Work experience

Energy Systems Catapult - Senior Modelling Analyst (2024-2026)

  • Energy modelling consultant and developer
    • Local Area Energy Planning (LAEP) model development, validation and debugging in Python
    • Developed new data pipelines and processing methods to incorporate clients’ custom data into models
    • Investigating use of open-source models (e.g. PyPSA) to broaden use cases for existing energy models
    • Built optimiser results dashboard in Python, aiding model scenario refinement, and reducing model analysis time from 2 days to 1 hour per modelled scenario
  • Technical Lead for energy modelling web applications
    • Led team of designers, full-stack developers, and energy modellers on creation of two new web apps
    • Architected AWS infrastructure (including Lambdas, API Gateway, S3 storage), and SQL databases
    • Mentored colleagues with energy modelling Python code, providing Git reviews and development oversight
    • Secured additional funding to implement a login system, vastly improving tool UX
  • AWS Work Package Lead and Modelling team mentor
    • Supported in AWS infrastructure decisions, and liaised between the Modelling and Digital teams during a major re-development of a regional energy modelling tool
    • The increased efficiency and automation provided by the AWS infrastructure is a strong contributing factor to reducing the cost of regional energy modelling projects by >90%

Energy Systems Catapult - Modelling Analyst (2022-2024)

  • Energy model data researcher and developer - Researched and processed techno-economic datasets included in the LAEP Guidance publication, used as input data by energy modelling organisations across the UK
  • Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES / Microgrid) modelling - Modelled the impact of 13 proposed Microgrid projects on consumer bills and carbon emission impacts
  • Technical Lead for Local Area Energy Plan modelling - Led a team of four modelers on a LAEP project, handling model QA, debugging, stakeholder engagement and workshops

Community Windpower - Technical Assistant (2020-2022)

  • Wind farm, Solar PV and battery storage site developer - Modelled energy yields and financial returns using combination of dedicated design software and Python tools I developed
  • Operational wind farm data analysis - Developed Python code for analysis of data from operational wind farms, helping to reclaim thousands in turbine availability warranty claims

Jaguar Land Rover - Graduate Engineer (2018-2020)

  • Worked across multiple teams, including Human Factors (ergonomics), Sustainability and User Experience research teams, to develop Jaguar i-Pace and Land Rover Defender products and future concepts

Education

Imperial College London: MEng Aeronautical Engineering (2014-2018) 1st Class Honours. Awarded as an Aeronautics Scholar for excellent academic performance.

Additional masters level modules

  • Loughborough University: Sustainable Product Design
  • Warwick University: Human Technology Interaction

Skills and Certifications

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate level)
  • Programming languages: Python, Terraform, VBA
  • Geospatial data analysis
  • Git version control and CI/CD
  • UI, UX and graphic design
  • WindPRO and PVSyst renewable development software

Interests

  • Being creative with technology and engineering projects
  • Bike-packing - circumnavigated Wales by bike
  • Triathlon - 70.3 / half-ironman distance events
  • Design and DIY - converted a campervan