Inspired by the insights of the IPCC 6th assessment, Wovoka is dedicated to ecosystem restoration in Southeast Asia. Our team of mostly MSc and PhD graduates uphold the highest standards of scientific rigor, local community benefit, and buyer assurance of quality. Named after Wovoka, a Paiute leader renowned for his vision of sustainable land stewardship, our company pays homage to his vision of a harmonious and regenerated environment. Our core mission is to work hand-in-hand with indigenous and local communities, blending both time-honored wisdom and innovative solutions. Through nature-based carbon projects, Wovoka empowers these communities to cultivate sustainable forests, conserve biodiversity, market sustainable forest products, and ensure the land thrives for the generations that follow. Our approach prioritizes direct, meaningful impact, ensuring every action is anchored in respect, authenticity, and tangible benefits for the community.

Transitioned from Entrepreneur in Residence to Product Manager for JCI Open Blue Utility Saver. Supported operations, financial modeling, and vendor relations for the platform. Worked with JCI team to scope pilot project with a PE-backed hotel ownership group in the Midwest. Handed over work to engineering team and Performance Infrastructure business for further development of mid-market offer.

Transformed initial ideas on sticky notes into a viable product within a year, targeting utility savings of up to 50% in commercial buildings and reducing CO2 emissions by 50-90%. Focused on mid-market hotels, restaurants, and convenience stores, our journey involved 100s of customer interviews, leading to a launch at the nation's premier hotel owners convention under the brand "JCI Open Blue Utility Saver"

SE Ventures is a ~€1B Silicon Valley-based venture fund, focused on early and growth stage startups in areas such as energy management, industrial automation and electric mobility. The fund is backed by Schneider Electric, a Fortune Global 500 corporation. SE Ventures provides risk capital to big ideas and bold entrepreneurs who can benefit from Schneider's deep domain expertise, R&D assets and global customer base. SE Ventures believes that tomorrow's sustainable, digital world is being built today. For more information, visit www.se.ventures

Lead in the Energy Practice with a focus on renewables and energy transition strategy

Core member of the Energy practice with experience in oil, gas, utilities, and renewables. Experience across the globe working for clients in the US, EU, Middle East, Australia, and SE AsiaRelevant experience: - Developed third party risk management program and piloted across the enterprise to improve risk mitigation and control for a US utility- Developed GTM plan for new business in small-scale LNG for a mid-stream gas company and supported client 's commercial team on the ground in 5+ countries- Ran an innovation sprint for large SE Asian downstream O&G company to develop digital businesses that leverage retail assets- Led development of a new portfolio of digital businesses for investment by the VC arm of a large international O&G company

Gained experience in Industrial Goods, Energy, and Financial Services with skills in analytics and digital applicationsRelevant experience: - Developed distributed energy resources (DER) business models and created a financial model for 4 new products and services for one of Australia's leading electricity retailers- Co-authored BCG perspective on utilities of the future http://on.bcg.com/2riX7g4 - Assessed US rooftop solar market trajectory for national solar installer including running a representative national survey and developing strategic pathways for the next 3 years- Evaluated US on-shore wind market potential and trajectory for an IOC- Supported cost transformation of an upstream IOC's business units in North America and Southeast Asia- Supported enterprise-wide Agile transformation program including facilitating workshops as a Certified Scrum Master for a leading North American financial services institution

I worked with Peter Baker at CABI, MSc students at Imperial, and experts at Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (www.hrnstiftung.org/foundation.html) to analyze coffee production in the Trifinio region of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. - Developed a stochastic risk simulator in MS Excel that could apply shocks to cash flows in project plans and use Monte Carlo methods to simulate probable outcomes from a set of production scenarios- Model was verified with data from a trip in November 2014 to Honduras and Guatemala working with extension agents in the field- Work was handed over for future development with HRNS staff and two students from the next MSc cohort at Imperial College London

Taught 160 students in 2 classes of Managerial Economics for Professor Richard Green

I was in the College of Business and Economics (CBE) working with Dr. Emma Aisbett on the evidence for protectionist use of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) policy by WTO members. The working paper is found at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2196193

Profiled and developed recruiting strategy for 15 global firms and recruited one major non-profit (>$2M/year) founder to join new Roundtable on Science, Technology and Peacebuilding.

Tested two portfolio compounds on growth inhibition and mycotoxin production on single-spore isolates.

Worked in the Systems Engineering Group and Project Management Bureau as a part of the Bay Area’s $4.3B Water Systems Improvement Program.

Awarded Eric Paz Prize for graduation with distinction research titled "APreliminary Life Cycle Analysis of Algae Biodiesel in US Transportation)."

Wrote MatLab script to aid in data analysis resulting in a 75% decrease in song data processing time and created a GUI that was still used after I left.

Investigated stresses on underwater pipelines due to ocean wave and current action using scaled model. Yong, S. & Wang, Y. & Pearson, L., "Experimental Investigation on Dynamic Response of Submarine Pipeline Over Flat Beds in Waves" Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, San Diego, CA, June 2007.(National Science Foundation Grant No. OISE-0229657)

Managed laboratory setup and activities for a four-course training program for 19 graduate students conducted by a rotating set of globally diverse professors.