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I'm a clean energy and decarbonization leader and Chief Operating Officer for Third…
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🇰🇷 In South Korea, direct air capture is taking the tech world by storm. "Innovative climate technologies such as direct air capture is no longer…
🇰🇷 In South Korea, direct air capture is taking the tech world by storm. "Innovative climate technologies such as direct air capture is no longer…
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Today, I’m STOKED to share that I’ve joined Protect Our Winters as their new COO! As most of you have seen, I’ve spent the past decade focused on…
Today, I’m STOKED to share that I’ve joined Protect Our Winters as their new COO! As most of you have seen, I’ve spent the past decade focused on…
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Over the last year I've been digging into the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) - arguably the most significant law ever passed for energy transition…
Over the last year I've been digging into the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) - arguably the most significant law ever passed for energy transition…
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Experience
Education
Licenses & Certifications
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Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
MIT Sloan School of Management
Volunteer Experience
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Builder
Habitat for Humanity International
- Present 12 years 1 month
Economic Empowerment
Helped build low-income LEED-certified housing in Boulder.
Publications
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The missing link: Transforming deep retrofits into financial assets
Corporate Real Estate Journal
This 6000 word article fully describes the methodology to calculate and present a full assessment of the value creation and risk mitigation resulting from deep retrofit investment necessary to support capital investment in capital scarce working environments.
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Non-Hardware ("Soft") Cost-Reduction Roadmap for Residential and Small Commercial Solar Photovoltaics, 2013—2020
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Why does Germany, a country with the same amount of sun on a yearly basis as Alaska, have residential solar costs half that of the U.S.? Why have solar panel prices dropped significantly while whole-system cost has remained relatively high?
The answer is in the soft costs of solar PV—all the non-hardware-related costs of installing a solar PV system.
To bring down the costs of solar PV in the U.S., RMI implores the solar industry to dedicate some energy away from the rallying…Why does Germany, a country with the same amount of sun on a yearly basis as Alaska, have residential solar costs half that of the U.S.? Why have solar panel prices dropped significantly while whole-system cost has remained relatively high?
The answer is in the soft costs of solar PV—all the non-hardware-related costs of installing a solar PV system.
To bring down the costs of solar PV in the U.S., RMI implores the solar industry to dedicate some energy away from the rallying points du jour (net-energy metering and the investment tax credit), which may only have short-term benefits, and focus on efforts that will make PV most competitive in the long run—reducing soft costs. RMI has had an institutional focus on lowering soft costs since 2008, including prominent, RMI-led multi-stakeholder workshops and substantial research and engagement with developers/financiers, installation contractors, equipment designers, city governments, and utilities. With the new release of our soft cost roadmap report with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), RMI has charted a path to guide soft cost reduction.Other authorsSee publication
Honors & Awards
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Academic Achievement Award
GEICO Inc.
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Army ROTC Battalion Commander's Award (2006 and 2007)
William and Mary Army ROTC
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High Five Award
Booz Allen Hamilton
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National Security Scholarship
National Security Education Program
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Arabic
Limited working proficiency
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French
Professional working proficiency
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Spanish
Limited working proficiency
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