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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Leading business development, intellectual property commercialization, and strategic collaborations for the National Research Council’s Clean Energy Innovation Research Centre. Supporting an incredible team of researchers working on environmental innovations in critical minerals, energy storage, hydrogen, bioenergy, and the next generation of materials for clean fuels.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Engaged with Global Affairs Canada to explore ways to leverage Canada’s international climate finance commitment to support Canada's diverse and highly talented exporters in the cleantech sector.

Ottawa, Canada

Leading business development in cleantech and renewable energy for the Canadian Commercial Corporation. As a Government of Canada export enabler, CCC helps grow the global reach of Canada's cleantech sector through its government-to-government contracting service.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Strategic policy development of NRCan’s clean technology programming, as part of the Government of Canada's clean growth and climate change agenda, including the creation of the Clean Growth Hub, the new federal office coordinating clean technology programs and client relations across the federal government.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Led a number of NRCan's strategic policy initiatives including climate change funding in Budget 2016, creating market opportunities for Canadian companies through international climate finance and technology partnerships, regulatory policy development to reduce GHG emissions from Canada's energy sector, and innovative financing mechanisms for home energy retrofits with Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency.

Panamá City, Panamá

Sourced and developed renewable energy and climate technology projects (Clean Development Mechanism) in Latin American and the Caribbean. Helped to build strategic partnerships with project developers, regional and international development banks, and various levels of government. Assisted project developers in combining and sequencing various sources of funding.

Ottawa, Canada

Led the Government of Canada’s engagement in the Asia-Pacific Partnership, which brought together countries representing over half of the world's energy use and GHG emissions. Worked with governments, agencies, and industry to accelerate clean technology development and deployment.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Under Canada’s Presidency of the 11th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC, supported Canada’s bilateral and multilateral engagement with developing countries on launching negotiations for a post-Kyoto climate change regime, which set the stage for the establishment of the Bali Road Map at COP13.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Managed the federal government's offset emissions trading pilot program. Developed private sector and institutional expertise in executing and quantifying GHG reduction projects.

Toronto, Canada Area

Managed Ontario's multi-stakeholder emissions trading pilot program, a broad-based initiative which brought together large industry, clean technology SMEs, federal, provincial and municipal government, and non-governmental organizations in the development of Ontario's NOx and SO2 trading system.