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Berkeley, California, United States

San Francisco, Ca

Responsible for the daily management and operations of a multi-disciplinary environmental and safety managed services Program Management Organization consisting of 25 cross-functional employees and over 200 field-based employees. • Provided oversight and guidance to program management staff, including Project Managers, program controls and finance team, program safety team, and logistics support team to ensure scope, schedule and budget meets business objectives, safe operations, quality… Show more Responsible for the daily management and operations of a multi-disciplinary environmental and safety managed services Program Management Organization consisting of 25 cross-functional employees and over 200 field-based employees. • Provided oversight and guidance to program management staff, including Project Managers, program controls and finance team, program safety team, and logistics support team to ensure scope, schedule and budget meets business objectives, safe operations, quality, and client expectations. Promoted collaboration between the functional teams and internal stakeholders. • Developed a complete end-to-end process for the Program, which resulted in an efficient and streamlined process to perform operations at scale. • Mentored and strive to inspire team members by providing transparency on the program vision through daily and weekly huddles and thoughtful communication. Implemented meeting management, self-organization, and lean tools to promote a mindset of continuous improvement. Show less

San Francisco, California

• Operational excellence lead member that worked to promote a mindset of continuous improvement to drive high operational performance, value and efficiency for the utility's Electric Operations organization. • Coaching and mentoring leaders and field crews to develop skills, competencies and confidence. • Implementing lean principles with operational teams to improve current work processes—developed business cases and KPIs to track improvement. • Developed a visual management… Show more • Operational excellence lead member that worked to promote a mindset of continuous improvement to drive high operational performance, value and efficiency for the utility's Electric Operations organization. • Coaching and mentoring leaders and field crews to develop skills, competencies and confidence. • Implementing lean principles with operational teams to improve current work processes—developed business cases and KPIs to track improvement. • Developed a visual management system with operational teams to track team performance, resulting in greater team goal transparency and improved performance. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

Workstream Portfolio Principal for the Transmission Project Development team supporting Major Greenfield Projects PMO.• Led a project delivery team of Project Managers, Engineers, Construction Managers, Environmental specialists, Land Management specialists, Public Affairs representatives and external consultants to ensure projects are executed with consistency and are adhering to project scope, schedule, budget, process, and project execution strategy.

San Francisco, California

• Responsible for environmental due diligence review, siting and permitting for distributed generation renewable energy projects across the U.S. • Lead greenfield development projects through all phases of acquisition, due diligence review, development, and permit acquisition• Created standards and tools to promote consistency and defensible decisions • Provided technical guidance, strategy, and fatal flaw analyses to development and finance teams • Collaborated with a… Show more • Responsible for environmental due diligence review, siting and permitting for distributed generation renewable energy projects across the U.S. • Lead greenfield development projects through all phases of acquisition, due diligence review, development, and permit acquisition• Created standards and tools to promote consistency and defensible decisions • Provided technical guidance, strategy, and fatal flaw analyses to development and finance teams • Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team to develop creative project development approaches that help reduce exposure to permitting risks, minimize permitting requirements, and improve development schedule Show less

San Francisco, Ca

Environmental Permitting and Planning for utility-owned renewable generation projects and Electric Transmission Projects throughout California. Environmental Program Manager – North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Alert Program. The NERC Alert Program is a nationally mandated multi-year compliance program verifying as-built transmission line conditions throughout the PG&E service territory. Senior Land Planner – 250 Megawatt (MW) Solar Photovoltaic (PV)… Show more Environmental Permitting and Planning for utility-owned renewable generation projects and Electric Transmission Projects throughout California. Environmental Program Manager – North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Alert Program. The NERC Alert Program is a nationally mandated multi-year compliance program verifying as-built transmission line conditions throughout the PG&E service territory. Senior Land Planner – 250 Megawatt (MW) Solar Photovoltaic (PV) ProgramSenior Land Planner – Utility-Owned Wind Program Show less

Palo Alto, Ca

Performed routing and siting studies for electric transmission line projectsAssisted in the siting and environmental assessment of several large-scale electric substation projects throughout CaliforniaManaged environmental compliance projects for linear utility infrastructure projectsActed as the Report Coordinator during project construction phase

Executive Education - Strategic Laboratory Leadership Program

B.S., Environmental Management Minor In City And Regional Planning

Activities and Societies: Association of Environmental Professionals