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Robert Hodge

Arlington,VA

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Energy Providers Consultant II

Guidehouse
Arlington, VA
07.2023 - Current
  • Lead impact and cost-effectiveness evaluations of utility customer rebate programs, resulting in annual energy savings of over 5,000 MWh and 500,000 therms of natural gas
  • Automate energy savings calculations using R Studio, standardizing analysis across the client portfolio to increase data accuracy, and eliminating 150 hours of manual Excel work annually
  • Streamline and maintain data workflows in R Studio for uploading field verification data into Fulcrum, and use its API to retrieve results, and improve reporting efficiency
  • Analyze client data requests, and synthesize insights from stakeholder interviews to identify process improvement opportunities, and support future state operating model design

Co-Founder/President

ForeLife Golf
Arlington, VA
03.2021 - Current
  • Lead a four-person founding team, overseeing strategic initiatives across product, operations, marketing, and customer experience to grow ForeLife's presence across 26 U.S. states
  • Conduct user research and market analysis to inform positioning and storytelling, contributing to over 2 million content views, and a strong brand community
  • Gather and learn from customer feedback to uncover pain points, and use those insights to drive design changes, test new ideas, and guide product decisions
  • Manage e-commerce operations through Shopify, using Shopify Collabs to build influencer partnerships, and email marketing tools to engage customers and drive repeat sales across multiple sales channels

Program Management Intern

Lockheed Martin
Fort Worth, TX
05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Supported F-35 product teams in managing fleet modifications to meet end-user requirements
  • Conducted UI/UX testing on internal dashboards for fleet data visualizations before deployment

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
08.2020 - 06.2022
  • Designed a behavioral science experiment linking remote working tools to success in engineering education
  • Analyzed virtual learning research and created a collaborative digital environment for student teams
  • Co-authored a published conference paper and presented at the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference

Education

Bachelor of Science - Industrial and Systems Engineering

Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University
Blacksburg
05.2023

Timeline

Energy Providers Consultant II

Guidehouse
07.2023 - Current

Program Management Intern

Lockheed Martin
05.2022 - 08.2022

Co-Founder/President

ForeLife Golf
03.2021 - Current

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Virginia Tech
08.2020 - 06.2022

Bachelor of Science - Industrial and Systems Engineering

Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University
Robert Hodge