Experience

White Pine Renewables

• United States
• Renewable Energy Power Generation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Development

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area

• Associate Director of Development

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area



STS

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Business Development Solar & Energy Storage (North America)

  • Sep 2021 - Mar 2022

  San Francisco Bay Area



PV Evolution Labs

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

• Head of Downstream Business Development

  • Aug 2019 - Sep 2021

  Berkeley, California, United States PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) is a Kiwa Group company, is a leading, independent, 3rd party test lab for downstream buyers and owner/operator customers of PV modules, inverters and energy storage systems. PVEL provides comprehensive reliability and performance testing on nearly all of the Tier 1 module manufactures. PVEL also specializes in field services like electroluminescence (EL) imaging for solar sites impacted by force majeure events or that are underperforming.



Renewable Properties

• Solar Electric Power Generation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Developer

  • Mar 2019 - Sep 2019

  San Francisco Bay Area Responsible for early stage utility scale solar Development and Community Solar M&A Origination. Led the acquisition of small utility-scale, community solar assets in the 2MW - 5MW range. Worked cross-functionally with development, project finance, and legal to acquire and close on operational assets.



Cypress Creek Renewables

• United States
• Renewable Energy Power Generation
• 200 - 300 Employee

• EPC Procurement Services Associate

  • Nov 2018 - Feb 2019

  San Francisco Bay Area Supporting internal and external EPC procurement services through competitive bid processes, coordinating closely with all internal development, finance and construction teams and outside EPC partners.

• Senior Manager, Partnerships

  • Aug 2018 - Nov 2018

  San Francisco Bay Area

• Acquisitions and Solar Development Project Manager

  • Aug 2015 - Sep 2018

  San Francisco Bay Area Developing utility scale solar power systems in the U.S. I managed full-cycle development and diligence processes across Environmental, Land-use, Zoning, Utility Interconnection and Regulatory environments in the 500kW-75 MW range. Project specific responsibilities include: ♦ Interfacing with Senior Development and Mergers & Acquisition executives in leading the due diligence of projects from origination through to financing and commercial operations. This includes, negotiating lease… Show more Developing utility scale solar power systems in the U.S. I managed full-cycle development and diligence processes across Environmental, Land-use, Zoning, Utility Interconnection and Regulatory environments in the 500kW-75 MW range. Project specific responsibilities include: ♦ Interfacing with Senior Development and Mergers & Acquisition executives in leading the due diligence of projects from origination through to financing and commercial operations. This includes, negotiating lease agreement contracts with land owners/development partners to ensure bankability as well as vetting multi-project portfolio's for risk and or fatal flaws prior to deal/MIPA closings. ♦ Developed and maintained strategic relationships with solar development partners in various renewable energy markets in the United States. ♦ Scheduled and managed the execution of key development processes. Managed development team with site layout, production optimization and constraints through to civil design and building/electrical permit applications. ♦ Served as a primary liaison between land owner, specific development, financing teams as well as third party lending/tax equity partnerships. Successful in leading collaborative solutions to challenges that arise between stakeholders during construction and or financing. ♦ Successfully led all aspects of community solar garden/project acquisitions including vetting all solar garden subscriptions for suitability and quality. Manages weekly calls with regional Public Utilities to ensure interconnection milestones and Utility side equipment installations are complete.



ERM: Environmental Resources Management

• Enviornmental Consultant

  • Apr 2014 - May 2015

  Walnut Creek Collaboration in the technical design, configuration and deployment of environmental management software service solutions for clients in upstream oil and gas, mining and manufacturing. Areas of focus include emissions for criteria and non-criteria pollutants (Air, Waste and Water) as well as data gathering and integration for regulatory compliance and permit/limit condition settings.



British Learning Academy

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental Educator

  • Oct 2012 - Jun 2014

  London As part of a European Commission exchange program with Italy, I designed, developed and taught an on-going five-week intensive environmental education course. The focus of the course curriculum centered on business applications in renewable energy, design thinking, environmental sustainability, systems and behavior change.



Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School

• Italy
• Food & Beverages

• Agriculturalist

  • Jan 2013 - Aug 2013

  Sicily One of two gardeners on a sprawling 1,200 acre estate in Regaleali, Sicily where I was responsible for the daily maintenance of one of the estates functioning kitchen gardens.



Sustainable Restaurant Association

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Food Waste Consultant

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  London Food waste and sustainability assessments, ratings and reporting for London based restaurants.



World Wildlife Fund

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Mar 2012 - Aug 2012

  London Communications & commercialization Consultant for a subdivision of the WWF called Tasting the Future. With Tasting the Future, I co-developed workshops focused on delivering food systems, improving innovative, sustainable food related processes as well as developed techniques for collaboration and designed storytelling.



Obopay

• India
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mobile Payments, Product Marketing Associate

  • Jun 2008 - 2010

  Redwood City, California Financial mobility services: Micro-payments. My responsibilities included subject expertise of mobile payments technology and space. The clear and effective articulation of our product offering to SME's for the purposes of sales and client acquisitions as well as business development,customer support and website design.