Volkswagen of America, Inc - Electrify America, LLC
Head of location intelligence at a Volkswagen-owned startup (https://www.electrifyamerica.com), building zero emissions vehicle infrastructure across the US and Canada. As one of the company's early hires, I wear many hats, leading both technical and strategic initiatives.
- Principal owner and architect of the organisation's GIS, building the geospatial infrastructure and operations from the ground-up, as well as developing data models and spatial research to drive $2bn in investment decisions.
- Lead the Real Estate/Planning teams to develop site selection methodology, assess potential utilisation, and manage placement of 2000+ charging stations nationwide.
- Manage development of predictive models used to forecast station utilisation based on demographics and LBS-derived data.
- Facilitate internal initiatives to design and develop data monetisation offerings.
- Manage and track dynamic portfolio of ongoing opportunities to ensure processes remain on track with schedule and changing operational/business needs.
- Identify, negotiate and manage partnerships with data providers and technology vendors.
- Oversee the integration of multiple systems across Real Estate, Operations, and Commissioning to provide Business Intelligence analytics and reporting.
- Assist with the planning and execution of free floating car sharing plan, ride hailing partnerships, heavy duty charging and other e-mobility initiatives.