Created management systems and tools to develop key workstreams related to finance, investor relations and fundraising, internal policies, technology, brand strategy and communications, project sites strategy, and partnerships. Led policy research and advocacy efforts on critical minerals, mine remediation, clean energy transition policies. Prepared policy options and analysis to advance business in target regions. Assisted in development of company's governance structure and provided staff support for the Board of Directors and Executive Leadership Group. Responsible for annual work program and quarterly planning process. Conducted a strategic and business plan, and developed company's business model.

Founding member of Regeneration, a restoration and re-mining public benefit startup specializing in the recovery of metals and minerals from legacy mine waste while generating biodiversity, climate, and community positive outcomes.

Advisory role to the CEO developing critical minerals and energy transition policy options and a social enterprise business model. Developed a GHG emission reporting and target setting standards tool for the mining industry.

Graduate researcher for Dr. Karin Olson Hoal, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Initiated connection with The Metals Company (TMC) for a technical de-risking project on polymetallic nodule processing for critical minerals using applied geometallurgy techniques. Led project management, logistics, and research plan with cutting-edge deep sea mining partner. Research focuses: mineralogy, geochemistry, business intelligence, project planning, sustainability.

Consulted on a strategic market analysis for United States grid-level, standalone battery energy storage (BES) industry for Clenera, a privately-held renewable energy project developer specialized in solar plus storage (solar+storage). Provided client with data-driven recommendations for market entry based on Independent System Operator (ISO) wholesale market data analysis and regional policy and regulatory impact study on revenue potential.

Co-authored policy report on financial and digitalization approaches to development and capacity building. Presented results to client partner, including a conceptual framework for producing modular solutions.

Geochemistry research on detrital zircon geochronology to constrain the timeframe of the Laramide orogeny. Expertise with laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (LA-ICP-MS) and data processing tools. Served as an assistant lab manager, responsible for training and managing undergraduate student researchers.

NASA SC Space Grant Consortium funded research on microbial fuel cells. Construction of a dual-chambered bioelectrical device for the conversion of organic waste influent into water and hydrogen peroxide effluent. X-ray imaging and data visualization (ImageJ) to optimize carbon cathode coating oxidation efficiency.