Data Entry, Directing, Supervising, Engineering

URENNA ONYEWUCHI, Ph.D.

Addison, TX 770-***-**** ******.*.*@****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/urenna CAREER PROFILE

Experienced community development executive, town board member, healthy corporate lifestyle advocate with a history of delivering innovations in power and energy, manufacturing, research, and academic entities. Skilled in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategy development and execution, business development, and leadership. Consummate people, business and engineering professional with global experience. Received a PhD in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in asset management of infrastructure, and a minor in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (GaTech); Earned a Masters in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in optics and digital image processing from GATech, and a minor in Management; a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in digital signal processing from George Mason University (GMU). OMAKARIA INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX

Community development company that transforms individuals and businesses to thrive and succeed holistically through curated capacity-building events and one-on-one growth sessions. Renowned for executing technical development and accountability actions, reports and indices on factors affecting marginalized people and communities in the United States of America and Africa. Chief Economic Development and Advocacy Officer (Part-time) 2016-Present Organizational Leadership, Business Strategy and Development

Managed performance of over 100 volunteers globally (students, professors, industry professionals) grouped into committees on technical program, general program, fundraising, marketing, and more in executing Power Africa Conference for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa has increased and quality of life of citizens of African nations have improved. IEEE is the largest technical association in the world advancing humanity with over 400,000 members across the globe.

Increased tourism revenues in countries selected to host the IEEE Power Africa Conference annually.

Increased visibility of IEEE Power Africa across the entire African continent. Galvanized IEEE’s membership to join forces in over 30 countries across the globe annually.

Developed sustainability plan of the conference while serving as its first steering committee chairperson.

Diversity and Inclusion: Ensured that over 50% of committee chairs were of African descent to cover the 0% representation of blacks in IEEE’s Power and Energy Society executive board. Established the Women in Power panel session that exposed more than 300 secondary school girls in 5 African countries to STEM and power & energy.

Created partnerships that led to an immediate increase in seed funding of solar energy projects from under $200,000 a year to over

$1.2 million (an 820% increase) in the following year, still ongoing. CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY and Hickory, NC

Multinational technology company that specializes in specialty glass, ceramics, advanced optics, etc. primarily for industrial and scientific applications

Power Quality Program Manager, MTE 2012-2018

Global Energy Manager, OCS 2017-2018

(Vice President, MTE Black Growth Council BGC)

Listening Session Opportunities and Event Planning

Initiated one-on-one sessions with multiple C-level executives to hear their stories of success in the company. Shared lessons learned with BGC members, the Corning Incorporated community at large, and with the local school districts.

Used sessions with C-level executives to understand the state of the company, and the executives’ vision for respective divisions.

Listened to employees struggling with mental health problems including drug or alcohol addiction, facing challenges with unethical managers or direct reports.

Chaired Black History Month in 2014. Managed a team of over 50 company employees to execute Africa-themed keynote speeches, trivia events, entertainment, company-kitchen-catered African menus using recipes obtained from African employees, etc. Multiple executives attended one or more events and found the events unique and helpful in understanding the African culture. Investigative Analysis, Asset Protection, and Infrastructure Standardization

Led standardization of the power system architecture internal to industrial plants in five continents in response to excessive utility company outages. This significantly decreased manufacturing process downtime by 60% and reduced equipment failures by 25%. Managed a company-wide effort to install smart meters in plants to trend and remedy the effects of power quality events in plants.

Served as a strategic advisor following an explosion in Dongguan plant and recommended over $50 million worth of safety regulatory upgrades including where funds would be allocated to bring plant within local and company standards and ordinances. Explosion led to a more thorough due diligence effort for a pending acquisition.

Led substantive and thorough root cause investigation by analyzing multiple factors surrounding Wilmington’s industrial plant substation explosion and served as a strategic advisor on standardizing construction of plant substations with new technology to prevent another explosion for the company. Developed model that became the standard used across the state. Plant saved millions of dollars in new construction and held the utility company accountable to reparations. Technical and Sustainability Leadership

Created motivational and recognition programs among employees and divisions that resulted in a reduction of waste and mitigated environmental impact. Equally important, it created better relationships with communities across the globe and further cemented relationships with organizational clients.

Designed the first simulation of proprietary glass melting process that saved company >$5M annually in protection initiatives explored using models.

Coordinated regular complimentary training sessions with data processing software leader, Mathworks, at office locations.

Managed team of ten (10) OCS site energy managers in three (3) continents to implement energy efficiency measures that saved the division over $1 million annually.

OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE

TOWN OF ADDISON, Addison, TX

Member, Board of Zoning Adjustments Spring 2022 - present The Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) is an independent, quasi-judicial body whose membership is appointed by the City Council. It is empowered to grant exceptions to the Town’s Zoning Ordinance that are in the public interest. KOOP RADIO STATION AND GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY RADIO STATION, Austin, TX and Fairfax, VA Secretary of Community Council and Member of Sub-Committee on Systemic Racism Spring 2020 - present Increasing diversity of programmers and listeners of the radio station through strategic marketing campaigns and other forums. Supporting the increase of vaccination rates in Austin. CITY OF AUSTIN, Austin, TX

WeMeasure Digital Inclusion Gap Researcher Summer 2016 Sub-contracted to facilitate focus groups and research challenges and solutions to the lack of access to internet in pockets of Austin. USTDA and IEEE PES, Washington DC and Piscataway, NJ Workshop and Event Designer and Executor Summer 2016 Plan technical events and trade missions to increase US exports to Africa and developing countries while improving quality of life of citizens of such countries and communities.

EDUCATION

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, GA

Masters and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. High Honors (40 Under 40 Award Recipient and Commencement Speaker) 2006-2012 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, Fairfax, VA

Bachelor of Science degree, magna cum laude, in Electrical Engineering 2002-2005 CERTIFICATES, AWARDS, & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Technical: IEEE Senior Member (2017) Certified Energy Manager (2018) DOE Phase 0 Assistance Recipient NSF Grant Recipient People: Managing Bias (2021) Anti-Harassment & Discrimination (2021) Sexual Abuse Awareness (2022) Investigating Fraud (2022) SKILLS

Microsoft Powerpoint, Word, Excel, Matlab, OPC Server, MODBUS, ZigBee, SQL, Sales & Marketing, E-Commerce

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