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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.
• 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.
• 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

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.

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.

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.