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John Vanden Bosche, Principal Engineer
John Vanden Bosche's resume [PDF] Bill Colgrove, Construction & Estimating Manager Mr. Colgrove has been involved in industrial construction since 1987, most recently as Construction Services Manager at Matrix Service Company where he was responsible for their capital projects general construction division, employing 70 staff and 400-500 craftsmen. In five years as division manager, annual revenue increased from $20 million to more than $100 million. Mr. Colgrove was responsible for profit and loss analysis, supervision of 10 project managers, as well as estimating, subcontracting, business development and administrative staff. Prior to working as Construction Services Manager, Mr. Colgrove also held positions of Project Manager, Instrumentation Superintendent, Civil Superintendent, Mechanical/Equipment Superintendent, Estimator, Subcontract Manager, Scheduler, and Field Engineer where he worked nationwide on refinery, terminal, methane recovery power generation and polysilicon projects. Mr. Colgrove has also worked for Kiewit Industrial Company as Loop Check Engineer, Civil Superintendent, Subcontract Manager (electrical), and Estimator, on new construction of refuse fired power generating station stations in California, Massachusetts, and Virginia, and as a Field Engineer at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Mr. Colgrove holds a B.S. in Construction Management and a B.A. in Business Administration from Washington State University where he graduated from in 1987. Full resume available upon request. Regina Sweet, Senior Engineer Ms. Sweet brings extensive wind resource assessment and technology expertise with research, design and hands-on experience. She has conducted wind project due diligence, energy analysis, project management, and wind tunnel consulting and served as a corrosion technician for the U.S. Navy. She has worked with Garrad Hassan in multiple positions, including as an Assistant Project Manager with its Due Diligence Team, as Northwest Regional Manager for Energy and Development Services, and as a Wind Energy Analyst. Ms. Sweet has a B.S.M.E. from University of Washington and a M.S. in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from the University of California-Davis. Robert Shackelford, Ph. D., Data Services Manager Dr. Shackelford has worked in the fields of information and human systems since 1990. As an analyst, designer, developer and project manager, he has helped public utilities, transportation agencies, NASA, and the Department of Defense develop systems for creating pertinent and timely information from raw data. He has experience with small and large-scale information technology projects and has an intrinsic focus on creating and systems which support the aspirations of people and organizations. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a M.E. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University, a M.A. in Applied Behavioral Science from Bastyr University, and a B.S in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Idaho. Robert Shackelford's resume [PDF]. Tadd Lisman, Senior Data Analyst Mr. Lisman provides data analysis services including project performance evaluation, power curve data analysis, uncertainty calculations, meteorological data processing, power quality evaluation, and risk assessment. He has 11 years of experience working with complex data sets from wind energy projects in a variety of settings and applications. He has developed specialized data management tools to increase the speed and accuracy of all aspects of data processing. He holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Western Washington University, and a M.S. in Physics from the University of Washington. Terrance Meyer, P.E., Associate Engineer Kirk Stopenhagen, Meteorologist Mr. Stopenhagen has 26 years of meteorological consulting experience, including comprehensive wind energy experience during the past five years. He has managed project teams and conducted numerous wind energy studies, including: prospecting, wind resource assessments, modeling, feasibility studies and due diligence for industries, utilities, developers and private landowners. He has conducted vertical wind profile studies using SODAR for wind energy clients and authored wind energy sections for Environmental Impact Statements. His wind project experience includes projects in 13 states and Central America. A significant amount of his career has also included specializing in measurement and analysis of meteorological and air quality data for industry and government agencies. He holds a B.S. in Meteorology from North Carolina State University. Kirk Stopenhagen's resume [PDF] Boyd Pro, Wind Energy Analyst Mr. Pro provides Chinook Wind with data analysis, resource modeling and energy analysis support. He has four years of experience with a range of renewable energy and distributed generation technologies, and specializes in biomass and wind energy. Mr. Pro has worked on many projects in all scales of development for utilities, government organizations, banks, tribes and private developers. Mr. Pro spent two years working in the renewable energy group at Black & Veatch. He holds a B.S. in Physics and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Washington. Heather E. Rhoads-Weaver, Project Manager Ms. Rhoads-Weaver has more than 13 years of experience in wind energy program management and advocacy, specializing in initiating and building sustainable ventures, providing funding development, public affairs, market research and business management consulting. Drawing on lessons learned with numerous U.S. federal and state funding programs designed to build wind generation markets, Ms. Rhoads-Weaver provides expertise with a broad range of development issues. She has designed, launched and managed dozens of energy-related outreach and analysis project work plans funded by the USDA, the U.S. Dept. of Energy, the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, the Energy Foundation, the Bullitt Foundation, the California Energy Commission, the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority, the Energy Trust of Oregon, and others. Ms. Rhoads-Weaver has managed fund development and stakeholder involvement for the Small Wind Certification Corporation, a project of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, and was awarded the 2006 "Small Wind Advocate of the Year" by DOE/NREL's Wind Powering America Program. She served as American Wind Energy Association's Small Wind Advocate for five years, was the founding Executive Director for Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development (SEED), and previously worked as Program Manager for Global Energy Concepts, Senior Outreach Coordinator for the National Wind Coordinating Committee, and lobbyist for Iowa Citizen Action Network. She holds an M.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Northern Iowa and a B.A. in Science in Society from Wesleyan University. Ken Winnick, Senior Data Analyst Mr. Winnick is an innovative technical analyst and data systems manager with 25 years of experience focused on the development of information systems supporting a wide variety of energy and environmental projects. At Chinook Wind he is responsible for the development and management of the database systems, work-flows, and related tool sets for wind analysis and site planning. Mr. Winnick has held leadership positions in information technology at major environmental and engineering consulting companies including Global Energy Concepts, CH2M Hill, URS Corporation, and Tetra Tech FW (previously EBASCO). Mr. Winnick was certified as a PMP (Professional Project Manager) in 2002. He holds an MBA degree from the University of Washington Executive MBA Program, with a concentration in Technology Management. Melissa Henry, Data Analyst Ms. Henry provides wind data analysis services with extensive experience in matrix problem solving for numerical, symbolic and graphical computations. She is proficient in validating raw wind data including removing ice and addressing sensor degradation and failures. Ms. Henry has a B.S. and M.S in Mathematics from Western Washington University. She also works as a part-time mathematics professor at Western Washington University. Peggy Peale Bosche, Business Manager Mrs. Bosche co-founded Chinook Wind in 2001. She has extensive experience in corporate finance at Fortune 100 companies, including 10 years at Microsoft and six years working in Amsterdam and Brussels with 3M Corporation. She has held positions in Operations Management and Program Management at each of these firms as well. Mrs. Bosche holds an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Washington. Matt Gagne, Technical Writer, GIS Analyst Mr. Gagne has more than 10 years of experience as a writer, designer and journalist. He specializes in writing, editing and formatting complicated ideas, images and text into cogent documents and presentations. He has worked as Art Director for two publications, has been published in more than five publications, and has extensive experience editing copy from authors whose strong suit may not be in the written word. His GIS skills give an added dimension to his technical writing ability. Mr. Gagne has a B.A in Journalism with a concentration in Geography from Western Washington University. Alicia Healey, Associate Project Manager Ms. Healey offers strong strategic planning, systems development, business administration, project management, database and graphics skills to produce high-quality deliverables. She has worked in a supporting role for eFormative Options, AWEA's Small Wind Advocate Team, and Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development. She has served for 10 years in numerous roles including Associate Director for the NW Energy Coalition, an alliance of more than 100 organizations, utilities, and businesses promoting development of renewable energy and energy conservation. Rebecca Odgen, Administrative Assistant Ms. Odgen is an essential part of the Chinook Wind team, assisting Peggy Peale Bosche and John Vanden Bosche with administrative tasks in their office near Bellingham. She has an educational background in Graphic Design. She started producing canvas work in 2005, and began searching for a way to combine her digital work with more traditional mediums on canvas. She has a love for photography and photomontage, the idea of layering multiple images to convey a new feeling, a new concept, and a new image. Ms. Odgen has had shows at Boundary Bay and Old Town Caef in Bellingham, Washington. |
Mr. Vanden Bosche has more than 18 years of experience in the
wind industry with involvement in a broad range of projects. He
has worked on basic engineering research, wind turbine design and
analysis, component manufacturing, structural and performance
field testing, turbine verification, due diligence
investigations, project planning and construction, commissioning
testing, operations and maintenance, and design of retrofits. He
also has experience with procuring land leases, collecting and
analyzing wind resource data, and calculating project performance
projections. He has lived and worked on wind energy projects in
Tehachapi, California, Palm Springs, California, El Paso, Texas,
and South Wales, United Kingdom. Past clients include turbine
manufacturers, component vendors, project developers, electrical
utilities, government laboratories, and law firms. Mr. Vanden
Bosche is a registered U.S. Patent Agent with experience
obtaining patent protection on inventions representing a variety
of technologies. He holds an M.S.M.E. from University of Texas-El
Paso and a B.S.M.E. from West Virginia University.
Mr. Meyer has 9 years of
experience in the renewable energy industry including wind
turbine technology, inverter technology, energy storage
technology, thermal design, mechanical design, technical writing,
data analysis, small hydroelectric plant operation, electric
vehicles, solar electric system design and bio-fuels. He has
worked with utilities, developers, banks, tribes, industry,
government agencies and landowners. He holds a B.S.M.E and a B.A.
in Environmental Science from University of California at
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