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NATHAN A. SANDVIG LinkedIn.com/in/natesandvig
(971) 229-‐1949 [email protected]
Renewable Energy Professional
Project developer and manager of large and small programs and projects to enable business growth across multiple functions and geographies in complex, global organizations and environments. Respected for consistently exceeding organizational performance goals in complex and challenging environments to drive positive outcomes and solutions on schedule in a cost-‐effective manner. Experience and expertise include: • Business Development • Leadership • Risk-‐Informed Decision-‐Making • Strategic Planning • Stakeholder Engagement • Project Development and Management • Multi-‐Discipline Team Building • Energy Policy
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MWH GLOBAL Portland, OR 2013-‐2015 Major Campaign Manager Led strategy development, business planning, resourcing, implementation, management, client service engagement and coordination of large marketing programs and pursuits focusing on providing services to promising new and existing multibillion hydropower, water storage and navigation projects within North America for a top global engineering firm.
• Directed multi-‐discipline engineering and environmental team in licensing Klickitat Public Utility District’s 1200-‐MW JD Pool Pumped Storage Project in Washington, establishing this $3B project as one of the premier project of its type in North America, resulting in a top revenue leader for the company and multiple additional revenue generating pumped storage project opportunities.
• Developed, established and executed a national campaign business strategy and implementation plan focused on growing the company’s federal business service offerings around the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works $4.8B water infrastructure program, building key relationships and securing contracts around priority districts with the greatest amount of dams, hydropower and navigation assets.
EDF RENEWABLE ENERGY, Portland, OR 2010-‐2013 Project Developer Managed the overall pre-‐construction development tasks for assigned Northwest region project sites, maximizing project profit and returns. Initiated and led all aspects of project permitting, including consultant studies, related to the development of regional sites. Maintained time schedules, budgets, scopes and team performance for site selection, land acquisition, permitting and marketing.
• Directed strategy, due-‐diligence and over $1M in capital deployment for company’s pumped storage hydropower initiative in North America, realizing a joint venture in addition to federal preliminary permits for two greenfield sites.
• Delivered company’s wind priority project federal, state and local permitting, stakeholder engagement and outreach, utility transmission interconnection, transmission service, power purchase agreement, budget and schedule management advancing development of the project.
NATHAN A. SANDVIG (971) 229-‐1949 [email protected]
HORIZON WIND ENERGY, Portland, OR 2007-‐2010 Project Development Manager Managed utility-‐scale wind energy project development in the western United States from project site acquisition, assessing and mitigating development risks, negotiating land agreements, securing interconnection and transmission agreements, drafting utility bid packages, building relationships with local community and stakeholders, and securing local, state, and federal permits. Operated a development budget of $12M, a staff of 3 project developers, and several consultant project teams.
• Initiated and managed the utility interconnection process for 11 wind energy projects totaling 1,100MW of generation resulting in 6 executed interconnection agreements.
• Secured site development rights, interconnection agreements, community support and local construction and operational permits for a 154-‐turbine wind energy project in Wyoming.
• Conducted due-‐diligence process on several 900-‐mile high-‐voltage interstate transmission projects to export wind energy from Wyoming to California leading to a signed precedent agreement with TransCanada’s fully subscribed $3B Zephyr Power Transmission Project.
• Led regional renewable project portfolio analysis and project prospecting initiative in California to identify at least three viable wind energy project high-‐return investment opportunities.
NOBLE ENVIRONMENTAL POWER, Essex, Connecticut 2005-‐2007 Project Manager Managed the company’s development efforts in New England from identification of viable, low-‐risk wind sites for development, securing of wind development property rights, utility interconnection, permitting efforts, coalition and relationship-‐building of local communities, government officials, regulatory agencies and key stakeholders for 3 utility-‐scale wind energy projects. Oversaw a budget of $3.1M, 2 project developers and a team of consultants.
• Initiated greenfield project development, definition, site acquisition and team-‐building, ultimately leading to the successful operation of the 99-‐MW Granite Reliable Wind Farm, the largest wind project in New Hampshire.
US ARMY, INFANTRY, 101st Airborne Division/2nd Infantry Division 1998-‐2005 Captain Held numerous leadership positions with experience in both combat and peacekeeping operations in Iraq and Bosnia-‐Herzegovina before being Honorably Discharged. Led organizations and operations as large as 120 soldiers and managed over $100M worth of equipment with budgets exceeding $80M with 100% accountability, no loss of life or incident.
EDUCATION & TRANING
M.S., Project Management, George Washington University, 2014 B.S., Military History/Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York Economic Evaluation & Investment Decision Methods Short Course, Colorado School of Mines Executives Learning about Forestry, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University
The Climate Project Training with former Vice-‐President Al Gore
CERTIFICATIONS
Project Management Institute Project Management Professional (PMP #1789141)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
President, West Point Society of Oregon Second Vice President, Society of American Military Engineers, Portland Post
