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Houston, Texas, United States

Manage the full cycle of customer engagement and technical delivery of Landis+Gyr grid solutions including Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Meter Data Management (MDM), Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and Prepaid Metering Solutions to large utilities in North America. Responsible for the strategic, financial, and project management compliance for the program. Manage contract negotiations, consultations, and vendor relationships for project implementation components.Professional with significant years of utility industry experience. Possess strong leadership skills in delivering strategic solutions, operational excellence, organizational change management, strengthening customer relationships and improving business practices while driving profitable growth.

Houston, Texas Area

Managed the delivery of Grid Solution products across North and South America in support of Distribution Automation, Advanced Load Management, Distributed Energy Resources and Smart Community Center Street Lighting Controls.• Assessed and approved architectural designs for Grid Management solutions to be deployed for end use customers.• Improved deployment processes for Grid Management solutions that reduced cost by 20% and increased customer satisfaction.• Managed solutions integration testing with Grid Manager end device partners. • Conducted market research analysis for Distribution Automation solutions where the financial metrics were used for forecasting Research and Development five-year budgets.• Conducted internal training sessions on utility business operations to help customer support increase knowledge base of utility operation practices.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Provided consulting services with developing, justifying and implementing Smart Grid strategies.• Designed and conducted a multi-week course to Provincial Electric Authority of Thailand on Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Meter Data Management and Distribution Automation. • Composed a Demand Response Technology and Business Framework report for Taiwan Power Company.• Developed the technical strategy approach in Request for Proposals for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency related to Grid Modernization projects in Africa, India and Asia-Pacific.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Sponsored and led the Advanced Metering Program and Meter Data Management (MDM) implementation as part of Strategic Smart Grid Program. • Assessed business strategies to develop the business case and selection process for Smart Grid applications.• Successfully managed the strategy and resources for the AMI Program ($20M including AMI, MDM and CIS upgrade) on schedule and under budget.• Managed the budget and procurement process ($9M CIP/O&M) of all electric metering within the city of San Antonio.• Improved operational procedures in the project management and engineering maintenance for advanced metering systems in ERCOT Regulatory Metering, Industrial Power Quality Metering and Distributed Renewable Energies.

Austin, Texas Area

Process Manager – Distribution Operations, Electric Service Delivery* Managed business process and capital budget ($40M) of four business units consisting of Distribution Design, Distribution Construction and Field Craft and Training.Manager – Metering Operations, Operations Engineering* Managed a diverse group of employees (engineers, field technicians, utility service reps and network administrators) responsible for the programming, installation, inventory and maintenance of industrial, commercial and residential electric meters within Austin Energy. Managed fiscal and technical implementation ($32M) of Austin Energy’s first Wireless Fixed Network System.Applications Engineer – EMS/SCADA, Operations Engineering* Implemented Austin Energy’s first Full Graphics Energy Management System (EMS). Integrated and maintained software packages for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Network Power Flow Analysis and Dispatcher Training.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering Technology

Activities and Societies: National Society of Black Engineers, Alpha Phi Alpha FraternityElectric Power Systems Control Systems.

Graduate Coursework, Public Administration

Information Systems Public Policy Finance Ethics Public Law Research and Technology