Alex Leemon
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Credentials
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PRINCE2® Foundation Certificate in Project Management
ILX GroupSep, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
PRINCE2® Practitioner Certificate in Project Management
ILX GroupNov, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Data Analyst with R
DataCampAug, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
AICIP Pressure Vessel In-Service Inspector
AICIPOct, 2012- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Gridcog
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United Kingdom
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Services for Renewable Energy
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1 - 100 Employee
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Flexibility Markets Lead
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Mar 2022 - Present
As Gridcognition's resident NEM nerd I'm responsible for helping guide customers through the landmine-riddled energy system to efficiently model their projects and realise all potential value streams. I'm also responsible for helping develop and refine new product features and identify additional opportunities. As Gridcognition's resident NEM nerd I'm responsible for helping guide customers through the landmine-riddled energy system to efficiently model their projects and realise all potential value streams. I'm also responsible for helping develop and refine new product features and identify additional opportunities.
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Rheem Australia
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Australia
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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200 - 300 Employee
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Project Manager - Advanced Technologies
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Jun 2021 - Mar 2022
Responsible for project managing Rheem's Active Hot Water project in South Australia, jointly funded by ARENA and the South Australian Department for Energy and Mining. The project is based around the innovative Solahart PowerStore - a grid interactive smart electric water heater. PowerStore is a distributed energy resource (DER) - a 14kWh battery for a fraction of the cost of lithium ion. Combined with a whole-of-home energy management strategy, PowerStore enables efficient usage of household electricity and rooftop solar PV, minimisation of electricity costs and participation in residential virtual power plants (VPP). Show less
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Flow Power
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Australia
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Utilities
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1 - 100 Employee
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Demand Response Lead and Market Specialist
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Oct 2020 - Jun 2021
Took on additional responsibilities and title to reflect the various other bits and pieces of ad hoc analysis I completed for the business.
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Demand Response Lead
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Dec 2018 - Oct 2020
Responsible for managing Flow Power's demand response activities in the National Electricity Market, including AEMO's emergency reliability programs (RERT), customer spot price exposure management and trialling new demand response technologies.
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EnerNOC
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Program Manager - FCAS
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Jul 2017 - Nov 2018
Responsible for overseeing the management of EnerNOC’s interruptible load program in the frequency control ancillary services (FCAS) markets of the Australian National Electricity Market. This was the first interruptible load program in the NEM after the Power of Choice rule change was implemented in July 2017.I was part of the original team that brought the program from opportunity to implementation over an 8 month time frame. This included navigating the regulatory and technical requirements of the program, liaising with a development team to build a custom software platform and deploy a metering solution to customer sites and defining the scope of and deploying training to the operations team.As the program matured I was responsible for the technical assessment of newly recruited and potential customers, analysis of market performance and participation, ongoing understanding and complying with the regulatory framework including rule changes, training and liaising with the real time operations team and internal financial forecasting and reporting. Show less
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Analyst, Demand Response Operations and Energy Markets
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Apr 2016 - Nov 2018
I was responsible for overseeing the Australian and New Zealand operations of EnerNOC's demand response portfolios. These included three "capacity-style" DR portfolios, three demand management portfolios and two ancillary services portfolios.-Development and implementation of new training and documentation procedures-Process improvements across the programs-Responsible for the link between the local Australian and New Zealand program teams and the international 24/7 Network Operations team-Analyst with the Energy Markets team - looking at market trends and strategies Show less
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HRL Technology Group Pty Ltd
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Australia
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Engineering Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Materials and Mechanical Engineer
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Jan 2011 - Apr 2016
Materials and mechanical consulting engineer with HRL Technology Group. AICIP-certified pressure vessel inspector (certification #527) Project management of on-site outages and inspection programs. On-site condition assessment of high energy components, including various NDT techniques (MT, UT, PT, replication) Desktop-based life assessment of high energy components High level of experience working with the pressure equipment Australian Standards, ASME codes and BS EN codes. Laboratory-based failure assessments and material analyses. Contracting, tendering and quoting Confined space and working-at-heights trained Experience working at and inducted at a large number of power and industrial sites across Australia Show less
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The University of Queensland
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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University Tutor
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Feb 2007 - Nov 2010
University tutor of first and second year engineering subjects including both theory and practical classes of up to 30 students. Also worked as an 'everything tutor' in the First Year Learning Centre. University tutor of first and second year engineering subjects including both theory and practical classes of up to 30 students. Also worked as an 'everything tutor' in the First Year Learning Centre.
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High School Tutor
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Jan 2006 - Nov 2010
Self-employed tutor for high school science and maths. Did one-on-one tutoring of 3-4 students per year for final years 11 and 12. Self-employed tutor for high school science and maths. Did one-on-one tutoring of 3-4 students per year for final years 11 and 12.
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Education
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2006 - 2010
The University of Queensland
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), Mechanical and Materials Engineering -
2020 - 2020
EnergyLab
Cleantech20
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