Director
GREEN WATTS
Total years of experience :17 years, 0 Months
• Managing the portfolio of development projects from the origination phase, through hand over of a bankable project to a Renewable Energy Asset Manager in Jordan and the MENA region
• Managing development budgets, permitting, developing competitive off-take pricing, off-take marketing, competitive analysis and internal communications for the portfolio of projects in the pipeline.
• Qualified with the Government of Jordan for the Round 3 of Solar and Wind utility scale projects.
• Directly managing SunEdison’s operations on the ground in Jordan.
• Developing opportunities for large scale renewable energy plants in the public and private sectors, including acquisition of projects for both wind and solar.
• . Co-management role to bring projects to financial close and facilitation of actual construction of projects by insuring full coordination between governmental, lenders, local community and related parties requirements to guarantee successful project delivery.
• Management of the CSR programs which go hand in hand with project development, execution, and operating.
• Direct involvement in establishment of the fund during fund-raising stage, including involvement in fund’s strategic document preparation as in Prospectus document and research on market opportunity, size, and future trends and growth in industries of focus
• Participated in advisory assignments with Saudi Aramco and METITO, international water utility service and EPC, to assess commercialization of technologies developed internally.
• Supported the fund’s investment strategy and pipeline.
• Conducted due diligence and financial analysis for target portfolio companies.
• Managed market analysis based decision making process to evaluate investment opportunities.
• Participated in laying down portfolio companies sales strategy and process including procedures and training
• Worked with different governmental and nongovernmental organizations to facilitate grants and financing for portfolio companies.
• Mentored multiple incubated startups, on voluntary basis, and coached a winning team in Queen Rania Entrepreneurship Center business plans competition
• Direct involvement in developing large /Utility scale solar opportunities and management of internal RFQ process
• Assessing and developing new market opportunities alliances and penetration strategy to support sector / geographical expansion strategy in MENA, Europe, Africa, and South America.
• Facilitating technology development financial and technical support through creating and maintaining alliances with academic, research, and international institutions and companies
• Developing solar energy feasibility case studies for different sectors and countries to penetrate
• Proven track record of realized renewable energy deals in multiple sectors and markets as in the 25 MW globally largest roof top district solar thermal plant, 23 MW Utility PV plant in Maan, Jordan, and establishing presence in Chile, South America, and the award of a first contract
· Managed a sales team of eight sales peoplev Prepared and analyzed Sales Forecastsv Led and motivated team members to accomplish revenue goals in assigned territoriesv Hit the month revenue goal of One Hundred Thousand Dollars for the department for the first time in 18 months
· Maintain Network Computers in the BYU campus library· Responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting:v Microsoft Windows 98, NT, 2000, and XP Operating Systems.v Novell Netware, Application Launcher, and Directory Services.v Miscellaneous Microsoft and Corel Office Programs.
· Helped Arabic learning students in studying and in practicing the language· Supervised the students and influenced them to achieve desired goals and deadlines· Graded homework and papers of the students and maintained records of them
B.S., Business Management, Marriott School, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, Dec. 2002Areas of Study:· Project Planning and Management · Accounting Principles and Practices:v Analyzed, recorded real-life Financial Transactions and prepared Financial Statementsv Learned and applied principles of Managerial Accounting and Product Cost in real-life projects· Financial Management and Analysis:v Learned the Principles of Working Capital Managementv Learned the Principles of Capital Budgeting, and Cost of Capital and Leverage.· Information Systems Principles and Applications:v Network Design and Implementationv Conceptual and Relational Database Design and Implementationv Database Programming (SQL, MS Access, and Oracle)· Effective Written and Oral Communication:v Learned and Practiced the Art of Business Letters, Proposals and Memosv Did many Oral Presentations using Technology and Visual Aid Tools to present solutions for real-life Cases· Principles of National and Global Marketing