Contact
+16503913674 (Mobile)
KAREN CHANG
chang.k.karen@gmail.com Renewables. Sustainability. Energy Project Manager. Asset Manager
Sunnyvale, California, United States
www.linkedin.com/in/karenkc
(LinkedIn)
Summary
Top Skills • Asset Manager for Bloom's fuel cell fleet:
Problem Solving - Project A: $150 million in equity and $99 million in debt invested.
Cross-functional Team Leadership - Project B: $350 million in equity and $150 million in debt invested.
Clean Energy Technologies

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Finance, Sales,

Installation, Engineering, and Field Service, Legal) to ensure Bloom
products, site construction, and all permits are ready for deployment,
and investor funds are ready for allocation.

• Build and execute annual operating budgets to ensure projects are

generating cash.

-Project Management
-Budgeting & Financial Planning
-Business & Cost Saving Analysis
-Supply Chain & Operations Management
-Process Improvement
-Team Management

Experience
Bloom Energy
Senior Project Manager - Asset Management
July 2014 - Present (8 years 5 months)
sunnyvale

• Manage 350MW of various PPA investor portfolios ($1.5B total equity

investments and $750MM debt investments).
• Build project forecast models showing operating budget and cash flow for
each portfolio, ensuring cash returns for equity investors.
• Manage market operations and membership maintenance for PJM and ISO-
NE markets.

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• Modernize reports and dashboards on project performance, budget

variances, and debt-to-cash ratio to investors, government regulatory entities,
and C-level executives.

SSL (Space Systems Loral)

Sr. Program Management Specialist
August 2010 - July 2014 (4 years)
[Process Improvement & Data Analysis]
-Analyzed 10 years of historical company data to identify process improvement
opportunities.
-Lowered manufacturing cycle time by 80% and reduced re-work by 50%.
-Responsible for quarterly department budget and workload analysis.
-Supported 20 department managers with workload trending and projection.
-Developed and automated 50 various departmental metrics for company
dashboard.
-Trained new employees on Excel tools.

[Export Compliance]
-Reviewed and approve documents for ITAR/Commerce compliance.
-Provided new employee ITAR training.

Realization Technologies
Process Improvement & Management Consultant
August 2008 - October 2010 (2 years 3 months)
-Gathered and analyzed 15 years of information and data to identify
improvement opportunities and predicted financial impact through complex
analysis.
-Implemented Theory of Constraint solutions for projects in various
environments, to achieve at least 30% increase in production and 70% or more
reduction in cycle time.
-Developed and implemented new measurement scheme for client to track
performance and production rate.

[Projects]
1. US Defense Logistics Agency – Defense Supply Center, Richmond, VA
*Company size: 3000 employees
*Results: Cycle time reduction 75%, production increase 30%.
*Financial impact: $7 million in savings.

2. US Air Force - Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, OK

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*Company size: 2000 employees

*Results: Cycle time reduction 70%, production increase 70%.
*Financial impact: $12 million in savings.

American Bright LED

Application Engineer
September 2007 - October 2008 (1 year 2 months)
-Designed mechanical and electrical structures of LED products.
-Negotiated a large volume purchase contract from Costco and Home Depot.
-Negotiated prices with overseas suppliers.

NASA JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Mechanical Design Engineer-Intern
June 2007 - August 2007 (3 months)
Caltech, Pasadena, CA

Summer Internship program between CalTech and NASA JPL.

Worked on mechanical and thermal design for Astrobiology Field Laboratory

(AFL) Project.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobiology_Field_Laboratory

NASA JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Computer Science Engineer-Intern
June 2006 - August 2006 (3 months)
Caltech, Pasadena, CA

Summer Internship program between CalTech and NASA JPL.

Created a wiki page for Astrobiology Field Laboratory (AFL) project interns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobiology_Field_Laboratory

Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering · (2008)

UCLA Anderson School of Management

International Business, International Business Management & Marketing

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Activity
10/27/2022, KAREN CHANG added candidate to Project Director
Final

10/28/2022, Jess Mills updated candidate from Project Director Final

10/28/2022, Message sent by Jess Mills

10/31/2022, Viewed by Sofia Torres

11/08/2022, Jess Mills updated candidate from Project Director Final

11/09/2022, Viewed by Jess Mills

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