CARSTEN HEIN WESTERGAARD

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1 Experience Dr. CARSTEN HEIN WESTERGAARD M.Sc. Mech. Eng, PhD 1400 McKinney, #1308 Houston, Texas H: C: President and owner Westergaard Solutions, Inc., Houston, TX, 2011/10 present (Consultant services provided to renewable energy companies and suppliers. Focus on innovation in startup companies, universities and national labs.) Clients are divers across the energy space and comprise: a novel concept wind turbine manufacturer, a novel generator/ wind turbine manufacture, two novel energy storage companies supporting wind energy, a transmission company for wind energy and an instrument company for wind energy. Services provided: Strategy planning, business development, technology management, innovation and ip development, product marketing, prototype testing, certification, supplier selection and inspection. Highlighted experiences / achievements: Due-diligence on behalf of investment fond on technology start-ups Expert witnessing in $100M arbitration. Case won. Merit review for US Department of Energy for offshore wind investment program, awarding three projects each $47M VP of marketing for VC funded start up in B2B advanced custom opto-electronics. Monthly board meetings. Build built world-wide high quality customer portfolio and delivered integrated cost sharing customer partner for first prototype test Business development for start-up with novel product for enhanced reliability. Fist sale delivered through service partners Senior advisor / business development, novel compressed air energy storage system FloDesign/Orin Energy: support and lead engineer design systems for new technologies and perform individual analysis. Operate prototype in Boston. Trouble shoot prototype(s) in California Organizational development and strategy plans for large global R&D efforts Troubleshooting large wind farm controls and reliability issues Blade design for two-bladed wind turbine, support organizational development Support for operations, maintenance and analysis of Sandia National Laboratory SWiFT research site Professor of Practice, Mech. Eng, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 2013/09 present Texas Tech University, National Wind Institute, (National Wind Research Center) Strategic hire supported by Texas Emerging Technology Fund o External partnerships o Patent / IP production o Funding applications CTO National Wind Research Center until 08/2014 (center is closed) Teaching (35h/semester) and course development Advanced Wind Technology, graduate level in collaboration with DNV-GL (Wind consulting and certification company) Senior Advisor, Wind and Water, Sandia National Laboratory, NM, 2012/05 present Service to the program as a contractor, working on research strategy, business development and general management. Resume for Carsten H. Westergaard Page 1

2 Sample of specific project work: o Continuous Reliability Enhancement for Wind (CREW) o o Wake imaging system project Lead Wind Plant Reliability thrust for Department of Energy s Atmosphere to Electron (A2e) program in conjunction with National Renewable Energy Laboratory Board member Bladena Aps, Copenhagen, DK, 2012/ /04 (Start-up company with blade technology developed at Risø national laboratories/the Technical University of Denmark) Board member representing main shareholder. Staff coaching, development of sales strategies, development of customer leads, customer introductions, support of US service partners and US sales activities. Director of Global Technology, Vestas Technology R&D Americas, Inc., Houston, TX, 2009/ /09 (Vestas is a $9B wind turbine manufacture, Technology R&D is Vestas development division) Reporting to SVP, member of global management group. Primary task was to plan site (white book), build-up and hire staff for an initial research portfolio for Vestas in the US. Responsible for development of building a strong research network with the US industry, national laboratories and universities, such as University of California Berkley, Texas A&M University, Rice University, University of Houston, Texas Tech, MIT, The Boeing Company and many others. Provide support to Vestas Americas, Inc. (US sales) with exhibitions, general visibility and high level customer visits. Initiate identification, analysis and initial negotiation of 3 strategic acquisition targets for Vestas Wind Systems A/S. Performed merit reviews for US Department of Energy (2009 and 2010), Chair of Research Council UK International Energy review (2010/11), AWEA program review (2010/2011) and session chair; EWEA program review (2009/2010/ 2011) and session chair; Leadership and technology chair for startup of The Wind Alliance. Research review of the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory Review of Department of Energy Quadrennial Technology road map invited by the Under Secretary of Science. Research manager, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Roskilde, Denmark, 2007/ /01 Initial report to VP for LAC engineering, later to VP for rotor systems. Primary task was to build-up and staff a research office inside campus of the national laboratories in Denmark (DTU-Risø) to ensures close collaboration with the research in Denmark and internationally. The first research project was funded at the Advance Technology Foundation (Højteknologifonden) with a total budget of $6M. Participation in national (MegaWind and Danish Wind Research council), European (TPWind) and US (Department of Energy) policy and strategy groups. Build-up a global scholarship program to sponsor Phds, MSc and Professors in connection with Vestas new Global Research centers. All activities are cross-functional and in close with collaboration with departments across Vestas, geographically as well as organizational. On team to identify Vestas new research site in the US. Sales manager, FORCE Technology, Lyngby, Denmark, 2006/ /09 (Force is a $100M consultant company within material, processes, flow and energy) Sales, project initiation and consulting for flow and energy related service in power industry, industry in general and maritime industry. Wind tunnels, towing tank, industrial flow laboratory, both Danish and international clients. Experimental and Computational fluid dynamics service. Two primary achievements: First sale of consultant job in China to a new power industry costumer (coal plant in Beijing); and original experimental documentation of drag reduction utilizing new Hempel marine coatings on large container vessels, proving $ millions of annual fuel savings. Resume for Carsten H. Westergaard Page 2

3 Multiple management roles, Dantec Dynamics A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark, (Dantec is a $30M international company providing scientific measurement equipment) 2005 Head of marketing and product management (2 departments, 10 people) Reporting to the managing director and member of top management group, with joint responsibility for company Division manager (11 people). Reporting to the managing director and member of top management group, with joint responsibility for company. Responsible for $11M turnover in division (1/3 of company turn over). Achieved turnover growth, improved division performance, product development, and customized project sales. Successful technology transformation of product line from hardware driven to service oriented and customer driven development, based on state-of-the-art OEM technology. Played key role in successful company acquisition in Germany adding new activities to the portfolio Application and product group manager (5 people) Reporting to the managing director Product manager manufacturer of scientific instruments. Reporting to the R&D manager and member of the scientific management group. Areas of work and responsibility included: Strategic planning, sales- and marketing material, arrange international exhibitions, arrange international sales meetings (more than 30 nations), technical support, demonstrations on-site for key customers such as at ship towing tanks and aircraft/car wind tunnels, definition and review of R&D projects and scientific publications. Sales engineer, Uni-Cardan A/S (part of GKN, Ltd), Copenhagen, Denmark, Reporting to the managing director. Responsible for sales of composite transmission system, predominately aimed at the wind turbine industry. Tasks included maturing of product for production, efficiency in purchasing and planning, sales and marketing of product. Job included support of technical sale of other transmission products for other industrial applications such as steel mills and agriculture. Super-user of sales and economy IT system (Navision Financials). Aerodynamics engineer, LM Glasfiber A/S (now LM Wind power), Lunderskov, Denmark, (LM is the largest wind turbine blade manufacture) Reporting to R&D manger and later Managing director. The period was characterized by strong growth from approx. 300 to 1500 employees, I started as engineer no. 7. Areas of work and responsibility: R&D in aerodynamics, aero acoustics, aero elasticity and structural dynamics. Project manager of the company s participation in national and international research projects. Customer relations with turbine manufactures. Project manager of technology transfer to new factory in Toledo, Spain. Originator several important innovations which are still sold today by LM. Experience research, internships and student activities Research assistant, University of Illinois, IL, 1993, 6 months Research in optical flow measurements of turbulent flows with Prof. R.J. Adrian, a worldwide leading scientist in the field. Phd. degree, Danish Technical University (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark, Supervisors: Prof. P. Buchhave, Physics Inst., Prof. P.S. Larsen (retired) and Prof. J.N. Sørensen., Fluid Mechanics Dept. Thesis in English: "PIV measurements of turbulent structures". The work included assistant teaching and participation in administration. Organizer and initial board member, DSE, Denmark, Took initiative to the organization of Student's Industrial Contact (DSE, De Studerendes Erhvervskontakt) at The Danish Technical University with a friend. The first student driven recruitment fair was held in 1991 with major Danish companies participating. The organization is still operating successfully. Summer school for three months at CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geneva, Switzerland, 1990, 3½ months Reported to Dr. K.K. Geisler, head of the Accelerator Technology Division. Work with holographic optics in the department and participated in summer lectures in nuclear and particle physics Resume for Carsten H. Westergaard Page 3

4 presented by world leading scientists. Enhanced French and German. Engineer internship, Baker Oil Tools, Houston, Texas, 1989, 8 months Reported to Dr. D. McStravick, Special Eng. Product manager. Engineered 5 different products: A sand screen, an 8 line by-pass 6 packer, a hydraulic/electromagnetic down-hole flow control valve, an acoustic test rig and a down-hole free-fall prevention (drill-able) valve. The last two included full scale testing. Assistant student researcher, Department of Machine Elements at DTU, Reported to J. Jakobsen, Head of Department. Performed original research in metal hardness testing and sub-surface stress for large ball bearing impact based on optical measurements. Summer job at wine reseller, Bordeaux, France, 1984, 2½ months Work and cultural experience. Enhanced French. Personal information Grew up, being active participant in parents family business. Enjoys - Leisure time with family and friends Sailing (and racing sailboats) member of board in Sejklubben Langeline in Copenhagen harbor Building/racing self-designed radio controlled boats, airplanes & helicopters with the same group of friends through 25 years Piloting gliders in Polyteknisk Flyvegruppe (currently passive) Traveling and meeting new people. Languages Danish: English: French: German: Fluent (mother tongue) Fluent Fair Fair Education 1983 Lyngby Private School 1986 Lyngby Gymnasium, math. phys M.Sc. Mech. Eng. (physics) from The Technical University of Denmark 1994 PhD degree from The Technical University of Denmark Post-education 1995 AutoCad, light 2000 Product management forum 2001 Intensive course in micro-total-analysis systems and MEMS technology 1994-present National and international conferences and scientific publications Articles, posters and lectures A total of 50+ publications from 1991 to present. Publication list available. Patents 23+ published patents or patent pending. Computing experience Expert PC user of MS Office package, desktop publishing programs etc. Also quite proficient in MatCad and MatLab programming. Have developed (large) programs in Pascal, C, Basic and Fortran for DOS and UNIX. Participated in projects as an end-user defining tasks for state-of-the-art calculations with the aid of new supercomputing structure at UNI-C from 1995 to 1998 for wind turbines definition of Vestas computing facility in Houston. In past occupation (Dantec), responsible for software development and market release. Position of trust (private) 1994 LM-Glasfiber social event club (funktionærforening), member of board, 4 years Chairman for the joint owners at previous home address in Kolding, 3 years 1999 Chairman for joint owners at present home address, Ejerforenings- og ejerlaugsformand Resume for Carsten H. Westergaard Page 4

5 Åbenrå/Landemærket, 9 years Member of board at Børnehaven i Centrum (kinder garden). After staff and board crisis, hired entire new staff and handling of finance / administration in transition Sejlklubben I Langelinie (sailing club in downtown Copenhagen owning two 30 sailboats) member of board and responsible for maintenance and annual overhaul, 2 years. Publication review, program reviews and advisory boards 1992 Editor of newsletter for the CFD and experimental fluid mech. research at DTU 2004 to 2006: Advisory Committee, International Symposia on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics 2004 to 2006: Reviewer for Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NWO / Technology Foundation STW 2006 to 2008: Journal peer-reviewer for Experiments in Fluids 2007 to 2008: Styregruppen for forskningskonsortiet for Vindenergi (Danish wind research coordination) 2008 Participation in national (MegaWind and Danish Wind Research council), European (TPWind) and US (Department of Energy) policy and strategy groups 2008 to pres. Chair of The Wind Alliance, 501C3 technology chair 2009 to 2010: EWEA program review and session chair 2010 to 2012 AWEA program review and session chair 2008 to pres. AWEA R&D Committee, core team 2010 to 2012 Advisory board, Center of Electro-mechanics, University of Austin, Texas 2010 to 2012 Advisory board, Department of Aerospace, Texas A&M University, Texas 2009 Merit review for US Department of Energy, American recovery act program ($24M grant) 2009 Peer review for US Department of Energy of all national wind energy research programs, FY2009/10: $85M per year spending 2010 HB51 Interim select committee for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding technology research data collection 2010 Chair of Research Council UK Energy review, 16 international panel member expert group, FY2010: $220M per year spending 2011 Review of research programs at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 2011 Review of Department of Energy Quadrennial Technology road map invited by the Under Secretary of Science 2012 Merit review for US Department of Energy, large investment program, $150M 2012 to pres. Advisory board National Science foundation (NSF) PIRE grant at John Hopkins University 2014 Merit review for US Department of Energy, small investment program 2014 Merit review for US Department of Energy, very large investment program, $150M 2015 Merit review for US Department of Energy, small SBIR program Censor and direct student supervision 1996 Censoring PhD thesis on numerical aero acoustic calculations 2000 Censoring PhD thesis on measurement technique for fluid mechanics 2002 Supervisor for Italian PhD student staying with Dantec Dynamics 2003 Supervisor for Msc student staying with Dantec Dynamics 2005 Co-supervisor on PhD work in microfluidics at the Microelectronics Center, DTU 2007 Censoring PhD thesis on measurement techniques in large 2-stroke diesel engines, DTU 2008 Censoring a larger number of Msc thesis and master course in wind technology at DTU 2008 Supervisor for Italian MSc student staying with Vestas and starting up two PhD students working for Vestas and the Danish Technical University 2014 Co-supervisor, summer students at NWRC at Texas Tech University 2014 Co-supervisor, graduate student at Princeton University Resume for Carsten H. Westergaard Page 5