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New York City Metropolitan Area

Brooklyn, New York

Managed $35M budget for commercial and industrial energy efficiency programs in National Grid’s New York City service territories• Deliver effective communication between stakeholders with recurring triangle meetings and newsletters to inform internal and external customers on our latest programmatic enhancements.• Analyze historical data on prospective energy efficiency and implemented a midstream program that captures more customers at distributer level.• Develop and implement new processes that eliminate bottle necks in our post-inspection process, reducing the time engineers spent on smaller projects to focus on more complex measures being installed by our customers.• Research, develop, and execute sales, marketing, and gap-closure tactics to boost savings and customer participation, achieving year end goals.• Monitor and evaluate service providers' performance against KPI goals. Develop recommendations for programmatic improvements. Collaborate with program departments, market research, and marketing on energy efficiency programs.

Greater New York City Area

Advised building owners and operators through the NYC Retrofit Accelerator program to optimize their heating systems, reduce maintenance, and increase tenant comfort. Realized 40% of the total program goal.• Lead onsite building survey with the property owner and maintenance staff to identify energy efficiency opportunities.• Implement the mayor's sustainability office directive and drive building owners to participate in the NYSERDA and local utilities' energy efficiency programs.• Built rapport with building owners, management companies, and board members while maintaining consistent communication on project status. Alleviating obstacles and streamlining processes allowed me to bring in a portfolio of 30 buildings, ensuring that we met our carbon reduction goals.• Oversaw the strategic growth of key initiatives in sustainability and housing, resulting in new initiatives' research and development.• Expanded the availability of financial, technical resources, promoting policies that encourage green building and strengthening the capacity of sustainable construction.

Greater New York City Area

Coordinated with designers, engineers, architects, and subcontractors to complete work scopes outlined in project contracts totaling $50M.• Developed a budget and construction schedule based on current market trends, materials, and labor.• Ensured that construction and renovation projects comply with all Department of Building codes and any other legal or regulatory requirements.• Resolved challenges that arose onsite which could affect the completion date and budget, taking necessary actions to move the project towards on timely completion date.• Supervised teams of approximately 60 on-site tradespeople during construction and renovation projects.

Greater New York City Area

Supervised $1.1M brownstone gut renovation in midtown ensuring all necessary materials were on site to complete the project within the summer months.• Assisted subcontractors with inquiries based on construction documents.

Greater New York City Area

Matched job seekers with sustainable green jobs in the New York City area under the “Green Jobs Green NY” program. Researched potential benefactors for the Multifamily Performance Program for Existing Buildings, Home Performance with Energy Star, and facilitated enrollment into the program.

Greater New York City Area

Assisted with the Mayor’s Water Challenge for Hotels project, designing project proposal for reduction of water consumption in New York City, in effect as of May 2013

Greater New York City Area

Engaged customers by demonstrating possible applications of Apple products in their personal and professional life.Conduct group workshops and individual customer training to empower users to use their devices with confidence, and educated clients regarding latest operating IOS devices and operating systems.Provide extraordinary service by developing complete solutions for each individual customer need

Synthesized and characterized of CdSe and PbSe Colloidal Quantum Dots”Entrusted to synthesize Quantum Dots, and manage highly toxic chemicals unsupervised Researched various synthesis methods, and presented improvements to be implementedCollaborated with other Department to characterize the Quantum Dots and test their propertiesExpand the range of energy absorbed by solar cells from visible light to Infrared light, which would decrease the amount of energy lost in heatAdvanced Science Research (ASR) 09/07-06/10StudentExperience in field research, multiple visits to Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, to observe tree barks for research on the environmental change in the area; to International students from Nan yang High School from Singapore (ISTEP)Chosen to represent my school in intervening Cynthia Breazeal MIT’s Media Lab Director or Nobel Orate Leon Lederman (Pioneers In Science); Internship Conducted intensive research on materials to increase efficiency of solar cells Designed and executed research project Research used for science competitions Competition(s): American Chemical Society, Young Science Achievers Program, New York City Science and Engineering Fair

changed with the needs of the specific job and by the managerConducted Payroll responsibilitiesHired new employees, conducted phone interviews

Computer Software Engineering

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Sustainable Urban Environment