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Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area

• Directed a team of program managers collectively responsible for meeting budget and schedule on nearly $100MM of global new construction installations, ensuring best practices across projects
• Actively managed risks across the entire book of new business, working to resolve escalated issues in pursuit of meeting the global business plan while cultivating a culture of continuous improvement from lessons.
• Led cross-functional adoption of a new product… Show more
• Led cross-functional adoption of a new product that enabled a ~20% reduction in installation cost as well as the capture of additional margin to bolster Bloom Energy’s revenue stream
• Promoted to Director, Program Management in April 2022 Show less

Newark, Delaware, United States

• Revolutionized the primary method of scoping, costing, and contracting of installations projects, leading to a dramatic 60% reduction in time to quote on 55% of in-pursuit projects
• Launched a rigorous analytics program to regularly review performance and recommend process improvements, both internally and with external contractors
• Designed and conducted a communications, presentation, and project management training suite across multiple functions and business units to facilitate… Show more
• Designed and conducted a communications, presentation, and project management training suite across multiple functions and business units to facilitate more cohesive and efficient project execution Show less

Sunnyvale, California, United States

• Established Bloom Energy's first Installation Project Management Office, directing a 7-person team to develop and document standard processes, execute project analytics, drive overall process improvement projects, and.
• Developed, documented, and implemented over 50 standard processes across the product installation life cycle, from project kick off and site design through construction and close out, resulting in significant.
• Developed, documented, and implemented over 50 standard processes across the product installation life cycle, from project kick off and site design through construction and close out, resulting in significant.
• Spearheaded cross-functional installation-related process improvements, deploying project managers to design and implement over 120 distinct improvements in 2016 alone, regularly presenting results to the executive team
• Executed the installation and start-up phase of a multi-MW, $300MM fuel cell installation at a site with multiple generation sources, ensuring that work was completed on time and securing excellent customer.

Sunnyvale, California, United States

• Kicked off new development projects, defined success metrics, worked with upper management to secure resources, and molded the newly-formed project team into a cohesive unit while executing on a detailed project plan
• Interfaced with the engineering directors to set the quarterly product development vision, align 100+ project resources and multi-million dollar budgets accordingly, and communicate weekly progress towards key milestones
• Consolidated projects across engineering… Show more
• Consolidated projects across engineering, manufacturing, and quality into a focused team effort to implement technology improvements that resulted in a total product life improvement of two quarters and savings of $70/kW
• Designed and implemented a rigorous training program so new engineering project managers were effective within two weeks and fully versed on Bloom technology and processes within two months Show less

Sunnyvale, California, United States

• Drove manufacturing timelines, managed the factory witness testing process, and led the installation engineering efforts of the first 6Megawatt, $45M fuel-cell powered mission-critical data center (>99.999% availability)
• Coordinated a cross-functional campaign to improve field reliability of the 125Megawatt deployed fuel cell fleet by 6%, soliciting and prioritizing inputs from design, quality, install, field service, and remote.
• Coached project managers leading… Show more
• Coached project managers leading initiatives to solve system engineering issues in manufacturing and in the field Show less

Sunnyvale, California, United States

• Managed the development of Bloom’s mission-critical module through prototype testing, redesign, Beta testing, and initial manufacturing launch, meeting schedule milestones in each of these phases
• Led the first two 1Megawatt customer installations of Bloom’s mission-critical module, including on-site coordination of engineering resources and direction of field troubleshooting efforts, resulting in on-time.

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Led 300+ high school students to 80% mastery of Colorado Math Standards, earning the ‘Mile High Teacher’ award
• Rewrote and piloted a new Algebra/Geometry curriculum for English-language learners with over 400 students, contributing to an 11% increase in the state standardized test scores
• Provided one-on-one tutoring, mentoring, and life skills instruction as necessary

Houston, Texas

• Created well-bore diagrams and history summaries for 27 wells on two recently-acquired S. Texas leases
• Organized and facilitated an engineering- and production-wide well review to finalize future actions for these wells

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Designed and conducted internal and external surveys of 15 instrument panel materials
• Analyzed, collated, and reported results to the design team to inform future development

Geismar, Louisiana

• Design and execute control systems audit to ensure safe production

Bse, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Omega Chi Epsilon, Alternative Spring Break, St. Mary's Student Parish Choir, Newman Student Gathering, Producer.

Ma, Curriculum And Pedagogy With An Emphasis In Urban Leadership