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Portland, Oregon, United States

Managing affordable multi-family clean energy and weatherization retrofits to positively impact local communities all across America.

United States

Created and developed a builder sales tool, Home Energy Guarantee, designed to help builders communicate the value and advantages of high-performance new homes by guaranteeing to the homeowner the annual cost of energy to operate their home won’t exceed the cost estimated by an energy model. To date this is the only such national residential energy guarantee that provides homeowners who install a solar pv system soon after moving into their new home a small cash payment as a "thank you for going solar" gift.Accomplishments ● Innovated a utility bill guarantee program which has promising potential to be licensed by energy rating and utility companies to support their home builders participating in energy efficiency programs.● Developed a utility bill guarantee certificate that communicates the explicit energy usage guarantee and serves as an energy label for new home buyers to compare the annual energy usage of homes.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Director of a non-profit engaged in all aspects of the green-built environment. Managed six to eight direct reports working with contractors, builders, Realtors, and appraisers to remove market barriers to energy efficient, sustainable construction and position builders and developers of green certified buildings as the superior choice for buyers.Accomplishments● Raised building certification fees 125% practically overnight, saving the company from insolvency and producing consistent actual gross margins for the building certification department >30%.● Led the development of the nation’s first appraisal addendum for high-performance and green certified homes, resulting in higher appraised values and increased mortgage loan amounts. ● Coined the department tagline "Inspected for Quality" to pivot away from the existing vague environmental messaging and directly address the concerns of a wider segment of home buyers and renters that a green certified home is a superior value with a succinct, powerful message.● Conceived and developed the Green Builder Awards program, which supported the higher certification fees and increased sales by providing the greatest value builders seek from a certification, recognition.● Crafted the single highest margin product/service, an upsell opportunity called the Energy Bill Guarantee that was a sales tool builders used to guarantee their buyers annual cost of energy. ● Demonstrated industry leadership and innovation by creating the nation’s first green certification performance testing requirement for bath fan inspections, providing an additional quality control measure for builders that a prerequisite only inspection protocol could not match.● Created a codified, replicable verification process to certify Zero-Energy Ready and Zero-Energy Homes using stringent requirements that resulted in greater certainty a home’s proposed solar system would produce at least one hundred percent of the annual energy needs to operate the home.

United States

Founder of a semi-custom home building firm focused on sustainable construction practices.Accomplishments ● Pioneered a data driven approach to energy efficiency and moisture control by being one of the first builders in the Washington, DC market to use thermal imaging analysis and performance testing for building envelopes and bath fans, quantifying critical elements of energy efficiency and IAQ so homeowners and subcontractors had actionable data to improve building performance.

United States

Managed six direct reports in the construction and purchasing departments for the luxury home building subsidiary of the Van Metre Companies that specialized in semi-custom homes.Accomplishments• Instituted a thorough review and revision of one scope of work each week at the superintendent and purchasing department weekly meeting that increased “first time build quality” and improved working relationships between our vendors/contractors and field staff by clarifying contractual deliverables.• Developed a program that enhanced accurate land development scheduling by organizing and monitoring the critical path of entitlement activities in a complex regulatory environment. • Spearheaded and instituted a digital scheduling process utilizing Gantt chart scheduling software, leading to faster build times, and higher capital turnover and profits.• Improved performance and reduced liability costs by revising details of the building envelope.

United States

Supervised the sales, land development, construction, and warranty activities for a collection of homes in a community in Haymarket, Virginia that was one of the biggest MPCs in America. Led a team of eight direct reports to settle an average of 5 single-family homes per month. Accomplishments● Increased the contribution to G&A by 5.6% over 65 settled homes through reducing the number and cost of variance purchase orders, producing higher profit margins than budgeted.● Achieved a 95% customer satisfaction rating on settled homes– considerably higher than most communities nationwide and contributing to higher average satisfaction scores for the MPC.● Nominated for Project Manager of the Year, increasing team motivation and cohesion by crediting teamwork and collaboration.