Brian Q.

About Brian Q.

Currently very interested in leadership opportunities in energy project or sustainable infrastructure or real estate development with potential for substantial sustainability impact in a 5-10 year time horizon and which have strong technical foundations and significant commercial prospects. Expertise & experience:ENERGY - Policy, Renewable Resources & Conventional Fuels, Emissions, Efficiency, Climate Impacts ENGINEERING - Energy Conversion & Conservation, Distributed Generation, Heat & Power Systems.TECHNOLOGY - Solar, Wind, Energy Storage, Hybrid Renewable-Diesel-Battery-Flywheel SystemsREAL ESTATE - Energy in Architecture, Master Planning, Policy, Permitting, Sustainable DevelopmentMARKETING - Branding, Collateral, Proposals, Client Interviews, Seminars, Presentations, Trade ShowsMARKET & CUSTOMER ORIENTED team leader/ manager, facilitator, engineer, technical writer/ editor with extensive expertise and industry knowledge in low carbon energy and electric power systemsRAPIDLY ESTABLISHES CREDIBILITY with clients, colleagues, professional teams and business associates through integrity, business insight, and ability to put engineering issues into a commercial or architectural context, making complex technical concepts amenable to rational decision making.DIVERSE INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE - business development, technical and personnel management, design engineering, marketing communications - in start-up and established business environments.MOTIVATED BY CHALLENGES of \'durable development\' and multi-dimensional life cycle assessment (cost, labor, energy, emissions, water, transport, design, environmental quality, etc.) INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE - lived and worked in the USA, UK, Spain, France/Monaco; worked on projects and/or with project teams in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Japan, Russia. MS Energy - Architecture, Buildings, Construction, Design, Efficiency, Fuels, Glazing, HVAC, etc. BS EE - Power Engineering - System Design & Protection - Generation, Transmission, Machines

Experience

1. Vice President of Engineering

   Hanwha Energy USA

   Apr 2020 — Present

   Technical leadership and development engineering for a multi-gigawatt Solar Plus Storage Project on acres of contiguous county, state and federal land; with a 3200 MW CAISO LGIA; three 69/500 kV project substations; nine 400 MVA Main Power Transformers; MWh of lithium ion battery energy storage; four million PV modules; and a single Point of Interconnection at a 525 kV switching station- Conceptual design, technical development and implementation of a high voltage (69 kV) collection system for gigawatt scale solar power generation - first in North America and probably in the world- Engineering and master-planning for Hydrogen Production Storage & Offloading facilities, with phased expansion of compressed and liquid hydrogen, up to kg/day- Engineering leadership and major equipment procurement for multi-gigawatt pipeline of standalone and hybrid renewable energy and energy storage projects, green/blue hydrogen production facilities, and data center site and power system development- Conceptual design of 4 GWh high-density indoor BESS with centralized chiller plant and thermal energy storage to minimize auxiliary enery consumption and associated operating expenses- Close collaboration with procurement and legal professionals on contract negotiations and technical exhibits, reviews and negotiations of various Power Purchase, Equipment Supply, EPC Services and technical and commercial agreements- Technical support to development, project finance, interconnection, permitting, operations, asset management, insurance functions- Project experience in AZ, CO, HI, NM, NV, NY, OR, TX, UT, Guam and Mexico.

Education

• Cranfield University

  MSc, Energy & the Built Environment

  1995 — 1996

• The University of Salford

  BSc, Electrical Engineering Science - Power & Machines