The Specifics
A creative and highly skilled energy professional with over 7 years of experience in North American energy markets. Passionate about climate change solutions, the evolving energy grid, and math problems. Staunch supporter of women in STEM and energy. B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics from Tulane University, MBA from Rice University. Hobby potter and ceramic artist.
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Co-Founder and CTO of Tierra Climate, a marketplace for carbon offsets from grid-scale batteries. Tierra Climate.
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May 2021 - Present
Co-authored Key Capture Energy's leading proprietary autonomous trading platform, MarketCapture, driving a 104% increase in real-time revenue capture over static strategies. Leads and manages the KCE Market Operations team in energy price forecasting including machine learning and production cost models, optimization of BESS dispatch solutions, DA and RT energy trading, AC and DC power systems modeling, BESS prospecting, congestion modeling, and sophisticated competitive benchmarking techniques. Drives value capture across revenue stack in both energy and capacity markets through deep understanding of wholesale markets structure across all North American RTOs. Leverages technical python, SQL, and data science skills to drive revenue capture.
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March 2020 - May 2021
Led fundamental analysis for energy storage development and operations across North America. Leveraged deep understanding of markets, from the wholesale energy business to physical asset management in bespoke energy services, to scope high value energy storage facilities for both merchant and contracted operations.
Developed automatic bidding algorithms to optimally dispatch wholesale energy storage assets.
Led market analysis in prospecting geographically and electrically optimal energy storage project siting with respect to the target revenue stream of the project.
Led short term and long term energy price forecasting using production cost modeling (DAYZER), stack modeling, and regression techniques to co-optimize financial hedges and physical production.
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Aug 2018 - March 2020
Specialized in nodal FTRs in PJM and MISO. Production cost modeling and development of proprietary trading strategies. Focused on high risk/reward, fundamental and weather neutral trades. Optimized portfolio against zonal and hub positioning while efficiently deploying capital and maximizing Sharpe ratios to avoid downside risks.
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July 2016 - August 2018
Identified macro trends in electricity markets through detailed analysis of generation interconnection queues, published transmission expansion plans, solar scalar impacts, and renewable energy market penetration, leveraging a deep understanding of power market fundamentals to direct the trading team to profitable trades.
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April 2018 - Present
Small business owner. Hobby potter and ceramic artist. Over 15 years of experience throwing pottery, making glazes, and firing kilns. Check out EmmaAnneCeramics on Etsy (currently on break while pursuing MBA at Rice) and Instagram @leafpots
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2022-2024
Rice Energy Finance Summit
CleanTech Association
Entrepreneurship Association
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2012-2016
Summa Cum Laude with Departmental Honors in Chemistry and Mathematics
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