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New York, Ny, Us

Fredericia, Skærbæk, Dk

• Lead team responsible for overseeing permitting, real estate, interconnection, legal, stakeholder, technical and commercial activities related to three offshore wind projects totaling nearly 4 GW within PJM.• Oversee all aspects of revenue contracts including negotiations of new and existing offtake agreements and local content commitments.• Strategize, troubleshoot, and navigate precedent-setting permitting complexities concurrently across local, state and federal permitting agencies; work culminated in the attainment of all permits required to begin construction on most mature project including approval of the Construction & Operations (COP) plan by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).• Drive real estate strategy and community negotiations• Oversee interconnection strategy including selection of POIs, and progression of POIs through interconnection process. • Mentor junior team members and represent projects internally and externally including to the Ørsted board of directors, executive steering committee, joint-venture partners, boards of public utilities, governors’ offices, and numerous federal, state, and local agencies. • Rated 95% for Project Management (+10 pts vs peer mean), 93% for Project Leadership (+9 pts) and 88% for establishing Project Culture (+6 pts) in Ennova Employee Engagement Survey of direct reports.

Fredericia, Skærbæk, Dk

Drive commercial activities for offshore wind projects in the Mid-Atlantic region. ● Manage all commercial aspects of multi-billion dollar awarded offshore wind project assets, ensure projects mature and meet internal and external financial objectives.● Work in a matrix organization, navigating network of 50+ stakeholders to solve problems in immature new industry.● Communicate to and work with external partners, regulators, and other stakeholders to ensure commitments are met and to drive alignment.● Spearhead new project bids through driving commercial strategy, value proposition, and business case development; efforts led to the successful award of an offshore wind project >1 GW● Present and obtain mandates from Ørsted Executive Committee, Investment Committee, and Board of Directors

Boulogne-Billancourt, Ile-De-France, Fr

Lead market-based product development and analysis. Investigate and prioritize global growth opportunities for $10 billion renewable energy business. Lead cross-functional teams.● Spearhead launch of new product initiatives across geographies. Drive creation of 5-year program and product roadmaps aligned with 8-step product development/launch process. Build data-driven tools to visualize scenarios, track variables, measure market, and forecast impact on marketplace and GE renewables portfolio. Use learnings for next-gen product development. ● Initiated strategic shift in product development to being market-driven. Refocused initial product development stages on defining market environment, and listening to Voice of Customer. Built digital tool mapping technical conditions in multiple markets to quantify market and product opportunity. Focused business by identifying and establishing a list of investment priorities. ● Collaborated with executive team to make GE’s next generation product strategy more flexible and cost-effective. For example, spearheaded initial development of 3 platforms. Successfully launched GE’s first platform, Cypress, for global markets.● Instrumental in implementing Lean methodologies to test product viability. Led small team that rewrote first product development steps to include modifying product requirements, laying out explicit cost and performance targets, and developing more rigorous business cases over 3 to 5 year product development time frame. Shepherded multiple global products through new process, including 5 major launches. ● Identify and prioritize “white space” opportunities for next generation clean and renewable energy technologies. With global executive leadership and teams across engineering, supply chain, operations, finance, commercial, and marketing, greenlighted investments, and halted others.

Boulogne-Billancourt, Ile-De-France, Fr

Improved GE’s market position within global wind energy business through strategic recommendations for shifts in wind turbine manufacturing based on in-depth analyses of the market and competitor landscape.● Recommended simplification of product complexity. Explored new product options to save GE hundreds of millions of dollars of product development investment and speed time to market.● Shaped strategic growth of wind energy vertical. Mapped the competitive landscape of energy software and analytics companies and generated set of acquisition targets and whitespace opportunities. ● Produced targeted recommendations to improve profitability in engineering, logistics, and supply chain. Convened competitors’ transportation suppliers to learn about emerging trends, and recommended changes in transportation of products. Suggested improvements in vertical integration of supply chain to reduce costs. Launched initiative to partner with Balance of Plant (BOP) companies to reduce costs and streamline processes.● Drove competitive market intelligence research, analysis and insights. Assessed factors driving profitability of key competitors and tracked their performance, future products, and strategies. Developed financial dashboards to benchmark competitor performance metrics. Led team of 15 for six months that generated weekly updates on a top competitor directly to CEO.

London, United Kingdom, Gb

Led vertical offering clients advisory services, consulting services and market studies about emerging technologies in global renewable energy markets. Specialized in business intelligence and strategy workshops for customers interested in North American wind energy market. ● Grew wind energy vertical. Built start-up team of 3 wind energy analysts. Delivered customized business intelligence and strategy workshops to 50+ clients including power producers, utilities, and wind turbine manufacturers. ● Parlayed in-depth knowledge of US and Canadian markets into strategic partnerships with client decision-makers. Advised clients about all phases of supply chain, manufacturing investments, project development, ranging from market selection, Voice of Customer, government policies, competitive environment, financial due diligence, supply chain analytics, and go-to-market strategy. ● Originated new data business intelligence product and revenue stream within consulting vertical enabling clients to benchmark their wind operations and maintenance costs and fleet performance of turbines against industry peers; Wind Power Plant Benchmarking Service is now sold to leading utilities and power producers. ● Heightened profile of company and of wind energy industry by presenting often at industry conferences and being featured in more than 20 media outlets including Business Week, CNN, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and PBS.

Generated significant research, analysis and insights for subscription business intelligence service, as well as for research initiatives, special reports, and annual 200-page US Wind Power market study.

Produced business and competitive strategy analysis for global clients seeking clear, concise data insights and business intelligence to inform decision-making on where and how to invest in the US and Canadian wind energy markets.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Concentration In Consulting & General Management

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, American Social And Political History