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California, United States

Fremont, California, US

Maximizing the value of energy storage solutions for behind-the-meter customers, microgrids, utilities, and grid operators.

Austin, Texas, US

Chennai, IN

• Led business development, engineering, and technical-economic evaluation of storage opportunities.
• Conducted optimal sizing, applications, and value streams analytics for storage projects (Off-grid, Utilities, and ISOs.)
• Provided internal consultancy to various functional groups such as strategic planning, engineering, finance, sales, operations and business development.
• Supported partners/vendors relationships management and master supply agreements execution.
• Trained global BUs on energy storage technologies, opportunities, and business development.

Chennai, IN

• Led technical and project development aspects of 3 Flow battery storage projects for IESO, Ontario, a total of 5MW/20MWh.
• Led technical and business development efforts for providing Grid Services using behind-the-meter DERs and storage.
• Led technical and analytical efforts to respond to multiple utility scale energy storage RFPs in North America, Middle east, and Latin America.
• Led modeling of storage only and PV+storage pro-forma for multiple projects
• Provided internal consultancy to various functional groups such as strategic planning, engineering, finance, sales, operations, and business development
• Storage-Renewable Operation Center -- Led and managed the analytics and algorithms development for behind-the-meter solar + storage sites -- Identified, evaluated, and incorporated technology partners and vendors for.

Chennai, IN

• Led technical and analytical modeling of the value of energy storage for grid applications and costs/benefits analysis for storage RFPs and solicitations
• Developed models and tools to analyze avoided cost of DERs and value of solar in distribution and transmission grids
• Conducted strategic analysis of costs, impacts, and solutions of renewable intermittency at high penetration levels
• Performed dynamic modeling, simulation, and verification of hybrid PV systems and microgrids

Princeton, NJ, US

• Defined research agenda for energy systems optimization platform
• Contributed to building energy management department team
• Supervised and co-supervised several research assistants
• Led and conducted the following projects:-- Steady state modeling and analysis of distribution networks with renewable resources and energy storage-- Operation scheduling and energy management of distribution.
• Led and participated actively in collaborative projects with universities and national labs on microgrids, EVs, charging infrastructure design, and energy storage
• Developed and supervised the development of several software tools and toolboxes in GAMS, Python, C++, and VBA

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

• Electricity Market Simulation and Optimization Lab., Power and Energy Systems Group:
• Energy Hub Management Systems Project (multi-disciplinary research project in collaboration with industry and government) -- Studied optimal operation of energy hubs and microgrids in Smart Grids -- Investigated.
• Researched and developed stability-constrained optimal power flow (SCOPF)
• Studied the implications of day-ahead electricity market in Ontario IESO
• Studied and developed electricity market models: SCUC and SCED
• Performed scripting and dynamic modeling of power systems

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

• Graduate Courses:
• Power Systems Management and Electricity Market (ECE6602 PD), Winter 2011.
• Power Systems Components and Modeling (ECE6601 PD), Fall 2010.
• Power Systems Analysis (ECE6613 PD), Fall 2009.
• Power Systems Modeling and Stability Analysis (ECE6601 PD), Fall 2008, (Faculty of Engineering Best Teaching Assistant Award).Undergraduate Courses:
• Energy Systems (ECE261), Spring 2008.

• Extensive Study and Enhancement of Iranian Electrical HV Grid Project:
• Served as Power System Protection Group assistant manager:-- Prepared and checked monthly progress reports.-- Resolved technical issues of the power system data collection engineers.
• Prepared and analyzed event reports for power systems failures and blackouts.
• Conducted workshops on power systems data collection - dynamic studies and protection systems.
• Modeled a utility transmission system for load flow & short circuit analysis and protection coordination in PSS/SINCAL software.
• Instructed tutorials for PSS/SINCAL software on:-- Load flow & short circuit analysis.-- Power system stability studies.-- Power system protection coordination.

Tehran, Tehran, IR

• Power System Protection Lab., Department of ECE, University of Tehran, Iran
• Conducted research on power system transient and oscillatory stability
• Proposed an out of step protection scheme using PMUs and equal area criterion
• Developed dynamic models of a real utility power system in DIgSILENT and NEPLAN and validated using recorded events data
• Studied the performance of protections systems during power system oscillations in Matlab and PSCAD
• Proposed a model for power system reliability evaluation incorporating protection system failures

• High Voltage Substation Department, (Part Time)
• Performed design review of substation protection systems.
• Assisted in preparing contract documents for substation construction and expansion projects.

• Distribution Systems Department
• Assisted in distribution systems design and substation placement.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Power And Energy Systems

Master Of Science (Msc), Electrical Engineering, Power Systems

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering