Rafat Elahi

About Rafat Elahi

I am a passionate business and technical leader in the global energy industry; helping drive the energy resiliency and transition to cleaner-sustainable sources primarily in the North American region. My focus areas are “New Energy” solutions, energy diversification, electrification, grid resiliency and conventional-sustainable generation. I grew in conventional-power initially leading execution, design, consulting, and project management. My role has since evolved to cover the business end of things, and in my day-to-day I tackle complexities of the broader deal-making such as managing stakeholder relationships, identifying, and driving strategic partnerships to capture key business in new markets, and leveraging the internal strengths of my organization to win new business. My industry partners and cohorts regard me well for my knowledge and I have been invited to speak on leadership panels at energy focused networking events. I continue to develop close relationships with key leaders in the industry that share my vision to leave a lasting impact on North American energy infrastructure through sustainability and diversification.

Experience

1. Regional General Manager (Business Development)

   Black & Veatch

   Aug 2021 — Present · Houston, TX, US

Education

• Michigan State University

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering

  2002 — 2005

Skills

• Sama
• Combined Cycle Plants
• Distributed Control System (Dcs)
• Pjff
• Opc
• Commissioning
• Autocad
• Aqcs
• Electrical Engineering
• Allen Bradley
• Aci
• Mark Vie
• Power Generation
• Scr
• Instrument List
• Bently Nevada
• Ladder Logic
• Steam Turbines
• Plc
• So2 Scrubbers
• Cems
• Energy
• West Esp
• Coal Power Plants
• Dcs
• Sda
• Project Engineering
• Modbus
• Ovation
• Combustion Turbines
• Material Handling
• Solar Pv
• Steam Boilers
• Soft-Links
• Boolean
• Simple Cycle Plants
• Cat6
• Power Plants
• Profibus
• Solar Thermal