David Janssen ([email protected]) is a project director with Pattern Energy Group LP, with more than 20 years of global experience in the renewable energy industry. He started his career with a leading wind turbine supplier and has installed several gigawatts of power plants all over North America, working from coast to coast in Canada and in over 20 states in the U.S. For the past 15 years, he has worked with some of the largest developer owner/operators in the world in engineering, construction, and project management for renewable energy and transmission. In his spare time, he competes on BattleBots, and he is a member of ASCE and the IEEE.