Richard Smith

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President @ International Energy Management Associates, Inc. (IEMA, Inc.)
St. Augustine, FL, US
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St Augustine, Florida, United States, United States
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About Richard Smith

A proven senior executive, serving as President of International Energy Management Associates, Inc. (IEMA Inc.), a small, woman-owned business dedicated to helping economically disadvantaged countries improve social equality, alleviate poverty and mitigate climate change impacts. Has full authority and responsibility for the strategic vision and management of the company. An experienced, international development professional with extensive energy sector knowledge of policy and regulatory reform, privatization, restructuring, energy security, energy infrastructure project development, capacity building, investment promotion, clean energy and energy efficiency. Served over 20 years as a leader of programs and/or resident adviser throughout Europe, the Middle East, South America and Sub-Saharan Africa. A professional licensed engineer and a results-oriented leader who focuses on positive outcomes from complex, multi-faceted field-based programs.

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International Energy Management Associates, Inc. (IEMA, Inc.)

International Energy Management Associates, Inc. (Iema, Inc.)

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St. Augustine, FL, US
Richard Smith Work Experience Details
  • International Energy Management Associates, Inc. (Iema, Inc.)
    President
    International Energy Management Associates, Inc. (Iema, Inc.)
    St. Augustine, Fl, Us
  • Energy And Security Group
    Senior Energy Advisor
    Energy And Security Group Jan 2021 - Present
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  • Energy And Security Group
    Team Lead Evaluations
    Energy And Security Group Dec 2020 - Apr 2021
    Uganda
    End of Project Evaluations: European Union-funded “Scaling-up Rural Electrification Using Innovative Solar Photovoltaic Distribution Models Project” (EU-Solar Project) and NORAD-funded Uganda Climate and Energy Programme (Clean Energy Project). Serving as team leader for the end of project evaluations of two donor-funded climate change mitigation and clean energy projects. The evaluations are assessing progress towards achieving development objectives, effectiveness, sustainability, and scalability of program initiatives. Work includes developing evaluation methodologies, design of survey instruments, conduct of key informant interviews with stakeholders, data analyses and synthesis, preparation, and presentation of the evaluation reports to the respective donor organizations. December 2020 – April 2021
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  • International Energy Management Associates, Inc. (Iema, Inc.)
    President
    International Energy Management Associates, Inc. (Iema, Inc.) Oct 2014 - Present
    Saint Augustine, Florida
    Has full authority and responsibility for the strategic vision and management of a woman-owned small business that is working to help people in economically disadvantaged countries develop sustainable energy services solutions to enhance social equality, contribute to alleviating poverty, and mitigate climate change.
  • Energy And Security Group
    Chief Of Party - Power Africa Uganda Accelerator
    Energy And Security Group Jul 2018 - Oct 2020
    Uganda
    Served as Chief of Party for USAID’s Power Africa Uganda Accelerator (PAUSEA) that faciltated over 4 million Ugandans gain access to electricity. PAUESA accelerated 250mw of new generation capacity, and around 900,000 off-grid solar systems and on-grid connections and leveraged over $55 million of investment by enhancing the electricity sector enabling environment.
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  • Millenium Challenge Account - Liberia (Mca-L)
    Procurement Advisor - Technical Evaluation Panel Member
    Millenium Challenge Account - Liberia (Mca-L) Apr 2017 - Mar 2020
    Liberia
    Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) Member: 2017. Mr. Smith is serving as a Technical Evaluation Specialist for the Millennium Challenge Account/Liberia Technical Evaluation Panel responsible for evaluating technical proposals . To date, procurements supported include i) provision of a Management Services Contractor (MSC) for the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) and, (ii) associated Contract Monitoring Consultant for the MSC. The work is part of the Energy Component of the US $ 256 million Millennium Challenge Compact with Liberia. The Energy Component comprises of activities designed to provide additional generation capacity, strengthen the management, project planning and project execution functions of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) and the Ministry of Land Mines and Energy (MLME), as well as support establishment and development of an independent regulator for the sector.
  • The World Bank Group
    Energy Policy Advisor
    The World Bank Group Sep 2017 - Jun 2018
    Pakistan
    Policy Advisor, Business Plan for establishment of National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (NEECA), Pakistan Served as an advisor assisting the NEECA with the preparation of a business plan that covers activities, budget staffing and funding options. The five-year plan outlines programmatic implementation plans in the short to medium term.
  • Usaid
    Senior Energy Advisor: Privatization Of State-Owned Energy Assets
    Usaid Dec 2015 - Nov 2016
    Ukraine
    Privatization of State-owned Energy Assets: Serving as a Senior Energy Advisor assisting the State Property Fund of the Government of Ukraine (GOU) by developing privatization strategies and assisting with the privatization of six state owned distribution companies and one generation company. Key objectives are to determine: (i) the feasibility of transparent and timely privatization from the GOU side, (ii) the feasibility of demand for the assets from international investors; and (ii) conduct of the privatization process in a clear and transparent manner.
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  • Usaid
    Team Leader - Catalyzing Clean Energy In Bangladesh (Cceb) Mid Term Evaluation
    Usaid Oct 2015 - Mar 2016
    Bangladesh
    Served as the leader of a team undertaking the mid-term performance evaluation of the USAID/Bangladesh Catalyzing Clean Energy in Bangladesh (CCEB) program. The purpose of the performance evaluation was to assess the extent to which the CCEB program was on track to meet its overall goals and inform management of any challenges or opportunities that warrant adjustments to the program to ensure the achievement of development objectives.
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  • The World Bank
    Energy Efficiency Business Strategy Advisor
    The World Bank Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
    Ministry Of Electricity And Renewable Energy (Moere), Egypt
    Policy Advisor, Establishment of an Energy Efficiency Unit (EEUe) at the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy (MoERE), Egypt. Mr. Smith serves as a short term advisor, assisting the MoERE with operationalization of the EEUe. He is responsible for preparing the business plan and is providing capacity building for the core unit team. Capacity building focuses on developing the unit’s ability to set policies strategies, and regulations necessary for implementation of the country’s National Energy Efficiency Action Plan. November 2015 - August 2016.
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  • Usaid
    Team Leader - Liberia Energy Sector Support Program (Lessp) Performance Monitoring & Evaluation
    Usaid Mar 2015 - Jun 2015
    Liberia
    Mr. Smith served as the team leader helping USAID/Liberia determine if USAID’s LESSP met its stated development objectives by evaluating the project’s primary accomplishments, strengths and weaknesses. The performance evaluation also assessed the timeline for finalizing LESSP-initiated infrastructure-related activities and made recommendations to USAID/Liberia to enhance sustainability of the project objectives.
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  • Usaid
    Team Leader - Clean Energy Investment Support Assessment
    Usaid Oct 2014 - Jan 2015
    Ukraine
    Served as the Clean Energy Technology specialist and leader of a team assisting USAID/Ukraine to identify opportunities to promote private investment in clean energy in Ukraine. The assessment included identifying options to alleviate barriers to private investment in clean energy, energy efficiency and renewables under the current political environment and existing policy and regulatory framework.
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  • Usaid Energy Policy Program
    Chief Of Party
    Usaid Energy Policy Program Jun 2013 - Apr 2014
    Islamabad, Pakistan
    He served as Chief of Party for the USAID/Pakistan Energy Policy Program (EPP), an $80 million, multi-year program to strengthen the country’s power generation, transmission and fuel supply infrastructure, in support of the Government of Pakistan’s policy reform and governance initiatives. The program provides technical assistance and new technology to increase sustainable energy supply. The EPP has directly benefited about 6% of the country's population, through increased electricity supply from restoration of about 1200MW of generation and transmission capacity, improved the financial performance of the energy sector by $422 million per year, and contributed the equivalent of $2.3 billion to the economy (~ 1% of GDP).
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  • Usaid Energy Policy Program
    Director, Policy Reform
    Usaid Energy Policy Program Aug 2012 - May 2013
    Islamabad, Pakistan
    Responsible for providing advisory support to key energy sector ministries.in support of the Government of Pakistan's policy reform activities to address priority issues including (i) mounting circular debt; (ii) insufficient supply of affordable electricity; (iii) inefficient power sector operations and excessive sector energy losses; (iv) poor governance and management of Public Energy Sector Entities; and (v) excessive electricity demand and loadshedding. Routinely interfaced with the most senior level officials of the Government of Pakistan (GOP) energy ministries, other key energy sector enterprises, and other key stakeholders providing strategic advice on a range of issues including power sector reforms, restructuring, governance, national power planning, and leadership development.
  • Nexant Inc
    Vice President - Government Services
    Nexant Inc Mar 2008 - Aug 2012
    Washington D.C. Metro Area
    Served as the corporate officer responsible for business development and directing operations for the company's international government services practice, and successfully grew sales, revenues and profitability. Directed operations of major programs and projects for the multi-lateral and bilateral donor community including USAID, MCC, the World Bank and EBRD, delivering impressive results. His portfolio included the USAID's Energy II IQC, the MCC MCA-Mongolia sponsored $35 million credit facility for energy efficiency. and the EBRD's $50 million Bulgarian residential energy efficiency credit line.
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  • Nexant, Inc
    Vice President
    Nexant, Inc Jan 2000 - Apr 2008
    Africa, South Asia, Southeast Europe
    Managed a portfolio of donor-funded technical assistance projects including: $7,2 million, support to the West Africa Power Pool and the West African Gas Pipeline project leveraging $1.9 billion in new investment for critical infrastructure  EBRD's $50 million credit line for Bulgaria for residential energy efficiency delivering about 205GWh/yr savings and some 300,000 tons of annual CO2 emissions reductions 2 year Power Trading/Capacity Building Project in Afghanistan, that facilitated signing of cooperation agreements for 600 MW of cross- border electricity trade and trained 180 locals $7.2 million Southeast Europe Energy Efficiency project in the countries of the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. The project completed 23 energy infrastructure projects as well as secured over $120 million in funding for the Sofia district heating company.
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Richard Smith Skills

Renewable Energy Etrm Demand Response Management Consulting Due Diligence Energy Efficiency Commodity Markets Energy Policy Refining Petroleum Cleantech Natural Gas Business Strategy Process Engineering Project Finance Mergers Smart Grid Energy Management Financial Modeling Energy Audits Sustainable Energy Energy Markets Electricity Markets Alternative Energy Energy Industry Energy Conservation Program Management International Development Engineering Sustainability Consulting Project Management Mergers And Acquisitions Energy Strategy

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Richard Smith works for International Energy Management Associates, Inc. (Iema, Inc.)

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Richard Smith's current role is President.

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Richard Smith attended The American University In Cairo, University Of Leeds.

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Richard Smith has interest in Economic Empowerment, Politics, Education, Environment, Poverty Alleviation.

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Richard Smith has skills like Renewable Energy, Etrm, Demand Response, Management Consulting, Due Diligence, Energy Efficiency, Commodity Markets, Energy Policy, Refining, Petroleum, Cleantech, Natural Gas.

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