Market Analytics performs many functions here at Peregrine. Primarily, the forecast function of delivering forecasted revenue results on all pipeline, M&A, and green field opportunities. We also keep up on regulatory changes and market dynamics across all of the markets that Peregrine is in or thinking of entering. Ad Hoc analytics involving markets, market functions, off take agreements, structured deals, swaps, hedges, etc.. are one of the more interesting sides of the work as we get to use out ML/AI/simulation skill sets to solve very real problems.Some of the above can be done in XL. A lot of it has to be done with a variety of programming. For the most part, the tech stack we use is Python based with some very large scale analytics being run in Snowflake. Our forecasting pipeline is all automated in Python with results being formatted and distributed to our internal customers automatically. If we have to do the task at hand more than once we look to automate it and add a self service endpoint such that our customers can find the latest as they need it and avoid the delay in asking for something and waiting for our reply. Elimination of this delay is a driver of performance not just in Market Analytics, but in our internal customers as well.

As the Global Lead of Business Development for AI and then Energy and Financial Services I had three primary missions: product solutioning and evangelism, ecosystem growth and partner management, and customer sales and support. Product solutions required input from multiple stakeholders and 3rd party SW/HW partners as well as influencing across the cross-functional teams to drive good outcomes. Working on the AI Starter Kit, Dell’s lead in for AI workloads with Nvidia, is an example of a delivered full-stack solution. While there, I grew the ecosystem 2x as well as established a multi-level partner program with a roadmap for partnerships to grow from inception to being referred into commercial and OEM programs. For example, I brought in KX, Vertica, and NoteWorthy.ai at different levels according to business generation and ran GTM events with each. Sales support and lead generation on site and virtual with clients or thought leadership at industry conferences allowed me to interact and gain deeper insights for customer pain points to turn into solutions. I managed Dell’s relationship with STAC, the premier financial services bench-marking organization, sponsoring 6 conferences a year and speaking on hot topics. Select highlights:• SME Covering $340MM of Sales and $800MM of Pipeline in the last year• Met 127% of plan in the 1st year• STAC Summits: Platinum sponsor and speaker: OBJ at the speed of light!, Can object Stores Lift Your Data• Quant Strats NYC: Platinum sponsor and speaker: Managing Data Design and Infrastructure for Portfolio Management and Optimization• AI Starter Kit for Predictive Maintenance

It was a very exciting time to be in a startup VC group with $2B of revolving capital to use ($300 deployed at the time). The capital was delegated into 3 funds: Venture, Social, and Strategic. My primary focus was Venture investing with forays into Social and Strategic as warranted. Building deal flow through partnerships with VCs, incubators, and accelerators was key to ensuring a good volume of investment opportunity.Evaluating investment opportunities on their strategic, financial, technological, and team merits was daily work. Building internal relationships and connecting business units with portfolio companies to build value internally and externally was my goal. The ideal investment was a budding technology startup with good prospects whose product was also of interest to the business units of NextEra proper, though this was not required for investment.

One of the most interesting positions I have had in my career was working on the Digital Innovation Team. The team was new and was tasked with driving innovative change throughout the company. Typically this started with answering the following questions from Sr./C-Level leadership:• How will this technology change/enhance/disintermediate NextEra's businesses?• How can we defend against negative impacts and minimize risks?• What is the expected timeline for the technology to mature?• Should we, can we, how can we execute using this technology and what is the roadmap? Answering these questions required research and development of new and cutting-edge technologies for corporate strategy, viewpoints, and proofs of concept. Keeping abridge of emerging trends required a tracking and communication methodology that made sense. I was integral to forming and maintaining the 1st Technology Radar, a visual representation of emerging technologies and how close they were to commercialization as well as their expected impacts on NextEra through and impact web. The Innovation Team hosted a quarterly corporate Disruption and Innovation summit focused on futurism, transformation, and disruption for senior leadership. I led and was a key speaker at this summit where I was able to share thought leadership around emerging trends and technologies.Select highlights:• Executed PoC demonstrations using emerging technology: Digital street lighting control and optimization, robotic EV charging stations, Public wifi/5G at the pole, AR/VR with MS Hololens (Unity)• Designed, built, and tested NextEra’s 1st two custom payloads for Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot: Steam leak detection and Fire Watch object detection; integral to deploying Spot in nuclear and fossil plants for autonomous/tele-operated inspection missions (Python)• Executed 3 patents touching on solar PV, distribution grid, and cyber security

Building on my successes as a Market Analyst, I moved to work more closely with the energy trading floor. I was responsible for design and implementation of algorithmic trading strategies across multiple ISOs to support various trade desks (RT/DA, Prop, Transmission, NG/OIL/NGLs). Moving the group's technology from local server implementations to AWS centric computations was also part of the responsibilities. Ad-hoc analytical project work in the areas of structured power deals, wind power forecasting, solar power forecast error exposure, DA-RT Spreads, turbine performance, wind site operational metrics, energy trading/hedging, and risk analytics exposed me to a variety of opportunities. One of these ad-hoc projects was building out the requirements for the 1st implementation of MAUI, the Meter Analytics User Interface, for FPL’s 6 million smart meters. I was also tasked with investigating blockchain applications in the energy industry, their uses and potential disruptions and led the working group formulating the corporate strategy around blockchain technologies.Select highlights:• Built the 1st real-time battery dispatch algorithm; Bid storage into the PJM market (Java)• Real-time Power desk: MISO and PJM interface strategy: +$700k 1st 6 months (R)• Proprietary Power Desk: 4 legged temporal and geographical hedge strategies: +$150k 1st trade (R)• Power Scheduling Optimization: +$600k over 2 year contract (Java)• 1st Stage real-time analytics cluster (Hadoop + MongoDB) for 6M+ smart meters pulling data hourly

This position required fundamental market analysis and forecasting (electricity price, heat rates, capacity, etc.) for all capital projects (wind, solar, fossil, other), M&A targets, and generation contracting in the WECC & ERCOT. Modeling and simulation was completed utilizing linear optimization, deterministic, and Monte Carlo models. The modelling was a combination of commercial SW and several in-house built apps. In addition to running models, my responsibility was to automate the process from start to finish. When I joined, it took 4-7 days to build a forecast. After I was through automating and improving the process, it was under 2 days with most of that time being compute time rather than human time. In addition, I added in multiple metrics and data quality checks that greatly improved model confidence. I was also involved in special research of different modeling techniques, software, and strategies for improving NextEra's ability to see the future. This required investigating and reporting on new and existing renewable power generation technologies to support Market Intelligence, Strategy, and Development groups.Select highlights:• Custom SW development for innovative data analysis & optimization of modelling pumped storage, storage market penetration, PJM storage market deep dive (Java)• Ported homegrown modeling SW to HPC cluster using MPI and CUDA improving performance 45x (Python and C)

VP of Business Development and Analysis•Special projects, analysis, and support for the CEO•New company wide marketing initiatives•Due diligence, financial, and integration support for acquisitions•Financial and support analysis for private equity financing•Presentations to key customers and banking institutions•Business intelligence life cycle responsibilities•Support for each department’s continuous improvement goals and metricsVP of Operations•Oversaw the transition from outsourced warehouse to internally managed warehouse•Responsible for a staff of 12 full-time and 7 part-time employees•Implemented Oracle’s Call Center @nywhereDirector of Contract Implementation•Visited clients with the marketing and sales teams•Managed the company’s response to winning contracts•Developed a comprehensive plan for implementation

Global Technology Development Group at the Global Research Center in Niskayuna, NYMid MBA Internship•Researched, benchmarked, and enhanced GE’s process of market assessment and financial decision making for early stage technologies; “un-fuzzying the Fuzzy Front End”•Teamed directly with the Research Center’s Global Quality Black Belt and Business Development Manager of Nanotechnology and Specialty Materials to apply Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) methodology to the process of evaluating and analyzing the case for new business

Project Engineer, Intel Factory Integration Team Leader, PRI Automation Div.•Team champion and leader for cross-functional business process improvement team•Managed 5-8 member technical team responsible for the company’s largest account•Executed several domestic and international semiconductor capital equipment projects ranging from $5-20 MM in company revenue•Received the Pinnacle Award for Employee Excellence and Dedication

•Total software lifecycle for custom automation projects•Designed, built, and installed machines: Pharmaceutical and Bio-Tech industries.

Mechanical Engineer, Asian Factory Integration Team, PRI Automation Div.•On-site installation project leader in Hsin Chu, ROC•Complete factory wide wafer delivery systems design for semiconductor factories•Received the Way to Go! award for personal initiative

Project Engineer, New Business Development Group•Evaluated the feasibility of transferring existing aerospace product technology to the semiconductor process equipment sector•Managed the building of a new Class 10 clean room facility for cleaning and packaging new semiconductor products

Project Engineer•Initial employee hired in high growth startup automation firm that grew to a staff of 25•Designed, built, and installed machinery across a wide spectrum of industries (semiconductor, rope, consumer products)•Wrote complete project proposals based on customer site visits and requirements•Developed strong customer relationships generating repeat business