Muia Materials

Transforming CO2 and environmental carbon into conductive carbon products

2023 Speaking Events
• 2023 Midwest Climate Summit - Circular Economy - Panelist
• American Council of Engineering Companies of Missouri - 1st Energy & Environment Conference - State of Electric Vehicles in Missouri - Panelist 
• 2023 Forth Roadmap - Building Better Batteries - Panelist

Founder & CEO

City of Richmond Heights, Missouri

•	Representing the 2nd District in Richmond Heights, Missouri, Best Place to Live in Missouri & 9th Best Place to live in the USA
•	Led the EV Ready legislation for new single-family and multi-family 
•	Provided expert witness testimony and counsel to St. Louis County Council and the municipality of 
        Brentwood, Missouri
•      St. Louis Post-Dispatch Op-Ed: Muia: Alleviating the energy burden is equity in practice, July 2022

City Council Member

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Advise, Co-develop legislative and administrative policies with national ACCC partners and execute for the people of the City of St. Louis, MO:

1. Electric Vehicle Ready Ordinance (Passed, Signed)
2. Solar Ready Ordinance (71063 - Passed, Signed)
3. Municipal Fleet Electrification: EV & EVSE, Executive Order (Signed)
4. EV and EVSE Market Transformation: SiLVERS: St. Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors 
    (1Million funding) FORTH Mobility, US DOE City of St. Louis, North Newstead Assoc., City Senior Inc., 
    Northside Youth & Senior Services Center, AmpUp
5. AMP: Affordable Mobility Platform (7 million funding) FORTH Mobility, US DOE, numerous cities across 
    the U.S.A. including the City of St. Louis

Skills & Knowledge:
-Municipal Government internal dynamics: Office of the Mayor, Planning & Urban Design, Building Division, Procurement, Fleets, Facilities, Development Corporations, and SLDC 
-Community Engagement, Branding & Marketing, Strategy Development 
-Collaboration with ACCC partners across the U.S.A.
Local, State and National Thought Leader on Climate Change policy across high capacity sectors: Buildings, Energy, Transportation, Diverse and Underserved Communities, Natural Resources

Leveraged a decade of power systems engineering experience in transmission/distribution substation design, Energy Development in Island Nations and decarbonization expertise to solve complex market transformation challenges.

2019-2022 Conferences and Journalist Interviews:

UNLV: Building Energy Performance Standard - ProBono
National League of Cities: City Summit 2021 (Panelist)
FORTH Mobility Roadmap 2019, 2022 - Panelist 
NACTO 2019, 2020, 2021 (Attendance)
St. Louis EarthDay (EarthDay365) 2020 (Panelist)
SaWATCH/Electrification Coalition (Panelist)
Missouri Clean Energy for BIDEN (Panelist)
St. Louis Public Radio: People of Color in the Environmental Movement (Eli Chen)
NRDC ACCC Anti-Racism Training 2020-2022

Climate Advisor

City Utilities of Springfield

• Developing a 3 - 5 year capital transformer replacement program to improve reliability of the electric T&D system
• Developing a list of approved alliance contractors for substation design engineering
• Actively engineering, coordinating and placing in service grid resiliency projects
• Planned, engineered and managed maintenance engineering programs and projects on the distribution and transmission system: Distribution Feeder upgrades, 69kV-161kV PCB replacements, addition of grounding stirrups to design, 69kV-161kV disconnect switch replacements, wiring, cable routing and re-cabling, RTU/SCADA, distribution substation reconfiguration with new transformers, open bay distribution feeder design with air insulated 69kV PCB's and 69kV->15kV SWGR modifications

Substation Engineer

Ameren Transmission

• Provided engineering and construction support for critical substation assets such as 700MVA autotransformers for critical Bulk Electric Substations 
• Engineered numerous renewable energy facility interconnection studies for developers in Missouri and Illinois and MISO
• Developed Zero Carbon Credits to fund equitable sustainable energy projects – PV solar, small wind, energy storage, fuel cells
• Home Energy Management ad-hoc pilot for residential customers with SENSE and Whisker Labs units
• Developed the energy sustainability mission statement for executive leadership at Ameren
• Consulted executive and senior leadership on the 2018 MO Senate Bill 564 – Grid Modernization Legislation
• Served as member of the Diversity & Inclusion Team; demonstrated Safety City to teach children about electricity safety

Transmission Substation Design Engineer

Abengoa

• Designed and engineered renewable energy and biofuel plants in accordance with U.S. national construction standards for quality, safety and operation excellence; standards include (NEC, NESC, IEEE, ANSI)
• Designed and engineered utility scale renewable energy power systems: Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), Waste to Energy, Photovoltaic Solar, 2nd Generation Bio-Ethanol plants
• Developed the business case for energy storage coupled with traditional EHV transmission build-out in Latin America
• Served as member of the 2014 Saint Louis Green Business Challenge winning team

Electrical Engineer

Center for Sustainability, Saint Louis University

• Relevant courses: Sustainable Business Practices & Ethics, Environmental Policy & Politics and Sustainability in Engineering
• Researched and published bio-ethanol production in Haiti from local sugarcane bagasse - 2011 IEEE Green Tech Conference
• Representative to environmental and sustainability-focused organizations throughout the St. Louis region
• 2011 ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability consulting for the City of St. Louis, Missouri

Graduate Assistant

United States Virgin Islands Energy Office

• Provided expert witness testimony on behalf of the Director of the VIEO to the USVI’s Legislature and 
   PSC
• Member of the EDIN – VIenergize program to reduce the Virgin Islands reliance on fossil fuels by 60% by 2025
• Developed, managed and reported the Virgin Islands High Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Rebate program
• Developed, managed and reported on the Renewable Energy Training jobs program for the St. Thomas/St. John District
• Researched and reported on siting of community and utility-scale renewable energy sites for the St. Thomas/St. John District

Program Specialist

High Performance Materials Institute - Florida State University

• Learned and applied revolutionary techniques to carbon fiber parts manufacturing
• Worked responsibly with aircraft industrial grade woven carbon fiber and resins to manufacture 
   automotive parts for a carbon fiber monocoque 3 wheeled electric vehicle
• Parts included a hood, fender, suspension and other structural parts  
• Engineered an electrical one-line for the electrical system (motor, batteries, and electrical harness)
• Built the electrical harness system 
• Created a small recycling system for scrap material and hazardous materials
• Learned about car design and true-to-size clay model building

Electric Vehicle Engineering Research Assistant

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

•	VLSI Design and prototyping 
•	Computer Architecture 
•	Renewable/Power Systems Engineering 
•	Electrochemical Engineering battery research (graduate level)

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I solve hard problems! My diverse and impactful power systems engineering and policy experience has provided me the foundation to be a unique leader at the intersection of energy and climate. 

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