Sunad Bhat

Built and launched a live web product solo, researching US permitting and utility requirements into a structured database with automated pipelines. Shipped consumer-facing tools on top of the system end to end.

Served as the point of contact between engineering and construction, standardizing error-prone workflows into documented processes. Built automation to reduce turnaround and drove data-based improvements to tracking and reporting.

Scoped projects for cost and feasibility and ran regional task queues across teams to keep parallel projects on schedule.

Audited team output before release, improving quality from 70% to 90% and reducing downstream rework by half by fixing root causes.

Managed a team of four, wrote SOPs and onboarding standards, and served as the company-wide point person on process questions.

Helped stand up the engineering department from scratch by creating processes, tools, and participating in hiring.

Delivered 1400+ residential solar-plus-storage design projects in a high-volume queue while holding quality standards.

Led a solar pavilion project for a school district end to end, managing stakeholders, modeling, bill of materials, and a sub-10-year payback case.

Grade: GPA 3.83

Professional Science Master's in Solar Energy Engineering and Commercialization (GPA 3.83), starting in 2019.

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, completed in 2017.