SUMMARY

• Resourceful, motivated and eager energy - finance professional with over 20 years of experience in engineering, financial services, energy & utility, and consulting firms; who can easily adapt to new responsibilities
• Exceptional interpersonal and management skills; expert in effective management of multiple engagements simultaneously; commercial savvy and capable of conducting business negotiations and creating effective working relationship with individuals and organizations; enthusiastic team player

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• attention to details, solid analytical skills, expert in Financial Modeling, Risk Management, Project Finance, Structured Transactions, Financial Planning, and Business Strategy & Planning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Manager

Confidential, Norwalk, CT

Responsibilities:

• Led validation of a broad spectrum of quantitative models including Credit Risk, PD, LGD, ECap, and Treasury across multiple business units; served as SME to validate and to improve performance of credit risk and valuation models for project finance transactions for Confidential Energy Financial Services.
• Developed and implemented holistic methods for the development of quantitative models in commercial lending and leasing underwriting process, in collaboration with Risk Modeling leaders
• Provide leadership for the design and implementation of a CCAR internal control framework to meet regulatory expectations and achieve full SR11-7 compliance
• Developed a project management platform to monitor the progress and quality of model validation process across all credit models; and managed the validation projects in a matrixed setup; managed in­house and off-shore analytics resources

Chief Operating Partner and Member of the Board

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed consulting engagements and led all phases of finance and risk advisory to several commercial banks, power generation entities and institutional investors; served as SME in solving complex issues particularly focusing on valuation, budgeting, risk management, structured finance, asset/debt restructuring, project finance, and Public Private Partnership.
• Supervised and directly involved in development of comprehensive credit risk, liquidity and market risk management systems for commercial banks, and provided model and policy advisory to banks to quantify risk and implement Basel II and other regulatory guidelines; modeled PD, LGD, EAD, and ECap; developed a full scope ALM for a commercial bank
• Managed all phases of project finance assignments: developed / evaluated feasibility studies; developed financial models and financial planning; promoted / presented projects to financiers, solicited financing, negotiated, structured and secured debt and equity financing; developed full-scope PPP/BOT/BOO schemes for various mega-scale energy projects; most undertakings had EPC structure and included power generation, CHP, renewable energy and infrastructure projects
• Negotiated and built strategic and tactical partnerships with local and international parties to develop competitive advantage which proved to be effective in entering new markets and creating new opportunities; drove market enthusiasm through seminars, fair shows, industry events, etc.
• Effectively interacted with various stakeholders such as government authorities, contractors, financiers, engineering team, suppliers, land owners, and successfully resolved disputes and/or conflicts

Project Manager, Business Planning and Market Analysis

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Responsibilities:

• Developed and structured project finance schemes for the company’s various strategic asset development and acquisition pursuits; prepared full-scope valuation and risk assessment including market, credit and liquidity risk for the power asset projects; structured, priced and negotiated off-taking and supply contracts such as PPA, ECA (tolling), and fuel supply to meet projected returns on assets
• Contributed to effective management of generation and storage assets of Dominion in PJM and NEPOOL; advised trading desk on optimized FTR, gas and oil hedges; collaborated closely with traders, originators, plant operations, oil/gas/coal desk, and Risk Management to optimize the asset portfolio; provided analysis and insight to implement commercial transactions ie. Tolling, PPA, etc.
• Played a lead role in the preparation of presentations, deliverables, and reports to the C-level executives for the review, negotiation, approval and financing/divesting of power generation assets
• Kept abreast of energy markets, FERC Regulations and tariffs, ISO requirements, Standard Market Design, RTO activities, Public Utilities Commission’s requirements and risk management practices

Pricing and Structuring Specialist, Business Planning and Market Analysis

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Responsibilities:

• As a front office lead quant, continuously contributed to development, validation and enhancement of pricing and valuation methodologies and risk management models/processes to accurately evaluate energy purchase contracts and to effectively hedge and manage the company’s energy asset portfolios
• Provided timely and accurate financial models of pricing and risk assessment of complex transactions, developed forward curves, and provided analytical support to origination and trading desk
• Conducted due diligence and extensive financial analysis on long-term physical and financial transactions and performed scenario analysis on the company’s power generating assets, evaluated impact of hedging strategies, and monitored various risk measures including VaR
• Developed load forecasting models, and simulated customers switching (migration) behavior
• Closely collaborated with compliance personnel, origination, and energy managers to ensure third-party contract as well as governmental compliance; kept abreast of legislative and regulatory developments in a variety of markets in the US