OUT THINK THE BOX

Bree Taylor

Data Quality Engineer

Bree Taylor is a seasoned Data Quality Engineer, Data Scientist, and Chemist. With over ten years in with over a decade of experience in data analysis, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance, focusing within the areas of life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and chemistry. Bree holds a Master of Science from George Mason University, and a Batchelor of Science from Virginia State University both in the discipline of Chemistry. Bree also holds the ISO 8000 Master Data Quality Manager (MDQM) Certification.

Bree is adept in client-facing roles, leading projects, and translating between business groups, including advising for-profit and non-profit organizations on how to leverage data and technology to improve the bottom-line, and better manage resources. Bree has also provided data analysis for a homelessness non-profit organization to increase their operational efficiency, perform gap analysis, and better target financial resources, as well as setting up an open chat platform and system to allow homeless and elderly people to obtain information on local resources for health, food, shelter, etc.

Specialties: data quality; ISO 8000 MDQM; compliance; chemistry

Laurence Steijger

Lead Engineer

Laurence received his Eng.D. Renewables from the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST) at Loughborough University in the Midlands of the UK. As an electrical engineer, his main field of study is in system integration of renewable energy systems.

Pragmatic and passionate, Laurence is adept, agile, and adroit, possessing acumen to quickly understand the bigger picture, and in developing and implementing energy solutions that are efficient, elegant and cost-effective.

Laurence's personal residence located in the Midlands of the UK, epitomizes self-sustaining homesteading. This par exemplar dwelling exceeds energy efficiency standards, and was the first of it's kind in the UK.

Properties, either domestic or commercial, are usually not designed with the energy cost/usage and carbon footprint in mind. Laurence's aim is to reduce your energy consumption/carbon footprint, whilst increasing the comfort level of your properties. As Laurence likes to say, "Warm feet and low bills."

Specialties: energy savings; optimum resource usage; #renewableenergy ​#sustainable

Agostinho Miguel Garcia

Chief of Development & Engineering

Agostinho Miguel holds a MSc in Physics Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal. Agostinho has more than 19 years of technical experience as the principal consultant and co-founder of SunBD (Business Development). SunBD provides wind, solar, geothermal, and hydrokinetic project solutions, and support.

As a seasoned professional, Agostinho has international experience in 5 continents and over 20 countries, with expertise in solar parks development in India and South Africa. Agostinho's work includes solar consulting for investors, banks, funds, EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) companies, governments, multi-lateral development institutions, and solar manufacturers. Agostino picked the name Sun for his consultancy, because all renewable forms of energy come directly or indirectly from the Sun.

Specialities: due diligence; feasibility studies; bankability; engineering (basic, detailed); energy efficiency; #sustainabledevelopment; #renewableenergy

Moksha Osgood

Designer. Builder. Artist

Moksha completed his BA at the New College of California, San Francisco, CA. Moksha is a licensed C-6 Cabinet, Millwork and Finish Carpentry Contractor, and certified green building professional. He is also an RV certified tiny house manufacturer through the third party certification agency Pacific West Associates.

For over 21 years he has been designing structures. Over the past 9 years, he has experienced living in a tiny home, helping inform all his decisions about what constitutes a livable tiny home. Moksha Woodwork Designs was started as means to apply the woodworker skills developed toward social, economic and aesthetic spheres that are more in line with his values. He began this tiny dwelling business with the intention of developing affordable, sustainable, and beautiful homes.

Moksha is passionate about developing creative ways to provide affordable housing for people, and is passionate about experimenting with ways in which all can create a base line of prosperity within our communities.

Specialities: building beautiful, small, agile, adaptable, affordable dwellings, #tinyhouses; #sustainabledevelopment; cultivating the riches of less ​