Providing strategic advice to large, complex energy projects.

Leading Tesla’s Sales and Business Development strategy for energy storage projects across Asia Pacific

Developing strategic opportunities for Tesla's utility-scale energy storage business in Australia

I have recently joined Trina Solar in Sydney to develop the company's activities in the Australian commercial and large-scale solar PV sector. I am currently leading the scale-up and roll-out of Trina's white label solar lease offer in partnership with Trina's retail partners. Responsibilities include raising finance for the SPV, managing our Australian Credit Licence (ACL) compliance obligations and leading all activities required to ensure a successful launch in Q3, 2013. Stay tuned for further details!

Maria Cahir Consulting was established to help grow engineering and technology-based organisations involved in high value, complex, business-to-business transactions. Specifically, I help companies that do not have the in-house expertise or resources to deliver business-critical, strategic projects.Founded in late 2012 and utilising an investor/customer-centric model, services comprise: - Strategic analysis and direction on business planning and tender preparation- Proven strategies to identify and build key relationships throughout project lifecycle - On-going effective stakeholder engagement - Hands-on project management servicesOther services offered include:- Challenging the robustness of technical solutions- Business coaching for technical professionals - Critically reviewing written content of bids, tenders and reports.Engaging Maria Cahir Consulting will ensure the key strengths of your business case are clearly understood by investors and other stakeholders, thus increasing the probability of a successful outcome.

I led a BP Solar consortium in 2011, which was selected by the Australian Government, from an initial global competitive field of 44 proponents, to build a $900million 150MW solar farm in Moree, New South Wales under the Solar Flagships Program. Under my leadership in 2010, BP Solar was chosen under a competitive tender process as the preferred Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for Verve Energy’s $50million 10MW solar farm in Western Australia. Within 3 months of joining BP Solar, I had secured a $1 million 200kW roof-top project with a pharmaceutical client in North Ryde.

Reporting to the Head of Key Account Management, my role was to develop strategic alliances between Novartis and key corporations to optimise product penetration and drive top-line sales.

Synertec is an Engineering Consultancy specialising in the complex operations and facilities of life sciences and industrial organisations. Reporting to the CEO, my role included start-up and management of the Sydney operation with national business development responsibilities for Australia.In this role, I provided leadership to a growing team of engineers and other technical professionals on the delivery of a range of GMP compliance services including front end engineering design (FEED) studies for new facilities, design and construction of new clean rooms, process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) and computer systems validation (i.e. EPR, QMS, LMS and DMS) to GAMP 5 and 21 CFR Part 11.