Renewable Energy Expert, Experienced Program Lead and Team Builder

7/2024 – 11/2024

Consulting a leading renewable energy systems company in Germany with their product portfolio expansion to maintain a frontrunner within the energy transition for the consumer sector.

Key Responsibilities
- Define implementation strategy for the new product launches
- Develop, contract and establish supplier and service provider partnerships for the product launches
- Define and decide on concepts for product pricing, technical integration, hardware logistics, contracting models, customer value proposition, etc.

Projekteinkauf, Projektleitung / Teamleitung (IT), Projektmanagement (IT), Product Owner, Projektdurchführung, Projektleitung / Teamleitung, Technische Projektleitung / Teamleitung

10/2022 – 10/2023

At HALLOSONNE we build Austria's #1 one stop shop for distributed energy systems for residential homes including photovoltaic, battery storage and smart home management systems.

Key Responsibilities
- Built and lead interdisciplinary and multinational team and culture with 60+ employees from 14 countries and established organizational structure, defined goals and key metrics across all company functions.
- Defined company’s growth and expansion path including resource planning, employee planning, product roadmap, etc.
- Set path for 15M+ EUR of annualized revenue within first year of operation with strong growth path.
- Installed 500+ photovoltaic- & battery storage systems within first 6 months of operation.
- Set-up re-financing structure worth approx. 42M EUR to enable renting model for photovoltaic and
battery storage in Austria.

Finanzierung, Kreditfinanzierung, Management (allg.), Organisationsentwicklung, Motivation Projektteams, Projektleitung / Teamleitung, Kooperationen, Geschäftsfeldstrategie, Team Building, Energietechnik, Photovoltaik / Solarzelle, Batterietechnologie

4/2020 – 10/2022

Key member of the launch team (15 people) to develop and build the TESLA Gigafactory Berlin (Europe’s largest car manufacturing plant).

Key Responsibilities:

Factory Utility Connections Program Management

o Lead 14 construction projects in parallel of natural gas-, water- and power connections + supply agreements including up to 300 employees involved in parallel.
o Oversaw project volume budget of €41M, deployed within 24months followed by €140M long term investment.
o Coordinated project and construction managers across the projects and oversaw the projects budgets and timelines.
o Performed stakeholder management including ministries, authorities, utilities, contractors and TESLA internal teams.
o Coordinated the full program lifecycle including internal functions: permitting, engineering, procurement, construction, legal & operation.

Solar Program and Energy Procurement Management:

o Lead the program for various photovoltaic projects to install a total of 10 Megawatt on the factory within 24 months.
o Coordinated project and construction managers across the projects and oversaw the projects budgets.
o Coordinated the full program lifecycle (business case, procurement, engineering, permitting, construction).
o Established sustainable and green energy procurement for the factory across all utilities (power, water, natural gas) in line with the company guidelines.

Einkauf (allg.), Projekteinkauf, Finanzierungsberatung, Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen, Programm-Management, Projektdurchführung, Projektleitung / Teamleitung, Stakeholder-Analyse, Genehmigungsverfahren-Beratung, Team Building, Bauaufsicht, Hochvolttechnik, Starkstromanlagen, Photovoltaik / Solarzelle, Gas-, Wasserinstallation, Bauleitung / Baustellenleitung, Baumanagement