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Victoria, MN, US

Victoria, MN, US

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA, US

• Client experience: lead client engagement and support team deliver higher education, municipal, and C/I clients renewable energy solutions aligned to exceed their sustainability and resiliency goals using innovating.
• Business development: led Midwest region’s new Renewable Energy business unit deliver 16X in bookings and 21X year-over-year growth in first two years.
• Project development: lead regional development team and leverage national RE team’s expertise to drive down project development costs to increase client realized economic gains over the life of their renewable energy.
• Strategic financial analysis: develop financial models used by McKinstry renewable energy team to assess project economic and financial performance.

Custer, WI, US

• A nationally recognized solar PV educator offering technical, financial, and solar PV policy development expertise. Partnering with the US DOE, The Solar Foundation, and the University of Minnesota (U of M).
• Developed new market programs: exceeded first year revenue target by 31% and on-track to exceed second year revenue forecasts by 28%.
• Led financial advisory services: facilitate C-suite clients scope, finance, procure, and develop investment objectives and reduce operating costs up to 48%.
• Designed workforce development training: trained + 150 university, college, municipal, and solar PV professionals how to evaluate solar PV investment using client-based metrics in project road mapping and project.
• Strategic guidance: led 17 municipal planning departments through local permitting and ordinances revision process to encourage local economic development (achieved 100% designation rate).

• Capital investment strategy: developed quantitative financial analysis (discounted cash flow, NPV, FCF, WACC, IRR) to model capital investment strategies, secured $4M in private equity for client’s projects.
• Financial program development: created quantitative models used to develop a statewide loan program to support a regional lending association accurately assess solar PV lending risk and repayment probabilities.

• Portfolio management: managed 11 clean energy finance programs, oversaw +400 loan originations totaling $74M and generated $3M in revenue.
• Contract negotiations: annually renegotiated lending partner contracts to increase originations (7 – 12%), mitigate risk (<.002% default rate), lower operations costs (7%), and grow revenues (aggregate $3.5M).
• Data management: developed SQL-based reporting and monitoring solutions to ensure full compliance with all federal and state compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Risk compliance monitoring: developed risk governance strategies to monitor portfolio manager performance to ensure portfolio funds were lent in strict compliance with federal and state statutes, policies, and.
• Business process improvement: developed data management tools, corrective action plans, and monitored compliance to ensure each program’s unique mandates were operated within acceptable risk tolerance standards for.
• Development and implementation: created a $100M revenue bond program to fund clean energy projects.

• Supported development and implementation of State’s GESP to assist state agencies, municipalities and higher education finance energy investment.
• Procurement consultation: advised public entities through energy performance contracting RFP solicitation, selection, and contract negotiations leading to more than $5M in ESPC contracts implemented in state and.
• Stakeholder engagement: facilitated executive-level decision-making processes to identify and implement state-wide strategic energy and greenhouse gas emission reduction plans.
• Communications outreach: represented State at national, state, and local energy conferences promoting energy benchmark tools and energy efficiency savings efforts.
• Data aggregation: led efforts to aggregate all state agency energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission data in 9,300 facilities using benchmarking tools to identify $59M in annual operational saving opportunities.
• Data analysis and monitoring: aggregated, analyzed, and reported KPI used by all state agencies to identify strategies to lower energy consumption, utility expenses, and greenhouse gas emissions.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Includes 11 years as a program aide, program coordinator and capital planning project manager with the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Boards, recognized as national leader in municipal parks.
• Strategic development: developed strategic capital planning initiatives for the MPRB executive team and commissioners associated with sustainability, energy conservation, and operational performance.
• Business process improvement: managed all aspects of the MPRB’s first energy performance contract ($450k) and used annual operational savings of $35k to secure project financing.
• Data aggregation and management: led development a SQL database used to improve utility account analytics and streamline invoicing of more than 400 utility accounts to reduce accounts payment periods and accounting.
• Budget development and management: assisted Operations Director develop operational budgets ($40M annually), drove cost reductions strategies via services contract negotiations, and resolved contract disputes for.
• Procurement: responsible for cross-functional coordination of city-wide operations contracted services: procurement, financial analysis, board approvals, construction oversight, and invoice payments averaging $3M.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance

Environmental Communication For Behavioral Change

Bachelor Of Science, Environmental Science