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Piedmont, Sd, Us

Black Hills Partners invests in companies making an immense global impact on how we create and consume energy and provides advisory services related to policy, business development, and strategy to companies, governments and investment funds. Advisory highlights include:-Advise several groups at the International Atomic Energy Agency on fusion regulation and non-proliferation policy.-Spearheaded how to regulate and permit fusion power plants for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Fusion Industry Association. Defined a framework that protects public health and safety while simultaneously being ~100x cheaper and ~15x faster than the regulations designed for fission energy.-Advised the UK Government on their fusion regulatory framework which shaped their final policy and was the first adopted regulation for private sector fusion power plants.-Conceived several innovative public-private partnership programs for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). These include: 1) Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program: Funds private companies to resolve scientific and technological challenges in designing commercially viable fusion pilot plants in line with the White House’s Bold Decadal Vision for Fusion Energy. This program was inspired by NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program that helped enable the commercial space industry.2) INFUSE: Accelerates fusion energy development in the private sector by reducing impediments to collaboration involving the expertise and unique resources available at DOE laboratories and universities.-Served on the DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee for Long Range Planning which published the Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas report and presented at numerous NRC public meetings on fusion regulation.-Designed and executed go-to-market strategies for new technology products. -Briefed over 46 investment firms on new technology trends related to energy.https://www.blackhillspartners.com/

Devens, Massachusetts, Us

Worked with the founders since prior to incorporation of the company and currently focus on a wide variety of strategic issues, including business development, government affairs and regulation. I've led multiple large-scale and highly-impactful projects for the company. Sample projects include:-Collaborated with the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program and U.S. NRC on determining the regulatory framework for SPARC (CFS's first fusion energy demonstration facility) and currently advise on the preparation of the license application.-Co-managed the site selection process for SPARC, CFS headquarters and the HTS Magnet factory.-At inception, helped raise ~$200M for CFS's initial funding and prepared due diligence materials.-Supported setting up the project management infrastructure for the company and helped hire key early employees.Commonwealth Fusion Systems designs and builds commercial fusion systems to provide limitless, clean energy to the world on a timeframe that matters for climate change. The company has raised over $2B and has more than 500 employees.

London, England, Gb

Tekcapital is a global university technology and intellectual property services company founded in Oxford, England working with over 4,000 research institutions in 160 countries and is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange (TEK).Review and evaluate new innovative technologies to determine their scientific validity and commercialization potential on deals worth up to $1B per patent; establish connections between the firm and new high potential corporate customers.

Nucleus Scientific is a technology company launched by MIT faculty and alumni to fundamentally change the way electrical energy is stored, transferred and utilized in transportation and related industries throughout the world.Formulated go-to-market strategy, negotiated and drafted commercial licensing agreements with major portable electronics manufacturers; strategized Series B fundraise, developed investment materials and prepared due diligence documentation.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

Provided strategic insight to portfolio companies on corporate development, partnerships, and fundraising; led due diligence efforts for an ~$20M investment opportunity in the energy storage space; developed new investment hypotheses for emerging market opportunities caused by the growth of shale gas; sourced new deals; modeled financial returns and prepared fundraising material for the subsequent fund.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

TerraPower is a nuclear reactor design company backed by Bill Gates, Mukesh Ambani, Nathan Myhrvold, Charles River Ventures, Khosla Ventures and other notable investors poised to change how sustainable energy is produced worldwide.Hired as employee #9 before founding; identified and recruited key hires, grew team by 12x and raised ~$500M. Managed 120 team members to deliver a fully integrated conceptual design of a first-of-a-kind Traveling Wave Reactor ahead of schedule in only 9 months. Served as Nuclear Reactor Physicist in 2009-2010 prior to leading the entire reactor design effort for the company.Drafted multiple sections of export license applications and commodity classification requests for China and Russia; organized and negotiated international collaboration efforts; directed quality assurance, configuration/safety management, records management and document control.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Nuclear Science And Engineering

Master Of Science (M.S.), Nuclear Science And Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Nuclear Science And Engineering