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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Analyze data using SQL, Python, and Excel to identify trends and patterns for optimization and value opportunities.
• Communicated data insights to leadership through reports, dashboards, and visualizations.
• Oversee data systems by executing data quality corrections, implementing data governance practices, and developing data models.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Utilized Jira and Agile methodology to develop sustainable solutions for DER metadata analysis and address data quality issues within SAP (billing), Salesforce (interconnection agreements) and GIS (mapping) systems.
• Acted as ISOP data system product owner, coordinated with IT architects during initial planning for onsite Microsoft SQL Server conversion to cloud-based Amazon AWS.
• Designed, implemented, and maintained the Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Data Discovery dashboard for the Integrated Systems and Operations Planning (ISOP) stakeholders.
• Collaborated integration with ISOP forecast modeling, data governance, and database architecture teams, gaining expertise in generation, distribution, and transmission data systems.
• Produced and disseminated time-sensitive and highly visible monthly, quarterly, and annual regulatory reports for all six Duke Energy jurisdictions using advanced SQL and Microsoft Power Query.
• Provided metrics and analysis for Duke projects and vendors that require distributed and renewable energy inputs including green circuits analysis and Duke Energy’s “Generate Your Own” external facing website.

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Developed advanced Microsoft Power BI skills, creating meaningful dashboards to monitor utility scale solar performance and electric vehicle adoption.
• Wrote SQL scripts using Hadoop and Hive to extract hourly data from billing systems and cooperated with distributed energy interconnection teams to deliver project performance analysis and reports.
• Produced the monthly electric vehicle dashboard, collaborating with partners to upgrade and enhance its alignment with the needs of the electric vehicle energy planning audience.
• Communicated renewable energy impacts to stakeholders related to climate goals, NC House Bill 589, and jurisdictional forecasts.

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Led data quality, management, analytics and governance for the data inputs to the load forecast within ITRON MetrixND and MetrixLT.
• Provided up to 30 years of hourly historical actuals as input data for load forecasts from teams within Duke Energy including weather temperatures, utility energy efficiency, demand response, distributed energy.
• Delivered a web-based reporting tool to provide the team with a means to query weather data including jurisdiction, weather station, and date filters.
• Designed and implemented a Microsoft SharePoint site as a single source of the truth for publishing the bi-annual load forecasts resolving scenario and version confusion and allowing all stakeholders a unified site to.
• Automated Customer Hub data feeds to pull reports for Standard Industrial Classification (SIC).
• Using the Jira and Agile methodology, contributed Load Forecasting design inputs for the new proprietary circuit level Morecast forecasting application.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Managed scheduled Workforce Hub bundle releases including prioritization, requirements definitions, testing, and data validation through the implementation process.Designed and Developed Workforce Hub reports including Time and Labor Union reports like the Overtime Distribution Report for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Developed.

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Led support team for the production Maximo work management system during the development and implementation of eMax for Enterprise Asset Management. Led a team of onshore and offshore support team members in managing.
• Developed ETL interfaces using Informatica for a legacy Maximo to eMax implementation.
• Implemented software support solutions from design to implementation using Accenture Delivery Methods and Duke Work Management system.Software Development Life Cycle methodology.