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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Director-level member of Senior Leadership Team, helping clients and partners unlock value creation through climate transition initiatives.• Drives innovative climate strategies that are designed to support partners' sustainability goals (e.g., net zero, carbon neutral, etc.) while unlocking new value and revenue streams.• Leads teams to deploy a sustainable business model that involves GHG emissions assessments, implementing tailored sustainability solutions aligned with clients'… Show more Director-level member of Senior Leadership Team, helping clients and partners unlock value creation through climate transition initiatives.• Drives innovative climate strategies that are designed to support partners' sustainability goals (e.g., net zero, carbon neutral, etc.) while unlocking new value and revenue streams.• Leads teams to deploy a sustainable business model that involves GHG emissions assessments, implementing tailored sustainability solutions aligned with clients' business strategy, creating value by unlocking pathways towards carbon investments, directing the investment of carbon assets, and generating returns on carbon assets to reinvest into sustainability projects.• Directs cross-functional collaboration between sustainability solutions, carbon sourcing, capital markets, and marketing teams to drive client relationships through the lifecycle of partner projects.• Created and leads Aspiration's internal-facing sustainability program, including, but not limited to, annual GHG emissions footprinting, reporting and compliance (CDP, TCFD, etc.), and other company-wide sustainability initiatives.• Manages a team of direct reports to help drive projects described above and provides guidance and feedback to direct reports to enhance their skills and professional growth. Show less

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Il

• Lead projects with companies in a wide variety of industries (e.g. quick-service restaurants, logistics, retail, pharma, real estate, tech, and utilities) to navigate them through their sustainability journeys.• Analyze scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to develop GHG footprints that are consistent with methodologies in the GHG Protocol and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).• Guide clients through the entire SBTi process, from target development through target… Show more • Lead projects with companies in a wide variety of industries (e.g. quick-service restaurants, logistics, retail, pharma, real estate, tech, and utilities) to navigate them through their sustainability journeys.• Analyze scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to develop GHG footprints that are consistent with methodologies in the GHG Protocol and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).• Guide clients through the entire SBTi process, from target development through target submission.• Design abatement strategies to achieve sustainability targets and business cases for C-suite approval, typically through the development of marginal abatement cost curves and implementation roadmaps to achieve climate goals.• Devise supplier engagement programs to decarbonize value chains. This includes identifying key suppliers, developing a communication and collaboration plan, and creating a system to monitor and incentivize suppliers.• Perform climate scenario analyses to identify and characterize climate-related risks and opportunities for clients in line with the requirements of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and CDP.• Lead clients through annual climate and sustainability reporting frameworks, such as CDP, generating annual disclosure score improvements.• Lead and assist in business development activities including proposal writing and client pitches.• Managed teams of consultants to drive engagements from initiation to completion, providing feedback, mentorship, and professional growth opportunities to consultants along the way. Show less

Chicago, Il

Evaluated energy-efficient laundry technologies and developed recommendations to accelerate adoption to ultimately reduce the energy and water use of commercial washers by up to 65% and 15%, respectively, and $15,000 annual savings. Coauthored the following report: http://www.pnnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-23536.pdf.Developed recommendations and program activities for DOE to advance the development and deployment of high priority technologies for reducing… Show more Evaluated energy-efficient laundry technologies and developed recommendations to accelerate adoption to ultimately reduce the energy and water use of commercial washers by up to 65% and 15%, respectively, and $15,000 annual savings. Coauthored the following report: http://www.pnnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-23536.pdf.Developed recommendations and program activities for DOE to advance the development and deployment of high priority technologies for reducing residential appliance energy consumption. Coauthored the following report: http://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/12/f19/Research%20and%20Development%20Roadmap%20for%20Next-Generation%20Appliances.pdf.Evaluated and documented the energy consumed by commercial appliances and identifiedresearch, development, and demonstration opportunities to improve energy efficiencyin each appliance category.Coauthored the following report: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2016/06/f32/DOE-BTO%20Comml%20Appl%20Report%20-%20Full%20Report_0.pdfCharacterized the technical, economic, market, and program potential of residential and commercial energy efficiency and demand response measures for electric and gas utilities. Show less

Greater Boston Area

Researched the feasibility of using alternative energy sources to power wastewater treatment plants in Singapore for my Master of Engineering thesis.Analyzed meteorological data from Singapore to determine the potential power output from small scale wind turbines and solar panels at those treatment plants.Analyzed the economic feasibility of using gas produced by anaerobic digestion to power wastewater treatment plants.

Performed market research for the implementation of microbial fuel cells in the wastewater treatment industry.Constructed microbial fuel cells for use in experimentation.Calculated fuel cell performance and capital costs that would enable the startup to be profitable and competitive.

Developed a program that used historical and current meteorological data to determine the economic feasibility of placing a wind turbine on MIT’s campus.

B.S., Environmental Engineering

Activities and Societies: Lambda Chi Alpha, Varsity Football, Varsity Baseball Minor in Management.

Master Of Engineering, Environmental Engineering (Focused On Sustainable Energy)