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Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Research, develop and launch demand side management, demand response, electric vehicle and renewable energy programs

• Serve as the finance and program design lead for multiple programs. In charge of determining program energy savings goals and budgets for future and present cycles• Interact with client to produce reporting requirement. Work with client to optimize invoicing and reporting to increase efficiency and accuracy• Designed programs and provided writing assistance to multiple successful program proposals using market and regulatory research. Presented programs to clients and regulatory boards on multiple occasions which resulted in new business for the office• Manage a small group of 2 to 3 engineers that maintain and create Excel based application tools for multiple energy efficiency programs. Team also assists with program design responsibilities• Perform analyses, development and evaluation of data mining in a data warehouse environment which includes data design, database architecture, metadata and repository creation• Use data mining and data analysis tools. Design, develop and maintain databases• Review data loaded into the data warehouse for accuracy• Responsible for preparation of system requirements, analyses and design throughout the data

• Perform Energy Analysis of facility energy efficiency measure calculations using standard or predefined energy analysis tools and methodology• Conduct technical evaluation of third party energy audits and energy efficiency technology studies• Work with outreach staff to establish and support appropriate level of technical assistance required for energy project evaluation• Determine cost-effectiveness of identifies energy efficiency measures and eligibility for financial incentives based on regulatory requirements• Identify energy efficiency technologies and energy savings studies/financial analysis to support development of prescriptive measures• Project coordination duties including financial and savings forecasting assistance, work flow management, status reporting, database and file maintenance• Assist in the construction and maintenance in new Excel based program application tools• Oversee program design activities which include balancing program budgets, energy savings goals and incentive levels to maximize program accuracy and efficiency for both new and current

• Project Management for specialized incentive programs• Conducted technical reviews of energy efficiency measures• Incentive Payment Processing• Regular communications with customers and utility clients• Supported reporting and visual management requirements

Iowa City, Iowa, Us

• Responsible for all plant operations during the weekends such as flows and chemical feeds• Sampled water for pH, hardness, alkalinity, and nitrate levels among other parameters at different stages of the treatment process and made feed adjustments when necessary. • Responsible for all plant operations on the weekends• Trained new employees

Madison, Wisconsin, Us

• Assisted with environmental compliance support projects such as updating waste water testing plans and quality assurance of emission calculations while also working at power plants with environmental and safety specialists to implement these plans• Updated wastewater QA/QC testing plans which were used as a template for fleet-wide updates of testing plans.• Conducted environmental assessments of multiple power plants as part of an assessment team• Received extensive education in utility finance and Alliant’s wind energy program as well as Lean Six Sigma training• Assisted in renewal applications of air, storm water and NPDES waste water permits• Constructed PFDs for coal handling, conducted mass balances for coal and mole balances for emission inventories

• Tested new electrolytic water treatment system for cooling tower water at the University of Iowa Oakdale Power Plant and compared to traditional chemical treatment• Tested both the circulating cooling water and the make-up water for properties such as pH, conductivity, corrosiveness, alkalinity and fouling accumulation among others.• Developed test protocol for evaluating the efficacy and total cost of operation for the cooling water treatment.• Wrote a comprehensive report at the end of the testing period with results and analysis of the cooling water treatment process including a comparison of the efficacy and total cost of operation to that of traditional treatment processes• Report was used to implement new technology on a larger scale at the University of Iowa