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Washington, DC, US

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Arlington, VA

Project manager and technical lead for USAID international clean energy and climate projects.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed “energy-as-a-service” pilot project for the U.S. Air Force.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provide project risk analysis and country-specific considerations to the preliminary USTDA feasibility study for development of an international energy and environment project.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• The Office of International Affairs applies knowledge of energy technologies, markets, and policies to advance U.S. objectives in energy security, clean energy deployment, and national security worldwide.Primary duties:
• Manage international programs and contracts for a portfolio of federally funded clean energy projects, studies, research, and roadmaps initiated by the State Department, USAID, and DOE.
• Maintain strategic relationships and foster collaborations with energy counterparts from 10 nations, 3 multi-governmental organizations, and international companies and trade organizations.
• Interface and coordinate with U.S. Government agencies (State Department, USAID, Commerce, USTDA, USACE, EPA, Treasury) to advance energy objectives and drive sound policies for global clean energy development and.
• Plan, execute, and present in government-to-government energy policy dialogues, public-private energy investment roundtables, and multilateral workshops, technical trainings, and seminars.
• Lead in-depth analyses for comprehensive and long-term energy policy planning and strategy development, looking at international policies, market trends, investment and trade issues and their impact on U.S. national.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Manufacturer and EPC firm First Solar designs, builds, installs, and operates utility-scale solar PV systems worldwide.Achievements:
• Successfully and simultaneously led the project engineering-to-energization of 4 utility-scale solar power plants across 3 jurisdictions totaling approximately 105MW (>$200M).
• Coordinated the multi-disciplinary project team involved in designing and building utility-scale solar power plants: electrical, structural and civil engineering, construction, supply chain, contracts, subcontracts.
• Reviewed and revised scope of work documents; documented closeout of an additional 150MW.
• Supported technical due-diligence from energy forecasting and design reviews through construction.
• Conducted technical analyses of engineering deficiencies, researched feasible alternatives, and identified improvements to power plant design output, quality, durability, and cost (an estimated $40 million in lifecycle.

• Sea Breeze Power Corp, a renewable energy developer, pursues the integration of solar energy and energy storage into remote, islanded power grids worldwide to displace expensive and contentious diesel power generation.
• Led feasibility studies of 50-500kW solar and solar-storage hybrid projects in regions worldwide, to include:-site selection and real estate, -resource assessment, -energy forecasting, -financial modeling (NPV, IRR.
• Designed and troubleshot methods for maximizing energy production and energy independence while minimizing resources, system costs and environmental impact of replicable solar energy and energy-storage hybrid systems.
• Drafted and reviewed RFP responses, stakeholder reports and grant proposals, with emphasis on technology, design elements, and competitive differentiation.
• Scoped target markets for potential customers of product portfolio offerings.
• Contributed to company technology roadmap, capabilities, and processes.

• Business Tianjin is a multinational publication with the mission of assisting organizations to strategically invest in, develop, and improve their markets and market penetration overseas. Monthly issues review and.
• Managed editorial and production staff (6 employees, 25+ contributors).
• Developed and executed the long-term and short-term planning, assignment, selection, editing, organization, design and layout of individual articles and the magazine as a whole.
• Analyzed and summarized key policy and market trends.
• Coordinated with public and private executive leadership.
• Grew content and contributions 300% within first 2 quarters.

University Learning Center

Tutored college students and groups in all lower-division mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, English and Spanish courses offered at UofA.

Eller College Of Business

Certificate - Financing And Deploying Clean Energy

The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) has developed this year-long, admissions-based online certificate for working.

Professional Science Masters, Solar Energy Engineering & Commercialization

Activities and Societies: Energy Club - founding class, Student Project Coordinator; Department of Energy Solar Decathlon - team PR Media.

Docotoral Program In Engineering

Full-time, NSF-funded, interdisciplinary graduate studies

Bachelor'S, Physics

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa national honorary societyMagna cum laude

Bachelor'S, Spanish Literature

Activities and Societies: Sigma Delta Pi national honorary societyMagna cum laude

Graduate Certificate, Spanish Language And Literature

High School, Diploma

Harvard Book Award recipient