Matt Helgeson

MATT HELGESON Charlotte, NC 28270 |- |-| linkedin.com/in/matt-helgeson CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER Industry Leadership and SME | Global Business Strategy Visionary and results-driven Chief Sustainability Officer with extensive leadership experience in the energy sector. Recognized for initiating and executing cross business, strategic engagements that impact the firm, customers, stakeholders, sector, and environment globally. History of success initiating, launching, and overseeing a portfolio of multi-million-dollar sustainability programs, including fleet and facility electrification and decarbonization, and sustainability driven business development resulting in long-term value. Strong business acumen, technical aptitude, and ability to prioritize and manage competing initiatives simultaneously. KEY SKILLS Strategic Leadership | Cross-functional Management | Relationship Management | Stakeholder Engagement | Change Agent | Subject Matter Expert (SME) | Team Leadership | Project Management | Regulatory Compliance and Reporting | Risk Management and Governance | Financial Analysis and Budgeting | Market Research SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS    Program Development and Implementation: Contributed significantly to the establishing and executing of sustainability programs including decarbonization: 50% operational emissions reduction from the 2019 baseline, fleet emissions reduction with 65% increase in fleet EVs, facility electrification planning including building and manufacturing footprint, lead renewable energy purchasing strategy development with 80% energy consumption covered by renewables. Strategic Planning and Leadership: Spearhead development of business strategy into new markets, expanding Siemens Energy business across utilities and into renewable energy market, equipment and contracts. Developed end-to-end sustainability business strategy across business units as key contributor. Sustainability SME: Represented the firm externally across various platforms to increase reputation and recognition as a leader in sustainability. Selected engagements/ memberships include the following: CSO community, sustainability coalition development, sought after keynote speaker spanning global to regional events including at Climate Week, Climate Action Summit, and World Economic Forum. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Siemens AG, Washington, DC 02/2021 - 09/2024 Head of Sustainability Served as a leading member of the 20-member US Executive Leadership Team, providing insight into both functional and business leadership across the spectrum of sustainability topics, jointly guiding the ~$22B US operations and business execution.  Created and chaired the US DEGREE Steering Committee, enabling action across the DEGREE framework and uniting the US regional sustainability efforts, resulting in emissions reduction, waste reduction, product eco-design, and employee engagement.  Oversaw execution of Siemens’ DEGREE Sustainability program, emphasizing decarbonization and resource efficiency.  Initiated, developed, and led the 12-member US Sustainability Business Roundtable, facilitating crossbusiness engagement strategy and solution development across the US market resulting in 3 innovative customer engagement pilots. Matt Helgeson |- | Page 2       Created maximum impact by building rapport with, and maintaining executive level relationships with Fortune 500 customers, suppliers, government entities, coalitions, and partners creating over 10 new business opportunities annually. Participated in Siemens’ global sustainability working groups, serving as a leader in the global community with action in the US region resulting in streamlined corporate governance policies and processes. Guided US business units in developing go-to-market strategy addressing customer sustainability challenges, resulting in competitive and profitable business growth opportunities. Engaged with stakeholders, participate in industry events, and communicate with the media as a thought leader and subject matter expert pertaining to operational emissions reduction, public-private partnerships, and regulatory strategy. Drove cross-functional initiatives including fleet electrification, renewable energy purchasing, facility decarbonization, and supply chain emissions reduction leading to a 50% reduction in operational emissions. Led US engagement with The Climate Group, UN, WEF, WBCSD, US DOE, Corporate Eco Forum, in addition to other national and regional industry organizations. Siemens Energy, Charlotte NC 06/2019 - 02/2021 Power Systems Development Manager Led the development of national, multi-million-dollar projects that included renewable and distributed energy generation, transportation electrification, digital grid solutions, and battery storage for the utility, public power, developer, and private equity verticals.  Spearheaded virtual power purchase agreement effort to decarbonize Siemens’ US energy consumption in a market positive and REC cost saving manner, including roadmap for vPPA execution, renewable project developer relationships.  Administered energy’s sustainable fleet initiative with customer and eMobility electrification partnerships.  Served as US point of contact for investor and customer driven sustainability related requests as a part of Global Sustainability Network.  Drove cross-business, solution-based engagements to leverage the offerings and expand business opportunities.  Challenged business unit teams to identify white spaces beyond core business and leverage company opportunities to create solutions with tangible value. Siemens AG – Energy, Charlotte NC 03/2015 - 06/2019 Key Account Manager - Power Systems Sales Represented firm’s comprehensive Energy portfolio of products, services, and solutions, managing the nation’s largest electric utility company as well as regional industry leaders and developers.  Achieved $35M in sales, securing 10 new equipment and transactional service contracts.  Renegotiated and extended $200M+ in long-term service agreements, applying industry expertise, relationship management, and negotiations skills to ensure competitive terms and contracts.  Strengthened relationships with executives and professionals in matrixed customer organizations.  Led diverse teams through opportunity development phases to project award and execution.  Drove sales strategy by maintaining energy market knowledge, remaining abreast of best prices, and identifying competitive priorities.  Selected for Pilot Team to expand Sales Force functionality within the sales organization to manage opportunity pipelines and financial tracking effectively. Matt Helgeson |-| Page 3 Siemens AG – Energy, Charlotte NC 12/2010 - 03/2015 Product Line Manager Developed proposals, negotiated contracts, managed the marketing strategy, and oversaw customer relations, focusing on the steam turbine service product line.  Led the sales, legal, tendering, and engineering groups to develop and execute contracts.  Exceeded targets, averaging $18M in annual orders; entered with $9M in margin representing 200 components and 40,000 hours of shop labor.  Penetrated competitor-designed equipment to increase factory service market share by 5%.  Managed marketing responsibilities for domestic and international customers.  Provided long-term financial forecasting and contributed to the prioritization of engineering Research & Development (R&D) opportunities.  Grew product line into international market, bringing foreign-owned equipment into US business.  Launched career as Product Line Intern, advancing to Field Service Engineer prior to roles highlighted. EDUCATION Bachelor of Science (BS), Civil Engineering University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Engineer in Training (EIT) program Siemens, Orlando, FL SELECTED INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP ROLES & CONTRIBUTIONS         Board of Directors, Alliance to Save Energy: 2021 - 2023. Climate Week NYC, Hub Live and Nest Climate Campus. United Nations Global Compact. World Economic Forum. US Climate Action Summit. Corporate Eco Forum CSO solution workshop leadership. Climate Group/Oliver Wyman, contribution to white paper. Green Biz, Customer and Supplier-led sustainability business partnership papers.