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• Devised Strategy and Provided Supporting Analysis for 2020 Master Planning and EIR: Water and Scope 1 & 2 Emissions• Planned and justified major expansions of centralized hot and chilled water systems to support 3 significant new buildings since constructed and 6 future.• Planned, designed and commissioned new 250 ton modular heat recovery chiller plant to expand campus chilled water capacity and displace natural gas usage. Plant operational June 2023.• Replaced Science building gas-electric rooftop package units with units using central utilities.• Replaced Facilities building gas heating units with roof top heat pumps during remodel.• Implemented COVID HVAC response and prepared HVAC operations for return to in person learning• Charted course for LED Lighting retrofits campus wide now underway• On board and train new Energy Manager as part of succession planning• Continue to mentor staff and provide operational insight as needed

Oversight of maintenance staff for 75 buildings totaling 1,400,000 FT2. Central boiler & chiller plant operations, 12KV electrical distribution. Preventive and reactive maintenance as well as general services to a growing campus of 5,500 students.

• Manage gas, electrical and water/sewer utilities for 1.3MM FT2 campus.• Budget, procure & track performance vs. budget & prior years.• Recharge billable entities for actual energy use.• Interface with design & construction for major capital projects.• Led effort that installed 1MW of Solar PV on campus using PPA delivery method• Secured $500,000 of energy efficiency incentive funding from PG&E.• Retro-commissioned and retrofitted 30 campus buildings for efficiency, reduced energy use 20%.• 3 Time CHESC Best Practice Award winner: Student Sustainability Program 2007 9 Building Monitoring Based Commissioning 2009 Library Free Cooling Mode 2010

BUSINESS MANAGER BULK HYDROGEN PRODUCTS• Profit and Loss Responsibility for $23MM Energy Intensive Product Line.• Strategic Planning 10 Year Time Horizon:o Market growth projectionso Internal and customer needs forecasto Capital requirements: buy vs. leaseo Supply contract evaluation & selectionMANAGER SUPPLY ECONOMICS • Cost forecasting, budgeting and analysis of $100 MM annual production budget.• Owner of variable cost budget for Airgases and CO2 business units.• Energy cost structure analysis, forecasting and development of alternatives.• Competent in both regulated and direct access electricity rate structures.• Arbitrage of combined production and distribution costs.• Quantification of energy risk position and development of hedging strategies.• Monthly close accruals, variance analysis, and special item handling.• Designed and implemented business processes to streamline monthly close process for 31 facilities. between 3MW and 20MW.• Collaborative interface between operations, sales and business management.• Calculation of unit production costs, full costing and marginal costing in support of geographical strategies.RESOURCE PLANNING MANAGER Carbon Dioxide Products• Raw material supply contract negotiations and administration with chemical & petroleum industries.• Capital project financial justifications and management presentations.• Product line accounting process and cost structure realignment.

AIR SEPARATION, HYDROGEN PLANT PROJECT MANAGER - • Responsible for State & Local Land Use and Environmental Permitting.• Design Interface between Engineering and Operations. FACILITY MANAGER - Martinez, California, 5/1992 to 12/1996• Management of all aspects of an industrial production facility in a refinery environment.• Hazardous materials business plan and risk management plan preparation.• Leadership, shift and production scheduling, operator training, enforce safety standards.• Maintenance planning, machinery troubleshooting.• Management of hazardous material tractor trailer distribution fleet.• Verification of all necessary endorsements, licenses, and permits. • Scheduling of required maintenance and testing. • First contact for employee relations and union contract administration. • Performance reviews and personnel actions.• Assisted renegotiation of Teamster driver contract.PROJECT ENGINEER - 6 Western US plants. 7/1989 to 5/1992.• Civil, electrical and mechanical construction project management.• Control systems design and configuration, plant upgrades and automation.