Experience

AtmosZero

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Fort Collins, Colorado, United States



Starlight Ventures

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • Jun 2022 - Present



Georgetown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor - Science Technology and International Affairs

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  Washington, District Of Columbia • Instructor for STIA 402 "Clean Energy Innovation" • Serving on Committee for PhD student focused on Rural Energy Transition • Advisor to students on energy entrepreneurship



Clark Street Associates

• United States
• Government Relations Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Advisor

  • Apr 2022 - Jul 2022

• Director of Energy+Environment

  • Apr 2021 - Mar 2022



UrbanX Renewables Group

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Jan 2016 - Apr 2022

  Long Beach, CA • Part of a team developing a first-of-a-kind waste-to-drop-in-diesel project. • Technical lead in partnering with technology licensor, engineering EPC, construction contractors and financial partners to commercialize tech.



Bipartisan Policy Center

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Director for Energy Innovation

  • Sep 2018 - Apr 2021

  Washington D.C. Metro Area • Executive Director for the American Energy Innovation Council • Developing new models for FOAK energy project financing. • Managing team of analysts focused on innovation in energy, industry, ag and carbon removal sectors. • Developing thought-leadership for energy innovation models for deep decarbonization. • Published in Scientific American, Joule, the Des Moines Register.



ARPA-E

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• ARPA-E Fellow and Acting Program Director

  • Jan 2016 - Jun 2018

  • Responsible for $33 million energy-water-nexus investment: Advanced Research In Dry-cooling (ARID). • Actively managed 16 high-risk high-reward R&D projects and companies across Technology Readiness Levels (TRL), including follow-on funding decisions, cancellations and re-scoping. • Lead market research, business development and customer identification activities for portfolio teams. • Managed team of 5 support contractors and analysts in funding and project management… Show more • Responsible for $33 million energy-water-nexus investment: Advanced Research In Dry-cooling (ARID). • Actively managed 16 high-risk high-reward R&D projects and companies across Technology Readiness Levels (TRL), including follow-on funding decisions, cancellations and re-scoping. • Lead market research, business development and customer identification activities for portfolio teams. • Managed team of 5 support contractors and analysts in funding and project management activities. • Actively develop high-risk, high-reward R&D programs in applications of advanced manufacturing, advanced chemical reactor design and chemical conversions for industrial decarbonization. • Contribute to the development of INTEGRATE, ROOTS, MARINER, HITEMMP and REFUEL programs. • Technical diligence on over 1000 proposals for investment.

• ARPA-E Fellow

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

  Washington D.C. Metro Area



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Candidate

  • Feb 2010 - Dec 2014

  Cambridge, MA

• Graduate Researcher

  • Sep 2007 - Feb 2010



ARPA-E

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• ORISE Fellow

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Washington D.C. Metro Area