Manage 40 MW residential smart device demand response (DR) programs for nation’s seventh largest public utilityOversee $3.1 million annual budget (multiple vendor contracts; incentive payments for 36,000+ customers)Achieved 22.7% gross average annual increase in program enrollmentsLed inter-departmental team to design and launch utility’s inaugural electric vehicle DR programCoordinated emergency dispatch events during Winter Storm Uri blackoutCo-lead novel U.S. DOE-funded smart device pilot for income-eligible multifamily propertiesPerform regular data mining/cleaning/analysis for program evaluation, projections, budgeting

• Managed regional policy and market strategies for $400 million energy efficiency firm• Provided strategic support of policy impacts on business development• Authored timely reports on national policy developments to upper leadership• Coordinated design of multimillion-dollar client energy demand management portfolios• Informed corporate marketing strategies via electricity market data analysis• Resolved information overload by developing electronic digest and cloud-based portal

• Successfully optimized Houston Airport System (IAH) operations per manning requirements• Facilitated multinational engineering firm’s process improvements towards ISO certification• Various web development and graphic design projects

• Provided research, outreach, programmatic, and instructional support within business college's supply chain management department

• Induced market and regulatory transformation befitting clean energy industries (CHP, waste heat recovery) at U.S. Energy Department’s most prolific regional CEAC• Cultivated stakeholder base via monthly newsletter (6000+ subscribers), webinars and presentations (50+), graphic design (websites, logo, collateral), and networking• Provided strategic marketing and policy support to trade group partner (Texas CHP Initiative)• Organized, marketed, and coordinated highly attended conferences and trade shows• Produced detailed, well-received quarterly and annual metrics reports to U.S. DOE

• Drafted, filed, and conducted bill analyses on energy and environmental issues.• Researched energy and environmental issues to inform policy development and Senator Ellis’s votes.• Drafted written correspondence on Senator Ellis’s behalf, with emphasis on clean energy.

• Liaised between college’s academic departments and local and national media outlets.• Generated press and video releases, publicizing college’s research findings and general health issues.• Contributing magazine editor; assistant science newsletter editor.• Organized press conferences, media events, and special projects.• Crisis management: Hurricane Katrina response and graduation bomb scare.

• Developed and implemented public relations programs for clients (emphasis on food producers and commodity boards)