Ziyad A.
Building a sustainable energy world for our future generation.
- Role
- Senior Director - Head of Bess & Hv Operations at Qcells EPC
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ziyad A.
Ziyad held positions in engineering, business development, sales, and operations in the US, UK, Singapore, and Bangladesh. Ziyad started his career in industrial and commercial Power Generation in emergency and backup generation for Islanding applications in mission-critical environments. He has designed and built over 370 Power Generation and Propulsion plants using high-speed diesel engines to Aero-derivative Gas turbines before successfully transitioning to renewable energy space. Ziyad has committed himself to building a sustainable energy world for the future and designed and built the USA’s largest Lithium-based Battery Storage system in 2016 which is also recognized as the only battery system in the world to Blackstart a heavy frame Gas Turbine and a High Voltage Transmission line in 2017. Ziyad previously held positions in Cummins Inc, Caterpillar Inc, ZBB Energy, Rolls Royce Energy Systems, General Electric Energy Storage in Diesel, Medium Frame & Aero Derivative Gas Turbines, Flow Battery, Lead Acid and Lithium Battery technologies. Ziyad is a Subject Matter Expert in Battery Storage System Design and has over 15 years of experience in the Energy Storage industry. Currently, Ziyad heads the SME Engineering in High Voltage, Stationary Storage, SCADA & Controls engineering for Qcells USA.
Experience
Senior Director - Head of Bess & Hv Operations
Jul 2025 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
B.S., Electrical Engineering
2001 — 2005
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