Caroline Wood
Project Manager
Longmont,CO
Summary
Engineering Manager adept at seamlessly integrating project technical aspects and making information relatable to non-technical personnel. Clear communicator, decision maker, and problem solver.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Project Manager, Energy Storage Deployments
Stem Inc.
05.2023 - Current
- Led 50+ BTM (behind the meter), C&I energy storage projects from delivery to commissioning (>$40MM in revenue).
- Guided partners with permitting questions, design reviews, and installation throughout lifecycle of project.
- Identified ineffectiveness in explaining commissioning to customers and developed process flow to share with all BTM customers.
Project Manager, Solar DAS
AlsoEnergy, A Stem Company
01.2022 - 05.2023
- Closed 129 Solar DAS projects during tenure amounting to 375MW DC size and $3.2MM in revenue.
- Managed portfolios in all regions of the US with scope including: BESS data integration, telemetry, controls implementation such as AVR and ZNE, firewall configurations, VPN tunnels, driver development, and advanced modeling/site validation.
Applications Engineering Manager
Blentech Corporation
05.2021 - 01.2022
- Led department to support sales pipeline of>$80MM through four key areas: trials, rental equipment, engineering services, and formal proposal development.
- Developed pricing strategy and trained sales team on how to differentiate from competitors, segment customers, and relation to subsequent pricing structure.
- Forecasted resource allocation and gross profit margins to orders through analysis of historical data, government data, and understanding customer elasticity/segmentation.
- Governed template creation and revisions for all customer facing documents from sales (i.e. Proposals, reports, etc.).
Applications Engineer
Blentech Corporation
10.2019 - 05.2021
- Promoted to technical sales team due to exceptional performance at multiple start-ups and ability to manage six major projects within nine month period.
Project Engineer
Blentech Corporation
01.2019 - 10.2019
- Executed multiple equipment orders from design to start-up & commissioning, including $2M stir fry cooking and cooling production line.
OMT Associate TAG Specialist (Process Engineer)
Nestlé USA
09.2017 - 12.2018
- Supported approximately 50% I&R and Optimization portfolio ($130M NPS total) and manufacturing network (five factories) during scale-up.
- Strategized through Lean Value Stream mapping how to optimize new material onboarding practices by reducing current timeframe by 75% (12 to 3 weeks).
- Leveraged top spend vendors to propose 25+ ingredient cost savings projects (>1MM).
OMT Maintenance Supervisor
Nestlé Professional
06.2016 - 09.2017
- Led team of 17 building and production mechanics with zero injuries.
- Reduced mechanical downtime by 31% across seven production lines by introducing continuous improvement principles to mechanics through creation of shift operational reviews and trainings.
- Resolved unplanned downtime losses through root cause analysis tools leading to 35% reduction in unplanned factory downtime.
- Additional support: BDA System Owner, Contractor management (high hazard permits), SAP/AMM purchasing of parts and work order management, Continuous improvement/RCA coaching, Equipment and line installations, new products, Center lining.
Education
Solar Energy International
Paonia, CO 11.2022 - 12.2022
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 08.2010 - 05.2015
Skills
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Process development
Production understanding
Workload prioritization
Timeline
Project Manager, Energy Storage Deployments
Stem Inc.
05.2023 - Current
Solar Energy International
11.2022 - 12.2022
Project Manager, Solar DAS
AlsoEnergy, A Stem Company
01.2022 - 05.2023
Applications Engineering Manager
Blentech Corporation
05.2021 - 01.2022
Applications Engineer
Blentech Corporation
10.2019 - 05.2021
Project Engineer
Blentech Corporation
01.2019 - 10.2019
OMT Associate TAG Specialist (Process Engineer)
Nestlé USA
09.2017 - 12.2018
OMT Maintenance Supervisor
Nestlé Professional
06.2016 - 09.2017
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
University of Florida
08.2010 - 05.2015