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Cape Cod, Ma

Principal/CFO, Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions company. Commercial site EV electrification including Auto Dealerships, Parking Garages, Resorts, and Retail. Charging station infrastructure and hardware installation, consultation, analysis, project phasing optimization, fleet solutions, software, management. Utility liaison and coordination. Identification and strategic harvest of all available funding, grants, incentives, and tax credits. Custom calculator creation for ROI, EV utilization projections, project deployment, and future electricity cost projections. Municipal & Private Sector EV infrastructure planning and installation. Regional Planning and strategy. Dynamic Load Management. Clean energy and eMobility advisor. Bidirectional solutions, V2G, V2X. Channel partner with multiple EVSE hardware suppliers. EVSE certified installer.

Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States

Co-Founder/-Owner/-Operator/CFO of Fine Art Gallery. At-sea photographer and custom-frame shop director. Design, renovation, and full custom built-out of a Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, including LED lighting, display furniture, art hanging system, signage, art storage, artist easel system, and wood shop. All aspects of business development strategy, comprehensive data modeling using custom-built spreadsheets, analytics driven operational efficiency improvement, art valuation, financial analysis, tax accounting, marketing materials author, sales, networking, and promotional appearances. Creation and refinement of business systems, materials and equipment management, staff management/hiring/training, intern program coordination, fine art curation, frame engineering, packing and shipping development, town meeting representation, creation of digital storage system, building mechanicals operation.

Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Co-Founder, Board of Directors, and Treasurer for Seafood Harvesters Cooperative. Set up Cooperative. Secured $250k grant from US Dept of Agriculture to improve domestic market for spiny dogfish. Partnered with Boston-based Fish Company to purchase whole fish and create value-added products made from spiny dogfish. Authored first-of-its-kind commodities contract between fishermen and fish buyer. Sold over 330k lbs of seafood products to colleges and universities across New England. Started new seafood facility and commercial kitchen to market local value-added products on Cape Cod. Initiated energy efficiency programs for lighting and refrigeration/freezer controls to reduce electric consumption by 30% and provide remote monitoring.

Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Multiple real estate owner, commercial and residential. Renovation, building, repair, new construction of commercial retail and single family homes on Cape Cod. Valuation, custom property analyzation calculator creation and development, financing, auction purchasing, and property development. Custom analytics calculator for rental pricing, rental management and coordination, tenant selection. Deed and legal research, lease development, zoning expertise, permits, and bureaucracy navigation. Energy efficiency improvements, solar, Financial accounting, analytics, operation efficiency. All building and property improvements including HVAC, plumbing, electric, roofing, framing, flooring, appliances, kitchens, sidewall, masonry, fine finish, windows and doors, stairs, and furnishing.

Chatham Harbor

Owner/Operator F/V Singularity. Commercial longline vessel out of the Chatham Fish Pier. Single handedly landed over 2.7 million pounds of Spiny Dogfish. 3.5 million pounds total career landings across all vessels and species. Full boat responsibilities from vessel captain, diesel mechanics, gear deployment decisions, accounting, boat purchasing, electronics and machinery installation, bait procurement, facility rental, management of shore-side support staff, moorings, etc.

Chatham, Massachusetts, United States

Custom woodshop business owner and operator. Design, build, finish, and install fine custom cabinetry and comprehensive business development. Creation of custom pricing calculators, advertising materials, financial management and tax accounting, contracts and proposals, project management, sales, and marketing. Machine operation, machine setup and maintenance, new equipment procurement, project assembly, fine spray finish application. Solution development and brainstorming, materials management and procurement, operational efficiency, sales and marketing, client relationship development.

Chatham, Massachusetts, United States

Owner/operator of live tree wholesale operation. Collaboration with tree farm in Georgia, over 25k live Leyland Cypress Trees shipped by semi trailer to Cape Cod for wholesale distribution to landscapers and homeowners. Business development, sales and marketing, operation efficiency, scaling, delivery logistics management, financial accounting, inventory management, purchase and finance.

Chatham, Massachusetts, United States & Utila, Honduras

Commercial scuba diver. Underwater repair, salvage, and recovery. PADI Certified SCUBA Instructor. Equipment procurement, management, and repair. First Aid/Medic. Over 1000 career dives.