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South Carolina, United States

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Manage EPC contractor teams to deliver PV plants and their transmission interconnection facilities, ensuring conformance to plans, specifications, QA/QC standards, budget, schedule, permit compliance, interconnection agreements, and offtake contracts. Support pre-construction and internal project finance and management teams. Lead development and control of budgets and schedules, and track project status. Forecast progress and proactively address potential impacts to budgets and milestone dates. Manage EPC consultants and field teams. COD results include a 319-MWdc portfolio in Georgia/Southern Company and a 25-MWdc project in Pennsylvania/PJM.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Led execution of the comprehensive EPC process, including engineering and design, procurement, construction management, contractor oversight, permitting/compliance, commissioning, startup, and testing to successfully achieve commercial operation of solar energy assets and their grid interconnection facilities. Managed internal team, contractors, and relationships with AHJ’s, landowners, and utilities. Visited sites regularly. Ensured budget and schedule control.

New York, New York, Us

Led, developed, and mentored a strong team of EPC project managers in self-performance of the integrated engineering, procurement, and construction of utility-scale solar projects across the Southeastern US in the Duke Energy, Dominion Energy, and Georgia Power service territories.

New York, New York, Us

Executed the engineering, procurement, and construction of large utility-scale PV projects, including a 120-Megawatt portfolio consisting of four 30-Megawatt sites interconnected with the Bonneville Power Administration 115-kv transmission system in Central Oregon. Successfully achieved commercial operation in mid-2020 overcoming challenges of the COVID19 Pandemic.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Successfully led EPC self-performance for 16 utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects, including 12 PV + Storage Battery Energy Storage Systems (“BESS”) now powering utility customers at times of peak demand day or night, year-round in any season. Planned and executed the comprehensive engineering, procurement, and construction process from late-stage development through commercial operation, closeout, and handoff to O&M / Asset Management. Coordinated with finance and development teams. Facilitated engineering design optimization, drawing/document sets. Led budgeting, scheduling, permitting, major equipment and BOS procurement, subcontractor bidding/selection and management, environment/health/safety compliance, civil/mechanical/ electrical/medium voltage/SCADA/POI construction, AHJ inspections, testing, commissioning, utility testing/acceptance, schedule of values (“SOV”) building, pay app and invoice review and approval, client interface, reporting, documentation, 3rd-party inspections, closeout, and handoff to O&M. Led diverse project teams of staff, colleagues, and contractors focused on safety, planning, engineering, design, permitting, contracting, construction, QA/QC, procurement, logistics, testing, commissioning, budget control, schedule control, project finance, accounting, receivables/payables, legal, instruments/controls, utility interface, supervisory control and data acquisition (“SCADA”), environmental compliance. Worked with utilities through system and facility upgrades, inspections, testing, and commissioning to successfully achieve permission to operate/commercial operation.

Franklin, Tn, Us

Co-founded solar pioneers Powerhouse, LLC and Vis Solis, Inc, which successfully developed, built, operated, and sold 16 commercial, industrial and utility-scale solar projects in the Tennessee Valley Authority service territory. Built Vis Solis into a top 100 US solar contractor in 2013 (#58) per Solar Power World. Formed subsidiaries that developed and built PV systems in the Asia Pacific region 2013 - 2016. Led development, finance, and construction teams for 27 solar projects ranging from 50kW to 22MW as owner, investor, designer, builder, and project manager/director.

• Managed development teams for high-profile projects with difficult planning, design and construction challenges involving significant cultural and natural resources.• Projects included the Brownstones at 1st & Church, the Boyd Mill House, and the 131 3rd Avenue Building, all located in the Franklin National Historic District.

Williamsburg, Va, Us

• Successfully accomplished more than $50 million of health care, commercial, industrial, residential and mixed use projects on behalf of corporate, government, institutional and individual clients.• Major clients included Virginia Baptist Homes, Inc., Williamsburg Landing, Inc., Busch Entertainment Corporation, and USAA Insurance Company.

• Established and managed what may be the first Department of Sustainable Development for a local government in the US.• Led award-winning community development process and authored the Northampton County Sustainable Development Action Strategy, which earned the Presidential Leadership Award from National Association of Counties.• Facilitated extensive community involvement and ownership in the process that achieved tangible economic, environmental and social benefits for the County.• Built a broad base of support involving more than 50 state and Federal agencies, non-profit organizations and corporations. Wrote $6 million in successful grant proposals for implementation of specific aspects of the local development strategy.• Led and supervised professional and administrative staff and an extensive team of consultants and contractors for implementation of local sustainability initiatives.• Major projects included Sustainable Technology Park, eco-industrial covenants and restrictions with measurable sustainability standards, restoration of historic Eastville Inn, funding/acquisition of Chesapeake Bay Nature Preserve; planning and approval of prospective 7.8-megawatt Cape Charles Wind Farm, 7.2-mw Seaside Wind Farm.• Traveled extensively throughout the US and internationally as a frequently-requested speaker and presenter on how to plan and execute successful strategies to put sustainability into action.

• Developed 200-acre Cape Charles Sustainable Technology Park, a National Showcase Community project co-funded by the US Department of Commerce, US Environmental Protection Agency and others as a prototype of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development. • Created the vision and detailed plans, attracted extensive public and private investment, facilitated organization and incorporation of the development authority, administered the first three phases of development from start to finish, including planning and conceptual/schematic design, land assembly and environmental assessments, fund-raising and financing, public approvals, zoning and permitting, design development and contract documents, site improvements and building construction, marketing and sales, tenant improvements, opening and occupancy.• Raised $8.5 million of public funding, plus corporate commitments of an additional $8 million; assembled 203 acres of land; built 31,000-sf green industrial-office building meeting US Green Building Council – Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) standards featuring 42-kw solar photovoltaic roof.• Attracted and signed companies leading innovation in renewable energy, clean water technologies and industrial symbiosis, including a Swiss manufacturer of architecturally-integrated photovoltaic panels, a Norwegian company producing energy recovery components for reverse osmosis desalination, and wind energy development companies from Germany and Ireland.

Newport News, Va, Us

• Managed all aspects of long-range, current and neighborhood planning for a rapidly growing, environmentally-sensitive district on the James River near Jamestown and the Chesapeake Bay.• Led award-winning community processes for creation and implementation of a comprehensive plan and special area management plans to establish and accelerate progressive economic and community development in concert with the protection and restoration of diverse natural and cultural assets.• Major projects included, District III Area Plan, Deep Creek/Menchville Plan, design and development of Riverview Farm Park, co-authored Framework for the Future comprehensive plan.

Longmont, Colorado, Us

• Guided projects through the planning and development process for this growing community at the base of the Rocky Mountains. • Worked with developers to achieve high standards, attain public and private goals, and secure approvals from a long list of review agencies. • Negotiated agreements with developers, formulated strategies, plans and ordinances to achieve high quality development and conserve the City’s rich natural and cultural resources. • Major projects included support for development of Longs Peak Industrial Park, team production of the Longmont Area Comprehensive Plan, administration of City’s Landmark Preservation Commission, developed preservation plan and incentives program.

• Served on project teams for economic development, real estate development, and downtown revitalization for private and public sector clients in communities across the Western United States. • Work recognized for quality, innovative solutions, protection of environmental resources, consensus building and action.• Major projects included Rocky Mountain Technological Park and Estes Park Downtown Revitalization Program in Colorado, Rancho La Sierra and Rancho Del Rio mixed-use developments in Southern California, Saint Vrain Valley at Lyons in Colorado.

• Provided planning and design services for development projects, including assessment of site opportunities and constraints, development potential calculations, site planning and programming, conceptual design, modeling, mapping, and presentation exhibits. • Major projects included Denver Technological Center, Health Development Corp of America, Arvada City Center, Paradigm Conference Center, and Boulder Valley Regional Center.