Jesse Duran Email & Phone Number

Durham, Nc

Lead Triangle Clean Cities work in the North Carolina Triangle, supporting:- The shift to affordable, efficient, and clean transportation fuels and technologies.- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.- Evaluate new mobility options.- Improve equitable access to advanced transportation.Triangle Clean Cities is a U.S. Department of Energy-designated coalition partnering to advance the nation’s environment, energy security, and economic prosperity through collaboration with communities by building connections with public and private stakeholders to create equitable deployment of clean transportation solutions for all.

New Jersey Economic Development Authority

• Provided recommendations for scaling the NJ Zero-EmissionIncentive Program (NJ ZIP) from $15M to $25M• Developed a state-level program to create a used electric vehiclemarket; created a project plan; conducted stakeholder outreach to identify challenges; researched legislation and regulation; and recommended solutions to incentivize a second-hand market• Researched methods to fully access medium- & heavy-duty electric vehicles, including batteries’ state of health and battery certification to set fair-value on vehicles in the MHD second-hand market

North Carolina, United States

During a semester-long project, I worked on a small team as a consultant to West Rock, a local fiber-based packaging firm in Winston-Salem, NC. In our consulting role, our team hosted nearly a dozen interviews with internal and external stakeholders to determine the root causes of waste in mixed-material packaging and ultimately made recommendations to resolve the issues.

San Salvador, El Salvador

• PLANTOSA, a private cooperative coffee plant that provides 40% of the Salvadoran national market of instant coffee• Proposed, planned and presented to board members on investment projects • Served on a cross-departmental management team, identifying organizational problems, developing and implementing mutual solutions• Brokered relationships with international businesses, including facilitating meetings with executive leadership and coordinating sales, imports of new equipment and turn-key projects• Implemented various waste reduction and recycling initiatives.

• Develop a fleet management plan with recommendations for improving the administration and operation of the organization’s vehicle fleet• Monitor and advice on all aspects of vehicle and equipment repairs, preventative, general and vendor maintenance• Develop procedures to reduce the cost of maintaining the organization’s vehicles• Advice on acquisition and equipment of vehicle fleet, consistent with the organization’s policies and procedures

Masters In Sustainability

Bachelor Of Science In Mechatronic Engineering

Associate'S Degree, Automotive Technology