Rhonda Jordan
BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, currently pursuing PhD at MIT.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Industries: | Cleantech |
| Skills: | Electrical Engineering, Engineering |
| Location: | Cambridge, MA |
| Groups: | Ignite Clean Energy (ICE) |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Investing in projects, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Starting a company |
| Tags: | clean tech, Developing countries, Energy, tanzania |
| Schools: | Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | EGG-tech |
| Position: | power system regulation advisor |
| Time period: | October 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Over 500 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lack electricity services that could enable them to study, work later or receive healthcare in safe conditions. For many, the weak link is distribution. In Tanzania, 90% of the population lives without electricity, even though 80% of the population lives within five kilometers of a transmission line. Three out of four small business owners in Tanzania rank lack of access to electricity as the greatest constraint on their business.
EGG-tech offers a battery subscription service that provides portable, rechargeable batteries to low-income African households and small enterprises lacking access to the power grid |
| Employer: | The Mya Arts & Tech Foundation, Washington, DC |
| Position: | Secretary, Summer Program Coordinator |
| Time period: | April 2005 - Present |
| Description: | Foundation provides education in the arts for inner city and suburban youth throughout the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. Summer program provides sound engineering, dance and creative movement classes, and performances within the socio-economic area of Anacostia. In addition, instructors provide much-needed leadership and mentoring for the local youth community. |
| Employer: | United Nations Environment Programme at Risoe Center, Roskilde, Denmark |
| Position: | Summer Intern |
| Time period: | June 2008 - August 2008 |
| Description: | Performed as a core team member of the PACEAA Project: Poverty Alleviation through Cleaner Energy from Agro-Industries in Africa. As an intern with UNEP, traveled with a small team on a field mission to East Africa. Met with key stakeholders and also with rural residents of East Africa to devise rural electrification schemes that provide affordable electricity for residents, are profitable to investors, and take advantage of the renewable resources available. |
| Employer: | Columbia University, Lightwave Research Lab, New York, NY |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | June 2004 - August 2005 |
| Description: | Researched and performed Output Interface design and implementation for Columbia University’s Data Vortex Optical Packet Switching Network. Performed Bit-Error-Rate derivation for DPSK signals and proved derivation using OptSim by RSoft. |
| Employer: | Goldman, Sachs & Co, New York, NY |
| Position: | Summer Financial Analyst |
| Time period: | June 2003 - August 2003 |
| Description: | Provided support for a team of investment professionals in the Private Wealth Management division. Position involved client prospecting & developing profiles of prospective client groups, maintaining a keen awareness of current financial market conditions, providing & drafting client asset allocation recommendations, and completing studies & statistical analysis such as after-tax yield comparisons. |
| Employer: | British Aerospace & Marconi Electronic (BAE) Systems, Washington, DC |
| Position: | Information Technology Intern |
| Time period: | June 2001 - August 2002 |
| Description: | Developed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Aerospace System (NAS) Equipment Database System (NEDS) and the FAA Process Improvement Database System, utilized by FAA, BAE and Executive Members of FAA’s Integrated Process Group (iPG). |
EDUCATION
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 2011 |
| Degree: | Engineering Systems, PhD |
| University: | Columbia University |
| Time period: | 2005 |
| Degree: | Electrical Engineering, MSc |
| University: | Columbia University |
| Time period: | 2004 |
| Degree: | Electrical Engineering, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | trained in ballet, tap jazz, hip-hop, & african dance. also enjoy dancing salsa, merengue, bachata, etc |
| Awards: | Grant Memorial Scholar, 2002-2004 Fu Foundation
2003-04 Scholarship for Excellence, Goldman Sachs Tau Beta Pi Member – Inducted Dec 2003 National Society of Black Engineers Member Dean’s List Spring 2001,2001-2002, 2002-2003 National Dean’s List 2000-2001 Bishop McNamara Woman of the Year 2000 Maryland Distinguished Scholars, Honorable Mention Eastman Kodak Young Leader Award National Achievement, Commended Project Excellence Scholarship 2000 Outstanding Young American Scholarship 2000 National Society of Black Engineers Scholarship Miss MARYLAND TEEN USA 2000, 2nd Runner Up National Science Foundation Grad Research Fellow, ‘05-‘10 Most Distinguished Young Alum, Bishop McNamara High School 2006 Columbia University Graduate TAship/Research Assistantship, EE Dept. Fall 2004-Spring 2005, Outstanding TA Award |
Rhonda's Startups (2)
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EggTech
EggTech is an energy services company that provides complete solutions for electricity generation, storage, and basic appliances in sub-Saharan Africa, beginning with Tanzania.
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EGG-energy
EGG-energy links low-income consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa to power producers by setting up a network of “charge & swap” service stations where we swap empty batteries for fully charged ones.
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Dan Steketee
Entrepeneur with 13+ years of strategic and tactical consulting experience in the financial services, start-up and technology industries (BPM, Business Intelligence, KPI's,, Vendor Management, etc) .
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Blandine Antoine
MIT doctoral student with strong interest in energy and development. Co-founder of a non-profit dedicated to educating lay-people and primary school students on energy and climate change issues. Co-wrote a popularization book on energy technology