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Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Leading projects across US, Canada, and Europe focused on clean hydrogen and eFuels production at scale.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Vice President, Internal: Rotman Energy and Natural Resources Association- 2nd place, People's Choice Award Winner, Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) International Case Competition - 'Scaling up a nature-based solution'

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Led the successful execution of a $132 million grant agreement in support of an automotive plant retooling investment• Engaged in strategy development and execution to build a vertically integrated electric vehicle supply chain in Ontario• Delivered sector intelligence for Minister led missions promoting Ontario as a destination for foreign investment

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

- Spearheaded controls and facility upgrade scope for $15M wind tunnel enhancement project: owner from specification through installation and commissioning phase, delivering on time and on budget despite turbulent COVID-19 period- Engaged with leadership on business planning, metrics, staffing, and strategic decision making- Initiated electric vehicle safety training for all staff to address knowledge gap of working safely with new technology- Inspired team to challenge business norms during pandemic, result was a shift to ‘remote’ testing via live stream- Prioritized resources to respond to a major equipment failure and leveraged existing supplier relationships to expedite materials and staff to return equipment to service in 5 days, maintaining client milestones and $100k in revenue

Oshawa

- Liaised with clients to formulate test plans and enable successful test execution, returning customer rate >70%- Achieved >90% plant uptime as controls engineering lead responsible for process automation systems- Collaborated with startup to bring electric vehicle charging technology from infancy to successful product certification- Innovated with an industry client to deliver a performance test only available overseas, generating a new revenue stream- Oversaw major health research program; demonstrated feasibility and research grant application successful

Pickering Nuclear

- Restructured work allocation for 10 engineering staff, achieving total reduction in highly critical backlog work orders- Championed work management system improvements, reducing overall churn and resource inefficiencies- Presented critical analysis to senior leadership team to help facilitate informed decision making on plant operations- Graduate of OPG accelerate program focused on developing leaders within the organization.

Pickering

- Performed design and analysis to complete modifications to station electrical equipment. Deliverables included technical specs, design requirements, drawings, risk assessments and commissioning reports. - Knowledgeable in design process: requirement definition, detailed design, installation and commissioning and available for service.- Involved in an employee driven project to design, develop, test and qualify a wireless sensordevice for monitoring and diagnostics of battery systems in nuclear generation.- Experience with Load Flow, Protection Coordination, Short Circuit and Arc Flash studies

Peterborough Ontario

Major Project: Sitrans LUT400 Ultrasonic Level Controller- Experienced with lab testing equipment; oscilloscopes, multi-meters, soldering tools.- Responsible for resolving product deficiencies through analysis of design, computersimulations and product testing, and documenting results in technical reports.- Developed a tool to automate statistical analyses and provide visual data distributions toengineers to assist in early identification of product deficiencies.- Worked cross functionally with software and mechanical engineering teams while interfacingwith the product sales department to support product launch.

Peterborough Ontario

- Member of the municipal design team responsible for completing local contractwork such as road reconstruction, water mains & sewers, lot regarding and surveying.- AutoCAD designer for technical drawings, prepared tendering documents, provided materialestimates, and completed submissions to Ministry of the Environment.

Peterborough Ontario

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical Engineering, Final Year Gpa 3.70/4.30 (A-), Dean'S Scholar

4th Year Design Project: Imaging Radar System - 1st & 3rd place in IEEE Oral Paper Competitions, Kingston & Eastern Canada chapters.