Brianna LaMorticella

• Maintain over 70 2MW-15MW solar sites through the management of resources such as equipment, materials, personnel and subcontractors to achieve project goals.
• Provided technical advice and guidance on electrical troubleshooting.
• Reviewed As-Builts, one-line drawings and all other specifications for accuracy and completeness prior to Acceptance Testing.
• Compiled monthly and quarterly reports detailing progress updates, budget information and other relevant data related to the project. Relayed information to senior leadership and investors.
• Negotiated contracts and invoices with suppliers and vendors in order obtain best pricing while maintaining quality standards.
• Manage O&M contractor, OEM, and EPC contractor relations, budgets, schedules and performance.
• Prioritized and delegated daily tasks for operations analyst team members.

I assist with maintenance and data collection of the upwelling systems. Our data tracked the growth of the organisms via volume measurements weekly.

• Researched energy industry news and technology. Then used this data to write articles and social media posts. Topic examples: Use of CHP systems in corporate sustainability efforts, natural gas volatility, policy changes, nuclear energy technology advancements in generation and waste, advancements and obstacles for wind energy storage, etc.

*** Most recently published in Energy Marketing Conferences Issue 65 under the title, "Minimizing Natural Gas Demand Volatility" July 14, 2022

• Supported marketing team to create project plans for specific opportunities concerning sustainable energy. This includes plans for a green energy comparison website, sustainable promotional strategies, and the creation of an energy industry podcast.
• Conducted research to support presentation topics and presented the topics.

• Researched and prepared information on news in the energy industry such as policy changes, administration/political goals, and clean energy initiative announcements from corporations.
• I took and scheduled meetings with colleagues and clients while balancing a heavy academic workload.

(April 2021 - June 2021) Co-Author: Worked with Mark Kleinginna for the research and development of his paper "The Necessity of Thermal Energy Networks in Beneficial Electrification" which was submitted and accepted to the 2021 Geothermal Rising Conference Technical Program Committee.

Responsibilities:

• Main topics: electrification of built environment, decarbonization of society, increasing the Coefficient of Performance of heat pumps, and geothermal heat.
• Prepared tables, graphs, fact sheets and written reports summarizing research results.
• Executed qualitative and quantitative analysis on wide range of data.