Hi! I'm William
I currently work as a Corporate Development Associate at Synthica Energy, a
startup that develops renewable natural gas.
I also write about energy &
industrial policy at my substack "In Motion".
Previously, I was a senior analyst at JPMorgan Chase in their Corporate Client Banking division,
where I focused on industrial, renewable, and defense companies, and a
finance analyst at Nexamp,
a fast growing community solar company, where I worked on cross-functional finance initiatives.
I began my career at Ernst and Young, where I got my CPA;
before that, I studied at Cornell University to get my degree in business.
In my free time, I'm trying to find my way onto the Eiger and add to my photos collection!
Writings
An autopsy of Northvolt
Not the best use of $15 billion
Antares Industries
The history and future of nuclear
David Energy
#Dervos 2024 was a blast!
The future of natural gas
This is what happens when I read too much Vaclav Smil
Renewable natural gas
I'm taking a new job in RNG
Intro notes on the grid
Some notes from Jesse Jenkins
Sizing things up
Quantifying the climate problem
Natural gas as a bridge fuel
The role of AI in natural gas's future
Projects
> A Valuation of Virgin Galactic
As part of my training at EY in 2020, I dived into a valuation of Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company, using a DCF model. You can download a PDF of my work by clicking the link above (As a note, I would not use a DCF model today to value Virgin Galactic)
Skills: Valuation, Writing
This is a geographic visualization of limited sample of projects that Nexamp has as of June 2021, and creates a heat map by KWs DC in power. These projects are mostly found in the Northeast, and supply power to grids such as NYSEG, Central Maine Power, Eversource etc.
Skills: Data visualization, Writing
I hacked this together using javascript, to create an interactive list that lets you filter, expand, and collapse player burbs, while coming up with some fun icons to classify players. This was inspired by some of the fun lists posted by TheRinger, ESPN, etc the past few years.
Skills: Front end coding, Writing
I created an interactive valuation model that values a new business line for a solar company. It implements a DCF model that takes inputs from customers acquired, revenue rate, cost of capital to come up with a $ value of the line.
Skills: Valuation, Writing