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Oakland, CA, US

Lévis, QC, CA

• Sustainable high-performance computing datacenter operator using renewable energy + waste heat recovery.
• Board: Advised on ESG and heat recovery projects, contributed to executive compensation strategy.
• Advisor: Authored study on ESG reporting, covering TCFD, CSRD, CA’s SB 253 and 261, and Canada’s 51-107.

Austin, TX, US

• Lead for customer operations at medium- and heavy-duty fleet EV infrastructure startup.
• Business development: Led major-account customer acquisition, established CRM tool, developed product pricing model, led customer discovery, co-drafted contracts with counsel, created and submitted multi-$M proposals.
• RFPs and Ports: Led engagement with ports, co-wrote RFP responses to 3 port RFPs for EV charging sites to serve drayage.
• Grants: Built relationships with federal, state, and local funding agencies, secured grant consultants, coordinated applications.
• Policy: Oversaw priority policy engagement, submitted comments to key proceedings affecting EV trucking and infrastructure.
• Marketing: Coordinated customer-facing materials, spearheaded company’s event presence, co-created webinars, oversaw marketing campaigns and social media presence.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Head of commercial deals including customers and partners at EV charging infrastructure developer focused on fleets.
• Business development: Spearheaded customer discovery, created pricing proposals, drafted contract templates with counsel, negotiated TeraWatt’s first EV charging contract with a luxury EV ridesharing company.
• Deal structuring: Coordinated across customers & internal teams balance financial, development, and engineering risks.
• Real estate: Managed acquisition of key industrial parcel along strategic interstate charging corridor.
• ESG strategy: Managed TeraWatt’s first intern to create company’s first carbon footprint and ESG strategy.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Sustainability program founder, built team from the ground up. Sustainability spokesperson for the company.
• 100% electric vehicles: Spearheaded Lyft to make the industry-leading commitment to 100% EVs with a focus on ensuring benefits flowed to low-income and communities of color. As spokesperson, led comms effort with.
• Corporate sustainability: Developed sustainability program, established carbon offset and REC purchases to achieve carbon neutrality, making Lyft the only carbon-neutral US ridesharing company. Developed employee and.
• ESG: Co-developed Lyft’s first ESG report, wrote first CDP response, joined EV100, created ESG risk framework for Board.
• Policy: Led negotiations on SB 1043, the 1st US ridesharing emissions bill. Oversaw regulatory engagement & climate reporting, developed public comments on CPUC and CARB programs affecting ridesharing industry and EV.

Mountain View, CA, US

• Senior lead for Google’s global energy strategy to support datacenter fleet, including achievement of 100% renewable energy in 2017. Developed strategy and negotiated contracts for energy, utility power, & electrical.
• Renewables: Developed financial models & contractual structures, pitched to Board. Led 15 deals totaling 2 GW, worth $Bs.
• Energy strategy: Co-led development of first energy portfolio risk model to quantify cost variance and manage risk.
• Utility power & infra: Negotiated generation, transmission, substation contracts valued in $100Ms with partner C-levels.
• Regulatory: Led regulatory proceeding before state PUC. Managed counsel, served as witness, and prevailed saving $Ms.

Mountain View, CA, US

• Worked cross-functionally as internal strategy consultant to help teams across Google conceive & execute ambitious green projects.
• Carbon ratings: Incorporated companies’ environmental data into Google Finance, working with product & engineering teams.
• ESG: Calculated Google’s 2008 carbon footprint and refined data management system. Wrote first CDP response.
• Electricity submetering: Oversaw installation of submeters in 6 largest offices, ran employee power-saving contests.
• Employee program: Refined commuting program, corrected past accounting errors, managed software engineer to build tool.

Ms, Energy & Resources

Ba, Magna Cum Laude With Highest Honors, Physics

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