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Continuing with the quest of helping the power market make better decisions through better models and data, we started Semaphore Energy. We are continuing to create models which simplify the complexities of the power markets, while still accurately reflecting real-world operations. This allows market participants to create data-backed strategies and decision-support tools shared across their organizations.

Worked on small team focused on aggregating individual contributor knowledge and datasets into shared models across workgroups in Power Management and Risk. Created models which behaved like the real world, utilized them for providing strategies and decision support to front, middle, and back office roles. * EIM bid curve manager - Automated pond management and bid curve creation for cascading hydro projects participating in the CAISO EIM.* SAM - A deterministic system-level IRP model… Show more Worked on small team focused on aggregating individual contributor knowledge and datasets into shared models across workgroups in Power Management and Risk. Created models which behaved like the real world, utilized them for providing strategies and decision support to front, middle, and back office roles. * EIM bid curve manager - Automated pond management and bid curve creation for cascading hydro projects participating in the CAISO EIM.* SAM - A deterministic system-level IRP model that runs simulations for Tacoma's system resources (cascading hydro and contract resources) and potential resources (wind, solar, gas, batteries, SMR, etc) at an hourly level for 20 years and reports out key metrics for the IRP.*HydroOps - Modeling risk/reward of hydro management operations and reporting out key metrics. Show less

• Head Renewable Energy Credit and Carbon Trader• Identified and implemented new portfolio strategy reducing Renewable Portfolio Standard compliance cost by $450k in first year• Received Tacoma's 2019 Total Quality award for work on origination team, added over $9.2 million of non-budgeted revenue for 2017/18 biennium• Analyzed and presented business cases to Tacoma's Board for approval to become CAISO Scheduling Coordinator in 2017 and to join Western Energy Imbalance Market in… Show more • Head Renewable Energy Credit and Carbon Trader• Identified and implemented new portfolio strategy reducing Renewable Portfolio Standard compliance cost by $450k in first year• Received Tacoma's 2019 Total Quality award for work on origination team, added over $9.2 million of non-budgeted revenue for 2017/18 biennium• Analyzed and presented business cases to Tacoma's Board for approval to become CAISO Scheduling Coordinator in 2017 and to join Western Energy Imbalance Market in 2019• Self-built Tacoma's CAISO Market Settlements tool• Built optimization engine and fundamental price forecast for dispatching hydro generation into organized markets Show less

• Trader on the Real Time desk• Back up trader for the Term and Day Ahead desks• Manage and trade Tacoma's power position to meet load demands and increase revenues • Real Time lead for developing and implementing a BPA Slice contract management tool.• Automating daily processes to create more time for extra value adding activities