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Seoul, South Korea

Carbon offset project development and implementation across Africa. Solar business, development, financing & asset managementWe make clean energy solutions accessible to all through our solar "one-stop" Platform solution, and also engage in MW-scale solar project development targeting mainly Africa and South America

Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea

SolarConnect is specialized in solar power business development, project financing, plant construction, operation & maintenance, renewable energy asset management and development of software applications for SCADA (Energy Management), Demand Response, Virtual Power Plant and P2P power trading.Duties• Manage solar power development projects; pursue opportunities and develop partnerships for solar project development & solar asset acquisition locally and overseas• Provide timely energy market intelligence and develop the go-to-market strategy for overseas market entry• Serve as point of contact and subject matter expert for inbound investments (Foreign Direct Investments in Korean renewable energy market) and outbound investments (renewable energy asset acquisition and business development overseas) Ongoing Activities• Conducting feasibility studies for 37MW ground-mounted and 1MW rooftop solar project in Vietnam• Conducting solar power market research within the scope of the South East Asian region• Reviewing innovative approaches to solar business such as 'Agriculture + PV' , 'water purification + floating solar' schemes

Douala, Cameroon

• Simultaneously managed several power plant refurbishment projects, project teams, import/export operations, contractor claims & overall project quality.• Performed vendor bid analysis, contract negotiation & administration in collaboration with procurement & legal departments.• Initiated high ROI projects in collaboration with power generation and investment planning business units.Major projects managed include:• Rehabilitation of Logbaba heavy fuel oil thermal plant aimed at reducing production costs.• Renovation of Songloulou 400MW hydroplant control-command system of power transformers aimed at increasing plant availability & eliminating the risk of fatal accidents.• Transfer & installation of 20MW thermal generation units in the North of Cameroon to mitigate an energy crisis in this region.Cameroon.• Rehabilitation of Edea II hydropower plant aimed at increasing power plant availability, reducing unserved energy by & increasing annual revenue potential.

Douala, Cameroon

• Devised strategies for reduction of non-technical losses and financial losses in power distribution system & improvement of overall commercial performance.• Managed and trained a team of over 20 technicians. Improved average response time to customer issues by 25%. • Initiated a project for estimation of non-technical and financial losses per geographical region based on electrical load flow calculations and geographical information system data.

Douala, Cameroon

• Managed low & medium level customer relationships; capitalizing on converting customer needs and pain points into business opportunities• Assisted in definition of sales targets and market strategies for Central & West Africa region• Conducted market research, competition analysis, site surveys & promotion of Huawei microwave transmission products within the Central African regional market• Prepared quotations and bidding documents

Douala, Cameroon

• Developed a "Continuous Improvement Implementation Plan" aimed at improving organizational performance through the elimination of unnecessary work and clarification of work processes.• Carried out a "Day In the Life Of... (DILO) Study " on maintenance practitioners aimed at optimizing utilization of working hours of maintenance team and identifying opportunities for improvement to work processes and SAFETY.

Master'S Degree, Technology Convergence And Entrepreneurship

Thesis: Optimization of automatic fault detection, isolation and service restoration systems on power distribution networks

Master'S Degree, Electrical Engineering

Thesis: Selection and sizing of electromechanical equipment of a small hydropower plant. Case study: Somalomo 7MW plant over the Dja river.