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Seattle, WA, US

• Responsible for North America, Australia, and South America footprint, strategically aligning Amazon’s infrastructure and energy supply expansion, while implementing fleet electrification. Lead all energy projects in.
• Hired veteran, utility-based leaders; procured enough capacity (leveraging 250 US utilities), delivering more than 1M packages/week through EVs in 2022.
• Focus on process optimization to mitigate OJT and reactive culture. Affected 350 work sites by proactively developing repeatable processes with documented training and guidelines.
• Built strategy across 350+ delivery stations transitioning from combustion to EV engine and charging station technology while optimizing procurement, delivery, and operational metrics.
• Lead execution of power infrastructure strategies. Build relationships with key utility stakeholders, work with internal and external engineering, real estate, and planning teams to evaluate delivery sites, and develop.
• Evaluate and implement functional infrastructure and operational strategies within the energy sector, including advanced load control technologies, energy storage, demand response, and fuel cells.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Recruited to expertly liaise and negotiate for Southern Company/GPC on large-scale technical issues. Southern Company is a leading energy company serving 9M customers.
• Led Distributed Energy Resource Team, developed strategy, and secured $100M+ funding for resilient, backup power generation and infrastructure upgrades for the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport by.
• Established initial organizational structure for the newly formed Distributed Energy Resources Team to develop and implement Southern Company’s strategy for non-intermittent, distributed energy resources.
• Liaised for GPC and led negotiations with the Department of Defense to establish resilient regulated electric utility offerings for military installations.
• Resolved concerns of high-profile customer and secured mutual win between involved parties.

Gulfport, MS, US

• Assisted President in day-to-day affairs; focused on internal operations while President focused on external initiatives.
• Led company-wide restructure and strategy refinement, meeting top quartile performance goals.
• Successfully negotiated and executed strategies that secured a $2.2B+ deal.

Gulfport, MS, US

• Delivered top quartile Customer Value Benchmark survey results (later converted to Net Promoter Score), overcoming years of highly publicized, negative press and media coverage.
• Increased customer trust by addressing technical depth and competence of industrial and commercial customer sales/marketing team by meeting frequently to share knowledge and methods.
• Confidentially, managed team hardship; led team through crisis by placing people over profit.

Gulfport, MS, US

• Recruited to liaise, listen, address, and resolve Top 10 key client complaints to the Public Service Commission.
• Resolved key client concerns by revamping business plan/billing structure to increase revenue and reduce station service costs; built client trust with transparent communications and fair negotiations.
• Became a trusted extension of the customer’s business as a conduit for all energy needs.

Gulfport, MS, US

• Promoted to address operational issues; led plant operations and maintenance teams (exempt, non-exempt, and union) to achieve 12 performance goals, including best Effective Forced Outage Rating (EFOR) on two.
• Safely mitigated deteriorated natural gas pipeline issues through war room strategy discussions with engineering, operations, and maintenance; maintained priority on safety and reliability.
• Led technical plant review of all leak protection, outage, and condition-based maintenance (CBM) processes to get ahead of future outage-related issues. Process review served as a learning opportunity for new engineers.
• Delivered record-level performance results with 40% turnover (natural attrition and promotions).

Gulfport, MS, US

• Developed technical depth of junior engineering team by conducting after-hours systems training.
• Implemented process improvements by initiating a Plant Review Board, System Owner Process, and Project Action Roadmap to promote project management due diligence.
• Executed performance management strategy to build engaged, technical, data-driven, solutions team.
• Improved coal unit cost and gas unit performance through new CBM practices.

Pensacola, Florida, US

Plant Crist | Led coal equipment handlers and utilitymen that operated a barge andelectrohydraulic crane coal unloading facility with 16 beltlines for operations andsampling for 870+ MWs.

Pensacola, Florida, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Mathematics