Katherine Dykes
Commercial Director at Sperra
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolKatherine Dykes is a renewable energy leader with 12 years of experience specializing in wind energy, techno-economic analysis, optimization, and data-driven R&D. As CEO of Sperra Europe based in Copenhagen, she combines strategic leadership with deep technical fluency to drive commercial and engineering outcomes in the European renewables market. Her work bridges modeling and operational deployment, translating complex optimization results into investable projects and scalable solutions. Known for an analytical mindset, she often leverages large datasets to uncover efficiency gains that are not immediately obvious from standard feasibility studies.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Engineering Systems Division, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Engineering Systems Division at Massachusetts Institute of Technologyn/a, Filologia Espaniola (Spanish Literature), n/a, Filologia Espaniola (Spanish Literature) at University of NavarraDual MS, Electrical Engineering; Applied Economics, Dual MS, Electrical Engineering; Applied Economics at The Ohio State UniversityJerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering; Business Statistics, Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering; Business Statistics at University of Pennsylvania
Spanish, Chinese
Github Skills (29)
working-directory10
turbine10
connected10
python-modules10
openmdao10
tubular9
preprocessing9
lattice9
nacelle8
ontology8
convergence8
system-design8
simulation8
energy7
smooth6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
NLRWindSystems/JacketSE
Nov 2014 - Jan 2018
DEPRECATED: JacketSE is a systems engineering model for 3 and 4-legged lattice structures (jackets) supporting tubular steel towers for offshore wind turbines.
Contributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 15 pushes in 3 years 2 months
steelwind-turbineswindlatticeoffshore-wind
NLRWindSystems/AirfoilPreppy
Sep 2014 - May 2018
A Python module for preprocessing and evaluating aerodynamic airfoil data---primarily for wind turbine applications.
Contributions:3 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 3 years 8 months
preprocessingpython-modules
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