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California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Led a product team driving software / firmware strategy for industrial energy products (Powerpack, Megapack). The team focused on delivering successful business and customer outcomes related to product performance and user experience including: firmware, controls, UI, SCADA, and sales tools.

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for vision, product strategy, and roadmap based on market and customer needs for Powerpack/Megapack. The role sits between sales and engineering where I balanced the needs of the business with the needs of a diverse B2B customer base including: commercial businesses, solar/microgrid developers, power plant operators, energy retailers and.

San Francisco Bay Area

Managed an analytics team responsible for supporting commercial sales with technoeconomic analysis, storage dispatch modeling and market research.

San Francisco Bay Area

Led analytics for developing both behind-the-meter and utility scale solar plus storage projects. In this role I optimized storage dispatch using python, built analytics tools used to communicate the value proposition of energy storage, and collaborated with finance/legal teams to establish new funds and business models for financed solar plus storage.

San Francisco Bay Area

Supported the national commercial sales team performing market research, financial modeling, and techno economic analysis for solar PV. Worked cross functionally throughout the project development cycle across Sales, Engineering, Policy, Operations, Finance, and Legal.

Stanford, CA

Aided Professor Mark Jacobson in teaching a class about global air pollution and climate change issues as well as potential solutions through the use of renewable energy. I was responsible for organizing review sessions, holding regular office hours, and advising teams on their term projects to create a plan to power an entire state or country from 100%.

Stanford, CA

Assisted then Tesla CTO, JB Straubel, in developing and teaching a newly conceived course about energy storage during fall quarter of 2013. In this class, I helped design lab experiments and homework assignments, as well as held regular office hours to reinforce key concepts.

Walnut Creek, CA

Conducted research on operational efficiency, specifically cutting-edge utility programs and services that aim to produce behavior-based efficiency savings in the C&I sector. Operational efficiency programs can either focus on changing behavioral practices at the plant level or take an organizational approach to managing energy through transforming core.

Tucson, Arizona

Worked as a project engineer with start-ups and industrial giants in the energy and medical technology space. Aztera specialized in technology development and automated test solutions. My role spanned project management, business development, marketing, and product development. Tasks included: writing proposals, writing project requirements, managing.

Tucson, Arizona

Interned at the University of Arizona in the NASA Space Grant Research Program. I developed a model that quantified life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from traditional consumer refrigeration systems. This work was published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal (Environmental Science & Technology).

Tucson, Arizona

During my time as a supervisor I lead small teams (3-4), managed inventory and cash flow, and consistently delivered world class customer service.

M.S., Civil And Environmental Engineering (Atmosphere/Energy Program)

Activities and Societies: Solar and Wind Energy Project, The Solutions Project

Product Strategy

Discovering, developing, managing, and marketing products as a business.

B.S., Systems And Industrial Engineering, Minor In Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, Tau Beta Pi, NSCS, ASEM