• Created strategic business plan based on market studies to support spinoff from parent company, including sections of SEC filings, public offerings, quarterly reports, and annual reports. Subsequent public offering generated $65 million. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Transformed unsuccessful acquisition initiatives into lucrative public offering, generating $65 million for spinoff company. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Spearheaded new five-year strategic vision for organization in response to new regulatory requirements from the state legislature. For more information, click here.

• Developed and implemented technology roadmap to improve performance and lower costs of company’s technology to successfully commercialize. Company has cut development costs by approximately 50%, scrap rates by approximately 40%, and continues to make improvements. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Designed, installed, and established a state-of-the art cold flow modeling laboratory to support the design of SNCR systems. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Managed up to 15 concurrent advanced technology development and demonstration projects. Prepared RFPs, reviewed proposals, established contract specifications, negotiated contracts, and directed project technical, fiscal, and schedule progress.
  
  
• Established procedures to streamline contracting between newly formed R&D group and technology developers. Procedures and protocols are still in use today, more than 14 years later.
  
  
• Conceived, optimized, installed, and demonstrated selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) emission control systems on utility boilers in Southern California.
  
  
• Defined design protocols for SNCR systems as an in situ emission control technology.
  
  
• Coordinated field tests of advanced combustion systems on a 400 MW utility boiler.

• Directed $10 million annual budget, and developed and implemented strategic R&D plan, including screening potential technology proposals and selecting those most promising for development. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Analyzed emission control technologies and developed cost-effective, system-wide strategy for a major municipal utility in Southern California. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Marketed $3 million in successful project proposals for development and implementation of NOx control technologies, including urea-SNCR and low NOx burners.
  
  
• Cultivated $8 million in projects, from proposal inception to completion, to develop, scale-up, and demonstrate advanced combustion and pollution control technologies.
  
  
• Innovated and demonstrated retrofittable combustion solutions to enable major utility boiler manufacturer to meet emission guarantees, saving customer potentially millions of dollars in performance penalties.
  
  
• Championed cost-effective protocol to determine emission control characteristics of coal combustion generated pollutants for input to the design of electrostatic precipitators.

• Rebuilt engineering R&D team to improved department capabilities while minimizing net increase in headcount. Completed strategic staffing initiative $100,000 (33%) under budget. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Implemented standard contract policies and procedures, streamlining process to achieve contract execution in less than six months, compared to previous 12+ months. For more information, click here.

• Secured lucrative $2.2 million contract with the US Army after redirecting product marketing from commercial to government, and built relationships in Washington, DC that resulted in congressional funding of $11 million over past three years. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Grew customer base from two major customers to more than 20 customers, diversifying products and services to counter financial struggles of biggest customer. Secured business from the U.S Army, which alone resulted in increasing annual revenues by over 8%.
  
  
• Administered $10 million annual budget, including development of budget plan and control/managment of annual costs.
  
  
• Authored $8 million in winning proposals, securing contracts with the US DOE, EPRI, and major utility boiler manufacturers.

• Represented the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) and Technology Advancement Office to state legislators in an effort to secure continued support for program, achieving reauthorization of funding for another five years. Presented testimony to state legislative committees on behalf of the AQMD. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Successfully represented company on Capital Hill, building relationships that resulted in supporting congressional funding of $11 million toward technology initiatives.

• Prepared and presented reports, papers, and proposals to a variety of audiences.
  
  
• Personally handled politically charged public agency’s communications with the public.
  
  
• Drafted Annual Report for Technology Advancement Office R&D program.

• Conducted market studies to assess potential expansion beyond current market and technology base.
  
  
• Evolved strategic plan based on market analysis to support spinoff company’s growth and stability.

• Identified technologies and companies for potential strategic alliances and acquisitions.