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New York, Ny, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

-Spearheading AES Clean Energy's Wind M&A initiatives

Providing consulting and advisory services to companies navigating the energy transition.

Fredericia, Skærbæk, Dk

-Member of the US Project Development leadership team and the Project Director for the 1.4 GW Ocean Wind 2 project off the New Jersey coast. -Led a multi-discipline project organization responsible for permitting and development of the $6+ billion Ocean Wind 2 offshore wind farm and NJ-based nacelle assembly facility, EEW Paulsboro NJ monopile manufacturing facility, and NJ Wind Port WTG staging port-Supported offtake bids and contract negotiations for pre-award/ rebid projects in RI, CT, NY, and NJ

Stavanger, Rogaland, No

-Empire Wind Commercial Director and Senior Commercial Lead for Equinor Wind US responsible for business case development, financial modeling, project financing, tax policy and incentives, real estate, offtake agreements, commercial agreements, NYISO interconnection agreements, strategy, and M&A-Led Equinor’s strategic engagement with New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to support and influence the development and design of state offtake mechanisms and offshore wind public policy-Developed portfolio offtake strategy and led multidisciplinary bid teams to secure 3.3 GW of offtake agreements for the Empire Wind 1, Empire Wind 2, and Beacon Wind 1 projects. Negotiated resulting Purchase and Sales Agreements with NYSERDA-Negotiated project and portfolio partnerships including port and supply chain agreements to establish staging and manufacturing at South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, Port of Albany, and Port of Coeymans. Arranged and negotiated financing plans for port and supply chain investments-Led market intelligence and strategy function for US Offshore wind organization. Led various partnership identification and negotiation workstreams that culminated in Equinor’s $1.1 bn farm down to BP and oversaw Empire 1 integration workstreams

Stavanger, Rogaland, No

-Managed a team responsible for midstream JV and asset management, contract management and negotiations, settlement, commercial analysis, value chain optimization, and M&A activity for US assets-Developed asset infrastructure strategy, managed capacity bookings, and coordinated operations between upstream and marketing to ensure flow assurance and optimize trading value creation-Oversaw $1+ billion in annual midstream commitments and developed a benchmarking program and cost mitigation strategy that reduced costs by ~30%

Stavanger, Rogaland, No

-Project manager of an interdisciplinary team responsible for the creation, permitting, optimization, and execution of the $300 Million Appalachian Basin field development plan -Prepared drilling schedule and coordinated permitting, construction, drilling, completion, and facilities operations for the operated acreage. Additional responsibilities included joint venture management, asset strategy, and special projects

Stavanger, Rogaland, No

-Member of the corporate strategy team responsible for industry trends, competitor analysis, and M&A screening. Lead analyst for North American operators and unconventional resources-Developed new quarterly US onshore market trends and competitor benchmarking reports

Stavanger, Rogaland, No

-Leader in the Strategy and Business Development team responsible for M&A and competitor intelligence on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and M&A activity-Led a strategic review of the NCS competitive landscape and strategic responses required to maintain leadership. A recommendation to acquire a minority interest in competitor was implemented

Stavanger, Rogaland, No

-Led US Onshore portfolio capital allocation process, JV management, and business unit strategy while serving as the controller for US onshore exploration projects and supporting the US Onshore SVP with special projects -Commercial lead on US Onshore BD transactions and asset owner representative for corporate US onshore BD transactions. Supported $6+ billion in onshore M&A activity including transactions with Chesapeake, Southwestern, EnCap, Anadarko, Repsol, Brigham Exploration, and others

Stavanger, Rogaland, No

-Commercial lead of Marcellus and Eagle Ford assets responsible for Business Plan, financial modeling and economic analysis, competitor intelligence, asset strategies, JV follow-up, and M&A analysis

Golden, Co, Us

• Teaching Assistant for Econ 201: Introduction to Economics• Run two one hour recitation sessions a week

Claremont, Ca, Us

· Managed a team of 15 student residential technology advisors to support the 1100 students on campus with technology related problems· Maintained the residential computer network in dorms and school computer laboratory· Troubleshoot software and hardware computing problems

· Assisted with research and analysis used in establishing corporate strategy· Prepared business unit reviews, industry assessments, and competitor profiles used in executive meetings· Designed a mobile banking initiative and presented plan to the COO that was forwarded to the Board of Directors that served as a launch pad for the development of the bank's mobile banking strategy· Worked with the REIG group to write a whitepaper on restructuring for executive management

Ms, Mineral And Energy Economics

Ms, Petroleum Economics And Management

Bachelor Of Arts, Chemistry And International Relations

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