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Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Technical guidance in the development of end-to-end behind the meter distributed generation solutions.

Northbrook, Illinois, Us

Oversee all global solar due diligence initiatives, including the management of project managers and client relations.

Høvik, Oslo, No

Managed all business operations for DNV GL’s Energy Advisory Laboratory Services for PV module, Inverter and Battery reliability and performance testing. Responsibilities included business development, operations, client satisfaction, and overall financial performance. Oversaw project level quality assurance, PAN file generation and validation, reliability testing for bankability and supplier qualification, warranty support, as well as calibrated solar reference cells for accurate irradiance monitoring in the field.

Høvik, Oslo, No

Lead teams of electrical and mechanical engineers in providing independent engineering services, technology evaluation, design services and energy estimate services for commercial and utility scale photovoltaic projects on behalf of funding agencies and developers. Responsible for processes, quality, resourcing and all other activities associated with managing a group of 25 employees. Provide client interface for project scoping and work with clients as appropriate to ensure timely and on-budget delivery of services. Responsible for client marketing and outreach for Solar Department

Høvik, Oslo, No

Managed a team of nine engineers and scientists in the development of technical due-diligence bankability reports and drive the engineering and science behind the technical opinions developed by the larger Solar team. Coordinate codes and standards development, business development for new services, and lead cross-organizational teams. Individual contributor responsibilities include support of residential, commercial and utility scale photovoltaic project development by providing independent engineering services on behalf of funding agencies and project developers. Skills include uncertainty analysis, review of technical aspects of project contracts and financial models, evaluating project performance, and resolution of key project-specific technical issues. Perform in both project lead and project support roles. Performed due diligence review focusing on development process, energy assessment, and EPC capability for pre-construction financing

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Product Line Manager for a semiconductor service product that generates nearly $200M in revenue as part of a >$500M semiconductor service organization. Responsible for product definition, business analytics, market development and growth. Analyzing service contract data to identify emerging trends in the market and define new business and product strategies.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Managing the product release pipeline for a Solar Direct Materials Program that addresses a greater than $1B SAM with an annual operating budget of $4M. This includes market sizing, product definition, materials specification, customer engagement strategy and product launch.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Compared module and array level performance of multiple solar technologies in different real-world operating environments to enhance acceptance of a-Si technologies by project developers. Coordinated with electrical and mechanical engineers to oversee the installation of PV systems. Monitored energy harvesting, irradiance, temperature, wind and spectrum for performance analysis of arrays up to 1MWP. Worked with Banker’s Engineers to develop the technical input for downstream bankability documents. Developed and implemented the long-term reliability testing program for HALT/HAST failure tree analysis.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Led the Module Performance Precision and Repeatability program to ensure accurate module pricing. Designed and implemented a production worthy calibration procedure for performance measurement of large area (5.7m2) single and tandem junction thin film solar modules that reduced factory downtime by 2%. Coordinated with external validation agencies in the US, Europe, and Asia to ensure compliance with IEC and ASTM standards for Class AAA irradiance, light induced degradation, temperature coefficient measurement, and current-voltage testing protocols. Provided field support and training on factory solar simulator hardware and operations. Worked closely with upper-level internal and customer management to define product specifications for contract fulfillment.

Oversaw the design and construction of a prototype large area organic thin-film solar cell. Collaborated with the COO and the CFO to secure $35M in venture capital funding. Monitored the growth of GPEC’s intellectual property portfolio and modeled expected research progress to project future market competitiveness. Worked with vendors and manufacturers to design a new research facility.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Studied energy level matching in organic thin-film solar cells for efficient injection and extraction of charge. Designed a solar cell testing station and Labview-based program for sample measurement under a variety of conditions. Synthesized a series of Ru(III)-β-diketonate based compounds for studying the driving force dependence of charge transfer in these solid state systems. Proposed and tested models predicting the origin of the open circuit voltage (Voc) in exciton-based solar cells. Proposed and tested models predicting the origin of the open circuit voltage in exciton-based solar cells. Led the Organic Photovoltaics Team, an interdisciplinary group of seven graduate and undergraduates, which developed NREL certified device testing procedures, produced three patents, and increased the publication rate by 150%.

Was a contract teacher for Gifted and Talented Science and Math classes at local elementary schools (20-150 students). Developed hands-on learning and critical thinking exercises for classroom and assembly use. Led assemblies (20-150 students) for hands-on learning and critical thinking exercises at local elementary and middle schools.

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Ph.D., Chemistry

M.S., Science Education