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Fredericksburg, Virginia, US

Fredericksburg, VA, US

IT solutions partner focused on protecting our nation’s critical infrastructure against cyber threats, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Dulles, VA, US

• Lead research activities on trends and technologies for electric utilities as well as business integration and financial impact
• Lead and conduct analysis of evolving industry and technology trends and develop evaluation of both short and long-term impacts on cooperatives
• Provide strategic leadership expertise and knowledge in the energy industry, business models and financing options
• Consult with leadership and board directors of electric cooperatives on the future of their electric cooperatives including technology advancements

Johnson City, Texas, US

• Oversaw areas of strategic planning, strategy execution, business planning, business processes and optimization, ideation and business opportunities, and research activities
• Executed a board approved strategic plan with a business plan that addresses areas of distributed generation, technology and service innovation, economic development, member engagement, optimized operations and.
• Led the scoping efforts for special projects evaluation, including identification of opportunities, risks and adjustments on resource allocation
• Implemented key strategic initiatives from inception to completion
• Developed margin contribution programs for solar and storage behind-the-meter applications through the provision of low-interest financing
• Successfully built alliances and partnerships to effectively find ways to advance the grid through use of emerging technologies, effectively piloting various new products to increase efficiencies

Arlington, VA, US

• Served as a subject matter expert on generation technologies, renewable energy, micro-grids.
• Developed studies on issues of integrating distributed generation into the grid.
• Led and supported grant-awarded projects (>$20M) that helped advance the electric grid and utility systems within the electric cooperatives.
• Developed business models on integrating distributed energy resources for cost-effectives and member satisfaction
• Advised electronic cooperatives extensively, speaking at major conferences on technology advancement and the future of the electric utility.
• Managed NRECA's Cooperative Research Network dues funded and grant awarded budget (>$30M)

College Park, MD, US

• Responsible for business development through award winning proposals totaling to $6M from federal agencies, private sector and private foundations.
• Managed contracts, budgets, support staff and consultants.
• Monitored and evaluated the successful of bridge programs.
• Published and presented project progress and results to various audiences.

• Provided energy assessment, evaluation of electricity consumption for cost-benefit analysis calculations.
• Assisted in small business startups, idea development and profit strategies through influence of energy systems and appropriate technologies.
• Used qualitative and quantitative methods to assess energy-poverty reduction strategies, use of renewable energy technologies and impacts of climate and the environment.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

• Conducting research on the correlation between electricity access and income generation in developing countries (case study in Uganda)
• Using qualitative and quantitative methods to assess energy-poverty reduction strategies, use of renewable energy technologies and impacts of climate and the environment
• Field-based research in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa
• Writing policy recommendations from research findings
• Proposal writing to fund research activities

• Set up a research project on detecting cosmic ray showers using radar.
• Facilitated interactions with professors on the importance of providing research experiences for students and the collaborations between US Scientists and other universities globally

• Design of fiber optical sensors for use in artificial limbs
• Nonlinear optical physics of nonlinear optical propagation, multi-order susceptibilities, and surface-enhanced Raman scattering of various optical materials
• Investigate optical properties of semiconductor nanocrystals, nanometals, and nanoaerogels,
• Assisted in organizing and facilitating research symposiums

Ph.D., Applied Physics (Energy Policy)

M.Sc., Applied Physics (Optics)

B.Sc., Physics And Mathematics

Education record