Robert MacDonald
Mechanical Engineering graduate from MIT, with MBA from Harvard. Currently working as Consultant at Nubanusit Strategic Consulting.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Industries: | Cleantech |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Design, Editing, Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial Engineering, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Product design, Public speaking, Writing |
| Location: | Peterborough, NH |
| Groups: | Ignite Clean Energy (ICE) |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding team mates, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | brainstorming, building ventilation, heliostats, manufacturing, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, superinsulation, sustainable materials, wind |
| Schools: | Harvard Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Nubanusit Strategic Consulting |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | December 1997 - Present |
| Description: | Nubanusit Strategic Consulting provides business planning and technology assessment. Projects have included CAD design tools for computer chips, a 3-dimensional printer, and a prototype zero-energy home utilizing solar photovoltaics, solar thermal, and ground loop cooling. |
| Employer: | Greentech Housing Company, Inc. |
| Position: | Director of Operations |
| Time period: | December 2001 - November 2005 |
| Description: | Greentech Housing Company was a startup venture to establish a new modular
housing factory in the inner city, creating jobs for a hard-to-employ workforce. Oversaw the transformation of an abandoned Worcester, MA, facility that built Pullman railroad cars into a modular housing factory and established the quality control standards to ensure that modules created high quality, energy efficient and sustainable structures, mostly built for affordable housing. |
| Employer: | C.I.M. Industries, Inc. |
| Position: | Vice President |
| Time period: | December 1987 - November 1997 |
| Description: | C.I.M. Industries manufactures specialty coatings based on the acquisition and renovation of a former division of Chevron. Cofounder and Chief Financial Officer and created all systems needed to enable remote manufacturing on the West Coast with employees in seven states |
| Employer: | REV Management Company, Inc. |
| Position: | Vice President |
| Time period: | December 1985 - November 1999 |
| Description: | REV Management Company provided consulting services and served as managing general partner of Advances Energy Fund (AEF), a $3 million R&D limited partnership that paid back investors nearly fivefold. Monitored and redirected subcontracted R&D projects pursuing an ion implanter, advanced semi-conductor materials, and uninterruptible power sources for small computers. Assumed position of general partner in AEF and was key in boosting American Power Conversion from near bankruptcy to a billion dollar company through their successful R&D project. REV also provided executive management services to C.I.M. Industries from its inception. |
| Employer: | Self-employed |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | December 1981 - November 1986 |
| Description: | Retained by Advanced Energy Fund to monitor several funded R&D projects. Other clients included a manufacturer of oriented strand building materials, electronics, computer software, and automated water testing. |
| Employer: | Natural Power, Inc. |
| Position: | Vice President and General Manager |
| Time period: | December 1979 - November 1982 |
| Description: | Natural Power manufactured electronics for the renewable energy industry. |
| Employer: | United States Air Force Reserve |
| Position: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Time period: | December 1977 - November 1993 |
| Description: | Wing Plans Officer and Master Navigator on C-130 transport aircraft with
5,000 hours. Enabled Westover AFB conversion to first C-5 Reserve Wing. |
| Employer: | United States Air Force |
| Position: | Captain |
| Time period: | December 1977 - November 1993 |
| Description: | Flight Examiner navigator in C-130 transport aircraft. Wing Briefing Officer. |
| Employer: | Honeywell Information Systems |
| Position: | Senior Systems Engineer |
| Time period: | November 1972 |
| Description: | Honeywell Information Systems designed and manufactured mainframe business computers. Specified and designed controllers and interfaces. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Harvard Business School |
| Time period: | 1980 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Degree: | Mechanical Engineering, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | 1984 - Present Peterborough Rotary Club – Past President
International service organization. District chair for student exchange since 1997, managing more than forty international exchange students each year. 1999 - 2007 Eastern States Student Exchange (ESSEX) – Board Member Multidistrict Rotary organization for international student exchange program. 1992 - present Monadnock Day Care Fund –Founder and Treasurer Non-profit agency supporting affordable day care through endowment. 1985 - 2002 Monadnock Community Day Care Center – Past President Non-profit provider of affordable day care, transformed from struggling organization into financially sound community asset. 2001 - 2006 Raylynmor Opera – Board Member Non-profit regional opera company making opera accessible to all. 1968 - Present Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society- Member Non-profit supporter of scientific research. |
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