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Energy storage executive with nearly 20 years leading utility-scale BESS development from origination through operational readiness across multiple US and international markets. Cross-sector perspective from roles spanning market operators, OEMs, developers, utilities, and IPPs. Pioneered grid-scale battery storage development in the US: led the design, construction, and commissioning of the first grid-connected lithium-ion BESS in 2008 and the first storage project to generate revenue in a US power market (PJM, 2009). Subsequently led BESS development at EDF Renewables, Leeward Renewable Energy, and Qcells North America, advancing multi-GW pipelines across PJM, MISO, ERCOT, WECC and ISO-NE. Currently Managing Carina Energy, where our team has codified that experience into a compl...