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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Develop tools and models than empower Canadians to manage their household energy.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Led power market research and analysis in support of Suncor's base business, development projects, optimization and trading businesses. Examples include: analytical support leading to the approval of an 800 MW cogeneration plant, and a 200 MW wind farm. Assessed the impact of changes to the regulatory framework to Suncor operations and strategy, for instance, the implementation of a capacity market or the Clean Electricity Regulations. Provided accurate, consistent and insightful analyses and forecasts for deregulated power markets.Developed and presented Suncor's view on the future of power markets, pricing and implications of changes to the businessRecommended and led studies of power market strategies, prices and tacticsTranslated the power market outlook into strategic vision

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Coauthor of monthly and quarterly publications on the Alberta power marketAuthor of a monthly Newsletter on fundamentals of the Alberta natural gas marketConducted numerical analyses as required to support client-driven projects on various aspects of the Alberta electricity marketMaintained various sections of a proprietary model to forecast demand, supply and power prices in AlbertaMaintained a database of power generation and oil sands projects in the Province, monitoring all relevant developments in domestic and international energy markets

Calgary, Canada

Provided electricity and gas market views and price forecasts to support: a) commercial operations, b) strategic decisions, c) asset planning and optimization d) business development e) communication with investors.Developed, maintained and ran fundamental stochastic Aurora models of Alberta and Western US electricity markets.Modeled the dynamics of power markets under a variety of economic and regulatory conditions.Estimated the environmental costs of generating assets under existing and proposed legislation.Developed SQL queries and VBA code that significantly decreased the processing time of Aurora output data.Provided solid, well documented outlooks of commodity prices: crude oil, natural gas, coal, diesel as well as emissions prices and policies.Provided forecasts of escalation factors for new construction and maintenance costs.Conducted in-depth research of key market drivers of energy markets.Developed and maintained profiles of western power markets: Mid-C, California, Desert Southwest, British Columbia and Rockies.Supervised the work of new graduates in the group.

Mexico City, Mexico

(An Specialist coordinator is a senior analyst responsible for leadership and integration of team analysis for business solutions)Coordinated the successful implementation of a strategic planning tool as well as the quarterly strategy review meetings (Balanced Scorecard)Coordinated the drafting of the Terms and Conditions document for domestic gas salesCalculated LP gas opportunity costs using a Linear Programming model to support pricing strategies and evaluate the impact of the regulatory frameworkContributed to the successful implementation of new long term evaluation tools (SAP APO module)Monitored and reported international oil and gas prices and fundamentalsEvaluated the economic feasibility of capital investment projects.

Princeton New Jersey

Developed a mathematical framework to model engineering processes for the production of nanoparticles and provided theoretical support of concurrent experiments at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.Mentored a Ph. D student and served in her examination juryPublished various research papers in prestigious international peer-reviewed journals.

Toronto, Canada

Conducted original research in the field of non-linear dynamics, computer simulation of complex chemical systems and spatial-temporal pattern formation in catalytic surface reactions.Published various research papers in peer-reviewed journals.Maintained a fruitful collaboration with a research laboratory at McGill University.

Houston, Texas

(PMI is the commercial arm of Pemex in the international energy markets. PMI manages PEMEX imports and exports of crude oil and refined products).Participated in the implementation of a new methodology for calculating marginal export prices of mexican crude oil using PIMS software.Conducted monthly simulations and optimizations of refinery processes to calculate marginal prices of crude oil and support pricing strategies.Supported the successful negotiation of a major international Joint Venture for the upgrading of a refinery.

Doctor, Chemical Science

A doctoral program with strong emphasis in theoretical physical chemistry and computer simulations: cellular automata models to study.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering