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Currently, I am acting as an outsourced unbiased consultant for solar curious entities. My goal is to provide customer centric information related to assessments, feasibility studies and/or installations. With solar installer partnerships, I have the ability to support installations from concept to commissioning with a focus on land acquisition, design, financing, installation and true payback. Please see my attached development Deal Sheet for examples. Things of note: - $2,500 - $7,500 of direct reimbursement are available through the Energy Trust of Oregon's Solar and Storage Design Assistance program- Grants are available through the USDA, US DOE, Pacific Power, PGE, Prosper Portland and others- My strength comes from wearing many hats which includes partnership and project development, sales, analysis, financing, project management, grant writing, design and/or fabrication. Former client examples: In3 Financial Group - evaluated and developed financial models and business plans with 25 MM minimum for impact investment focus areas including solar energy, regenerative agriculture and green marketsNeighborhood Power Corporation - provided outreach related to Oregon Community Solar projects with a focus on large LMI property owners, directors and managers. Developed successful and collaborative partnership with the Community Energy Project to co-present materials to key decision makers InPipe Energy - supported the pursuit of $5 MM Series A for "in pipe" micro-hydro baseload renewable energy generation within municipal water infrastructure and distribution networks. Cleantech Open - Oregon Ambassador for cleantech focused business accelerator. Supported entrepreneurs by promoting accelerator opportunities and facilitated relationships between startups, mentors, strategic partners and investors. Global Energy Consulting - provided financial modeling services for a $1.5 Billion natural gas processing facility

Portland, Oregon, Us

I was brought into Power Northwest to pursue the commercial and USDA REAP solar market within Oregon and WashingtonPrimary accomplishments include: - Solar plus storage plus EV plus smart building project development using traditional roof and ground mounted designs, as well as Stracker Solar's unique dual axis tracking ground mounted agrivoltaic friendly solutions- Through existing network and targeted outreach, self-generated 5x the number of qualified leads provided internally- Responsible for guidance related to national, state and local commercial policy, incentives and facilitation thereof, including USDA REAP, IRA tax credits, tax credit sales, direct pay, solar development assistance, grants, feasibility studies, etc...- Overhauled commercial related marketing within website, mailers, sales proposals, etc...- Developed prospecting lists, maps, assessment criteria, outreach scripts, data entry frameworks and processes as well as guided employees supporting lead generation initiatives- Developed customer energy analytical, system design and budgeting tools- Developed financial modeling spreadsheets incorporating dynamic features specific to both commercial and residential solar financing options- Active participant in OSSIA Net Metering subcommittee as well as member of Community Solar subcommittee- Solar Oregon volunteer supporting the creation of regular Solar Social events and speakers

Full time contract position developing commercial and community solar scale solar + storage projects throughout Oregon.- Responsible for all pre-construction development aspects of select and self-identified projects.- Creating process and project management tools for streamlined organizational development, planning, messaging and marketing - RE+ Community Solar development sessions track participant"The Co-op" is a unique solar + storage developer within much of the nation, as we pursue conventional commercial, community solar and "cooperative" projects. Most of our projects are mission driven and consultative in nature with entities that support community resiliency and environmental justice initiatives. In 2015, cooperative projects made it possible for residents of the State of Oregon to invest directly in solar projects on others' properties. In exchange for their investment ($1,000 minimum) and assistance in financing the project, one receives a market rate return. Each project has its own unique investment memorandum, but the default structure returns ones’ investment principal + interest over a ten year period. At that time, the project host purchases the project from the Co-op and becomes the project owner. Relevant skills: energy development, financing, marketing, contract negotiation, system design, land acquisition, permitting, sales and the entrepreneurial grind.

Portland, Or, Us

Portland General Electric (Contingent), PortlandAs the CCES, I was the liaison between PGE’s Transmission & Distribution Project Managers and Corporate Communications. This position helped manage and strategically communicate PGE’s construction permitting and impact messaging - Project managed development of PGE’s new external facing project website- Drafted strategic communications within collaboration based Windows 365- Created Project Communications Handbook using OneNote and SharePoint- Developed project tracking systems within Excel and Project- Collaborated and created Customer Experience mapping on Mural- Managed development and execution of outreach deliverables within Teams- Designed operational process and scheduling visuals using Viso and Timeline- Supported escalated customers using strategic communications and GIS tools

Prior to unexpected bankruptcy of ten year old company, one of ten solar energy consultants in the three year old Portland office. Within two months, I sold Auric's first commercial project in the state. In addition to selling solar + storage + EV charger projects, I completed the Sonnen Battery Solution Certification. Auric designed and helped develop the ground breaking Soleil Lofts project in Salt Lake City, which included 5 MW of rooftop solar with 13 MWhr of battery back up to create a Virtual Power Plant from this twenty six building high performance intentional community.

The Global Homestead Community Garage was a professional and positive Community and business incubator with a mission to help others grow big ideas using shared resources. Within our 19,000 sq ft facility, we rented industrial and office studio space to small businesses and community members. In addition, we owned industrial equipment for businesses and members' to use as well as provided fabrication services. During the three years of operation, The Garage housed well over one hundred small businesses and community members. Through our strategic partnerships, we hosted regular events, organizations, classes and workshops on inspiring content that empowered individuals to be more independent, resilient and sustainable.*Please click logo with link below to view Garage presentation via YouTube.

As the Development Director, my role was to transform the Amber Wellness Center of Integrative Medicine vision into reality. The request was to "have a wellness center". After modeling, pursuing and negotiating multiple lease and purchase options, AWG financed the purchase of a commercial property through the SBA's 7a program. The building's inside has been carefully restored and professionally updated with five treatment rooms, reception area, community IV area and lab.

REC LLC was a Department of Energy SBIR grant funded renewable energy start up we entered into the Cleantech Open business accelerator. Our goal was to develop and finance 25 MW hybrid concentrated solar thermal geothermal power plants that would create eco-industrial districts. We proposed to integrate proven systems which harvested multiple resources and created multiple products for multiple customers. Together, this would lower performance risk, increase everyone's profit as well as support rural communities

Los Angeles, California, Us

Stepped down from this position in May 2014, in order to participate as an entrepreneur within the accelerator. The Cleantech Open's mission is to find, fund and foster entrepreneurs with big ideas that address today’s most urgent energy, environmental and economic challenges. I was responsible for recruiting, managing and partnering local mentors and entrepreneurs while promoting their new businesses within a national accelerator platform.

As an employee of RealCom Associates, I pursued a nationwide third-party financed wireless power solutions initiative. I evaluated the national market, policy, product and financing trends in order to evaluate this strategy and positioning. In addition, I created and managed four pilot project feasibility studies to evaluate hybrid renewable energy deployment on off-grid sites with per project costs up to $500K.

I assisted and/or led development of over 10 million dollars of renewable energy projects. In addition, I managed our project and business financial workbooks, obtained grants, enjoyed public speaking and managed our marketing content. I also produced technology and financial feasibility studies for solar, solar thermal, wind, fuel cells, batteries, EV chargers and efficiency options.

As part of Real Energy Solutions' joint venture, Commercial Solar Ventures, I pursued and facilitated tax-equity investor discussions with global & regional banks, developers and institutional investors. Managed prospective project portfolio of over 25 faith and school based solar candidates for aggregate model of third-party financed projects.- First team in Northwest to develop 3rd party financed solar project: PHC ($7.5MM)- $200,000 Blue Sky grant awarded for third-party solar project- Achieved NABCEP Entry Level PV Installer certification- Managed preliminary design and solar site assessments

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I educated, advocated and marketed the economic and environmental benefits of renewable energy to residential and business customers of Pacific Power.

Product, Energy, Technology, Transportation and Sustainability expertise with a passion for Business Development, Innovation and the Bottom Line- System Design- Real Estate Acquisition- Event Coordinator and Sponsorship Specialist- Business Plan Development- Creative Problem Solver and Thought Leader- Business Development and Branding- Project and Construction Management- Market as well as Technology Research and Analysis- Financial Modeling Expertise- Sustainability Benchmarking, Strategic Differentiation and Integration

I provided market research, analysis and business plan as well as investor development for a Danish biogas technology company. Our business model included three cash flows by collecting pig manure, producing electricity and heat from biogas and then selling an all natural urea by-product to be used in glue.

New York, Ny, Us

I pursued a career as a retail financial advisor with a focus on environmentally sustainable investments. In this position, I successfully attracted and retained personal as well as corporate investors, performed financial analysis and made investment recommendations within micro and macro economic trends.During this time, I was a co-founder of the Sustainable Investments Institute, which was a small group of financial professionals interested in evolving Socially Responsible Investments to include an environmental screen. As such, I helped develop positive and negative screening criteria to formalize our evaluations process. This included both, stocks and bonds.

Mba, Strategic Marketing

Industrial Design

Business

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology