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Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Community Representative & Advisor-Our Climate Future Core Team and Climate Equity and Resilience TeamThe goal of the Our Climate Future (OCF) program is to reduce 2030 greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 2005 baseline levels, provide 100% renewable electricity by 2030 and achieve zero waste, or 100% landfill diversion, by 2030. The OCF program emerged from the City of Fort Collin’s first efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change via the Climate Action Program (CAP) but with a… Show more Community Representative & Advisor-Our Climate Future Core Team and Climate Equity and Resilience TeamThe goal of the Our Climate Future (OCF) program is to reduce 2030 greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 2005 baseline levels, provide 100% renewable electricity by 2030 and achieve zero waste, or 100% landfill diversion, by 2030. The OCF program emerged from the City of Fort Collin’s first efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change via the Climate Action Program (CAP) but with a renewed emphasis on a people-first systems-approach. Show less

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

The Fort Collins Climate Action Plan (CAP) was the city’s first effort to established greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals to reduce emissions to 20% below 2005 levels by 2020, 80% below 2005 levels by 2030, and 100% below 2005 levels (or carbon neutral) by 2050. Eleven city teams were created to plan and implement programs and projects designed to achieve these goals. The Road to Zero Waste Team focused on the work required to reduce or eliminate green house gas emissions from the local… Show more The Fort Collins Climate Action Plan (CAP) was the city’s first effort to established greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals to reduce emissions to 20% below 2005 levels by 2020, 80% below 2005 levels by 2030, and 100% below 2005 levels (or carbon neutral) by 2050. Eleven city teams were created to plan and implement programs and projects designed to achieve these goals. The Road to Zero Waste Team focused on the work required to reduce or eliminate green house gas emissions from the local landfill. Show less

Fort Collins, Colorado

Working with City of Fort Collins staff involved with the Climate Action Plan (CAP), developed and led training for Pitch Team coaches and proxy judges. Provided individual and team level coaching. Led Pitch Night judge scoring processes. This program resulted in total greenhouse gas reductions in excess of 4,500 metric tons of CO2.The Innovate Fort Collins Challenge (IFCC) was a City-funded grant program that included the creation of an application process, public pitch night… Show more Working with City of Fort Collins staff involved with the Climate Action Plan (CAP), developed and led training for Pitch Team coaches and proxy judges. Provided individual and team level coaching. Led Pitch Night judge scoring processes. This program resulted in total greenhouse gas reductions in excess of 4,500 metric tons of CO2.The Innovate Fort Collins Challenge (IFCC) was a City-funded grant program that included the creation of an application process, public pitch night competition with community judges, project implementation and follow up reporting. The program hosted three competitive rounds administering $436,000 to 17 pilot projects that benefited and advanced the Climate Action Plan (CAP) goals, community engagement and partnerships, City services and operations and long-term sustainability objectives. Projects primarily focused on energy, transportation, waste reduction and behavior change. Show less

Colorado

Mentor teams from Colorado State University and the University of Colorado Boulder who are participating in the Research-to-Market (R2M) program. This program, derived from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) I-Corps program, teaches science and engineering inventors the process of customer discovery and how to find a market for their technology.

Fort Collins

As an Innosphere-SAGE Advisor and Mentor, I help in supporting high-tech businesses and startups that are client companies of the non-profit technology incubator, Innosphere. Innosphere supports Colorado entrepreneurs that are building high-growth companies in digital health, bioscience, energy & advanced materials, and software/hardware industries. Advising these companies through the critical stages of validation, startup, and growth helps to accelerate their path to success.SAGE… Show more As an Innosphere-SAGE Advisor and Mentor, I help in supporting high-tech businesses and startups that are client companies of the non-profit technology incubator, Innosphere. Innosphere supports Colorado entrepreneurs that are building high-growth companies in digital health, bioscience, energy & advanced materials, and software/hardware industries. Advising these companies through the critical stages of validation, startup, and growth helps to accelerate their path to success.SAGE (Social and Advisory Group for Entrepreneurs) is a program specifically designed to provide early stage startups with advisory and mentoring assistance as they prepare themselves to become a sustainable business. Show less

Fort Collins, Colorado

Mentor students from the College of Business and throughout the Colorado State University entrepreneurial community who participate in the Institute for Entrepreneurship (I4E) Programs.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Led the Outage Management Software Development Team in the design, development, testing and release management processes. Implemented GIS off-the-shelf and customized application software at clients’ sites.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Provide consulting services to the Foundation executive and operational staff concerning the use and maintenance of fund raising and donation management systems. Develop tasks and milestones to support a smooth transition from a legacy Foundation Management System to a “Cloud Based”, SaaS environment.

Lead Project Manager for the client’s Enterprise Asset Management System that involves four projects: Mobilization of Work for field activities, Electronic Asset Mapping, Engineering Design/Build AutoCAD to Maximo Integration and Maximo to GIS Asset Integration. Played a key role in advising the IT Department in their effort to revise their IT Project Management processes.

Managing Consultant: Key leadership roles with various projects in the Energy and Utilities/Strategy and Transformation Practice. Roles included:•Manheim - Process Consultant•Intellectual Capital Harvesting Project - Project Manager•Con Edison Company - Process Consultant•Sempra Energy - Process Consultant•Southern Company - Process Consultant•Oncor - Project Manager and Application Consultant•Exelon - Environment Manager

IT Project Manager and Supervisor: Undertook business critical projects within the Information Technology Architecture and Project Management group and other divisions of the utility. Roles included:•Enterprise Work and Asset Management Upgrade Project - IT Project Manager•Engineering Desktop Project - IT Project Manager•Microsoft XP Project - IT Project Manager•Customer Relationship Management Project - IT Project Manager•Project Management Portfolio Project - IT… Show more IT Project Manager and Supervisor: Undertook business critical projects within the Information Technology Architecture and Project Management group and other divisions of the utility. Roles included:•Enterprise Work and Asset Management Upgrade Project - IT Project Manager•Engineering Desktop Project - IT Project Manager•Microsoft XP Project - IT Project Manager•Customer Relationship Management Project - IT Project Manager•Project Management Portfolio Project - IT Project Manager•Water Resources Optimization Project - Implementation Project Manager•Information Technology Supervisor•Information Systems Administrator Show less

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Planned, implemented and supported the first enterprise-wide Information Management systems for Diocesan and Parish membership management, fundraising, general ledger, AP/AR, payroll, healthcare management, retirement management and Catholic Community Services.

Directed all phases of material management operations to include purchasing, stockroom operations, Central Services and print shop operations.•Supervised an administrative budget and a staff of four full-time employees.•Managed the transition of these operations and the employees who supported these functions to new ownership while maintaining morale and productivity.

Specialty Buyer, Capital Equipment: Assisted departments to plan, budget and implement major capital equipment acquisitions.Systems Analyst/Communication Manager, Information Technology: Coordinated the planning and managed the implementation of the multi-campus digital PBX system. Supervised PBX room operations. Managed the implementation and support of cabling and associated infrastructure for the enterprise-wide, Patient Management Information System.Purchasing Agent… Show more Specialty Buyer, Capital Equipment: Assisted departments to plan, budget and implement major capital equipment acquisitions.Systems Analyst/Communication Manager, Information Technology: Coordinated the planning and managed the implementation of the multi-campus digital PBX system. Supervised PBX room operations. Managed the implementation and support of cabling and associated infrastructure for the enterprise-wide, Patient Management Information System.Purchasing Agent, Pharmacy: Managed all aspects of the pharmacy purchasing and storeroom operations. Show less

Managed and supervised the Clinical Laboratory Storeroom operations for the hospital’s multi-campus laboratory system to include all consumables and capital equipment purchases.