Sales Management

Komal Aggarwal

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`Professional Summary

Extensive consulting experience in energy and environment sector: wholesale power, renewable energy,

carbon markets, CDM and energy efficiency

International work experience: Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, U.K. and U.S. energy markets

Areas of expertise: Mathematical & financial modeling, quantitative analysis, policy analysis, program

evaluation, program designing, report writing

Education

Master of Public Policy 05/13

University of Michigan, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Ann

Arbor, MI

Coursework: Program Evaluation, In depth Economic Decision Making, Macroeconomics,

Microeconomics, International Finance Theory, Options, Derivatives and Risk Management, Public

Budgeting and Finance, Thinking Analytically for Policy Decisions, Politics of Public Policy, Public

Management, Statistics

Margaret Ann and John Riecker Fellowship

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Merit Fellowship

President, International Economic Development Program, 2013: Students initiated course on international

policy issues culminating into trip to Cape Verde to meet government and other agencies

Master of Science, Operational Research 06/07

University of Delhi, St. Stephen’s College New

Delhi, India

University Gold Medal, Prof. R.S.Varma Memorial Medal, Shri Ram Chandra Memorial Medal

President, Society of Operational Research, Department of Operational Research, University of Delhi

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics 06/05

University of Delhi, Sri Venkateswara College New

Delhi, India

Second rank in university wide academic assessment, University of Delhi, South Campus with ~900 students

President (2004 05) and Vice President (2003 04), Mathematics Association

Experience

NextEnergy Center Michigan, USA

Research Associate, Power and Energy Efficiency 01/12 –

Present

Developing model to optimize demand side participation in real time electricity market

Designing program for Michigan State Energy Office to improve energy efficiency among healthcare

facilities; extensive interaction with key industry stakeholders

Designed market development plan for Energy Management Systems and Advanced Lighting sectors for

Michigan Economic Development Corporation; conducted value chain assessment, investigated technical and

market development trends

Conducted economic analysis to increase MI's renewable obligation to 25% by 2025; developed policy

scenarios to achieve the target

Participated in RFP and bid evaluations for Advanced Lighting technology demonstration program under

collaboration on Michigan Solid State Lighting Association (MSSLA), MEDC and NextEnergy

Infraline Energy New Delhi, India

Senior Analyst Environment & Sustainability Practice 01/11

06/11

Led consulting assignments for technology penetration in Indian Power Market

Authored business reports, Encash the Carbon Cache Indian Carbon Market, 2011 and Beyond and

Viability of Biomass Sector in the Indian Markets, 2011; generated $2000 in sales in India

Designed proposal and won consulting assignment for development of waste to heat sector under the

auspices of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, India

Clean Trade Group New Delhi, India

Program Management and Implementation Specialist

09/10 10/10

Assessed financial viability of the proposed Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects for small

hydro developers; Developed strategies for hedging risks in CDM projects

Managed existing client relationships – communication for project progress

ICF International New Delhi, India

Associate – Energy, Environment & Transportation Practice

06/07 05/10

Developed sales strategy in short term market and through Power Purchase Agreement for coal plant,

adopted and implemented by the client

Forecast wholesale power price and net revenue forecast for the plant in short and long term through

optimization modeling

Developed hedging strategy for electricity sales of wind energy in Australia, with sensitivity for impact

of carbon price and renewable energy credit prices on the project revenue

Developed National GHG Emissions Reduction Target for Indonesia for Copenhagen Climate Talks

through mathematic modeling; Assessed the economic impact of various levels of targets (in $billion), in

short and long term

Conducted asset valuations of power plants in Philippines, Australia, Mexico and determined the total

optimal bid value for an investor

Quantified the Renewable Energy Policy and Emissions Trading Scheme in Australia for valuation of a

wind plant

Developed an investment model for analyzing risk and return in portfolios of industrial heat waste

projects

Analyzed India’s climate policy, Renewable Portfolio Obligation (RPO) and Perform Achieve Trade (PAT)

schemes for energy efficiency to identify the opportunities for a waste to heat technology manufacturer in

U.K.

Awarded Special Recognition Award twice for excellence in contribution to projects

Publications

Analyses of Global Renewable Energy Policies, Paper, Renewable Energy World Asia 2009, PowerGen

Asia, October 2009, Bangkok

What’s Next? Intelligent Energy Management Systems, Paper, ACEEE 2013, Washington, DC (to be

published)

Skills

IT Skills: MS Office (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint), C++, Java, Visual Basics, Stata, MATLAB,

SPSS

Policy Analysis, Data Analytics, Report Writing, PowerPoint Presentations

Languages

Hindi (Native), English, Punjabi, Urdu

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