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Miramar Beach, Fl, Us

Zurich, Ch

Powering Good for Sustainable Energy

Powering good for a sustainable energy future, with pioneering and digital technologies, as the partner of choice for enabling a stronger, smarter and greener grid.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Serve as a founding member of the Board of Directors for the SES (previously Smart Grid Society). I'm actively leading the BOD marketing, program, alliances and strategy committees addressing the advancement of Smart Energy, including but not limited to projects in: Utilities: IOU, REC, MunicipalSmart Cities (IoT)Smart Campus, Homes, BuildingsDistributed Generation, Solar, Storage, Microgrid Sustainability and Energy EfficiencyWe are well positioned to help GA take a leading position in the Energy sector, as the industry embraces challenges around big data and clean tech momentum. I have had the honor to present and moderate public events addressing Smart Grid, Asset Intelligence and Intelligent Water for; GSEA, TAG, GE, UGA, Georgia Tech and others.The mission of the Smart Energy Society is to educate, enlighten and accelerate the development of Smart Energy in Georgia to drive job creation and economic benefits for companies in and throughout the southeastern United States.

Centennial, Colorado, Us

Developed internal and external ecosystems to aggregate IoT solutions through innovative products, technology and service partners (OT SIs).• Leveraged technology from: Cisco, Intel, IBM, Hitachi, Microsoft, ADLINK and more to create multi-vendor solutions to reach desired outcomes from specific use cases.• Created solutions for: Manufacturing, Healthcare, Energy, Logistics, Smart Cities / Buildings to reduce operational cost, increase revenue, improve safety and reliability and improve customer experience.

Darmstadt, Hessen, De

Leader in the Digital Transformation for North and South America in regards to the Internet of Things. Working with Executive Leadership to solve big problems focused on reducing Operational Cost, improving Customer Engagement (CSAT) and generating new Revenue Streams. IoT/IIoT vertical lead for Energy, Utilities and Smart Cities.Supporting researchers and Analysts to ensure fair representation with Forrester, Gartner, MachNation and more.

Boston, Ma, Us

GE Digital (2017-2018): Intelligent machines and devices are taking action to eliminate unscheduled outages. Asset tracking, OEE, Safety and Profitability realized through data aggregation and Mobility. Leveraged my IoT, Industrial and Business Strategy experience with enterprise software and services to elevate operational excellence for world class companies. The Digital Industrial Transformation is gaining traction to optimize productivity, manufacturing agility and insight across the entire Supply Chain and GE is leading this charge.GE Energy (2012-2013): Applying a structured approach to addressing T&D market needs across a virtual, Global team through strategic operational, technical and financial initiatives. Drive external facing (marketing brochures) and internal facing (operations productivity) process improvements. Codify and improve the Substation go to market and sales processes as a basis to generate orders and sustainable backlog growth. Instantiate LEAN processes into the business workflows across various business units. Support the sales channel to increase Substation and FastPower sales for traditional and emergency power delivery.GE Intelligent Platforms (2010-2012): Led GEIP in crafting Asset Intelligence, Smart Grid Power, Mining, Water and Energy Management solutions, centered around Proficy’s sustainability solutions and complementary GEDE hardware for Infrastructure / Utilities / Mining. Leveraging matrixed sales channel, internally and externally.Orchestrating Smart Grid Solutions for IOU, REC and Municipal utilities (Predictive Analytics, SCADA, Substation Automation, Distribution Automation, Volt VAR Control, Multivariate Analysis, NERC-CIP, Load Forecasting, Demand Response, Smart Meters, Renewable Integration): providing remote control and equipment status monitoring with control room dashboards to improve SAIDI, CAIDI, efficiency, profitability. reliability, compliance and workforce management.

IoT - Partner and Channel Strategy Development for IoT platforms. I was focused on delivering IoT platform solutions for: Enterprise, Consumer, Utilities, Manufacturing, Federal, State and Municipal. I worked with Integrators, Consultants, OEM Embedded Solutions, Service Providers and Technology Solution Providers.Smart Cities - retained to vet out possibilities to leverage or re-purpose existing resources into Smart City or Smart Energy applications. I performed a market study and built a business plan for progressive US cities and organizations, evaluating appetite to perform technology deployment for: • Smart Cities, Smart Campuses and Smart Homes• Utilities - Programs, Products and Services Fulfillment• Sustainability – LED Lighting, Battery Storage, Solar, Water Intelligence, EV Charging• EMS, Building Energy Management, Distributed Generation, Demand Response, MicroGrid• Data - Integration, IoT, Predictive Analytics, Dashboards• Security - Substation Monitoring, Cyber, Compliance, Audit

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

I was consulted to help create Arke in 2005 and was asked to return in 2013 to advance the company to the next level. In these 3 years, we transformed both the sales and marketing departments while doubling revenue and profit. This was done by strengthening and broadening customer and partner relationships, executing on channel management, overseeing national sales management, introducing new products and services for delivery, and leading business growth through operational excellence, Lean processes, EVR and strategic initiatives. Led the Digital Transformation for Utilities, Enterprise and Public Sector organizations who sincerely want a better relationship with their customers (CSAT)...and their employees. Envisioned and orchestrated the first Marketing Technology Alignment solution, used to bridge the technology gap between IT and Marketing. These assessments yielded a comprehensive set of diverse initiatives and strategies, populating a 24 month road map to advance select business’ digital marketing capability. * Sitecore * Salesforce* Microsoft * Mongo DB* Rackspace

Servicing SMB and Enterprise executives as their personal Business Strategist or coach (as needed). Served as consulting CXO and VP in Wireless, IT, Marketing, Healthcare, CPG and various other businesses focusing on:OperationsRoot Cause AnalysisStrategic PlanningSales and Marketing (CRM, Systems, Collaboration, Training, etc)Channel ManagementTechnological AdvanceOrganizational ModelingFinanceRecruiting and RetainmentTEAM Building

Served as GM for sales and distribution of semiconductors, intellectual property (IP), and software solutions for electrical design engineers, contract manufacturing (CEM), and others. Clients were usually operating on the cutting edge of HAN / PLC / Metering / Battery / Storage / Energy Management / Power Supply / telecom / datacom / data acquisition / RF / wireless / medical supply / Networking / more. Served as Manufacturers REP and led Southeastern Channel Management program.

Perform nuclear and fossil engineering services utilizing: torque, thrust, thermodynamics, ultrasonics, and other various testing and verification methodologies. SOV, MOV, T&D , Primary and Secondary systems, Metering, Cooling tower, Root Cause Analysis testing and analysis, Developed, delivered, and sold NRC training materials to nuclear and fossil industry.

Bsee, Communications Electrical Engineering

Mba, Global Business

Mba Studies