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Oakland, CA, US

Oakland, California, US

• Lead, manage, own, drive, and facilitate for all fifteen ERG/ENG groups. Operationalizing our DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging) strategy, enterprise programing, and services in support of the PVS (Purpose.
• Owner of ERG and ENG Standard
• ERG/ENG Tools, Resources, and Program
• Budget and Reporting
• Coach and council ERG/ENG leaders
• Scholarship Program - ECF (Employee Community Fund) program lead

Oakland, California, US

• Lead, cofound, manage, and facilitate with the SALT Task Force team, to provide strategic enterprise programing and services in support of PG&E’s 23, 000 plus employees, by operationalizing the PG&E “Speak Up” culture..
• Co-founded department to create a safe space for meaningful dialogue by facilitating uncomfortable conversations throughout the enterprise
• Identify, report, and resolve unfair processes and practices
• Developed a comprehensive program and supporting materials to drive progress with lasting measures that prioritize human values
• Drive improvements in company culture
• Provide coaching for Grassroot-to-C-suite employees by developing their ability to participate and facilitate meaningful dialogue around all “Speak Up” topics including social issues, to the betterment of the.

Oakland, California, US

• Operation departments (Distribution, Transmission, Substation) for the Wildfire Safety Inspection Program (WSIP). Strategic lead for enterprise mobility, data analytics, and scaling agile/design thinking/user centric.
• Lead a team of 3-5 direct reports supporting an execution team of 600-800 internal/external resources to deliver the inspections of 800,000+ ground and 800,000+ aerially inspected PG&E assets. Meeting the self-imposed.
• Active lead driving and developing the 5-year strategy for the WSIP mobile application platform for Electric Operations
• Lead IT product and application team of internal and external stakeholders to execute on common initiative goals
• Manage a team of direct reports for work execution and technology needs
• Coordinate with IT and the Finance departments to address project/initiative requests from various Line of Business, including Gas/Electric/Customer Service

Oakland, California, US

Lead, create, manage, and facilitate enterprise mobility, data analytics, and scaling agile/design thinking methodology for the IT BT organization having input and influence impacting $350 - $900 million in enterprise initiatives, products, projects, and strategy. Leveraged scrum and user-centric principles to deploy mobile & data analytics technology.

Oakland, California, US

• Manage and facilitate the execution of enterprise mobility and end user technology projects/initiatives for the Electric organization. This includes advising, leading, facilitating, and managing projects for the.
• Supported the creation and development of the Digital Catalyst department as a foundational team member
• Lead teams of internal and external stakeholders to execute on common project goals
• Coordinate with IT and the Finance departments to address project/initiative requests from various departments, including Gas/Electric/Customer Service
• Support enterprise mobility strategy and deployment for the Electric Organizations workforce

Oakland, California, US

• Manage and facilitate the execution of over $300 million in enterprise technology portfolio projects/initiatives for the Electric Operations department. This includes advising, leading, facilitating and managing.
• Manage the enterprise mobility strategy and deployment for the Electric Operations workforce
• Lead teams of internal and external stakeholders to execute on common project goals
• Manage a team of direct reports for work execution of the technology portfolio
• Coordinate with IT and the Finance departments to address project/initiative requests from various departments, including Gas/Electric/Customer Service
• Support the management of the Technology Portfolio 5-year budget

Oakland, California, US

• Responsible for and managed scope, schedule, and cost for: Gas & Electric Distribution; Transmission; Electric Generation Interconnection projects in Bay Area Region and beyond. Managed project stakeholders’.
• Contributed to various PG&E initiatives, programs and procedure/process improvements as a team lead or team member
• Coordinated with internal/external stakeholders to lead teams and execute on common project goals
• Other positions/responsibilities held while in this department: Project Management Supervisor and Elected Workforce Representative
• Requested as the restoration lead for the San Bruno Gas pipeline explosion. Rebuilt all impact PG&E gas and electric distribution infrastructure, managed communication and public outreach with City of San Bruno, NTSB.
• Notable projects I lead and delivered on-scope, on-schedule, and on-budget while a project manager: BART- Oakland Connector project; PG&E ATS Smart Grid Distribution Test Yard (DTY); SFPUC-Calaveras Dam Expansion.

Oakland, California, US

• Area 2 Telco program manager with responsibilities to build, maintain, and improve all internal and external stakeholders’ project expectations by keeping the Telco program and related projects within scope, schedule.
• Resolved and billed over 2,000 locations and saved PG&E over $3 million annually
• Assigned as official responder and process contact for all Oakland & Richmond unified school district project engagements. Responding to customer, service requests, safety and reliability concerns. Reduced cycle and.
• As Telco program manager reconciled the 0-60-day response time backlog, established and updated billing/payment invoicing program and payment notification process, updated the coordination and response by the Joint.

Oakland, California, US

• Collaborated with the electrical engineers on INPO, CPUC, and NRC projects and testing. Designed and implemented various maintenance and plant development projects; including Lightning Protection, Plant Air Compressor.
• Performed insurance analysis for multi-million-dollar power plant buildings

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• Developed, refined, evaluated, installed and managed all available accessory projects/programs for Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicle lines for the Corporate Accessory & Design – Engineering group (CAD-E). Lead all.
• Developed, implemented and presented the Camry rear seat DVD concept to corporate advertising and management groups
• Analyzed, reported and developed TMS projects
• Coordinated with the Long Beach Ports and Toyota Dealers for training of vehicle accessory installation and other TMS products associated with Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicle lines

Oakland, California, US

• Utilized electrical engineering tools such as Captor, PIMS, EDMS, SR Data, ETAP and others for design projects. Performed calculation revisions for the CPUC mandated 120-day outrage response projects.
• Worked on design projects as required by NRC, NPO and CPUC for mandated nuclear power plant failure and design mode testing
• Developed a quick reference vendor database for the electric engineering department

Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics

Metallurgical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Statistics, Material Science Engineering

Electrical And Electronics Engineering