D'Arcy Vachon Email & Phone Number

Ontario, Canada

• Responsible for finding and obtaining appropriate large land parcels using GIS and knowledge of Land Registry, which fit specific criteria for solar development (including connection availability, land classification, municipal zoning, and local community)• Negotiated over 30 large land acquisitions (average size: 100 acres) across all of Ontario during two year procurement phase and managed all aspects of long-term leasing agreements, including legal, addenda, and option renewals• Deal directly with landowners, municipal councils, planning committees and other tiers of government around the province and in both official languages to maintain strong relationships, continue to foster new ones, and to gain and perpetuate support for renewable energies, including negotiating municipal agreements and abutting landowner support, and obtaining council support resolutions• Successfully obtained municipal council support resolutions for 13 LRP projects in 8 different municipalities across Ontario (including Rideau Lakes, Nipissing, Sudbury, Trent Hills and Stirling-Rawdon)• Prepare proposals and work with Project Managers to assess technical needs and project management issues• Assisted with negotiation of EPC contracts• Spend 75% of time travelling across Ontario• Remain current on various policies and regulation changes, including IESO (Independent Electricity System Operator) guidelines, Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNRF)

• Liaised between the financial arm of SkyPower and the EPC contractors to coordinate the sustainable building and operations of several utility scale solar projects (roughly 70 MW) across Ontario, including FirstLight II (Napanee) and Thunder Bay One (Thunder Bay Airport)• Oversaw full cycle of project from conception to operation, including coordinating building permits, project estimation, supervising installation crews and other aspects of both PV and Thermal installations• Responsible for managing day to day operations, including payroll, scheduling, project analysis, and stakeholder relations in both French and English

Southern Ontario

• Managed the design and installation of renewable energy systems (geothermal heating/cooling, solar PV, solar thermal, wind turbines) for our clients• Ensuring on-time and on-budget completion of projects by effectively managing contractors and sub-contractors, avoiding scheduling conflicts and efficient time-management• Co-ordinating efforts with industry stakeholders including Architectural, Electrical, Structural and Engineering teams.• Marketing analysis and research based on trade shows and continuing energy conservation education.• Software analysis (Gant project, Excel, RETScreen) to generate monthly reports to gauge overhead burden, estimate financial projections and minimize indirect labour wages and ultimately maximize profits

Southeastern Ontario

• Maintained key business relationships by remaining current on all available information for physicians and pharmacists according to drug-class and therapeutic area in the areas of Cardiology, Nephrology and Neurology• Organized and executed Continuing Medical Education in order to build trust and relationships while providing the most pertinent information for our clients• Responsible for product and sample distribution throughout Easter GTA• Allocate budget funds to maintain existing relationships and grow new ones via Continuing Health Education programs• Analyze key business issues with particular drug class and effectively manage the competition’s products and physician expectation• Exceeded sales targets for over 90% of the fiscal quarter targets during tenure with Sanofi• Key to successes in the territory were strong knowledge of disease state and positioning of product to medical practitioners• Led discussions based on best practices in attempt to streamline cardiovascular events and best practices

Ontario

• Initially responsible for Sudbury for one year and then transitioned to Greater Hamilton Area for remainder• Built lasting and trusting professional relationships with General Practitioners and Family Practice Physicians as well as Pharmacists in the Anti-infective & Gastroenterology markets