Dana Ostfeld

About Dana Ostfeld

More than ten years of progressive experience in project and program management.Skilled relationship-builder and team member, adept at building strong partnerships with colleagues and stakeholders from varied backgrounds, and consistently delivering top-notch products.Extremely analytical and detail-oriented, with a flexible data analysis approach and outstanding follow-through; known for taking initiative to identify new opportunities, improve processes, solve problems, and manage multiple simultaneous projects to accurate completion within tight timelines.

Experience

1. Sr Manager, Data Center Energy & Location Strategy

   Google

   Apr 2018 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Develop portfolio strategy, multi-year programs, and processes for acquiring Google’s data center assets (land, power, water, wastewater, network) faster, cheaper, and smarter for the business. Exec presentations. Create biweekly, high-impact, data-driven presentations to Cloud leadership (SVPs/VPs) on data center supply, demand forecasting, and acquisition strategies, to enable informed, multi-billion dollar investment decisions. Risk visibility and analysis. Establish a robust risk management framework, including risk rubrics and acceptance levels, to proactively identify and mitigate potential risks in data center acquisitions. Lead development of risk register dashboards for enhanced visibility and informed decision-making. Budgeting. Define key budget data fields for tracking $XB annual global development projects, and establish a cross-functional process for annual budget forecasting, tracking, and approving. Produce quarterly executive-level reports for streamlined reviews of the team’s budget performance. Database creation. Direct data & analytics engineers and program managers in developing a global database of our data center and infrastructure (primarily water, wastewater, power), transforming leadership’s ability to make multi-billion dollar decisions on growing our data center portfolio via data-driven metrics. Cross-functional coordination. Lead and operationalize cross-functional programs across external and internal engineering teams, network, energy supply, and legal, resulting in reduced overall project durations, reduced risk, and improved comms. Sustainability Reporting. Establish Google’s first-ever Sustainability Reporting Requirement and reporting template for 3rd party data centers, creating a new, streamlined system for 3rd parties to report on various sustainability metrics to Google, including annual carbon emission reporting.

Education

• Northwestern University

  B.A., Environmental Science

  1996 — 2000

• Duke University

  Masters of Environmental Management

  2004 — 2006

Skills

• Environmental Science
• Renewable Energy Policy
• Ceqa
• Planner and Analyst
• Permitting
• Renewable Energy
• Environmental
• Data Analysis
• Demand Response
• Renewable Energy Markets
• Microsoft Excel
• Energy Markets
• Tableau
• Environmental Policy
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Energy Storage
• Nepa
• Environmental Consulting
• Project Management
• Energy
• Environmental Awareness
• Environmental Planning
• Program Management
• Climate Change