Kelly Strand

Kelly strand

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director of Customer Success at Gridware

  • Education

    • Lakeside

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    • Seattle university

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      Executive leadership mba
    • Cornell university

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      Bs applied economics & management
  • Experience

    • Holland america line

      May 2007 - Aug 2007
      Transportation & operations division intern

      Internal consultant role tasked with evaluation of complementary business opportunity in discrete market sector; and identification of efficiency improvements in the client transport process. Reported to department VP.

    • Mckinstry company

      Jun 2008 - May 2014

      Managed energy and sustainability client dashboard development. Manage resources providing web-based code for surveying and live updating of a web-based dashboard. Manage work on database design, stored procedures, and go-live transfer to production environment. On loan as project manager for Smart Building Solutions team. Drove client decisions on energy/ building systems and infrastructure using data-driven operating & lifecycle cost analyses built on engineering, construction, financial, and operations evidence. Manage energy/climate action plans, LEED projects, Energy Star benchmarks/audits, environmental impact projects. • Develop one-off and proforma cost and revenue analyses on facility investment and development decisions. Analyses based on capitalization rate method of asset evaluation.• Facilitate real estate development decisions based on financial modeling of project cash flow/ NOI forecasts and underlying value of assets. • Work closely with industry experts to aggregate costs from construction, operation, and capital expenditures to perform discounted cash flow analysis.

      • Software Project Manager (on-loan)

        Mar 2012 - May 2014
      • Consultant/ Project Manager, Sustainability/ Energy

        Jun 2010 - May 2014
      • Financial Analyst, Major Construction (Total Cost of Ownership Analyst)

        Jun 2008 - Jun 2010
    • Snohomish county pud

      Jun 2014 - Sept 2022

      Develop and make recommendations to shape energy efficiency acquisition and portfolio. Lead projects that grow the value of energy efficiency programs beyond simple energy savings, to capture capacity value and customer value, enable load shifting and customer renewables growth. Also acted as Operations Project Manager to implement Monthly Meter Reading Project (2016)Co-implemented operation of monthly meter reading. Investigated and defined customer billing problems; evaluated smart-tech solutions; defined project plan; solicited buy-in from key stakeholders; selected and supervised contractor; negotiated SOW; managed project team deliverables, risk, and reporting. Named “COO of Meter Reading Inc.” by Assistant General Manager project sponsor. Show less Ran EE program development, deployment, and management at various stages for small commercial and residential programs. Designed product portfolios and customer acquisition strategies; strategically leveraged consultants; forecasted savings/ budgets. Perform economic and business analysis of energy efficiency, demand side, and distributed generation programs. Lead new program development, analysis, and implementation planning activities, including quantitative and qualitative data analysis, identification of cost and budget impacts, delivery strategies, potential assessments, and training. Show less

      • Senior Program Manager

        Sept 2019 - Sept 2022
      • Program Manager - New Energy Initiatives

        Sept 2017 - Aug 2019
      • Planner – Energy Efficiency & Customer Service

        Oct 2015 - Aug 2017
      • Program Manager & Evaluator – Energy Efficiency

        Jun 2014 - Oct 2015
    • Bermuda green, llc

      Jul 2014 - Oct 2022
      President & ceo

      Bermuda Green is a sustainability consulting business that integrates sustainable building design practices into development and construction of high-performance buildings. As CEO, I lead sales generation, manage business operations, contracting, tax and revenue mgmt., legal and risk planning.

    • Gridware

      Oct 2022 - now
      Director of customer success

      End to end delivery of wildfire prevention and grid awareness services to all customers.

    • Grid forward

      Nov 2022 - now
      Deputy executive director

      Supporting electric grid modernization by building a community among utilities, technology and solution providers, government officials, and NGOs that shares information, thought leadership, and expertise.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Leed ap

      Usgbc
      Feb 2009