Ryan Hughes
Technical Director at The Cadmus Group
- Role
- Technical Director at The Cadmus Group
- Location
- Boulder, CO, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ryan Hughes
Ryan Hughes applies a systems‑level technical leadership approach to energy efficiency evaluation and project delivery, combining engineering rigor, data analytics, and disciplined automation to improve quality, consistency, and scalability across large, multi‑year portfolios. His work emphasizes building repeatable, defensible methods that reduce delivery risk, support regulatory scrutiny, and enable teams to operate effectively at scale.Evaluation Engineering & Technical Oversight• Provide senior technical oversight for engineering‑based savings analysis across commercial and industrial programs.• Establish and review desk review and site verification protocols aligned with approved evaluation methods.Guide integration of engineering analysis, utility meter data, and statistical sampling for portfolio‑level synthesis.• Serve as a technical reviewer and risk assessor for complex or high‑impact evaluations.Data, Analytics & Scalable Automation• Design and oversee Python‑based workflows that aggregate and normalize data from hundreds of evaluation workbooks for portfolio‑level analysis and Power BI reporting.• Apply structured data modeling, normalization, and deduplication strategies to support reliable analytics.• Introduce automation and performance optimization to reduce manual effort, shorten analysis cycles, and improve reproducibility.• Enable QA‑focused analytics that surface trends, outliers, and potential risks earlier in the evaluation process.AI‑Assisted Method and Tool Development• Apply AI responsibly as a technical accelerator to review, refactor, and improve analytical code and complex Excel‑based systems.• Use AI to improve performance, maintainability, and standardization while preserving engineering judgment and methodological integrity.• Establish guardrails to ensure transparency, auditability, and alignment with regulatory and utility expectations.Project Management & Cost Control Systems• Lead the design and enhancement of integrated project management and cost‑control tools for regulated evaluation contracts.• Implement standardized task structures, monthly staff planning, and multi‑year cost forecasting.• Align staffing plans, actual labor, and other direct costs (ODCs) to produce defensible estimates at completion (EAC).• Provide leadership with timely insights to support staffing, budgeting, and scope decisions.Platforms & Technical EnvironmentPython • Excel (Power Query, structured tables) • Power BI • eQuest • TRACE 700
Experience
Technical Director
Apr 2024 — Present · Boulder, CO, US
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
BS, Mechanical Engineering
1998 — 2002
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