developing strategic initiatives, incubating new programs, and shaping critical policies to deliver the company’s strategic vision for the clean energy transition.• Strategic Leadership: Leading the identification of gaps and priority actions by integrating industry trends and overall company strategy. Developing new initiatives and collaborating with external affairs to shape enabling policies.• Communication: Clearly communicating program objectives, status, accomplishments, and challenges to all levels of the organization and external stakeholders. • Industry Knowledge: Staying current on cutting-edge technology, advanced customer programs, relevant policies, impactful regulations, and long-term industry trends, especially around greenhouse gas reduction, electrification, and cleaner fuels. Applying long-range thinking and sound judgment to make informed decisions amid uncertainty.• Financial Management: Managing finances for the Utility of the Future division, ensuring accuracy in the annual budget and long-term financial plans through detailed financial techniques and cross-company reporting.

Baltimore, Md, Us

Direct Path to Clean, reducing greenhouse gasses from operations and facilitating customer's greenhouse gas targets.• Mange the Path to Clean program, develop strategy to ensure the company is on-track to achieve greenhouse gas reduction targets, aligning economic, regulatory, operations and sustainability objectives.• Communicate progress and plans to leadership, employees, customers and stakeholders. • Seed and develop strategic projects, partnerships, and initiatives in support of Path to Clean goals.• Lead application team, participating in the Mid-Atlantic Hydrogen Hub application for IIJA hydrogen hub grant program.

Baltimore, Md, Us

Manage budget and spending for 14 ITNs with a combined annual budget of $64m across the transmission, substation, and gas divisions. Work closely project managers and category managers to forecast spending and explain variances.• Engage with department leadership to develop groups' strategy and processes, for this recently established department. Created monthly process calendar to ensure the team is working consistently and efficiently. Leads effort to cross-train the team on Power BI reports owned by this group, to ensure reliable and accurate reporting.• Establish strong relationships with company leaders and project managers, identifying their unique needs to maximize value add. Engage with stakeholders to establish and prove the value of cost controls support. • Utilize financial and business acumen to provide crisp communication between leadership and project managers about the current financial outlook. Shared knowledge with Project Controls colleagues to improve clarity and data visualization of our reports.• Mentor and train new employees on the group’s responsibilities, processes, relationships, and accountabilities. Developed checklist and reference documents to ensure efficient and complete on-boarding of new Project Controls employees.

Baltimore, Md, Us

Direct internal process optimization for BGE New Business by leading four project teams, overseeing 15 reports, and owning two corporate performance metrics. Drive innovation, socialize change, and mentor junior analysts.• Own and administer manager review meeting and report for New Business. Overhauled meeting format to meet leadership’s vison for a state-of-the-business update, fostering collaboration and agile insights for the organization.• Led the New Business materials optimization team to eliminate issues with materials request process, which identifies problems and creates solutions by communicating with end-users and stakeholders to isolate and fix the root cause. • Facilitate 18 innovation projects to date as innovation ambassador for the southwest region of electric distribution. Leverage experience leading cross-functional teams to move projects forward. • Mentor associate business analyst and summer intern and tailor development plans based on the individual’s goals.

Houston, Texas, Us

Led business development and asset management for five midstream assets with a combined $221m in revenue. Maximized shareholder value by leading operating decisions, driving strategic growth and securing new customers.• Effectively asset managed four natural gas pipeline and processing assets and one crude and produced water asset, as part of a two-person commercial team including the VP. Personally accountable for final business decisions, working closely with finance and operations leadership to maximize value. • Successfully negotiated an additional $398k in a $1.51m settlement. Utilized quantitative analysis and leveraged presentation skills to persuade the counterparty.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

Created an in-depth financial model around optimizing revenue from natural gas processing facilities, requiring quick understanding of natural gas gathering contracts and gas processing plant operations.

Tempe, Az, Us

Lead engineer over outage projects and large capital installations with multi-million dollar budgets, in support of Salt River Project's fleet of generating stations and dams, utilizing effective project management skills and advanced operational knowledge.

Tempe, Az, Us

Providing systems and process engineering support for Salt River Project's fleet of generating stations and dams, requiring advanced organization, planning and analytical skills. I earned this title in the Mechanical, Electrical and Controls Group, in the Generation Engineering Department.

Tempe, Az, Us

During my time in the rotating engineer program I held 6 different positions within the company:-Solar Initiatives: Interfacing with residential solar customers-Desert Basin Generating Station: Combined Cycle Natural Gas Power Plant-Supply & Trading, Operation Planning: Analyzing the economic efficiency of SRP's generating fleet dispatch. Analyzing the exchanges of SRP's commodities trading group.-Mechanical, Electrical and Controls: Provide systems and process engineering support for SRP's generating fleet.-Plant Technical Support: Company's subject matter experts provide technical support to all branches of the company.-Groundwater: Provides construction & maintenance support for SRP's pumps and canals

Used analytic and problem solving skills to assist with property appraisals.

Worked in ProEgnineering to produce CAD models for design of a new steam methane reforming hydrogen production system.

Master'S In Business, Energy

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering