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Houston, Tx, Us

Finance large scale carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) projects.

Des Moines, Ia, Us

Led new tax equity investments in renewable energy projects for BHE Investment Group.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Led credit/investment underwriting and monitoring for Bank of America's Global Sustainable Finance (GSF) tax equity and debt investments in sustainable development, including clean and renewable energy, activities.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Led underwriting and monitoring for tax equity partnership and debt portfolio investments of ~$1.5 billion in various utility scale wind and solar renewable energy projects. Led underwriting for restructurings and add-on investments to the portfolio.Accomplishments include:- Led the underwriting of the restructuring of a $140MM back leverage debt investment for one of the partners in an upper tier tax equity partnership that has interests in 20 underlying tax equity partnerships comprising various wind farms across the country. The restructuring was due to the sale of the tax equity interests in two of the underlying partnerships and resulted in a $50MM prepayment as well as restructured residual debt.- Led the underwriting of a $20MM Term Loan B investment in a gas fired power plant.

Houston, Tx, Us

Led a pilot, start up initiative, inclusive of project origination, project development and EPC execution for small to medium distributed generation (DG) solar projects up to 1MW, to provide DG solar to commercial, industrial and institutional customers of NextEra Energy's retail electricity businesses, NextEra Energy Services and Gexa Energy.

Houston, Texas, Us

Led the renewables asset management team for NRG with responsibility for P&L, commercial management, project company agreement compliance, regulatory compliance and partner, lender and other investor reporting for a 5GW portfolio of utility wind, utility solar, C&I solar and community solar power projects with over $12 billion of invested capital.Conducted due diligence for new project acquisitions to identify potential project risks and to help properly value projects. Supported project financing including project debt, tax equity, sale leaseback and yield company drop-down deals.Led the commercial structuring for repowering several of NRG's wind energy assets.

Houston, Texas, Us

Led the P&L, commercial management, project company agreement compliance, regulatory compliance and partner, lender and other investor reporting for a large portfolio of utility scale solar power projects ranging in size from 20 to 550 MW and valued over $4 billion.Led asset and commercial management for a 70MW portfolio of distributed generation solar projects.Conducted due diligence for new project acquisitions to identify potential project risks and to help properly value projects. Supported project financing including project debt, tax equity, sale leaseback and yield company drop-down deals.

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed the P&L, operations, project company agreement obligations, regulatory compliance and partner and lender reporting obligations for a 500MW portfolio of utility scale solar power projects ranging in size from 20 to 290 MW and valued over $2 billion.Conducted due diligence on project acquisitions to identify potential project risks and to help properly value projects.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Originated, commercially evaluated and developed wind and gas fired power projects valued over $500 million. Evaluated investment decisions through robust project valuation models.Negotiated commercial agreements, including power purchase (PPA), gas transportation and interconnection agreements for a 300MW gas-fired power project in Nigeria.Formulated strategy to focus investments in renewable energy, power markets and Middle East gas.

London, England, Gb

Identified, evaluated, and developed utility scale wind energy projects valued over $250 million per project to enable Shell’s strategy of CO2 management.Managed and directed third party consultants and contractors through project development activities including environmental assessments, community relations, permitting, utility engagement and engineering design. Engaged internal legal, finance, procurement and risk and insurance support functions for value assurance.Negotiated commercial contracts including real estate lease option, consulting, interconnection and power purchase agreements to progress projects to final investment decision (FID).Evaluated investment decisions through robust project valuation models and prepared investment proposals to secure FID.

New York, Ny, Us

Directed engineering, procurement and construction resources to deliver $15 million capital project program that addressed environmental, capacity, reliability and regulatory requirements for the Hudson Avenue generating station.Managed and executed multiple diverse projects such as boiler plant upgrades and emissions compliance from project initiation through funding, engineering, procurement and construction phases.

New York, Ny, Us

Oversaw and implemented major customer gas and electric service projects totaling over $4M for new real estate developments. Generated over $1 million in annual revenue from timely delivery of new business projects.Prepared project bid packages, evaluated bids, oversaw contractor work, coordinated underground cable, transformer installation, and other electrical work through various Con Edison operating departments.

Served as Owner's Engineer on major capital upgrade to water and sewerage infrastructure for city of Roseau, Dominica.Represented owner and worked with UK power sector consultants, PB Kennedy & Donkin, to develop a $30M power expansion project – a 32MW diesel power plant and 33kV transmission line – for island of Dominica from feasibility, design, environmental impact and tender phases up to contract award. Prepared Request for Proposals (RFPs), evaluated proposals and recommended selection of consulting engineers. Reviewed design and tender documents, technically and financially evaluated bids and recommended contract award. Worked with UK consultants, Pell Frischmann, to revise project scope subsequent to contract award.

Led a team of 2 supervisors and 23 operations and maintenance (O&M) staff in operating an 8MW hydroelectric plant. Oversaw capital projects, turbine and generator overhauls, inspections, breakdown repairs, etc.

Performed generation plant operations, distribution system design, construction and maintenance, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system O&M and network load flow studies for loss reduction.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba) With Honors, Finance

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering