Résumé
David Levesque, B.S.E.E.
Austin, TX 78727 · 518-320-2613 · DAVID@HELIOSAUSTIN.COM · FLUIDENERGY.DEV · LINKEDIN.COM/IN/DAVIDLEVESQUE1
Executive summary
Electrical Engineer and Energy Infrastructure Leader with 5+ years of experience bridging energy economics, AI-driven software development, and solar power deployment. 20 years of business operations improvement from supply chain to customer acquisition. Proven track record delivering $200M+ in pre-launch solar purchase commitments, modeling multi-gigawatt grids, and building machine learning algorithms in regulated industries. Applies first-principles and willingness to lead to business engineering. Focused on building a modern grid to support AI that enables healthy human and planetary culture.
Core competencies
- Power Infrastructure & Site Selection: Interconnection Queues & Transmission Analysis
- AI-Driven Energy Modeling: LCOE, NPV, & IRR Financial Pro Formas | Municipal Utility Structures
- Software development: Google Solar API, AI Workflows | Multi-MW Deal Execution
- Business operations analysis and improvement by aligning human needs with business needs
Key projects
Utility Energy & Business Model Built with AI
- Modeled Austin Energy’s zero-emissions resource plan, generation supply/demand curves, and financial metrics (General Fund Transfers, LCOE, IRR) using AI tools and custom business logic.
- Automated complex scenario modeling across all generation types (solar, wind, natural gas, nuclear, coal, Utility BESS) and other strategies (energy efficiency, demand response, GETs, local solar, local storage).
US Power Deployment & Interconnection Queue Ranker
- Built custom data software analyzing ISO/RTO interconnection queues (ERCOT, CAISO, PJM, MISO) to rank regions by speed of new power generation deployment and transmission capacity.
Solar Rooftop Revenue Ranking Engine
- Integrated Google Solar API into custom web software to parse thousands of building footprints, automating site layout optimization and ranking commercial properties by solar revenue.
Experience
Program Coordinator · Solar Austin
Austin, TX — Aug 2025 – Present
- Infrastructure Execution: Manage end-to-end commercial solar + battery storage installations, evaluating engineering plan sets, vendor quotes, Utility&AHJ documentation, and interconnection milestones.
- Project Financing & Incentives: Structure project financing using IRA Sec 6417 Direct Pay and Austin Energy incentives, $230K+ in project funds with 40% donated equipment and labor.
- Energy Advocacy: Building data modeling tools to help commissions, City Council, and Austin Energy speed up decision making through transparency, accuracy, and ease of use.
Business Development & Operations Manager · Solvari
Austin, TX — Jan 2023 – Jul 2025
- Go-To-Market & Pipeline Scaling: Developed a weighted decision matrix ranking 3,300+ solar installers by regional density, installed MW, utility rates, and policy, demonstrating $1B+ in Ideal Customer Profiles.
- Deal Structuring & Revenue Commitments: Co-authored 30+ term sheets and license agreements, securing $203M+ in signed pre-launch LOIs and a $1M purchase order.
- Equipment & Supply Chain Vetting: Evaluated 95+ solar equipment manufacturers across efficiency, capacity, and FEOC/Tariff compliance; helped negotiate a 200MW solar module purchase agreement.
Business Development Manager · Sonaphi
Sausalito, CA — Sep 2020 – Mar 2022
- Global Operations & Execution: Led a 30-person cross-functional team utilizing a $200K budget to build an Machine Learning COVID-19 classification algorithm; negotiated $5M+ in international software licensing contracts.
Business Development Manager · Andaman7
San Jose, CA — Feb 2017 – Mar 2020
- Data Strategy & Enterprise Sales: Analyzed 41,000+ research studies to target Fortune 100 decision-makers, closing $500K+ pilot contracts by navigating complex regulatory, technical and cost structures.
Education & tools
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.) · Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Custom AI Prompt Engineering, Google Solar API Integration, Project Management, Financial Pro Forma Modeling (LCOE/IRR)