Emerging technology and advanced energy storage professional with over 20 years experience in the energy and clean technology sectors. My passion, work experience and education focus on energy, sustainability, technology commercialization, commercial development, operations and business strategy. Specialties: • Business Analysis & Strategy • Competitive Intelligence • Product Management • Customer Focused Technology Planning (CFTP) • Technology & Market Assessment • Strategic business models • Development proposals/presentations • Strategic alliances and consortia • Product optimization • Commercializing emerging technologies • Technology development & application • Leading technology & industry research • Research & development management • Financial & life-cycle analysis

Product Manager, HBN Innovation, IT Business @ New Business / Market Discovery Technology & Market Assessment Offer Technology Management (OTM) Customer Focused Technology Planning (CFTP) Technology Scouting Energy Storage Product Strategy Schneider Electric Battery Expert Group Lead Schneider Electric Global Energy Storage Roadmap Team From January 2013 to Present (2 years 10 months) Andover, MACompetitive Intelligence Manager @ • Delivered quarterly competitive intelligence reports to senior management • Managed a response team that generates official A123 statements to competitor announcements • Developed and manage a competitive intelligence landing page & database on A123 intranet with a high level 'dashboard' front page summarizing competitive threats in A123's key energy storage markets along with latest intelligence directives and news. • Supported development of A123 Systems' cell product roadmap, competitive pricing schedules, product positioning, and marketing collateral • Documented & executed processes to gather, organize, and analyze competitive intelligence & established competitive intelligence directives for A123 personnel • Acquired & tested competitor products at the system and cell level and benchmarked these products against A123 offers From August 2011 to January 2013 (1 year 6 months) Waltham, MASenior Business Analyst @ • Interfaced with marketing, application management and engineering to illicit business requirements and compose agile user stories for new product features and releases • Supported Schneider Electric’s transition to Agile software development & managed TFS-Scrum From February 2011 to August 2011 (7 months) North Andover, MAProduct Owner & Business Analyst - Application Development @ • Managed a new economic demand response product throughout its lifecycle • Interfaced with marketing, operations, application management and engineering to illicit business requirements and compose agile user stories for new product features and releases • Worked closely with user interface teams to create new standards for core products and prioritize improvements with engineering and application management From June 2010 to December 2010 (7 months) Greater Boston AreaConsultant @ • Sagewell Energy Analytics – Market Development • Enodis HPK – Product Strategy, Operations & Techno-Economic Cost Modeling • SPEC Process Engineering & Construction – Strategic Growth & Market Development • A51 Solar LLC – Operations, Manufacturing and Business Analysis • Pietzo LLC - Business Development & Techno Economic Cost Modeling, From January 2008 to April 2010 (2 years 4 months) Greater Boston AreaSenior Business Analyst @ • Recommended expansion opportunities for coal catalytic gasification plants based on market and infrastructure analysis • Authored a western U.S. state proposal for constructing a high capacity coal gasification plant • Responsible for developing strategic partnerships for applying enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methodologies for sequestering carbon dioxide, while developing frameworks for generating and managing carbon offsets • Responsible for developing relationships with federal and state governments in the application for company tax credits, grants and loan guarantees • Led technology and industry research effort, reporting results to the executive board on the following: - Fossil fuels: natural gas combined cycle, subcritical and supercritical pulverized coal and integrated gasification combined cycle - Alternative energy: solar photovoltiac, concentrated solar thermal, wind and fuel cells - Carbon feedstock: natural gas, coal, petroleum coke and biomass From September 2007 to January 2008 (5 months) Business Development MBA - Intern @ • Developed strategic business model alternatives for a novel wide-band radar technology business start-up based on results from a feasibility analysis • Assisted with the creation of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) business spin-off from a Boston University-Industry partnership. Responsibilities included: market research, generating competitive business profiles, developing engineering designs and assisting with patent prosecution surrounding the defense of intellectual property From June 2006 to September 2006 (4 months) Technology Commericalization & Strategic Manufacturing @ • Supported the DOE Rulemaking Program focusing on increasing minimum efficiency standards of commercial and residential air-conditioners, furnaces and boilers by identifying & reporting manufacturing and performance characteristics via cost and lifecycle analysis • Researched, developed, and analyzed SOFC materials through the National Institute of Standards & Testing (NIST) Advanced Technology Program (ATP) Identified and minimized cost drivers via technical based cost analysis to improve the economic feasibility of SOFC technologies • Researched and developed a landfill combustion system that consumed methane gas byproduct to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gases • Characterized lithium ion battery materials that improved safety and power densities • Identified commercial manufacturing improvements of consumer hard goods via cost and life cycle analysis • Established materials development and reduced manufacturing costs for 90 North Submarine Towed Sensor Arrays DOD From September 2001 to September 2005 (4 years 1 month) Research Scientist @ Researched and developed net-shape manufacturing processes. Co-invented Can-Less Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP), Technical based cost modeling and analysis From August 1998 to June 2001 (2 years 11 months) Design Engineer & Project Management @ From June 1995 to January 1996 (8 months)

MBA, Business Analysis, Strategy & Entrepreneurship @ Boston University - School of Management From 2005 to 2007 MSME, Materials Science @ Northeastern University - College of Engineering From 1998 to 2001 BSME, Mechanical Engineering @ Northeastern University - College of Engineering From 1993 to 1998 High School Diploma @ Conestoga High School From 1989 to 1991 Scott Daniels is skilled in: Product Management, Energy, Renewable Energy, Product Optimization, Product Development, Cross-functional Team..., Start-ups, Engineering, Competitive Intelligence, Product Marketing, Market Research, Business Strategy, Business Analysis, High Tech Marketing, Techno Economic Cost..., Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, Technology..., Batteries, Energy Storage, Marketing, Commercialization, Semiconductors, Strategy, Engineering Management, Testing, Software Development, Strategic Partnerships, Business Development, Solar Energy, Analysis, Process Improvement, Alternative Energy, R&D, Management, Energy Management, Sustainable Energy, Design of Experiments, Cleantech, Competitive Analysis, New Business Development, Smart Grid