Funding Lead on multiple sustainability projects centred on reducing carbon emissions in industrial and energy sectors: developing alternative fuels, manufacturing advanced carbon products, diversifying product portfolios in the cement industry and strengthening the UK's Electric Vehicle production supply chain.

Developed comprehensive project plans to execute innovative projects in energy and heavy industry sectors focused on carbon reduction, enivronmental impact minimisation and sustainability.Created project plans, risk registers, financial projections, procurement processes and recruitment plans.

Secured £3 million of competitive grant funding to design, develop and execute impact-focused decarbonisation projects to drastically reduce carbon footprints in heavy industry. Created strong grant proposals, comprehensive budgets, and all supporting documentation, including Project Datasheets, Memorandums of Understanding, Supply Agreements, Letters of Support, Offtake Agreements, Financial Statements, and Energy Supply and Demand Proposals.

Project Lead for Future Carbons' new venture: establishing the UK's first graphite production facility. Responsible for all core activities associated with creating the UK Graphite Production Centre (UGPC) incuding feasibility analysis, business planning, funding, project costing and recruitment as well as overseeing R&D, product development, procurement, facility design and build out.

Developed funding strategies and best approaches for charities, non-profit organisations and school districts.Secured millions of dollars in grant funding through competitive federal, state, and foundation grants.Demonstrated a success rate of over 80% across all competitive grant applications.

Designed and implemented business development strategies to facilitate growth and expansion of services; increased total revenue and profit margins for multiple business departments.Successfully entered new markets, developing revenue streams in 6 new states.

Led a team of six professional grant writers, oversaw all grant writing activities.Researched grant opportunities and completed grant applications on behalf of schools, charities, and other non-profit organisations.

Demonstrated a success rate of over 90% in writing state and federal education grants; secured millions of dollars in funding for independent school districts and charter schools in Texas.

Created budgets and projections for multi-million dollar environmental engineering projects; projected costs, revenues, and profits for multiple project sites.Responsible for analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and predicting outcomes; presented findings to projects managers and company CEO through written reports and presentations.

Represented Archer Knight Market Intelligence at numerous Renewable Energy ConferencesConducted independent research into Offshore Wind Developments on behalf of the Market Intelligence TeamConducted extensive networking and outreach to acquire new clients in Europe and the U.S. on behalf of the Business Development Team

Responsible for tutoring students in all economics related coursework, including upper-level and graduate classes.Assessed student’s abilities and tailored each session to meet individual needs; led large group sessions and one-to-one sessions.