San Francisco Bay Area
Enterprise-oriented Technical Account Manager with a chemical engineering background and 5+ years of experience driving results in industrial innovation, business development, and stakeholder engagement. Proven ability to upsell complex technical solutions, defend longstanding customer relationships, and represent engineering organizations in investor, partner, and recruitment conversations. Comfortable navigating long sales cycles, cross-functional collaboration, and executive-level messaging.
Nutrient Fluidics System Design - Indoor Vertical Farming ● Delivered on-time completion of aggressive program schedule by leveraging technical expertise and collaborating cross-functionally with Mechanical and Controls Engineers, External Partners (Construction, System Integrators, Academic Researchers) to manage competing priorities ● Shepherded Pathogen Management and Water Reuse system from Concept Design through Procurement and Construction, on through Commissioning and Operational viability ● Led daily project progress reports to align internal project team, to support schedule recovery and operational root-cause analysis
● Decoupled nutrient system commissioning plan by assessing customer requirements and qualifying success criteria for each subsystem ● Optimized Pathogen Management system control scheme in response to unforeseen construction challenges without impacting project timeline or system capacity ● Anticipated and mitigated production risk by re-working validation plan and implementing controls interlocks at system interfaces
Nutrient Fluidics System Design - Indoor Vertical Farming ● Led strategic design and ongoing validation of nutrient management system despite project uncertainty and dynamic timeline by leveraging input from Plant Scientists, Farm Technicians, and External Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), enabling CAPEX savings of $90,000 ● Developed and managed university-partnered technology validation effort, communicating progress upwards and troubleshooting roadblocks to complete project 24% under budget within allotted schedule and performance criteria ● Embodied company interests and expertise at externally-facing showcases and conferences to inform internal design philosophy and expand industry network
• Collaborating across a variety of business units to drive Chevron's core value: Diversity and Inclusion. •Working directly with and for the support of Chevron's Asian Employees to celebrate and spread awareness of a collective heritage and culture. •Amplifying the voice of underrepresented groups in the workplace through intentional conversations and impactful event-planning
• Driving short and long-term optimization of Jet Hydroprocessing (JHT), Caustic Scrubbing, Utilities, and Flare Gas Recovery Systems • Developed novel strategies for Operations Planning in response to COVID-19 Market Conditions by driving buy-in from various SMEs, Operations (Estimated Value: $44MM/year) • Reconciled High Value Product obstacles through targeted communication across diverse technical groups and removal of arbitrary limits (Estimated Value: $1.6MM/year) • Initiated and guided Operations in reducing reactor temperature below historical minimums to capture OPEX reductions while at low rates (Estimated Value: $500K/year) • Supported 2020 Unit Turnaround through Confined Space Entry, Equipment inspection and closure approval, Catalyst dump logistics, Shift turnover communication • Led completion of 2022 Turnaround scope input for JHT, Caustic Scrubber, Utilities • Empowered new-to-site Senior Engineer in assessment of unprecedented JHT minimum rates to avoid impending Refinery shutdown through time-sensitive onboarding and communication of existing tools
Engineering Co-op Honor Society