Kashan Saeed
Chief of Party, USAID Pakistan Power Sector Improvement Activity

Education

• Executive Education Certification: Innovation and Change, University of Chicago, Illinois, 2008
• BSc, Electrical Engineering, Syracuse University, New York, 1997

Areas of Specialization/Experience

• Managing and implementing USAID energy projects as Project Director and Chief of Party in Sub Sahara Africa, Ivory Coast, Central and Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific regions.
• Transmission and Distribution utilities turnaround, distribution commercial operations, renewables, DER, smart grid systems, Information Technology and Telecommunications programs implementation.
• Large scale program management (financial and operational)
• Business development for international development sector (USAID, USTDA, World Bank) and private sector

Previous Positions

• Director, Energy & Infrastructure Services, Energy and Security Group (ESG), Reston, VA Feb 2019 – present
• Manager, Federal Energy Services, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Rosslyn, VA, April 2018- September 2018
• Director, Energy Services, Tetra Tech International, Arlington, VA and Dubai, UAE, April 2013- March 2018
• Manager, Technology, Strategy and Architecture, Deloitte Consulting LLP, McLean, VA, 2010-2013
• Senior Manager and Smart Grid Project Manager, Enterprise IT Operations & Infrastructure Services, CPS Energy, San Antonio TX, 2007-2010
• Manager, Enterprise Management Systems, Alliance Data Systems, Dallas, Texas, 2004-2007
• Manager, Network Systems and Applications Engineering, Alliance Data Systems, Bend Oregon, 2002-2004
• Lead Software Development, 3Com, Reston, Virginia, Lead Software Engineer, 2001