Stephen Schneider Email & Phone Number

Stamford, CT, US

San Francisco, CA, US

Battery operational and market performance improvement.

Helsinki, Southern Finland, FI

Manager of Wärtsilä GEMS IntelliDispatch Team responsible for developing optimization-based control systems for ~750MW of microgrids and utility-scale Solar Plus Storage plants contracted via Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)

Helsinki, Southern Finland, FI

New York, New York, US

• Built and lead an innovation engine that is focused on guiding business strategy, solving complex business problems, and exploiting opportunities through interdisciplinary data-driven approaches.
• Navigated product development and delivery of multiple innovative software products in a rapidly changing environment, which are the foundation of Enernet’s competitive advantage.
• Wrote and patented microgrid control optimization software for design, sizing, and dispatching microgrids using convex optimization and machine learning.
• Authored four patent applications bridging technical modeling and business applications.
• Manage corporate devices, physical and cloud IT infrastructure, and software products and services.

New York, New York, US

First employee at a now twenty-person international microgrid development company that offers transformative energy solutions to customers on three continents.I developed our core technology to dispatch sophisticated generation assets (generators, storage, renewable energy) using optimization and Model Predictive Control.

North Andover, Massachusetts, US

• Ported efficient Java implementations of LZW and CCITT Group 4 image compression algorithms to Javascript for browser-based PDF creation.
• Extensive use of HTML5 Canvas, ArrayBuffers, and asynchronous methods.

Natick, MA, US

• Developed tools and visualizations using R, D3, Node.js, and MATLAB to tackle major architectural refactoring of large codebase with one thousand active developers.
• Integrated revision control and code review systems using a creative approach in a restrictive environment.
• Built production tools using Javascript, Node.js, D3, R, MATLAB with MATLAB Compiler, and Protocol Buffers.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Proved business case to internal stakeholders and investors of using optimal power and energy management algorithms to augment revenue streams.
• Architected cloud computing simulations of electric vehicle traffic and charging in large metropolitan areas to earn support from utilities and grid operators.
• Decision support energy optimization models with interactive data visualizations in D3, MATLAB, and R.
• Led proposal writing effort for $5 million FP7 grant involving 10 collaborative institutions.
• Delivered formal reports, attended conferences, and led internal workshops with extensive international travel.

Stanford, CA, US

CEE272P (taught Winter 2009-10 and Winter 2010-11), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: 3-phase electrical energy, phasors, load-flow, per-unit system, voltage rise, synchronous and induction generators, voltage and frequency control, power electronics, grid codes, and faults.

Stanford, CA, US

CEE207A (taught Fall 2009-10), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: the course surveys fossil, renewable, and energy efficiency resources. Topics for each resource included resource abundance, location, recovery, conversion, consumption, end-uses, environmental impacts, economics, policy, and technology.

Redwood City, CA, US

Engineered microbes, enzymes, and metabolic pathways to synthesize cellulosic biofuelsAssisted biologists, biochemists, and fermentation engineers with advanced data analysis (primarily in MATLAB)Developed bioinformatics tools and databases in MySQL, PHP, Perl, and Oracle.

Stanford, CA, US

BioE301A (taught Fall 2008-09), Department of Bioengineering: protein engineering and molecular cloning lab.

Boston, MA, US

Department of Biomedical Engineering. Microbial fuel cell research; high-throughput screening design and data analysis; molecular biology.

Boston, MA, US

Tutor for undergraduate engineering students of all majors.

Ms, Atmosphere/Energy In Civil And Environmental Engineering

Bs, Biomedical Engineering

Education record