Fola Aminu

Experience

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  Egbin Power PLC

  Aug 2015 - Sept 2015

  Intern - Plant Maintenance, Electrical Unit

  Performed routine, breakdown and overhaul maintenance on electrical equipment such as transformers, relays, and motorized valves ensuring the smooth operation of the biggest power plant in West Africa.

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  Bereket Enerji Uretim AS

  Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

  Intern - Electrical Project Unit & Solar Project Unit

  Designed and simulated photovoltaic grid connected and stand-alone systemsPerformed a cost-benefit analysis to evaluate an offer by a vendor for solar module traces.Executed tasks in maintenance and operations in 6+ types of power plants including wind and solar power plants.

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  METU Power Lab

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2017

  Undergraduate Researcher
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  Tesla

  Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

  Modified a residential product for Industrial use case that saves Tesla up to $5,000,000 in 5 years. Developed and validated electrical, mechanical and software modifications, compliance requirements and business case.Performed industrial project fleet analytics for optimization of sites’ data usage and requirements. Developed automated test procedures with GUI for Tesla’s Energy products including Powerpack, Powerwall, Gateway 2.0 for compliance with safety, distributed energy resources & grid interconnection standards including UL1741, IEEE 1547, IEC 62109, UL940, with GUI in Matlab, Python environments.

  • Microgrid Applications Engineering Intern - Energy Products Engineering, Energy Projects

    Sept 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Test & Automation Intern- Energy Products Engineering, Compliance Lab

    Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
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  All On

  May 2019 - Dec 2020

  Collected data, designed data management tools, systems, dashboards and analytics frameworks for monitoring and evaluation of All On's programs and portfolio. Part of project team in investments totaling ~$4mln. Performed technical due-diligence on investee & potential investee off-grid companies significantly reducing deal turnaround time and cost.Technical & commercial evaluation of solar hybrid project worth ~NGN50 mln. Performed preliminary design, developed evaluation criteria, assessed proposals and awarded project.

  • Technical, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

    Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Technical Engineering Suport

    May 2019 - May 2020
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  InfraNergy

  Dec 2020 - Sept 2021

  Manager, Development & Sales Engineering
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  RMI

  Oct 2021 - now

  • Senior Associate

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Associate

    Oct 2021 - Sept 2023