Nolan Dahl

Nolan Dahl

Board Member and Lead Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Product Manager | Digital Aid Seattle

  • Education

    • Oregon State University

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      Bachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Phoenix Solar Racing (Engineering Lead) 2015-2018 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Member) 2018-2020 Leadership Academy (Member) 2019-2020 College of Engineering Peer Mentor 2019-2020

  • Experience

    • PHOENIX SOLAR RACING

      Sept 2015 - Jun 2018
      Board Member and Lead Engineer

      • Managed 10+ team members and 3 Senior Design teams (Computer Science and Mech. Eng. teams)• Drove sponsorship acquisition from OSU, via meetings with OSU College of Engineering admins• Designed and fabricated a quick-release steering wheel, reducing driver exit time by 25%PSR is a student-led group dedicated to providing hands-on experiences with solar-electric vehicles, interdisciplinary learning in engineering and business, and education/outreach in sustainability through direct interactions with the community and industry. Show less

    • McKinstry

      Jun 2020 - Mar 2024

      • Delivered a product that increased our client’s largest revenue-generating SaaS offering by 4x• Captured requirements from multiple engineering teams, prioritized backlogs alongside our consulting partner’s CEO, managed team sprints, and communicated the roadmap to C-suite stakeholders• Conducted in-depth market research and vetted multiple companies’ B2B software offerings for a project centered around enabling and enhancing field technicians via AI • Steered IT teams in rolling out our new point mapping software and hardware to 10+ clients, which halved the installation costs while doubling its point mapping abilities• Partnered with engineering and sales teams to develop project proposals related to new legislation and regulations that were changing the scope of the built environment energy efficiency sector• Managed our team’s philanthropy group; increased our team’s annual volunteer hours by 38% • Coded a new Python program that imported/manipulated/presented energy efficiency data to clients• Diagnosed and troubleshot users’ IT issues for 200+ commercial Building Automation Systems • Facilitated the transition to using CxAlloy for the commissioning team on multiple construction sites• Acted as the lead Commissioning Agent for McKinstry during meetings on multiple construction sites

      • Product Manager w/ Dawson Labs

        Jul 2023 - Mar 2024
      • Building Energy Analyst

        Nov 2021 - Mar 2024
      • Monitoring-Based Commissioning Technician

        Nov 2020 - Nov 2021
      • Energy & Technical Services Intern

        Jun 2020 - Oct 2020
    • Digital Aid Seattle

      Apr 2024 - now
      Product Manager

      • Led a team of 8 full stack developers and designers in the development of an inventory management system for a housing company’s 1,400 residents• Product Owner and Scrum Master for the MVP and Post-MVP, which involved sprint planning and retrospectives, shaping our team’s engineering architecture, and managing client and end-user feedback loops

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Team Leader

      Issued by McKinstry's Building Good on Mar 2021
      McKinstry's Building GoodAssociated with Nolan Dahl
    • Mentor

      Issued by College of Engineering Peer Mentor program on Oct 2019
      College of Engineering Peer Mentor programAssociated with Nolan Dahl